Update for AnalytixHD
I had some serious troubles last weeks. I am using an Asus tablet which should receive an upgrade to Honeycomb 3.2. Unfortunately the upgrade failed but my Asus Transformer was flagged as ‘updated’ on...
View ArticleEven more gradient buttons for Android
Because I receive lots and lots of great response to my post for Android gradients, I thought it might be helpfull to post even more gradients in a different way. This time, all those gradients are...
View ArticleAndroid vs Wp7 development
In march this year I’ve started to develop Android apps, just because I was very curious about app development and of course I needed a good Google Analytics app for my Android phone. Have experience...
View ArticleAnd now for real, app development
The previous article was meant to be an intro but was getting too long so it was just a separate a blog post. In this post I will write about my first experience as a Android developer in Wp7...
View ArticleMaking screenshots from an Android device
This will be just a short blog post because there is just not a lot of clear information available about just some practical stuff. How to make a screenshot of an Android device. Download and install...
View ArticleMore buttons?
Yes, I do receive lots and lots of emails, questions and comments about those gradient buttons. Awesome! It’s great to hear that I can help other developers building great apps. Some users do have some...
View ArticleTeamcity and Octopus – part 1
It’s some time now after my last post. Quit busy the last months and years so I decided to create a new post, not about Android but about a new tool I’m currently using on my work at eFocus. The new...
View ArticleTeamcity and Octopus – part 2
This first post is about preparing our project for Octopus deploy. This example is based upon a standard Asp.Net MVC application. Preparing involves some knowledge of Teamcity and Octopus deploy....
View ArticleTeamcity and Octopus – part 3
We now have a nice clean Release build of our project using a custom MsBuild target. Using this target is important because Teamcity is responsible for the job not just me working on my laptop! Keep...
View ArticleTeamcity and Octopus – part 4
Before rushing into all the cool automated stuff we have to dive into one important part of the flow which is… version control. You must use verion control for all your software! Period! At this moment...
View ArticleWorking with Kubernetes I
Once in a while there pops up really impressive technology. Technology which will be responsible for a total movement within web development. For the last years, for me, these technologies are: Net...
View ArticleWorking with Kubernetes II
So, we have 3 images. Time to think about how these images must be running inside a Kubernetes cluster. As mentioned in my previous post we have a single webapp which must be communicating with 2...
View ArticleWorking with Kubernetes III
The last part is maybe the most important part: automation! This is actually quite easy thanks to Kubernetes. In this post I’ll cover: Updating an image Rollback Removing everything Updating an image...
View ArticleSitecore, Docker and Kubernetes
There are some great initiatives already of running Sitecore in containers. The problem is that Sitecore is still using the .Net Framework which needs IIS to run hence you’ll need some sort of a...
View ArticleManaged Kubernetes in Azure
Kubernetes is awesome! However, setting up a cluster is really difficult. You must think twice before you are going this direction. Consider using a managed cluster instead. For example the Azure...
View ArticleUsing variables in Kubernetes
No single environment is equal to the other. While the content of the deployment itself is equal (at least, it should be), the differences between the applications resides in the variables. This...
View ArticleDeploy Azure ARM using Octopus Deploy
At the moment I’m working on a project which uses Octopus Deploy for all deployments to Kubernetes clusters and Azure WebApps. This project is used for powering 18 different frontends, so, the code is...
View ArticleFun with Azure DevOps Multistage Pipeline
I’ve been a huge fan of Octopus Deploy and Teamcity. However, the downside of these great tools is the lack of storing the configurations in versioncontrol. Configurations are done in the web...
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