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Christos Matskas

There are many ways to generate GUIDs. You can use one of the many free websites or you can write your own (quick) script…

12 Oct 2015 · 2 min read

[ASP.NET WebAPI](http://www.asp.net/web-api "target="_blank) is a powerful tool for creating APIs quickly and efficiently in .NET.…

30 Sep 2015 · 2 min read

A couple of weeks ago I had the fortune to speak at [CodeCraftCon](https://ti.to/codecraftconf/summer-2015" target="_blank) in Glasgow,…

29 Sep 2015 · 3 min read

Oh man! This is some subject! Where does one even begin? This blog post was triggered by the following picture that came across my…

25 Sep 2015 · 2 min read

Scripting is very powerful. And for me, one of the best scripting languages is PowerShell (PoSH). Yes, PoSH takes a bit of getting used…

22 Sep 2015 · 2 min read

ASP.NET xml

Have you ever had the need to server static XML from your website? Sure you did! If the XML is totally static, then it&…

18 Sep 2015 · 2 min read

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at Visug, the .NET User Group in Belgium. Attendance was good (about 35-40 people)…

18 Sep 2015 · 9 min read

Test Driven Development (TDD) is a programming methodology that has seen a great deal of success but has also caused an equally great deal…

14 Sep 2015 · 6 min read

The post below is an excerpt from the talk I recently delivered at [SwanseaCon](http://swancon.co.uk/" target="_blank) (Wales). This…

11 Sep 2015 · 6 min read

Next week (7-9th September 2015) I will be delivering a talk on "Common problems with TDD" at the [SwanseaCon conference](http://swancon.…

03 Sep 2015 · 1 min read

As a web developer, certain tools have become indispensable. I can't even imagine having to do any front-end work without [npm](https:…

02 Sep 2015 · 7 min read

[TypeScript](http://www.typescriptlang.org/" target="_blank) is a new(ish), open source language that is a superset of JavaScript. TypeScript was…

01 Sep 2015 · 7 min read