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Debugging MSBuild script with Visual Studio – The Visual Studio Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/13

A while ago, i had a failing msbuild script that I fixed by restoring a backup.

Next time, I’ll try debugging it first, so the below is on my research list.

Debugging MSBuild script with Visual Studio – The Visual Studio Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.

–jeroen

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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) – OWASP

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/12

When I look what is possible with Cross-site Scripting (XSS), then I wonder how you can defend your site to any and all of these and future attacks.

Coming from a desktop application and back-end background, the jungle of the web keeps being overwhelming.

–jeroen

via: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) – OWASP

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Password requirements by @NicvantSchip – via Koushik Dutta – Google+

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/12

Brilliant: password requirements by @NicvantSchip.

“Your password must contain at least 8 letters, a capital, a plot, a protagonist with good character development, a twist & a happy ending.”

And Dilbert via Thomas Kear:

“Starting today, passwords must contain letters, numbers, sign language and squirrel noises”

–jeroen

via: Koushik Dutta – Google+.

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Mac OS X GeekTool: like Windows BgInfo on steroids.

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/12

A long time fan of BgInfo on Windows, I was looking for a Mac OS X replacement.

And I found one: GeekTool is on steroids compared to BgInfo (:

Much more than I needed (plenty of add-on scripts too), but more than enough to get some simple text displayed.

–jeroen

via: windows – Tool to put text on desktop wallpaper – Super User.

Posted in Apple, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User | Leave a Comment »

What would be a real world example of heavy coupling?  A space satellite?…

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/09

Interesting suggestions at What would be a real world example of heavy coupling?  A space satellite?….

Via Nick Hodges.

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Like Process Explorer, but open source, with some extra options: Process Hacker

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/09

Process Hacker is on my research list:

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.

–jeroen

via: Overview – Process Hacker.

Posted in Microsoft Surface on Windows 7, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 1 Comment »

Search engines for the Embarcadero/CodeGear/Borland newsgroups

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/08

Even though 15 years ago they proudly announced to have archived 20 years of usenet, it is virtually impossible to find usenet groups through groups.google.com, and they certainly do not archive the groups at forums.embarcadero.com (formerly forums.codegear.com and forums.borland.com).

So I found only a few sites that do index the Delphi groups (and they do index more than just the Delphi newsgroups), so if you know more, please let me know!

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Just in case I ever need it again: jed-software.com » Blog Archive » FastMM4 Gui – Source Code.

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/07

Just in case I need the FastMM4 Gui – Source Code ever again.

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Posted in Delphi, Delphi 2007, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Patch for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 suddenly indicating it is not genuine/0x8004FE21: Install KB3024777 to fix KB3004394 – via Brett Wilton G+

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/06

Thanks Brett Wilton for sharing this.

This would have saved me quite some time, as I re-did the phone registration two weeks ago in order to get a few development VMs working again.

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The Truth about BDD – Clean Coder – via GDG Düsseldorf

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/06

Thanks  for pointing me to The Truth about BDD – Clean Coder by Uncle Bob.

The clue is below. Read the whole article for the context.

TDD was adopted as a way to help us phrase low level requirements and drive the development of software based on those requirements. BDD, a variation of TDD, was created to help us think better about higher level requirements, and drive the development of systems using a language better than unit tests. But BDD is really a variation of Finite State Machine specifications, and FSMs can be shown, mathematically, to be complete. Therefore, we may have a way to conclusively demonstrate that our requirements are complete and consistent. (Apologies to Godel).

–jeroen

via: The Truth about BDD – Clean Coder.

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