Video

Beyond Right Click Deployments to the Microsoft Cloud [video]

Make your development strategy for the cloud a success. In this presentation from NOVA CodeCamp [http://novacodecamp.org/] last fall, I discuss architecting your ASP.NET Core solution for deployment to the Microsoft Cloud, and using Azure Resource Manager PowerShell scripting as a tool to automate the creation of new

Resharper

24 Resharper Tips Every .Net Developer Should Know

ReSharper can massively boost productivity and improve code quality, while teaching you to be a better developer. In this presentation from NOVA CodeCamp last fall, I distill years spent mastering the tool into a discreet set of 24 tips to help you immediately get more done in less time. (Read

Xamarin

Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

Displaying list data in Android using a custom layout is traditionally accomplished by inflating an AXML file for each row of data.  However, in my article introducing EasyLayout.Droid I made the case that AXML files slow development speed and decrease cross platform re-usability. In this article, I'll

HoloLens

Intro to Hololens Development

InfernoRed’s Matt Wilhelm introduces HoloLens development in a NOVA Code Camp presentation recorded October 8, 2016. He covers the basics of developing for HoloLens and demos the technology by using Unity 3D to place a superhero avatar on stage next to him.

Xamarin

Introducing EasyLayout.Droid

If you've done much Xamarin iOS work you've probably run into Frank Krueger's awesome framework, EasyLayout, that makes manually coded auto layouts considerably easier to read and maintain. If you've ever wanted the same type of functionality for Xamarin Android either for

HoloLens

Debugging on the Hololens

Welcome to our continuing series on the Hololens. In this video, I will discuss how to debug and how to deploy applications to the Hololens.  To demonstrate, I will use an application we built that shows using a 2-D and 3-D views inside of the same app.

HoloLens

3 things you'll love about the Hololens

We absolutely love the Hololens, so much in fact that we decided to launch a video series on the Hololens. In this video, Lee Richardson discusses three elements of the Hololens that he feels users will come to appreciate.

git

Benefits of Git Rebase

In the first article in this series (Git: Rebase vs Merge) I covered the tactics of rebasing.  I discussed what merge commits are, and how to avoid them with rebasing.  In this post I'll cover the benefits of rebasing, including how its use speeds up finding hard to

Docker

Crashplan Max Memory Via Docker on a Synology NAS

TL;DR Update the /usr/local/crashplan/bin/run.conf with the maximum value you want your java heap to be allowed to use: SRV_JAVA_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapp=CrashPlanService -DappBaseName=CrashPlan -Xms20m -Xmx1024m -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=300 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=300 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.negative.

Resharper

24 Resharper Tips

I firmly believe ReSharper is the best thing to happen to .Net since Visual Studio (NCrunch is a close second).  In evangelizing it I managed to convince my program to purchase copies for every developer.  One caveat: I had to train everyone. So next week I'm doing a

DNN

DotNetNuke and ApiExplorer

Exposing Web API endpoints from DotNetNuke is very easy to do and is extremely useful for accessing the internals of DNN. For example, if I want to get a list of all of the custom roles that are available for a particular DNN site, I can easily do so by

git

Git: Rebase vs Merge

Distributed version control (git): Check. Feature branches: Check. Rebasing: Ugh, seriously? On multiple projects I've attempted to introduce the concept of rebasing commits.  It rarely goes well (at first).  The initial reaction tends to be reluctance and confusion.  Reluctance, because it adds complexity and appears to give nothing

Community

InfernoRed August Community Calendar

At InfernoRed Technology we have a team of awesome developers and technologists [http://www.infernored.com/#team].  When we're not building amazing products for our partners and customers [http://www.infernored.com/#partnersAndClients] all over the country we're out getting involved in our local developer communities.

Best Practices

Terrible Technical Talks (and how to avoid giving them)

Have you attended a presentation on the hottest bleeding-edge technology and the presentation turned out to be less exciting than watching the paint grow (or the grass dry)? When it comes to technology, I don't learn by watching somebody else do it; I have to do it myself.

UWP

HoloLens: The First Few Weeks

I have to admit, the first time I tried HoloLens at //Build in 2015, I was underwhelmed.  The demo was scripted, and the product was clearly not complete.  There was literally a main behind the curtain debugging the device as we went through the motions. The second time I got

Xamarin

4 Xamarin Misconceptions Debunked (aka What Even Is Xamarin)

This article explains what Xamarin is, the basics of how it works, and dispels four common misconceptions.

UWP

Mixing HoloLens 2D and 3D XAML Views in HolographicSpace

If I can be a little honest, I feel like the HoloLens might be a solution in search of a problem.  But that's probably because it is so new and we are just beginning to understand its impact.  I think credit goes to Microsoft for understanding this, and

Xamarin

Cross-Platform UI Testing with Specflow, Xamarin, and CodedUI: Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of my blog series on cross-platform UI testing.  For those who are just joining us, in Part 1 we discussed the high-level strategy for cross-platform UI testing using Xamarin.UITest and CodedUI, and introduced SpecFlow as the glue that holds everything together.  I also identified a

Xamarin

Cross-Platform UI Testing with Specflow, Xamarin, and CodedUI: Part 2

Welcome to my blog series on cross-platform UI testing.  In Part 1 of this series, I discussed my strategy for cross-platform testing and identified a few key gotcha's to look out for along the way.  I also provided a link to the completed source code, should you like

TDD

Why I Became a TDD Sith Lord

My enforcement of Test-Driven Development has earned me a lot of nicknames. There's Test <insert name of WWII-era German socialist party>1. Some people "lighten it up" to Test<last three syllables of a Nicaraguan socialist party>2. I personally prefer TDD

Xamarin

Cross-Platform UI Testing with Specflow, Xamarin, and CodedUI: Part 1

Just about every developer is familiar with the benefits and costs of Test-Driven Development.  Regardless of your personal stance on the topic, it is hard to argue against the evidence that automated testing often pays huge dividends in improved quality, reliability, and efficiency.  In fact, on most well-managed projects these

UWP

How To Fade An LED With PWM in Windows IoT

Motors, dimmable LED's, speakers, multi-color LED's and a variety of other components have a requirement that's easy for an Arduino, but that turns out to be a little tricky in Windows IoT.

Windows IOT

Getting Started With Windows IoT and Raspberry Pi 3

This is the first post in a series exploring Windows IoT on Raspberry Pi 3.  In this post I'll cover the what and the why of Windows IoT, then show how to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 and finally how to deploy a first app to

Insider

InfernoRed’s Own Tech Wizard, Pamela Vong, named to elite group of Powerful DC Programmers and Designers

It’s drum-beating day at InfernoRed! We’re very excited to learn that our own Pam Vong is among a newly minted group of women who will receive DCFemTech’s annual “Powerful Women Programmers and Designers” Award.

UWP

Building Apps for Xbox One with UWP

As you probably heard in the keynote at //build today – it is now possible to leverage the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) to build apps for Xbox One!  Since the last //build in 2015 we have been using UWP to build single package apps that can be shared by phones and