According to definition, the Cloud it’s “A set of interconnected servers located in one or more data centres”. As per definition this kind of environment is naturally prone to network latency and other related environmental issues. This is especially true if we are communicating with on premises applications to synchronize and load the data over […]
When automating deployments it is sometimes needed to create copy of your website/folder in different locations with some excluded files e.g. configuration files or temp folders. The script below will help you to achieve that. It can be triggered automatically on your post-deployment action (possibly in your CI server) or executed manually. Script just copies […]
Formatting paragraphs in OpenXML documents is playing crucial part in proper implementation as the very common requirement is to change PowerPoint files programmatically during the business workflow processes.I have recently received lot of queries about how to insert formatted text and links into the presentation. Hence, in this article I will show you how to […]
Running automated processes seems to be an very easy task. However, this may become a little bit more complicated for running critical unattended operations. Imagine the situation when you have to run critical, automated process at night while your business relies on successful completion of it. For example, if you are running ETL process at […]
Windows Azure platform gives us a lot of new possibilities starting from the ability to auto scale instances of the deployed application to performing an on demand automated changes. When handling multiple applications deployed to the cloud there is a need to automate daily processes in order to save the development time. In this article […]
Claims based authentication can greatly improve user’s experience by allowing them to login to our site using external trusted providers such as Google, Yahoo etc. In this article I will show you how to integrate claims based authentication with existing membership provider. This is common scenario if you don’t have any on premises applications using […]
Since the release of .Net 4.5 Framework there are new, very useful features added that I want you to get familiar with. Because the C# language evolves along the .Net Framework, I have created chart that will help you to see all major changes that have been introduced over the last 10 years. I still […]
If you need to gather release changes when creating installers, the script below can help you. Script simply gets all or current database release changes stored in file. I use it to automatically gather the latest changes after TeamCity builds release installer. The changes could be sent to PR for documentation. You can of course […]
Primary purpose of using WCF within organization is to wrap-up existing components into service oriented architecture (SOA) that can be then easily reused and maintained. When communicating within the local network or between the local components, you may want to implement your own WCF transport channel satisfying your specific requirements. In this article I will […]
WCF self-hosting service can be really useful for messaging within the single or multiple tiers. Communication may involve sending execution tasks to other components or sending simple messages to be displayed on remote computer. When sending system massages we can use Message Queuing (MSMQ) and transactions to ensure that the task will be executed even […]
