Category: Web Development

[Docusaurus] automates converting Markdown text into nice looking static web pages.

[Pandoc]

Command-line to convert Word Doc to HTML.

pandoc -s my.docx -t html -o index.html --extract-media=.

[vscode-pandoc]

[Office Viewer(Markdown Editor)]

[CMake projects in Visual Studio]

[Bun.sh] packages JS libraries into an all-in-one library. Bun is also a package manager.

[JsonW]

[EveryTimeZone]

[ChartsJS] has a nice JS library for drawing charts in HTML.

Pricing for 3 year code signing EV certificate:
$811 – [Certum]
$867- [GlobalSign]
$1047- [ComodoCA]
$1047- [Sectigo]
$1536 – [Digicert]

[Digital signatures and certificates]

[Windows saying my msi installer is a virus]

[SignTool]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x64\signtool.exe

[SignGUI]

[Sectigo Timestamp Server]

[Code Signing Certificate $429]

[UWP_SelfSignedCert] – Browser still blocks as a virus using a self-signed certificate.

[Code signing certificate for open-source projects]

[Github: About commit signature verification]

[youtube-transcript-api-sharp]

[CSharp WebSocket Server]

[WebSocket Sharp] is a very nice C# WebSocket library for server and client.

[AppKit C# Wrapper for MacOS]

using MonoMac.AppKit;


namespace Blazor_MacOS_UI
{
    internal class NativeUtils
    {
        public static string GetActiveWindowTitle()
        {
            NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace = NSWorkspace.SharedWorkspace;
            NSRunningApplication currentApp = NSRunningApplication.CurrentApplication;

            // Get the process identifier of the frontmost (foreground) application
            int processIdentifier = currentApp.ProcessIdentifier;

            // Get the NSRunningApplication for the frontmost application
            NSRunningApplication frontmostApp = NSRunningApplication.GetRunningApplication(processIdentifier);

            // Get the localized name (title) of the frontmost application's main window
            string foregroundWindowTitle = frontmostApp.LocalizedName;

            return foregroundWindowTitle;
        }

    }
}

[Trees aren’t just Foliage: ASTs and Practical Usage]

[Cpp_BoostWebSocketClient] Boost is a better way to go for C++ WebSockets. WebAssembly is not yet ready for WebSockets because it depends on the browser. Golang + WebAssembly + WebSockets needs more time to develop.

[GetBoost]

[Running JavaScript in WebAssembly with WasmEdge]

[Github: Wasmedge]

[Install and uninstall WasmEdge]

[Build and run a standalone WebAssembly app]

Missing exec_wasm.js

wasmedge ..\wasm\hello.wasm
[2023-11-21 16:12:43.280] [error] instantiation failed: unknown import, Code: 0x62
[2023-11-21 16:12:43.281] [error] When linking module: “gojs” , function name: “runtime.scheduleTimeoutEvent”
[2023-11-21 16:12:43.282] [error] At AST node: import description
[2023-11-21 16:12:43.283] [error] At AST node: import section
[2023-11-21 16:12:43.283] [error] At AST node: module

Try to include exec_wasm.js

wasmedge –dir .:. ../wasm/hello.wasm js/wasm_exec.js WasmEdge Runtime
[2023-11-21 16:18:26.949] [error] instantiation failed: unknown import, Code: 0x62
[2023-11-21 16:18:26.950] [error] When linking module: “gojs” , function name: “runtime.scheduleTimeoutEvent”
[2023-11-21 16:18:26.950] [error] At AST node: import description
[2023-11-21 16:18:26.950] [error] At AST node: import section
[2023-11-21 16:18:26.951] [error] At AST node: module

[Building WebKit on Windows]

I customized the [Win32 sample WebView2Browser] to make a dedicated browser for MS Teams. This is better than using Electron Forge because it has the address bar, tabs, and browser controls.

Original Repository: [WebView2Browser]

Custom Browser: [WV2_CheggBrowser]

[Wasmer] is a blazing fast and secure WebAssembly runtime that enables incredibly lightweight containers to run anywhere: from Desktop to the Cloud, Edge and even the browser

Install with PowerShell:
iwr https://win.wasmer.io -useb | iex

Install with Scoop:
scoop install wasmer

[Wasmer C API]

[Wasmer Go]

[Cpp_WasmerWebSocketClient]

Issue: [Running golang created WASM with CLI lacks wasm_exec.js bindings]

Wasmer doesn’t have wasm_exec.js implemented yet… [as described by the FAQ]

error: Unable to instantiate the WebAssembly module
╰─▶ 1: Error while importing “gojs”.”runtime.scheduleTimeoutEvent”: unknown import. Expected Function(FunctionType { params: [I32], results: [] })

[TinyGo – A Go Compiler For Small Places]

First Get Scoop, the CLI Windows Installer. Open up PowerShell.

> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser # Optional: Needed to run a remote script the first time
> irm get.scoop.sh | iex

Use [Scoop] to install TinyGo.

scoop install tinygo

[Packages supported by TinyGo]