For years, Google Chrome has been my choice of browser when working with Office 365 environments as it has supported multiple personas that can have their own stored passwords, favourites, and bookmarks. This has been invaluable when working with client environments as I can create a persona for a client, and then remove that persona Read More
Category: Tools
Chrome – Lock Developer tools to the Right
I have been doing a fair bit of experimenting with JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS, Bootstrap and JQueryUI. One of the tools I rely on is Chrome with the Developer Tools because, unlike Internet Explorer’s Developer Tools, the Chrome version can be docked to the right of the window. This little feature makes it far Read More
Tools: The SharePoint and VBA Code Analyser
Microsoft have released a tool to help developers move full trust SharePoint solutions to the the SharePoint 2013 App Model. The tool works by allowing a farm solution to be uploaded and analysed and the output to be downloaded by the developer. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeapps/archive/2014/03/04/introducing-the-sharepoint-and-vba-code-analyzer.aspx https://www.office365appmigrations.com/
SharePoint Tools: My Favourites
There are some great posts out there on sets of useful tools that are essential when working with SharePoint, chief among them is Tobias Zimmergren’s post Tools for your SharePoint 2013 development toolbox. Tobias’s post inspired my to do this post as I have also found some additional tools to be invaluable: Design Tools Balsamiq Read More
Rename Network Adapters
Often, especially in virtual machines, when you try to rename a network adapter you get the message “Cannot rename this connection. A connection with the name you specified already exists. Specify a different name”. This message indicates that there is a record for a network adapter that you cannot see in the “Network Manager”. To Read More
Essential Tools: Port Query
One of the tools that I like to have on every server is Port Query. Port Query has been available as a free utility for many years. The purpose of this tool is to query ports using either TCP or UDP protocols. Under the hood it uses a simple command line application that talks to Read More
How to use OneNote as a Kanban Board
I have only started properly using Kanban over the last couple of months. I have used it at work on a large project, a smaller project and I use it to my manage my own tasks. It is this last use that has been most useful to me personally. I have access to a window Read More