Using the WCF Test Client without Visual Studio
Introduction There are times when you need to use the WCF test client in places where Visual Studio is not installed, namely a production server or a non-developer machine at times. There is a post on...
How to get water out of your Etymotic earplugs
Eteh-wah? http://www.etymotic.com/er20.html These are called Etymotic earplugs, I call them hearing savers. I have the exact pair shown above (the blue one) – you can get them for about $2...
Recycle Application Pool using WMI via Powershell
Introduction I handle the builds for a particular piece of software at my place of work. I am responsible for deploying any new versions of code to all environments; including but not limited to: Deve...
How to get all files modified for a work item in TFS
Introduction Just like everything that requires coding with (or against?) TFS API – this was not a small task. This took a while for me to understand and figure out, especially since how you wor...
Get Authorized Roles from Web.Config
Introduction To avoid hard coding the names of AD Groups, it is best to just pull them from a place where they already exist. They usually exist in the Authorization section of your web.conf...