Making 50s Look Like 20s
I’ve tried creating MacOS 10.x VMs in VirtualBox before, with partial success, but nothing was worth using. The post https://techsprobe.com/install-macos-big-sur-on-virtualbox-on-windows-pc/ was pretty much on-point for creating a MacOS 11.0 (Big Sur) VM in VirtualBox. My experience was that there were a couple of deviations required from the script. First, the …
A work need started a quest to create CLR functions in C# for use in SQL Server 2017. This is the saga of a proof-of-concept implementation. Visual Studio Work In Visual Studio 2019, I created a SQL data project and wrote a simple function using the required SQL data types. …
Yesterday I took the final in what I think (hope!) is my last class in Georgia Tech’s Computer Science online masters program known as OMCSC. In general it’s a good program and an excellent value – I put roughly $8000 into it. Not bad for a masters degree from a …
Here’s a quick tear-down of a fairly decent phishing attempt. Note the highlighted elements and do yourself a favor by not falling for this sort of trick!
Given a pre-existing Sqlite database – that’s another story for another time – including it in a WAR file to be built by Maven and installed on Tomcat 8 is simple: simply include the database in the application’s WEB-INF folder and presto, it’s there! Referencing Sqlite in a Maven project …
After a quick win with the JSP version of Hello World, it seemed that a servlet-based version was only a tweak or two away. Alas, it was not to be. Coding After using Maven to create another web project, I added a simple controller and DTO model object based on …
Getting ramped back up on Java is fun! With Hello World running at the command prompt, it’s time for a web version. I’d previously installed Tomcat 8 and verified it was functioning with a couple of the sample apps with the help of this tutorial. To start the web app, …
As most of you know I am a computer programmer by trade. OK, I manage a team now, but I can still write code. C# code, that is, with all that comes with it: Visual Studio, IIS, deployment projects, Team Foundation, etc. So now I’m taking this class at Georgia …
Hard-coding constant values in C# classes is a bad practice that we rarely indulge in here at TAMUS ESI. You will not see very many instances of code like: if (someObject.StatusCode == "A") We prefer something more like: if (someObject.StatusCode == SomeProjectConstants.SomeFieldStatus.Active) where SomeFieldStatus is a class like …
To successfully send a push notification to an iOS device using Apple Push Notification Services (APNS), the pushing application must have a certificate and key registered with Apple. This is done while setting up an iOS application in the Apple Provisioning Portal, as described in detail by Matthijs Hollemans (and …
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