Author: Ryan

Linux / Operating Systems / Servers & Services

Linux - MySQL and MariaDB pid-file folder issues - how to fix How to force MySQL and MariaDB services to create the /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid and /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid files and folders

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If you've stumbled upon this post it most likely means that you've just discovered that your MySQL or MariaDB service, despite running without issues, are not creating their mysqld.pid or …

Linux - MySQL and MariaDB pid-file folder issues - how to fix How to force MySQL and MariaDB services to create the /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid and /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid files and folders Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding

ASP.NET MVC - How to set HtmlAttributes programmatically in Razor HTML helpers A short guide explaining how to dynamically set the HtmlAttributes in Html.TextBoxFor, LabelFor and other Razor HTML helpers

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If you're a seasoned ASP.NET MVC developer, you most likely already know that most Razor HTML helpers let you use an anonymous object in a parameter called htmlAttributes. As the name …

ASP.NET MVC - How to set HtmlAttributes programmatically in Razor HTML helpers A short guide explaining how to dynamically set the HtmlAttributes in Html.TextBoxFor, LabelFor and other Razor HTML helpers Read More
Applications / Windows

Office 365 and 2016 - Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio Click-To-Run ISO images download links How to get Microsoft Office 365 and 2016 including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook, Visio ISO images for download & offline install (product key required)

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Let's make it clear: this is not a guide that will you help to get warez or pirate software. This tutorial has been made to help legitimate users (or system …

Office 365 and 2016 - Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio Click-To-Run ISO images download links How to get Microsoft Office 365 and 2016 including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook, Visio ISO images for download & offline install (product key required) Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding

AsyncUtil - C# Helper class to run async methods as sync and vice-versa A useful helper class written in C Sharp to help developers working with async and sync methods in ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET MVC projects

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The asynchronous programming concept has become a widely used standard in ASP.NET since the .NET Framework 4 thanks to the introduction of the Task class: ASP.NET MVC 4 leverages this approach with …

AsyncUtil - C# Helper class to run async methods as sync and vice-versa A useful helper class written in C Sharp to help developers working with async and sync methods in ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET MVC projects Read More
Coding / Servers & Services / SQL / Windows

SQL Server - Call a URL using GET or POST method and fetch Status Code and Response Text How to execute a GET or POST call to an external URL within a Stored Procedure (using HTTP or HTTPS protocol) and retrieve the StatusCode and ResponseText

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We already talked about the MSXML2.XMLHTTP and MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP objects in an older post: these objects provides methods and properties for server-safe HTTP access between different Web servers and can be used to exchange …

SQL Server - Call a URL using GET or POST method and fetch Status Code and Response Text How to execute a GET or POST call to an external URL within a Stored Procedure (using HTTP or HTTPS protocol) and retrieve the StatusCode and ResponseText Read More
Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

NGINX - How to setup the nginx.conf file to send HTTP Security Headers with your web site (and score an A on securityheaders.io) How to setup the nginx.conf to secure all your Nginx-hosted websites with the required HTTP Security Headers and get A rate from securityheaders.io scan.

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We already explained the basics about HTTP Security Headers in this previous post: it's now time to put all these words into action and learn how we can implement them …

NGINX - How to setup the nginx.conf file to send HTTP Security Headers with your web site (and score an A on securityheaders.io) How to setup the nginx.conf to secure all your Nginx-hosted websites with the required HTTP Security Headers and get A rate from securityheaders.io scan. Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Linux / Operating Systems / Servers & Services

How to Deploy a ASP.NET Core 2 Web Application to Linux CentOS - Tutorial A detailed step-by-step guide explaining how to publish and deploy a ASP.NET Core 2.1 Web Application to a Linux CentOS machine - also working for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, RHEL and more

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In this post I will explain how to setup and deploy a production-ready ASP.NET Core Web Application on a NGINX-Powered Linux CentOS 7.x server. These instructions have also been tested with …

How to Deploy a ASP.NET Core 2 Web Application to Linux CentOS - Tutorial A detailed step-by-step guide explaining how to publish and deploy a ASP.NET Core 2.1 Web Application to a Linux CentOS machine - also working for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, RHEL and more Read More
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P7M Convert - Trasform P7M digitally signed e-invoices to XML files A software tool to convert CAdES P7M files in XML format to import digitally signed electronic invoices into the main management applications

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We just released the 1.0 final version of P7M Convert, a software tool that allows you to convert P7M files (digitally signed e-invoices in CAdES format) into plain XML files: the converted files can …

P7M Convert - Trasform P7M digitally signed e-invoices to XML files A software tool to convert CAdES P7M files in XML format to import digitally signed electronic invoices into the main management applications Read More
Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript

JavaScript - Remove XML-invalid chars from a Unicode string or file Two Regular Expressions and a useful JavaScript / ECMAScript function to strip invalid characters from UTF8 strings and XML documents or other text files

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Today I was developing an Electron application for a client and I was looking for a way to remove invalid characters from a typical XML file in UTF-8 format . …

JavaScript - Remove XML-invalid chars from a Unicode string or file Two Regular Expressions and a useful JavaScript / ECMAScript function to strip invalid characters from UTF8 strings and XML documents or other text files Read More
Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript

Electron - How to add jQuery and Bootstrap to your project A short tutorial explaining how to include jQuery and Bootstrap client-side libraries to your Electron project using JavaScript and/or NPM

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We already talked about Electron a number of times, as it's one of the most interesting development frameworks available nowadays. For those who don't know it yet, we'll briefly recap …

Electron - How to add jQuery and Bootstrap to your project A short tutorial explaining how to include jQuery and Bootstrap client-side libraries to your Electron project using JavaScript and/or NPM Read More