Author: Ryan

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 . …

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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
Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript

Visual Studio 2017 - How to setup a new Electron project and run a Hello World sample A guide explaining how to create a new Electron Project (or Solution) in Visual Studio 2017 and run the electron-quick-start GitHub project

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If you are a software developer and you don't know Electron as of today, you definitely should start to gather some info about it. In very short words, Electron - formerly known …

Visual Studio 2017 - How to setup a new Electron project and run a Hello World sample A guide explaining how to create a new Electron Project (or Solution) in Visual Studio 2017 and run the electron-quick-start GitHub project Read More
Servers & Services / SQL / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Enable DTS Designer in SQL Server Management Studio - How to How to make the DTS Designer component for SQL Server 2000 work in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2005, 2008 and above

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Today I had to update a certain number of old Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP virtual machines to their Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 up-to-date counterparts. Among the …

Enable DTS Designer in SQL Server Management Studio - How to How to make the DTS Designer component for SQL Server 2000 work in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2005, 2008 and above Read More
Operating Systems / Windows

Microsoft Windows LCID List - Decimal and Hex - All locale codes IDs A list of all the Locales supported by Windows systems with their corresponding country, language and LCID identifiers in decimal and HEX format

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The following list is derived to the official Microsoft Windows Language Identifier Constants and Strings, which - unfortunately - does not contain the LCID in decimal format for each locale, …

Microsoft Windows LCID List - Decimal and Hex - All locale codes IDs A list of all the Locales supported by Windows systems with their corresponding country, language and LCID identifiers in decimal and HEX format Read More
Cyber Security

Ransom E-Mail request with REAL password in clear-text: what to do? If you've received a ransom e-mail from someone who claims to have penetrated your computer or e-mail and shows you your password as proof, here's a list of things to do

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I chose to write this article hoping to help most users that are being targeted by yet another widespread e-mail fraud attempt. This time the technique used is particularly subtle: the …

Ransom E-Mail request with REAL password in clear-text: what to do? If you've received a ransom e-mail from someone who claims to have penetrated your computer or e-mail and shows you your password as proof, here's a list of things to do Read More
Coding / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities

OpenSSL - How to convert SSL Certificates to various formats - PEM CRT CER PFX P12 & more How to use the OpenSSL tool to convert a SSL certificate and private key on various formats (PEM, CRT, CER, PFX, P12, P7B, P7C extensions & more) on Windows and Linux platforms

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In this post, part of our "how to manage SSL certificates on Windows and Linux systems" series, we'll show how to convert an SSL certificate into the most common formats …

OpenSSL - How to convert SSL Certificates to various formats - PEM CRT CER PFX P12 & more How to use the OpenSSL tool to convert a SSL certificate and private key on various formats (PEM, CRT, CER, PFX, P12, P7B, P7C extensions & more) on Windows and Linux platforms Read More
Cyber Security / Servers & Services

SSL Certificates - Standards, formats and file extensions: PEM, CER, CRT, DER, P7B, PFX, P12 A useful overview of the most common formats and file extensions for SSL & TLS Certificates based upon the X.509 v3 standard

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In this article, part of our SSL Certificates tutorial series, we'll talk about the most used formats and file extensions that you might stumble upon while working with SSL certificate …

SSL Certificates - Standards, formats and file extensions: PEM, CER, CRT, DER, P7B, PFX, P12 A useful overview of the most common formats and file extensions for SSL & TLS Certificates based upon the X.509 v3 standard Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Cloud / Coding / Servers & Services / Web

elmah.io - Cloud-based Error Logging Platform for ASP.NET MVC & Core Web Applications An extensive review of elmah.io, a SaaS solution for monitoring ASP.NET applications that sends crash notifications and shows user-generated Exceptions in real time.

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Any seasoned web developer knows what an uptime monitoring service is and the key role it has when deploying an application in a production environment: the ability to constantly check out …

elmah.io - Cloud-based Error Logging Platform for ASP.NET MVC & Core Web Applications An extensive review of elmah.io, a SaaS solution for monitoring ASP.NET applications that sends crash notifications and shows user-generated Exceptions in real time. Read More
Linux / Servers & Services / Web

VSFTPD - How to configure a different home folder for each user A short guide explaining how to configure VSFTPD, the popular FTP service for Linux, to give a specific home folder for each FTP user

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We already talked about VSFTPD in this post, where we explained how to configure the service on a Linux CentOS machine, and also in this other post, where we explained how to …

VSFTPD - How to configure a different home folder for each user A short guide explaining how to configure VSFTPD, the popular FTP service for Linux, to give a specific home folder for each FTP user Read More