(Mark Zhou) .NET is a managed platform, that means the memory access and management is safe and automatic. All types are fully managed by .NET, it allocates memory either on the execution stacks, or managed heaps.
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Amazon RDS SQL Server – (A few of) the lessons learned
With some interesting experiences under our collective belts when it comes to working with SQL Server on AWS, it seems like it might be interesting to share some of the things we’ve learned and seen in the field. AWS’ RDS with SQL Server is a great SaaS deployment of SQL Server that gives you the benefit of the fully-managed environment […]
Configure Oracle data source for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSDT and Report Server)
(Krishnakumar Rukmangathan) In general, there are several links available to download the ODAC components from the Oracle official site. It varies across the Oracle versions, and the type of installer that we would need. Most of the time, we look for the .exe installer to install the Oracle related
Assigning Resource Management Permissions for Azure Data Lake Store (Part 2)
(Melissa Coates) This is part 2 in a short series on Azure Data Lake permissions.
Use HTML5 Download Attribute To Download A URL
(Bipin Joshi) The anchor element allows you to render a hyperlink to a resource using its href attribute. There is a lesser known attribute of the anchor element – download – that can come handy in certain situations.
5 Ways to Make Yourself Stand Out at Work
A busy professional asks a question regarding working relationships. I’m looking for meaningful, effective ways that employees in nearly any scenario can make themselves stand out in a good way. It goes without saying that above all, you must continue to produce high-quality work, make the most of your time at the office. We don’t want any of the below...
Finding What’s Changed in Your Code
(Peter Vogel) You (or someone else) rolled out a new version of an application and it’s behaving…oddly. You ask the people involved (or yourself) “What changed?” and the answer you get is “Nothing.”
Prefer System.lineSeparator() for Writing System-Dependent Line Separator Strings in Java
(Dustin Marx) JDK 7 saw the introduction of System.lineSeparator(). So why should you use it instead of System.getProperty(”line.separator”)?
Build an advanced Cloud Foundry app on the IBM Cloud platform
(Doug Tidwell) In this video, I show you how to take the Cloud Foundry app you created in Part 1 to the next level. First you’ll set up your machine to run the app locally.