Using google test for C++ code with CMake
AKA: Protecting “future me”
I needed a way to ensure that I didn’t stupidly include internal data types in WebAPI methods
Installation
Install-Package TestStack.ConventionTests
Example Usepublic class ApiControllersShould
{public void UseDtoParameterTypes()
{
// Define some data
var methods = Methods.InAssemblyOf("Api Controller Methods",
t => t.Where(p...
Every business these days is working in a fast moving, disrupted, technology-driven world. In order to survive we need to be constantly thinking outside the box, and potentially contrary to the ways we’ve been working for years.
If we continue to hire people who think the same way...
For the last 10+ years I’ve primarily been a C# / .NET developer. This ecosystem is great, there are thousands of great packages available. The one thing that’s been irritating me of late is the challenge of running .NET in containers such as Docker.
As luck would have it,...
CapabilitiesLive Stream Video
Include Presentation Audio / Video
Include Live AudioTools and Products UsedTelestream WireCast
Wowza Media Server (Local Instance)ChallengesAudio not streaming from Desktop Presenter
No hardware control surfaceThings LearntMixer output is Line Level, Camera...
Environment Validator
I’m using the ServerSpec framework to do environment validation of development and test environments. The first version is set up in a very basic way where you pass a single host IP or Name and it connects over WinRM.
This is specifically designed to be an example...
Our first “Hackathon”, TattsHack, is done and dusted, and what an experience. From the original idea through to the event it was only a few short weeks, and of that we were only actively working on it for 15 business days.
In that time we went from a blank...
The 2015 Great Adventure ChallengeI am taking on the Great Adventure Challenge and making a difference in the lives of seriously ill children with the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Through this link you can easily support my...
If you’re having trouble running Visual Studio Code behind a corporate proxy, the following
steps might help. Basically on a mac you just need to set two variables.
This is what will happen if you’ve got proxy problems:
osx:vscode shaw.innes$ dnu restore
Restoring packages for /Users/shaw.innes/Desktop/vscode/AkkaAkka/project.json
GET https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?Id='System.Console'.
Warning:...
Isolating performance issues or tracing web traffic problems can be a challenge. Modern browsers have excellent developer tools and 3rd party tools like Fiddler are also great for this job, but they only give you so much information. Sometimes you want to get more in-depth information around the request...