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React Native with Push Notifications and Firebase - Part 1 of 5 How to create, setup and configure a React Native project with Push Notifications support using Firebase SDK and API - Part 1 of 5: Understanding Push Notifications

July 17, 2019April 18, 2021 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

In this five-part tutorial we'll see how we can create a sample React Native app (you might call it a "Hello World" or "boilerplate") that will be capable of receiving …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Design / Windows

Visual Studio - parameter instance with value null (and other design errors) when opening XSD files How to fix the "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: instance" error when opening XSD files in design mode with Visual Studio 2017 or 2019

July 16, 2019January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 4 Comments.

If you've stumbled upon this post it most likely means you're having issues while trying to open XSD files from Visual Studio 2017 or 2019. More specifically, this problem often …

Coding / JavaScript / Tools & Utilities

YARN vs NPM (vs pnpm) in 2019: comparison and verdict A comparative analysis of the most used package managers for JavaScript and Node.js and what to use in 2019

July 14, 2019October 19, 2020 - by Ryan - 4 Comments.

In this article I'll talk about Yarn and NPM, arguably the most popular JavaScript package managers available as of today, with the precise intent of compare their respective features and …

Coding / SQL

SQL Server - How to ALTER one or more Table Columns avoiding a Command Timeout in T-SQL How to change the type and/or the format of one or more SQL Server Table Columns with an ALTER query avoiding command timeout and without restarting the Database

July 12, 2019January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you've stumbled upon this post it most likely means that you need to change the type and/or format of one or more table column of a SQL Server using …

Coding / Web

Rust - Hello World Web Application with Actix and Visual Studio Code How to create a typical "Hello world!" Web Application using Rust and Actix-web on a Windows 10 machine with Visual Studio Code

July 10, 2019October 10, 2019 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Have you ever heard of Rust? I definitely think so, since you ended up here. In this post we'll see how we can use Rust to build a simple Hello …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Tools & Utilities / Web

Top 10 Visual Studio 2019 Extensions for Web Development A list of 10 great extensions available for Visual Studio 2019 on the Visual Studio Marketplace - updated on July 6, 2019

July 7, 2019October 10, 2019 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Despite being an eager user of Visual Studio since 2001, I have never used many extensions - just those who I found really meaningful to improve my overall VS experience. …

10 Must-Have features for a WordPress Website in 2019

Coding / PHP / Web

Install WP-CLI on Windows - WordPress Command-Line Interface Quick tutorial explaining how to install the WordPress Command-Line Interface (WP-CLI) on Windows using composer or a wp-cli.phar and a batch file

July 4, 2019December 31, 2019 - by Ryan - 1 Comment

As you most likely already know, WP-CLI is the official command line tool for interacting with and managing your WordPress sites. It can be used for a number of different …

Coding / Web

Getting Started with Python and Django - Hello World Web App A small Python plus Django tutorial that will show you how to create your first Hello World web application using Python and Django

July 3, 2019July 4, 2019 - by Alice - Leave a Comment

Have you ever heard anything about Python? If you're reading this, I bet you do! Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language with an object-oriented approach: it was created …

Coding / Operating Systems / Windows

Symbolic Links - Create Folder / Directory Alias in Windows How to create true directory aliases in Windows (not shortcuts) using Symbolic Links with mklink, Powershell or Junction (Sysinternals)

July 1, 2019January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 1 Comment

In this post we'll explain the concept of symbolic links, a neat feature available in NFTS-enabled Windows operating system that can be used to create "proxies" or "pointers" for files …

Android / Android Studio / Coding / JavaScript / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Getting Started with React Native and Visual Studio Code on Windows: Hello World sample app Quick tutorial explaining how to create a "Hello World" sample app on a Windows development machine with React Native and Visual Studio Code

June 28, 2019January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 2 Comments.

Do you know React Native? If you don't, you should really do something about that, especially if you're a web developer interested in creating native mobile app. In a nutshell, …