XAML formatting using Visual Studio 2013
If you, like me, are obsessive about the appearence of your xaml code and spent time to line up properties just the right way,…
Author
Christos Matskas
Backing up SQL Server to Azure Storage account using T-SQL
One of the cool things of SQL Server 2012, is the ability to backup any database to Azure. This frees DBA’s from having…
Importing CSV files using jQuery and HTML5
One of the cool features of HTML5 is the new File API that allows the broswer to directly interact with files on the file…
Getting Json data using jQuery and .ASMX web services.
If you still have the misfortune to work with asmx services on your project, you may want to know how to easily retrieve json…
Ordering Collections with enum properties using LINQ
Interesting find today. To order a collection based on an enum alphabetically, you can use LINQ as per the example below: var collection = new…
TFS Continuous Integration for Windows 8.1 Store Apps with SDK dependencies
I am in the process of developing a Windows Store App which has a dependency on SQLite. Today, I decided to implement continuous integration…
SQL Server Always On Availability Groups – Issue with preferred replica for log backups
Over the last couple of days I’ve been trying to customize Ola Hallegren’s script in order to perform backups on an Always…
Copying VHDs between private storage accounts
If you ever need to copy VHDs between two different storage account, you can use the PowerShell script below to do it in few…
Configuring SQL Server Always On Availability Groups in Azure - Part 1
One of the coolest features in Azure is the fact that you can create Always On Availability Groups and configure a Listeners in order…
Processing payments on your site using Stripe and C#
Update: The current example of processing payments is NOT PCI-compliant as the card details are posted to the server. A better approach is to…
Add search to your Ghost blog with Tapir
If you have decided to use Ghost as your blog engine, you may soon realize that it's missing one vital thing and…
Configuring custom domains for Azure Website
First off, if you don't have an Azure account, go get one! You get 10 websites for free plus a whole lot…