Fixing IntelliSense when using RazorMachine

The best thing about using Razor to generate server-side HTML is that you get full intellisense when writing your HTML files. The thing is, when you use RazorMachine in a console application, out of the box, I was getting intellisense errors. There are a couple of things you need to do to fix these...

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Passing data into a SQL Trigger

Okay, that title is a BIG fat lie! - You can't actually pass data to a trigger! But, I had a need to simulate the passing of data! - You see I had a trigger that performed some audit logging when data was changed and wanted to tie this event up with other events that had happened, external to the trigger. The scenario went something like this: - There is code running in C# land that triggers...

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RazorMachine HTML Templating Library

The other day, I needed a HTML templating library for C#. I was writing a service which sends out reports and wanted the contents to be formatted HTML. Basically, I was looking for {{ mustache }} style templates similar to JavaScript's handlebars. As it happens there is a port of of mustache for...

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OWIN WebAPI with Self Signed HTTPS

I recently wondered what would be involved in setting up a self signed HTTPS certificate to use with an internal WebAPI OWIN service that listens on a specific port number. Due to the interesting problems that cropped up as I went through the steps needed, I thought I would write them up as a reminder...

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Flutter Mobile UI Framework

Flutter is a new mobile UI framework from Google, that allows you to create native applications on iOS and Android. At the time of writing this blog post, it's still in beta but apparently will hit 1.0 soon! Now, I gotta say, when I first learned about Flutter, and what it was all about, I was very...

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Installing RabbitMQ on Windows

I really like RabbitMQ! If you have not come across RabbitMQ before, it's a messaging system that enables you to seperate your system out to communicate and send data between services or even other systems. If you want to ensure your system meets your reliability, scalability and performance requirements...

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Outputting HTML Content to PDF in C#

If you type "C# PDF Library" into google you will find there are lots of different offerings out there. My search turned up IronPDF which costs $399. We have got EOPdf which costs $749 or abcPDF at $329, Hey, what about ExpertPDF HtmlToPdf Converter which is $550. But what about free? Well...

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Auto Updating an Android App outside the Play Store

In my previous post, I explained how I was writing a private Android app that is only intended for personal use (basically a hobby project). Because of this, I do not intend to release it in the Google Play Store.. But that brings up an interesting question: How am I going to update this app over...

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