Using Cypress for E2E Testing
Selenium is commonly used for E2E or Acceptance testing, but now there’s a new kid on the block, Cypress. Cypress does the same browser-centric testing that Selenium does, but it runs in your code...
View ArticleFeature Flags with Azure App Configuration
Azure App Configuration is a new service offered in Azure to help with managing application settings and feature flags. As of 5/23/2019, Azure App Configuration is in public preview. You would want to...
View ArticlePolling a Page in Cypress
In an earlier blog post I showed how to convert the Selenium tests in the Onion-DevOps-Architecture project to Cypress. In this post I’ll dive into one of the little gotchas I ran into from another...
View ArticleUsing the Onion DevOps Project Template
The Onion-DevOps-Architecture project now is available as an Azure DevOps template. This will allow you to get up and running with the end-to-end Onion DevOps sample code and AzDo pipelines. The...
View ArticleAz cli vs Azure Powershell vs ARM Templates
There are three basic weapons you can use to inflict your environment on your Azure subscription. All of them have pros and cons, and all of them have faithfully devoted acolytes. Those approaches...
View ArticleLinux Agents in Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps has this dropdown box for “Agent Specification” that I’d never paid any real attention to: Couple flavors of Windows, couple flavors of MacOS (my heart goes out to the folks that...
View ArticleWorking Remotely. Set it Up Right.
Your IT Department is probably being tasked with mobilizing employees to best continue “business as usual”….from home. You need quick, simple solutions to put into place. At Clear Measure – we work...
View ArticleMake Video Conferencing THE RULE…not the Exception.
For a remote team, video communication is a must. When you have to be apart from your team members, video conferencing is much more engaging than phone calls. It’s like being in the same room. Better...
View Article10 Protips for Using Zoom
I have been using Zoom at Clear Measure for over 4 years now. It’s a fantastic tool that is very easy to use. Here is a collection of tips to make Zoom work better for you. 1 Shortcut Keys If you want...
View ArticleProject Dependencies, Broken builds, and missing obj folders
Earlier this week I spent a lot of time debugging a random error that popped up and broke our CI/CD builds. The Problem We start our pipeline process by first running a build script locally before...
View ArticleBlazor UI Composition
The concept of UI Composition has been around for a while. The general notion is to break up bits of content and features into components that can be assembled together on a web page. Microsoft...
View ArticleAutomating BI ETL Builds
As we start to reap the fruits of integrating build automation into our software projects, I was asked if we can apply the same concepts to other aspects of the business. Specifically, business...
View ArticleDeveloper skills needed to be an effective software architect
Interested in this topic? Register now for our Table Talk at Microsoft Ignite!I’m one of the MCs at a Microsoft Ignite upcoming Table Talk session at Microsoft Ignite, focused on application...
View ArticleProtected: Creating a Json Serializable and Dapper Saveable String “Enum” in C#
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Creating a Json Serializable and Dapper Saveable String "Enum" in C# first appeared on Welcome To...
View ArticleUsing the Onion DevOps Project Template
The Onion-DevOps-Architecture project now is available as an Azure DevOps template. This will allow you to get up and running with the end-to-end Onion DevOps sample code and AzDo pipelines. The import...
View ArticleJSON-Serializable, Dapper-Saveable, Enum as a String… in C#
By Trish Polay and Mike Sigworth In C#, enums are backed by an integer. Most tools will serialize or save your enums using that integer value. But what if you need to save it as a string? Strings are...
View ArticleArchitect Tip: Blazor
This Architect Tip covers the architecture of Blazor and some of the key differences if you are running a Blazor application. All Architect Tips are created with the intent to get your team to move...
View ArticleArchitect Tip: Blazor Circuit Tracking
Blazor framework for .NET Core. What we are going to do here is talk about how to track your circuits and how to know how many people are using your application and your distribution. This one is going...
View ArticleArchitect Tip: Application Architect Diagrams
Welcome to architect tips. I am Jeffrey Palermo. And I am going to show you today how to use architecture diagrams in a really, really easy way. Now as we go through, there is a lot of resources, a lot...
View ArticleArchitect Tip: Versionable Architect Diagram
In this architect tip, we’re going to be talking about Versionable Architecture Diagrams! As always here at Clear Measure, we are a software architecture company, and our goal for you is to be able to...
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