Category: Code Blog

[Paste JSON as Code] as a Visual Studio Extension

After manually trying to get libxml2 to run for an hour, this solution took two minutes…

Here’s a handy DOS command to update all your GIT repos within the subfolders of the current directory.

SET OD=%CD%
FOR /d %%i in (*) do CD "%%i" && git pull & CD %OD%
PAUSE

[AI-Powered Python Copilot]

[Activate Developer Mode on your retail Xbox One console]

[How to load debug symbols in Visual Studio during debugging]

• [Stackoverflow – C++/WinRT]
• [How to: Use Existing C++ Code in a Universal Windows Platform App]
• [Using C++/CX in Desktop apps]

[Get the Windows 10 October 2018 Update]

[What’s new in C# 7.0 with Mads Torgersen]

Android Studio support for NDK is no longer experimental. Read the latest docs on [Add C and C++ Code to Your Project] to see how to support native code in your Android Studio projects.

I wrote [an app] to control the kids’ computers with a lock screen after bedtime. The app launches on startup and when locked cannot be killed, closed, minimized, moved, or switched out of. After a password is entered, the lock can be temporarily delayed by 30 minutes or an hour.

[Microsoft officially launches the first preview of Visual Studio for Mac]

I’ve started to learn the [Cocos2D Engine]. So far I have it building and running on Android. The next step is to add an IAP sample.

Coding while listing to Final Fantasy music (Nobuo Uematsu)…

[Google IO Schedule] May 18th – 20th.

[The Smash the Code WorldCup contest starts tomorrow!]. The Smash the Code WorldCup Contest starts tomorrow, Saturday, April 30th at 12:00 pm EST and will end on Sunday, May 8th at 2pm EST.

[Create an Alexa Skill and Get Three Months Free on Envato Tuts+]

Learn how the Pascal architecture will benefit you as a developer. [read more]

In the [Cordova Plugin Reference], under `config-file Element`, the text reads “The config-file element only allows you to append new children to an XML document tree”. The Cordova NPM module installs globally into the following:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova

It would be great to make existing `XML` content editable. The plugin code has logic to remove elements, but it hasn’t been exposed or documented.

[Kite] is an artificial pair programmer that gives an enhanced intellisense experience as you write code.

[wit.ai] is a bot engine with natural language processing for developers of bots, mobile apps, home automation, wearable devices, and robots! Try the [demo]. [Techcrunch] wrote more about what Facebook is doing with wit.ai services.