Testing templates from NEAR blockchain

Posted on March 14, 2021 in Develop • Tagged with #blockchain, #near, #npm

(The code for this blog is located here)

Intro

For the blockchain NEAR protocol there is a npm starter template that makes it easy to start to write web-wallets that uses the blockchain.

First I want to see the React template with AssemblyScript smart contract.
There are two options you …


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Install apps on Ubuntu on Wsl2 in Windows 10

Posted on March 13, 2021 in DevOps • Tagged with #ubuntu, #wsl2, #win10, #git, #ssh, #nvm, #nodejs

Intro

This blog is a continuation from Install Docker Desktop on Windows 10 Home - including WSL, where I installed WSL2 on a Windows 10 laptop including openSUSE-Leap-15-1 as default distro in WSL2.

In this blog I want to start using Ubuntu 20.04 and see if it gives an ok …


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Scaffolding DB layer from DB

Posted on February 14, 2021 in Develop • Tagged with #csharp, #ef, #db, #mvc, #scaffold, #northwind, #git, #sparsecheckout

Intro

ASP.NET MVC has build-in scaffolding enabling you to generate a frontend from a DB with a snap, so you can browse your DB. This has been a feature since around 2010.

It is a great feature to use for PoCs and demos.

In this blog I'll use Northwind …


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Setting Pelican blogs in "draft" - 4 review. HowTo

Posted on January 17, 2021 in DevOps • Tagged with #blog, #pelican, #cms, #python

This blog is part of a serie:

  1. Using Pelican blog on Github pages
  2. Using Pelican Themes
  3. Setting Pelican blogs in "draft" (this blog)

Sometimes you want your pelican blog to be set into draft for review.
I always forget some part of howto do.
So here is a small HowTo …


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Install "Raspberry Pi OS with desktop" on Pi 400

Posted on December 14, 2020 in DevOps • Tagged with #linux, #os, #debian, #pi, #pi400

Intro

I wanted to use a Raspberry Pi 400 as a desktop alternative to a ChromeBook meaning a cheap PC mostly just for browsing the internet.
The price is approx EUR 140,-

  • including
    • shipping
    • 128 GB SD Card
  • excluding
    • mouse
    • monitor

This blog is about setting up the Pi and …


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k3s hosted in Civo - Part 2.0

Posted on November 02, 2020 in DevOps • Tagged with #k3s, #civo, #k8s

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ASP.NET Core with k8s hosting - Part 1.3

Posted on October 27, 2020 in Develop • Tagged with #csharp, #netcore3, #docker, #k8s, #jq, #vscode

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Develop .NET docker images - Part 1.2

Posted on October 25, 2020 in Develop • Tagged with #docker, #csharp, #netcore

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Run docker containers - Part 1.1

Posted on October 18, 2020 in DevOps • Tagged with #docker

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k8s on Windows Devbox - Part 0.2

Posted on October 12, 2020 in DevOps • Tagged with #arkade, #docker, #openfaas, #curl, #hyperv, #virtualbox, #kitematic, #wsl2, #win10, #virtualmachineplatform, #kubernetes-dashboard, #metrics-server, #k8s

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Docker Desktop for Windows on WSL2 - Part 0.1

Posted on September 07, 2020 in DevOps • Tagged with #docker, #hyperv, #virtualbox, #openfaas, #kitematic, #wsl2, #win10, #virtualmachineplatform

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Neo4j on Windows

Posted on May 08, 2019 in DevOps • Tagged with #graphdb, #cypher, #neo4j, #docker

Time for me to play with Neo4j. I have a project, where a graph DB makes most sense. In this blog I'll install Neo4j on Windows.
First I'll install a docker version. It might come handy in deployment case.
Next I'll install a Desktop version to get a GUI both …


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VPN client - Download on IPhone - Copy to PC

Posted on May 06, 2019 in DevOps • Tagged with #vpn, #icloud

While writing this blog I am in China. I have an immediate need for VPN, since so much SW and websites are dependent on the websites, which are barred in China. I can install VPN clients on IPhone from AppStore, but I can't install VPN client on PC, since I …


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OpenFaaS on Windows Devbox

Posted on March 29, 2019 in Develop • Tagged with #openfaas, #curl, #docker, #kubernetes, #hyperv, #virtualbox, #kitematic, #dockerswarm, #python, #git, #gitlab, #openshift, #footloose

Running OpenFaas in Dev on Windows

Finally the time has arrived, when I'll start using OpenFaas.
I first heard about OpenFaaS at a meetup in May 2018, 6 Cloud Native Talks, 1 Evening: Special KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU Meetup! by OpenFaaS creator, Alex Ellis.
Next I bought the book Docker for …


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Azure Fundamentals Course 107979F

Posted on February 23, 2019 in Study • Tagged with #azure, #microsoft, #docker, #paas, #iaas, #vm, #powershell, #visualstudio, #aci, #arm, #iac

Notes from Azure Fundamentals Course 107979F

Before the course you can pre install what you need during the course. This includes:


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YAML tables in Markdown

Posted on September 07, 2018 in Develop • Tagged with #github, #yaml, #markdown

If you put YAML in your github markdown, you can use it for creating nested tables
Nested tables with yaml

This is opposed to using normal markdown tables as here:

Normal Markdown Tables
col 3 is right-aligned $1600
col 2 is centered $12
zebra stripes are neat $1

Cool usage sample

CryptoZombies is a …


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Using TFS from VSCode

Posted on September 02, 2018 in Develop • Tagged with #vscode, #tfs, #git, #npm, #visualstudio

You might continue a while working with TFS before you jump to GIT.
At least we do that at my work. For frontend projects like Ionic, Angular, Vue, etc using a CLI for generation code templates it makes most sense to to stay in VSCode (opposed to Visual Studio).
So …


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Microsoft Architecture and Implementations

Posted on August 18, 2018 in Develop • Tagged with #microsoft, #architecture, #ebooks, #azure, #microservices, #faas, #react, #ng, #ef, #dapper, #vue

This blog will help you choosing the right design and corresponding code, when you build microsoft web and services in 2017 and 2018.

Lists of Architectures and Implementations

Here are some lists that can be gives you several designs.


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Tools for Wordpress sites

Posted on June 10, 2018 in DevOps • Tagged with #wordpress, #themes, #seo

Wordpress sites is still going strong with a large community creating beautiful themes.

Chrome Plugin: WP Sniffer

PenguinWP has created a Chrome plugin called WPSniffer

Testing

  • GoTo a site hosted by WordPress - e.g. Knowledge Cube
    => The plugin will change color to orange in the address bar.
  • Press the plugin …

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Vue Storefront installation on Windows Dev box

Posted on May 15, 2018 in DevOps • Tagged with #vue, #magento, #webshop, #seo, #pwa, #docker, #git, #yarn, #npm, #nvm, #shopify, #snipchart

Vue Storefront will soon be out (june 2018). It is a PWA frontend to the Magento webshop.

I think I'll give it a testdrive.
I am attending a online marketing seminar and workshop presented by Thomas Zacchi (@tzacchi) from intoto digital, so I could use a modern webshop to play …


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Docker for Windows

Posted on May 06, 2018 in DevOps • Tagged with #docker, #hyperv, #virtualbox, #openfaas, #kitematic

For a development project I needed Docker for Windows (D4W).
In this blog I'll install Docker. Playing with it I'll do in another post.

Prerequisite


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Developing with OpenShift

Posted on April 15, 2018 in DevOps • Tagged with #openshift, #docker, #kubernetes, #redhat, #paas, #virtualbox, #ansible, #kubernetic, #openfaas, #footloose

It has become time (for me) to explore OpenShift. OpenShift is a Build and Deployment block using Kubernetes and Docker as deployment target. In other words: It connects GitHub and DockerHub to your cloud provider. It allows you to do do on-premise deployment and to monitor and operate your cloud …


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Dependency management in Angular CLI - Lib: A-Frame

Posted on March 29, 2018 in Develop • Tagged with #ng, #aframe, #webpack, #vr

Using 3rd party libraries in Angular 2+ takes a while to become friends with. In this blog the Virtual Reality library A-Frame is what I want to use together with Angular CLI (Currently using Ng core: 5.2.0, Ng cli: 1.7.3).

Code from the post can be …


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D'n'd development with RPA, hpaPaaS, mBaaS and ESB (iPaaS)

Posted on January 11, 2018 in Develop • Tagged with #hpapaas, #rpa, #mbaas, #ipaas, #esb, #designsprint, #nocode

Low-Code

Development using Drag'n'drop (Low-code development platforms - LCDP) is also taking a share in development pipelines with test/prod environments and version control.

Some of the areas are

  1. Automated Business UI Process development - RPA. Automated frontend using existing UI as data transfer channel are created in this category.
  2. Application development …

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Moveslink 2 crash

Posted on January 11, 2018 in DevOps • Tagged with #ambit, #moveslink, #drivers, #windows, #suuntoapp

A few days ago I resat my Windows 10, so I could start from scratch.

Problem

The USB driver for my GPS watch, Suunto Ambit 2 misbehaved.

I just connected the watch with USB cable.
Then I installed Moveslink2.

I would see Moveslink in the taskbar and the taskmanager for …


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NAS in the cloud

Posted on January 01, 2018 in DevOps • Tagged with #nas, #storage, #cloud

For the last many years I've been warming up to buy a NAS solution for my home with mirroved disks and at least 1 TB.

I have I-drives at several providers, since the free veersion does not give much space compared to what you often wants to backup. One of …


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cUrl CLI on Windows

Posted on December 11, 2017 in Develop • Tagged with #curl, #windows, #shell, #ssl, #git, #openssl

cUrl on Windows is not trouble-free to get working, when posting to SSL domains.

Here is howto:

  • Download latest windows version of cUrl. I used curl-7.57.0, which is SSL and SSH enabled.
  • Extract the files from the zip file to C:\Program Files\curl-7.57.0\
  • Add to …

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Expand your WCF service with REST

Posted on November 19, 2017 in Develop • Tagged with #wcf, #rest, #swagger, #depencyinjection, #dotnet, #visualstudio, #cors

If you are working with .NET you probably have WCF services.
You might have thought of expanding those WCF services to REST allowing you to make mobile or SPA frontends.
Instead of using ServiceStack or WebApi+Swashbuckle, you can stay in WCF. This have the advantage of a smaller learning …


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Deploying Express REST API to Azure

Posted on October 29, 2017 in DevOps • Tagged with #npm, #git, #express, #nodejs, #azure

This blog is part of a series.

  1. Deploying Ionic to Azure
  2. Deploying Express REST API to Azure
  3. Add Facebook Authentication to your Express REST API - Planned

In this blog I will deploy an Express REST API to Azure Mobile Apps.

The exercise is almost identical to Part 1 - Deploy Ionic …


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Contributing to Open Source

Posted on October 14, 2017 in Develop • Tagged with #git

What is needed to contribute to Open Source hosted in Git?
It is quite a bit - read all about it here.

This blog post assumes you contribute by doing changes to a git repo.
So In short you need to

  • Choose a project you will do changes into
  • Follow below …

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