Just my ramblings on technology and software development
So you started development on your Cordova application with the default name and id (io.cordova.hellocordova) and now you want to change it? First edit your config.xml. If you are in a recent version of Cordova or PhoneGap (Cordova 3.5.0 for … Read More »
When developing with Cordova you can use the serve functionality to launch a web server for viewing your application in a browser. The problem here is that you’ll be browsing to the site in one of your platform directories where … Read More »
While developing a Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1) Modern Application recently I ran into a problem where the application was crashing immediately after the splash screen. Windows manages the display of the splash screen while the application is loading, so … Read More »
I am frequently asked about data security in Azure and specifically Azure Blob Storage. For many scenarios the best option is to encrypt data before storing it in Azure, however this is non-trivial, even with the cryptography support in the … Read More »
This blog is hosted on my Azure subscription, and was using ClearDB, who provides MySQL instances for Azure websites. I quickly found out however that the ClearDB instances are only free up to 20mb, at which point they put a … Read More »
Rarely in my career have I written significant amounts of Java, so when I do use it I’m always learning new things. I thought this unique way to use Scanner to read a text file into a string was great:
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import java.util.Scanner; String contents = new Scanner(new File(fileName)).useDelimiter("\\Z").next(); |
Nice … Read More »
If you created your VirtualBox .vdi disk too small, there is a simple utility to increase the size of the disk. Leave VirtualBox open, but stop the VM Open a command prompt (don’t use an Administrative command prompt unless VirtualBox … Read More »
I needed a simple debounce for a push button wired directly to a digital input on an ATMega. I’m sure there are more advanced techniques but this is working well for me.
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int ButtonPressed() { /* the button is pressed when BUTTON_BIT is clear */ if (bit_is_clear(BUTTON_PIN, BUTTON_BIT)) { delay_ms(DEBOUNCE_TIME); if (bit_is_clear(BUTTON_PIN, BUTTON_BIT)) return 1; } return 0; } |
Where bit_is_clear is defined in AVR-LIBC IO.H … Read More »
If you have done any Atmel / AVR development you have probably heard of Procyon AVRLib. If you haven’t, you are in for a treat. It is an old library, but contains incredibly valuable drivers for all manner of popular … Read More »
SharePoint features can exist at several different scopes, including Web, Site, and Web Application. Each of these can be activated and deactivated programmatically, but they have to be handled slightly differently. This can be extremely useful for automated deployment … Read More »