a developer's notebook
A CRON expression is a string consisting of six or seven subexpressions (fields), separated by white space, that describe individual details of the schedule. A very useful tool that enables users to schedule tasks to run periodically at a specified date/time in the future, thus allowing the automation of a lot of tasks and processes that otherwise would require human…
Sometimes, it is helpful to be able to set a timer to auto shutdown your PC, after a certain amount of time. In Windows 10 you can do that through many ways, but essentially, using the same command. Command Prompt Type shutdown -s -t 300 where 300 is the amount of seconds to wait till the shutdown start (around 5 minutes) Powershell The…
What is it? EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent coding styles between different editors and IDEs. The EditorConfig project consists of a file format for defining coding styles and a collection of text editor plugins that enable editors to read the file format and adhere to defined styles. EditorConfig files are easily readable and they work nicely with version control…
There are some scenarios where you might want to reinstall nuget packages in your projects, like for example: Project Retargeting or Upgrade This can be useful when a project has been retargeted or upgraded and if the package REQUIRES reinstallation due to the change in target framework. You Broke the Project In case, you have inadvertently modified contents installed from a…
When you launch a web project in Visual Studio, by default is uses the 32-bit version of IIS Express. To change that you can enable the 64-bit version through Options. So, head to:
