Lybecker https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/feed.xml My software development adventures… Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:24:59 GMT en-US hourly 1 Installing Windows with Secure Boot from USB drive https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/installing-windows-with-secure-boot-from-usb-drive Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:02:39 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/?p=145 Here is how...]]> Composing your own Windows Container with a Dockerfile https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/composing-your-own-windows-container-with-a-dockerfile Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:50:53 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/?p=125 Getting Started with Windows Containers I showed how to run containers and pull existing containers from the public repository Docker Hub. Now it is time to create a new image and add it to Docker Hub. Read more.
]]> Getting started with Windows Containers https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/getting-started-with-windows-containers Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:38:34 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/?p=105 Read more]]> Minimizing the cost of dev/test environments in Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/minimizing-the-cost-of-devtest-environments-in-azure Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:13:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/03/02/minimizing-the-cost-of-devtest-environments-in-azure/ MSDN Subscription Azure Benefits, which includes free Azure Credits. The Azure Credits cover my dev/test needs even though I use more than a handful of VMs and services. I make smart use of the free Azure Credits by turning off VMs at night and during weekends, when I am not using them. Which means that I can use 3-4 times more VMs on Azure compared to just letting them run all the time. VMs are costly compared to the PaaS services such as Azure WebSites, SQL Azure and Cloud Services. So the PaaS services are not a cost issue. Read more.]]> How-to start and stop Azure VMs at a schedule https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/how-to-start-and-stop-azure-vms-at-a-schedule Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:12:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/02/27/how-to-start-and-stop-azure-vms-at-a-schedule/ Read more.]]> How-to start and stop Azure VMs via PowerShell https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/how-to-start-and-stop-azure-vms-via-powershell Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:12:02 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/02/26/how-to-start-and-stop-azure-vms-via-powershell/ Read more.]]> Auto-property initializers https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/auto-property-initializers Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:23:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/01/28/auto-property-initializers/ At first auto-property initializers does not sound very interesting at all, but wait…

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]]> Initialize a Dictionary with index initializers https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/initialize-a-dictionary-with-index-initializers Wed, 28 Jan 2015 03:24:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/01/28/initialize-a-dictionary-with-index-initializers/ A small but still significant feature in C# 6 is index initializers. Index initializers can be sued to initialize object members, but also dictionaries. Initializing a dictionary has always be cumbersome, but not anymore.

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]]> Awesome string formatting https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/awesome-string-formatting Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:21:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/01/27/awesome-string-formatting/ Using the versatile string.Format required a lot of typing and keeping the numbed placeholders in sync with the method parameters.

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]]> Expression-bodied methods https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/lybecker/expression-bodied-methods Tue, 27 Jan 2015 03:22:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/lybecker/2015/01/27/expression-bodied-methods/ Expression-bodied methods make it possible for methods and properties to be used as expressions instead of statement blocks, just like lambda functions.

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