Author: Ryan

Coding / PHP / Web

WordPress - Disable Crayon Syntax Highlighter plugin in Comments If you're using the Crayon Syntax Highlighter WordPress plugin and it messes up your comment section, here's how you can avoid it

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If you're a WordPress user there's a good chance that you're using Crayon Syntax Highlighter, a neat syntax highlighting plugin which we already talked about here. However, this plugin comes …

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ASP.NET / C# / Coding

ASP.NET C# class to check for Italian Tax Code / Fiscal Code / VAT ID A useful C# helper class to check for the formal validity of any Italian Tax Code / Fiscal Code / VAT ID - English version (Italian version available as well)

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There's no Italian programmer (or one who has worked in Italy) who has not had to deal at least once with Italian Tax Codes / Fiscal Codes: we literally run …

ASP.NET C# class to check for Italian Tax Code / Fiscal Code / VAT ID A useful C# helper class to check for the formal validity of any Italian Tax Code / Fiscal Code / VAT ID - English version (Italian version available as well) Read More
Coding / Linux / macOS / Operating Systems / Windows

macOS: How to mount a SMB share from the command line A small guide explaining how to mount a UNC/SMB share between a macOS environment and other mac/win/linux systems and access it from the command-line.

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Today I had to build one of my Electron-based apps for macOS, so that it could be installed and executed on macOS. If you know Electron, you most likely know …

macOS: How to mount a SMB share from the command line A small guide explaining how to mount a UNC/SMB share between a macOS environment and other mac/win/linux systems and access it from the command-line. Read More
Servers & Services / Web

Answer a MS Office 365 Survey and win a 100$ Amazon gift card Help Office Global Team from Corp to get responses and get yourself a chance to win some valuable Amazon gift cards

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If you're interested in surveys with rewards you might be interested to know that Microsoft staff working at Office Global Team from Corp are struggling to get responses to the …

Answer a MS Office 365 Survey and win a 100$ Amazon gift card Help Office Global Team from Corp to get responses and get yourself a chance to win some valuable Amazon gift cards Read More
Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

Enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 on Windows 7 and Windows 8 - OS + Regedit patches A small guide explaining how to activate the secure TLS 1.1 and 1.2 protocols on Windows 7 and Windows 8 and fix a critical security risk, and two useful patches you can download to ease up the process

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As you might already know, TLS version 1.0 is not safe anymore and should be disabled, just like SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0: if you want to know why you …

Enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 on Windows 7 and Windows 8 - OS + Regedit patches A small guide explaining how to activate the secure TLS 1.1 and 1.2 protocols on Windows 7 and Windows 8 and fix a critical security risk, and two useful patches you can download to ease up the process Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Software / Tools & Utilities

Source Control Switcher - Visual Studio Extension A lightweight Visual Studio Extension that automatically sets the Source Control Provider according to the one used by the current Visual Studio project

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Today we're finally releasing Source Control Switcher, a lightweight Visual Studio Extension that automatically sets the Source Control Provider according to the one used by the current Visual Studio project. …

Source Control Switcher - Visual Studio Extension A lightweight Visual Studio Extension that automatically sets the Source Control Provider according to the one used by the current Visual Studio project Read More
Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript / Web

What about Angular? Angular JS history through the years (2009-2019) An extensive recap of the latest four years of Angular JS development: relevant milestones, new features, architecture improvements, optimizations, and so on

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If dealing with the path followed by Microsoft and .NET Foundation in recent years might not be an easy task, things aren't going to get better if we turn our …

What about Angular? Angular JS history through the years (2009-2019) An extensive recap of the latest four years of Angular JS development: relevant milestones, new features, architecture improvements, optimizations, and so on Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / HTML & CSS / Linux / Web / Windows

The ASP.NET Core Revolution - .NET Core history through the years (2016-2019) An extensive recap of the latest four years of ASP.NET Core: relevant milestones, new features, architecture improvements, optimizations, and so on

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To summarize what happened in the ASP.NET world within the last four years is not an easy task; in short words, we can say that we've undoubtedly witnessed the most …

The ASP.NET Core Revolution - .NET Core history through the years (2016-2019) An extensive recap of the latest four years of ASP.NET Core: relevant milestones, new features, architecture improvements, optimizations, and so on Read More
Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript / Software / Tools & Utilities / Web

Tabulazer - Chrome Extension to Filter and Sort HTML Tables A free Google Chrome Extension that can be used to filter, sort and enlarge HTML tables from any web page

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A few days ago we released Tabulazer, a lightweight Google Chrome Extension that can be used to filter, sort and enlarge HTML tables from any web page. If you're frequently …

Tabulazer - Chrome Extension to Filter and Sort HTML Tables A free Google Chrome Extension that can be used to filter, sort and enlarge HTML tables from any web page Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Linux / Servers & Services

ASP.NET Core - How to Shutdown / Restart a Web Application programmatically How to shutdown and restart a ASP.NET Core Web Application programmatically and remotely trigger it with a HTTP request

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Being able to restart an ASP.NET Core web application programmatically can be very useful, expecially if you've published it on a Linux host - which is what I almost always …

ASP.NET Core - How to Shutdown / Restart a Web Application programmatically How to shutdown and restart a ASP.NET Core Web Application programmatically and remotely trigger it with a HTTP request Read More