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Christos Matskas

Unable to login to Azure Mobile Apps - API Service (formerly know as Azure Mobile Service)

TL;DR Jump to the end of the post for the quick solution I'm currently working on a new mobile application which has a lot of integration with Azure Mobile Apps service which is part of the Apps service offering on Microsoft's cloud platform. I have been creating a few

Entity Framework

The specified type member 'Date' is not supported in LINQ to Entities Exception - Entity Framework

EntityFramework is great when it works. You almost don't know it's there, doing its magic in the background while you focus on building your application around your models. However, when it breaks or doesn't work in the way you expect it, you're in for a ride. This morning I spent

/Dev/Summer Conference - Cambridge 2015

I’m just back from the attending and speaking at /Dev/Summer which was back in Cambridge this year with lots of great and interesting talks. I really enjoyed being part of this fantastic event and even more so for being able to give a talk about Open Source. The

Generate ASCII folder structures on Windows with Tree

I was reading through Adron Hall's post yesterday about generating ASCII trees on Linux and Mac OSx. This is a handy feature if you want to include a project/folder structure to your documentation and don't wish to copy paste screenshots. What is an ASCII tree you may ask? There

IValueConverter with MVVMLight on Windows Phone 8.1

I'm currently developing a universal app for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows store. This time around, I decided to do it right and use an MVVM framework. There are plently good ones to choose from, such as: SimpleMVVMToolkit MVVMLightToolkit MVVMCross I had started using MVVMLight some time ago on

Create passwords and check password strength using a public Open Source API

The PasswordUtility API is one of the pet projects I've been working on for a while. Today I'm delighted to announce that the project goes to public availability. The solution hosted in Azure (where else?) and consists of 2 parts: A public facing website where you can test the API

Entity Framework

Logging and tracing with Entity Framework 6

Logging is important, especially when you have to troubleshoot an issue. That's when you realize that without logging you are "driving blind". Today's post is about logging with Entity Framework 6. I agree that there are tools out there that can help you with EF troubleshooting, such as