Sometimes when you install a NPM package, you’ll run into an issue like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.targets(35,5): error MSB8020: The builds tools for Visual Studio 2010 (Platform Toolset = ‘v100′) cannot be found. To build using the v100 build tools, … Continue reading
MADExpo 2013 has recently opened it’s doors, marking the third year of this awesome conference. We feel that MADExpo is a great conference for bringing together old friends, cultivating new friendships, and overall: building amazing things! But my opinion of … Continue reading
I’m in the process of working with some high school student on preparing for an upcoming programming competition, and their teacher kindly sent me a few past examples of questions they’ve had to work through. I thought it would be … Continue reading
One common questions I’ve asked and seen asked quite a bit about Sublime Text is how to quickly and easily format HTML while editing. There isn’t a default key binding for this, but if you select all text and then … Continue reading
If you’re planning on travelling to MADExpo, and need to fly into the area, there are two great airports for you to choose from. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) PHF is the closest airport to the convention center, but it’s … Continue reading
A couple weeks ago there was a public request on Twitter from the great folks at RedGate to provide tips and tricks for performance in ASP.NET applications. Come to find out, they selected one of my tips and published it … Continue reading
MADExpo is June 24-26 in Hampton, VA. Think beaches, museums, historical sites, NASA research, theme parks, and great fun at a technical conference! It’s that time of year again, and MADExpo Speaker Submissions are open to the public! As the … Continue reading
I’ve had bit of a day, and a large part of it was learning how to wrangle SignalR into using my dependency injection provider (in this case, being Unity). There are a couple thoughts, that I’d like to communicate to … Continue reading
Another year has come and gone, and now I guess it’s time to reflect about what got done. My most popular post of the year was Why Should ASP.NET Developers Consider SignalR for All Projects? I felt really good about … Continue reading
For a lot of JavaScript developers that are moving over from traditional “browser” development to node.js, they might be casually aware of the require keyword that node.js provides you. If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, allow me to explain. … Continue reading