As I continue to interact with people working in IT I continue to be surprised at the number of people who are simply getting by. They have no passion for their chosen profession. Where do they fit into your organization? Sometimes it’s nice to have a software developer who learns a code pattern and can churn it out over and […]
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Checkers
(Hannes DuPreez) As you may know, I love games. I am not a huge gamer, but I do like the odd game every now and then. What I do love is creating games. I love creating games that involve some logic to solve.
Db2 for z/OS in the Cloud: What’s Ahead
(Troy L Coleman) You’ve no doubt heard about cloud computing. But have you examined how Db2 for z/OS on the IBM mainframe fits with the cloud?
REST API Sample for exporting a database
(Holger Linke) While working on an Azure SQL Database support case, I needed to provide a REST API sample for exporting a database. I struggled a bit to get it to work, as the syntax is not really intuitive and requires creating an Azure AD application.
Querying Multi-Structured JSON Files with U-SQL in Azure Data Lake
(Melissa Coates) A while back I posted about this same topic using CosmosDB, for handling situations when the data structure varies from file to file.
Thinking JavaScript
(Kyle Simpson) I was teaching a JavaScript workshop the other day and one of the attendees asked me a JS brain teaser during the lunch break that really got me thinking. His claim was that he ran across it accidentally, but I’m a bit skeptical; it might just have been an intentional WTF trick!
Developing Node.js Applications on IBM Bluemix
(Ahmed Azraq, Mohamed Ewies and Ahmed E. Marzouk) This IBM Redbooks publication explains how to create various applications based on Node.js and run them on IBM Bluemix. In this book, you will do the following activities:
Introduction to Identity in Razor Pages
(Mike Brind) Razor Pages uses ASP.NET Identity as its default membership and authentication system. This article is the first in a series that explores the various parts of ASP.NET Identity as it relates to Razor Pages, and starts with an overview of the files generated as part of the project templa
Using Test Hub in VSTS to run Automated Tests on Web applications
(Gouri Sohoni) Learn to execute an automated test with the help of Test Hub in Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Understanding Azure Data Factory – A Cloud Based Integration Service
(Anoop Kumar) Azure Data Factory is a cloud based integration service that allows you to transfer data from disparate cloud and on premise data sources to various data storage destinations. This is similar to another on premise ETL tool, SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS), provided by Microsoft.