I learned all my basic computer and programming skills on Commodore computers, like the C64, Amiga 500, and 1200. Twenty-eight years ago, I upgraded my Amiga 1200 with a faster processor (Motorola 68030) and extra memory (4 megabytes). I also added an FPU (Motorola 68882), a realtime clock, and an internal hard disk (120 megabytes), which is still working correctly in 2020 (wow). At that time, this was a fast Amiga.
Saving the planet a little bit while trying out new technology is fantastic, and in the end, it will save me also some money. When building my house last year, I invested in solar energy. The sun delivers me free electricity during the day, especially around noon, but I use it mainly at the end of the day and the beginning of the evening. Most of my solar energy goes to the public energy grid, and I need to repurchase it in the evening. This buying back makes no send to me. I like to use my own ‘free’ solar energy, so I need a way to store it. After some research, I selected the Tesla Powerwall 2 for my energy storage, not only for the best capacity, but my energy company (Eneco) had a good deal (2.500,- euro cashback). In the Netherlands, I can also get the tax back I paid for the solar and Tesla Powerwall 2 energy installation, an extra savings of 21%. The investment is still high, but after 5 or 6 years, it should be making money.
Microsoft provides for most Azure services an Service Level Agreements (SLA), where you can find the availability for that services. The availability has a rage from 99.9% to 100% or no range at all (for some free services).
“We guarantee that 99.95% of the time, the Azure … Service will successfully receive and respond to …”
The SLA describes Microsoft’s commitments for uptime and connectivity. It is also somewhat guaranteed, i.e., it is backed financially. It shows Microsoft will refund you when it fails the SLA, but it doesn’t back your business.
This post describes how to set up, run, and debug PHP code with Visual Studio Code running on Windows.
Compared to some other popular programming languages for the Web, PHP is missing some tools, so I created a shopping list to make the experience more complete.
Basically what we need is:
We start with the PHP runtime. The PHP runtime will pars en execute our .php files and outputs the HTML (or anything you want) back to you.
CaveRace began in 1997 as a maze-based action game I created with a group of fellow students. We were inspired by Dyna Blaster (Bomberman), a game I loved playing on my Commodore Amiga.
Almost thirty years later, I returned to Eldora and rebuilt CaveRace for modern computers. CaveRace 1.5.1 keeps the original levels, pixel art, bombs, treasure, and aliens, but now runs natively on Windows and macOS with music, sound effects, controller support, and a new story presentation.
There are many libraries and services to generate PDF files for asp.net core web applications. There are excellent commercial solutions out there, but if you need a free solution, it gets harder. Some libraries are hard to use, or others are limited in functionality. I need a free, easy to use, and quick solution to generate PDF files on an Azure Web App.
What I need is a View that returns a PDF and not HTML what it usually does. The beauty of using a standard View is that I can use my web and asp.net core knowledge to design the View. In this case, I need to generate invoices.
