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* Config Transform Tester Website [https://webconfigtransformationtester.apphb.com/] * Config Transform Tool [http://ctt.codeplex.com/] * Config Transform Syntax [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465326.aspx]

Get Powershell version PS C:\> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion which will display something like the table below, which means we're running v4: Major Minor Build Revision ----- ----- ----- -------- 4 0 -1 -1 Get Machine's IP Address Complex way of getting the current machines IP address,

* AngularJS and asp.net MVC Cookbook [https://github.com/Wintellect/Angular-MVC-Cookbook] * AngularJs, MongoDB, and NancyFx Code Sample [https://github.com/bojanv91/codecamp2013-speakersapp-demo] * AngularJs, MongoDB, and NancyFx Slides [http://www.slideshare.net/BojanVeljanovski/angularjs-nancyfx-mongodb-the-best-trio-for-ultimate-spa-by-bojan-veljanovski] * AngularJS OAUTH with AngularJS and NancyFX [http://blog.jonathanchannon.com/2014/05/07/introducing-owin-statelessauth-with-

Misc Resources * How to upload and image with NancyFx [http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/webdev/serverprogramming/nancy-and-c-uploading-and/] * Async Route Handling with NancyFx [http://blog.jonathanchannon.com/2013/08/24/async-route-handling-with-nancy/] Authentication Resources * google Facebook Twitter oauth using nancy [http://www.philliphaydon.com/2013/01/oauth-with-nancyfx-and-world-domination-authentication/] * angulsjs and nancy stateless

Adding Package to Submlime Text 3 * Install PackageControl: https://packagecontrol.io/installation * Install the PowerShell Package [https://github.com/SublimeText/PowerShell] via Ctrl + Shift + P install powershell * Install the Powershell Utils [https://packagecontrol.io/packages/PowershellUtils] which allows you to run powershell command from Submlime * Install the Powershell Helper Generator

Since Google changed their search engine to increase the rankings if you have an SSL certificate, why not purchase an inexpensive SSL cert. * Rapid SSL for $10 at Name.com [http://www.name.com/ssl]

Top 5 Domain Name Registration Services After attempting to renew one of my .org domains and being charged ~$19 by GoDaddy [http://godaddy.com], I have chosen to move my domains away from them. I'm getting a little tired of wasting time hunting for coupon codes every time

Mobile Testing Appium * Appium [http://appium.io/] – native mobile app testing SauceLabs * SauceLabs [https://saucelabs.com/] – cloud-based mobile web + app testing * integrates with Appium Cucumber & Calabash * Cucumber [http://cukes.info/] - Gerkin BDD in Ruby * Kalabash [http://calaba.sh/] - iOS and Android Testing Web App Testing CasperJS * CasperJS

Key Re-mapper for Windows [http://lifehacker.com/5883003/the-best-key-remapper-for-windows]

Details on Stack Overflow [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10338290/c-reflection-and-primitive-types] Type t = typeof(string); string typeName; using (var provider = new CSharpCodeProvider()) { var typeRef = new CodeTypeReference(t); typeName = provider.GetTypeOutput(typeRef); }

* Parse [https://parse.com/] for building fast mobile apps where you just focus on building your app * App Gyver [http://www.appgyver.com] for prototyping and using API's * Appery [http://appery.io] Cloud Base App Platform * Upload Care [https://uploadcare.com/] Takes care of CDN and image processing.

* Details of basic Xamarin Android Services [http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/application_fundamentals/services/part_1_-_started_services/] * It is important to note that the service will run on the main thread, so any long-running work must be kept on a separate thread * In order to conserve system

* In place of creating a wapper for say HTTP or DateTime, we can use a shim instead to force something specific to be returned. * Shims

Useful Add-ons [SQL Server Management Studio Pack][(http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/) * Allows you to easy export from a select statement SQL Server Azure GeoReplication Diagnostics These are useful queries when the SQL Azure replication is not working correctly. Geo Replication Links SELECT database_id, start_date, modify_date, partner_server,

* How to use story boards with MvvmCross [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22126929/mvvmcross-support-for-xamarin-ios-storyboards]

How to fix it: * Inside Visual Studio -> tools -> options -> Project and Solutons -> Build and Run * Change MSBuild Output verbosity from "Minimal" to "Normal" * Check the build output to spot the file that contains a "-" * Details

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The Goods * Calaba [http://calaba.sh/] * Cucumber [http://cukes.info/] Installation on Windows * Ruby 1.9.2 [http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/] -> install it (x86 version) * DevKit [http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/] -> extract it -> run "devkitvars.bat" * ANSICON [https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon] -&

Path to ADB on Windows C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools 3 minute recording on a Android adb shell screenrecord --size 1280x720 --bit-rate 8000000 --time-limit 180 /sdcard/test.mp4 30 Second Recording on Android adb shell screenrecord –time-limit 30 /sdcard/test.mp4 Links * ADB Screen Record Commands * More

* Fantastic comparison of different IOC's for Xamarin [http://arteksoftware.com/ioc-containers-with-xamarin/] Tiny IOC Tiny IOC [https://github.com/grumpydev/TinyIoC]

Paid OCRs * ABBYY [http://www.abbyy.com/] (will provide you 99%+ accuracy out of the box and it will detect tables automatically) * Data Capturen (OCR plus some additional logic to find necessary data on the pag) * (Image Processing using C#)[ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/33838/Image-Processing-using-C] Improving OCR Accuracy

* Great Method comparison between nunit and xuit [https://xunit.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Comparisons] - This is great if you are familar with nunit and want to move towards xunit

Zoom In/Out Zoom In ctrl + shift + > Zoom Out ctrl + shift + < Goto First Error Crtl + shift + F12

Getting Post Data * Detailed Example [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17832784/how-to-get-post-data-in-webapi] Get Post Data Values Async dynamic obj = await Request.Content.ReadAsAsync<JObject>(); var username = obj.username; var password = obj.password; var result = DoSomething(username.Value, password.Value); Option: Posting in data=string Post data in the format