When you need to convert an existing .NET Framework Console application to .NET Core, there's one pending question that is kept being asked. Can you still use the System.Configuration and App.config (XML) configuration instead of using the new Appsettings.json file instead? There's always a need for a most robust configuration file and with JSON, it offers more flexibility and scalability but … [Read more...]
How to Start Observer from Erlang or Elixir Shell
Observer is a graphical tool for observing the characteristics of Erlang systems. Observer displays system information, application supervisor trees, process information, ETS tables, Mnesia tables and contains a front end for Erlang tracing. As Elixir and Erlang both run on the same VM (Erlang VM or also known as BEAM), Observer can be run from either within Erlang shell or Elixir's. The only … [Read more...]
How to Check Installed .NET Core Version
This is the way to determine what version of .NET Core is installed on your machine (or if it's not installed): Launch Windows PowerShell. Runtime SDK In the following example, you can see that .NET Core 2.1.2 Runtime is installed, but the SDK is not installed with the following error message: Otherwise, it will look more like the next screenshot: When … [Read more...]
How to Setup HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) on IIS
HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) response header is used to tell browsers that the particular website should only be accessed solely over HTTPS. This is a powerful feature that is easy to implement to mitigate the risks for the communication to be intercepted by hackers and keep your website visitors safe. Enabling HTTP Strict Transport Security on IIS See the steps below to enable HSTS on … [Read more...]
How to Deploy Hugo Static Website to IIS Using Git
Continuing the posts on Hugo website tutorial, after all the setup is done, the question now is about static site hosting. The reality is hosting a static website is very easy so you have a lot of flexibility in choosing your hosting and platform. In fact, you can use Github, Bitbucket or Gitlab to host your static website. This post will show you how you can host your static website on IIS … [Read more...]