Category: .NET
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Missing StoreKey PFX certificates when building a Visual Studio 2019 UWP project
I came across an interesting issue updating my UWP app to Visual Studio 2019 and a new Azure DevOps pipeline. “Associate with Store” no longer adds password-less PFX files named *TemporaryKey.pfx and *StoreKey.pfx to your project to sign your store submissions – instead in VS2019 it now adds the certificates to your local user store…
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Why use a Macbook Pro as a Windows .NET Software Developer (Updated)
Update December 2016: Apple has released a new version of the MacBook Pro featuring the new Touch Bar feature. I do not recommend buying this model. Worse battery life Worse keyboard Touch Bar feature is pretty useless for Bootcamp or virtualization – you will miss the usual function keys USB-C only. Expect to spend 100s…
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Why I won’t be returning my Microsoft Surface RT
I’ve picked up a Microsoft Surface RT from the “temporary” New York Times Square Microsoft Store. While the purchasing experience was a bit of a mess (untrained sales staff – I ended up having to type my own details into their POS terminal as I’m not quite sure the guy knew how to type), I…
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Fun with jQuery flot charting
I’ve got the Microsoft Money style cashflow chart going with the flot library and some massaging of ASP.NET MVC 3 to output JSON. The chart correctly predicts future cashflow based on your set bills and future transactions. Next up is multiple accounts and currencies at once.
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Working on an online MS Money replacement
I am finally fed up of having to install Microsoft Money and set up syncing of the data file, so I’ve decided to try and build a web based version. Mint.com does not support non-US markets and apparently does not even support adding your own transactions that have not been downloaded from a bank. “Private…
