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FEB
Microsoft MVP for Azure
DevOps CI / CD / Make Deployments Awesome
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DEC
Build .NET Core 2.2 Projects on Azure DevOps
.NET Core 2.2 has been release for couple of weeks. However, the build pipeline is still failing these days. Microsoft has not installed .NET Core 2.2 SDK to the hosted VS2017 agents yet. Let's see how to work around this issue and have a success build for our .NET Core 2.2 apps. 1. Add Task Edit your build definition, and click the "+" button to add a new task. 2. Add .NET Core SDK Installer …
06
OCT
Configure VSTS Build for UWP Apps
UWP Apps usually require a lot of time to compile a "release" package for submitting to Windows Store, and if you are working in a team, TFS/VSTS can help your team ensure that each check-in has a success build, and make it easier for deployment and testing. Let's see a basic example of how to setup a CI build for a UWP App on VSTS. Important Pre-condition: Before you do that, please ensure that …
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AUG
Windows 10 UWP: How to Debug OnFileActivated Launch Failure
Today I am working on my Image Portray App, and I get my code blown up. The problem is, when the App is already started, it can open .ink file with double click from a file. But when the App is not launched, opening a .ink file to start the App will make it crash. As other UWP that supports file type association, I also use OnFileActivated event to launch my App. This kind of problem could not be …
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JUL
Remote Deploy and Debug UWP Apps
These days I am developing an App that need to be tested on multiple languages environment. I can set my local dev box to different language, and restart or sign out / sign in to Windows again to test different languages. But this is very inconvenient. I want to setup a Windows 10 virtual machine with Chinese language and let Visual Studio 2017 deploy and debug the App right into the VM. Back the …
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APR
Configure Continuous Delivery for ASP.NET Core Website on Azure
Today I am trying new DevOps tools in VS2017 and Azure, my goal is to automate the process from development to production for an exsiting ASP.NET Core project. I have encountered some issues, and with the help of Microsoft Support, I was able to solve them and share with you guys. First, there are two ways to configure CD for Azure Web Apps. I prefer create a website first, then configure it from …
09
AUG
Fix Visual Studio 2015 Razor Editor Blow Up
Visual Studio 2015 has been RTM for one month. However, it blows up very often, such as Razor editor. When I try to open any .cshtml file, it blows up with this error, then the syntax highlight is gone. I tried to uninstall all add-on, even repair install VS2015 can't get it working. The detailed error message is: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the …
13
OCT
VS2013 Plug-in Development: How Do I Obtain the Path of a Selected File in Solution Explorer
最近在爆个插件，有个需求就是能够在Solution Explorer中右键点击某个文件然后做一些下流的操作，那么首先就要想办法得到用户选择的文件或者文件们。肿么搞呢。研究了一下WebEssential的代码，总结了一下： 首先，你需要获得DTE2对象，貌似指的是你当前的VS实例。为了方便使用定义成一个静态属性，放到package类里面： 也就是继承Package类的那个类，比如public sealed class ForeverAlonePackage : Package private static DTE2 _dte; internal static DTE2 DTE { get { if (_dte == null) _dte = ServiceProvider.GlobalProvider.GetService(
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SEP
How to move Microsoft Azure Application Insights
本文目前仅适用于国际版的Azure，国内版没有Application Insight服务，请注意。如果你还没有感受过Application Insight这个人类的最新希望，可以到大微软的Channel 9电视台学习一下：http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online 另外，本文所说的迁移方法不会保留Application Insight的历史数据，如果你看到这里就想喷：你TM在逗我？这叫什么迁移？ 。。。 那还是别往下看了。我的标题叫迁移，是因为我实在找不到别的词了。 如果你换了个Microsoft Azure的订阅，怎么迁移以往的ASP.NET, WP工程上面已经配置好的Application Insight呢？目前Azure Portal没有提供更改订阅的功能。所以我们只能在
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AUG