Anything code related
I was creating a new demo for an upcoming event and needed a clean VSTS account, so I started completely from scratch and created a brand new VSTS account. Next, I added my source code, created my build and started creating my release. The first thing I wanted to do was use the Azure App … [Read more…]
I keep forgetting to fix my style cop warnings (mainly the using statements need to be in alphabetical order and trailing whitespace at the end of the line) and @DonovanBrown finally got sick of it and told me to turn our Code Analysis warnings into errors. Simple enough. I flip the switch, fix all my … [Read more…]
Within the last week, 3 different people have asked me how to deploy their database schemas in their CI/CD pipeline using Entity Framework Core Code First. I figured that’s a good sign to write a full blog post! When looking at DevOps best practices, my DB schema should be “checked in” to source control right … [Read more…]
When writing LoECDA.com, we (#LoECDA) wanted to build the site using modern technologies implementing best DevOps practices. LoECDA.com is written using asp.net core, running in a Docker container, connected to a SQL Server database, all hosted in Azure with a full DevOps pipeline implemented in VSTS. Each developer check in can flow into our different … [Read more…]
I don’t even know what a Repository Pattern is! I’ve been super lucky in that writing code has never been hard for me. Learning languages, picking up concepts, all that algorithm nonsense… when it comes to code, things just come pretty easily to me. However, that has made me a lazy programmer which comes back … [Read more…]
I needed to make some updates to http://LoECDA.com. This is an asp.net core app, using EFCore running inside of a docker container hosted in Azure. Cool! All things I’ve been meaning to really dig my teeth into but just haven’t quite gotten around to it. The first problem I ran into was trying to enable … [Read more…]
A customer asked me if it was possible to build and deploy SSIS packages using VSTS. Without thinking, I answered, “Of course you can (I had no clue if you could or not but Any Language, Any Platform right?)! And Premier Developers (they had a Premier contract with Microsoft) can tell you exactly how to … [Read more…]
I am constantly asked to talk about DevOps and what DevOps means for Microsoft. Although there are many definitions of DevOps floating out in our industry, at Microsoft, DevOps is the merging of people, process and products such that we can continually deliver value to our end users. And clearly, VSTS/TFS and Azure are the … [Read more…]
I am constantly asked to talk about DevOps and what DevOps means for Microsoft. Although there are many definitions of DevOps floating out in our industry, at Microsoft, DevOps is the merging of people, process and products such that we can continually deliver value to our end users. And clearly, VSTS/TFS and Azure are the … [Read more…]
I am constantly asked to talk about DevOps and what DevOps means for Microsoft. Although there are many definitions of DevOps floating out in our industry, at Microsoft, DevOps is the merging of people, process and products such that we can continually deliver value to our end users. And clearly, VSTS/TFS and Azure are the … [Read more…]