RE: Blazor server deploy to Azure

[David Apelt]

I had this last night as I upgraded an Azure project to .Net Core 5.0.  The
App Service refused to start with the same error message. (I recognise Greg
is doing a Web App)



I destroyed the App Service and created a new one and selected the
framework “.Net 5 Early Access” as the “run time stack”.  (“.Net 5” is not
yet an option.) Redeployed and it worked.  (Apparently you can change the
run time stack against an existing app service but it was TLDR)



This goes the to subsequent comments by Nick R about Azure not being ready
on release day. It’s a bad look for the Enterprise.



While I was reading the release notes for .Net Core, the migration for
Blazor from 3.1 to 5.0 was HUGE.  Fortunately I don’t use it so I was able
to repeatedly page down skipping over the pain.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/migration/31-to-50?view=aspnetcore-5.0=visual-studio



Interestingly, this chestnut is buried at the bottom.  I have no idea what
this means other than I am going to have to retest code affected by
timezones.  As the joke goes, it has been -1hr since my last timezone bug.



*Model binding changes in ASP.NET  Core MVC and Razor Pages*

DateTime values are model bound as UTC times

In ASP.NET Core 3.1 and earlier, DateTime values were model-bound as local
time, where the timezone was determined by the server. DateTime values
bound from input formatting (JSON) and DateTimeOffset values were bound as
UTC timezones.

In ASP.NET Core 5.0 and later, model binding consistently
binds DateTime values with the UTC timezone.

To retain the previous behavior, remove
the DateTimeModelBinderProvider in Startup.ConfigureServices:





Dave A



*From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
Behalf Of *Greg Keogh
*Sent:* Wednesday, 25 November 2020 7:52 AM
*To:* ozDotNet 
*Subject:* Blazor server deploy to Azure



Folks, I created a simple Blazor Server Core 5 app using the Visual Studio
2019 template, and it runs nicely in local debugging. When I deploy it to
Azure I get



HTTP Error 500.31 - ANCM Failed to Find Native Dependencies
Common solutions to this issue:
The specified version of Microsoft.NetCore.App or Microsoft.AspNetCore.App
was not found.



I've spent a couple of solid hours experimenting and searching for a fix
without any hope. Which leads me to ask... Is this sort of project
supposed to deploy to Azure and run?



Maybe there's some trick I don't know. Maybe I'm simply pissing into the
wind trying to do the impossible. These days, who can tell what's supposed
to work or not?!



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Re: [OT] Employer wants photo of passport

[David Apelt]

Is it for a cyber security role? If yes, then it's a test.

On Fri, 21 Aug. 2020, 7:44 am Tony Wright,  wrote:

> It's a tough one. I had an argument with a loan company who called me and
> asked me to verify with them so they could access my account details. I
> said no way, because they called me. They argued with me, patronised me,
> and wore me down. I said the previous time they called me they let me call
> them back through switch, but he said that's up to the discretion of the
> rep. I was so pissed off. I still am. That reminds me to write a complaint.
> Sorry, off topic on the OT.
>
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2020, 9:10 pm Tom P,  wrote:
>
>> Hi folks
>>
>> I’ve been verbally offered a contracting role by a recruiter and the
>> employer has requested a photo of my passport via email. I do not feel
>> comfortable sending this for a few reasons, email is not secure, who knows
>> what they will do with the photo like forwarding it, etc.
>>
>> How do you all handle this as I’m sure you’ve been in similar situations?
>>
>> Cheers
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>> Tom
>>
>

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RE: Azure API Management documentation

[David Apelt]

I hear your frustration.



I am about to “AWS lambda-ize” a dotnet core 3.1 website and do a
side-by-side comparison with Azure.



https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/announcing-aws-lambda-supports-for-net-core-3-1/



With RDS On Demand
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_OnDemandDBInstances.html
the price may not hit $5/mo but it could get close.



Is anyone else doing that?  (sorry if I am hijacking your conversation
Stephen)



But this is what is tipping me over the edge…
https://serverfault.com/questions/992726/catastrophic-azure-app-service-outage-after-an-automatic-azure-platform-upgrade



Regards



David Apelt



*From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
Behalf Of *Stephen Price
*Sent:* Monday, 20 April 2020 4:12 PM
*To:* ozDotNet 
*Subject:* Re: Azure API Management documentation



This is something that annoys me about Azure and its various plans.
Discovering things missing that should be there or worse, were there but
then go away.

Rather than support everything at all levels, they add things that only
work at higher paid tiers. Its even worse when you start dealing with MSDN
subscriptions versus paid subscriptions. I found some regions could not
deploy particular types of products (ie Azure database), despite me having
old instances of said products already in that region. ie they change
things and add more restrictions. I'm sure they also remove them. I'm sure
there are often technical reasons (ie some Data Centers are missing
required things to support products, but having things disappear from the
supported list is annoying).



I think they need to make some smaller instances etc that sit between the
free stuff and the smallest paid option. For example a website on Azure can
be free or it can be $39 a month. What about a dotnet core app that could
be hosted on a linux vm for $5 a month? Last I looked there was no way to
run a website for $5 a month on Azure unless you do it yourself on a linux
vm.



We're not all building websites with enterprise sized wallets.




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*Sent:* Monday, 20 April 2020 12:32 PM
*To:* ozDotNet 
*Subject:* Re: Azure API Management documentation



I have more information. After stumbling around and around the web Portal
looking for anything related to documentation I noticed a *Developer portal*
icon. The help indicates that this is the magic place where API
documentation is managed, but clicking the Publish button does nothing. 15
minutes later I discover that the feature is not available on the
consumption plan I chose.



The Basic production plan is ~$200/month which WAY beyond our tolerance
levels. Our API usage is so low that the consumption plan would have been
ideal, but in a Catch-22 there is documentation available.



Now I'll just delete the APIM feature and forget it.



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ASP.NET Razor Pages

[David Apelt]

Team,



Is anyone using ASP.NET Razor Pages in a production system?



https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/razor-pages/?view=aspnetcore-3.1=visual-studio



There is any number of articles comparing them to MVC (or even WebForms)
but what are they like when used in anger?



It strikes me that they provide value but are not sufficiently
differentiated enough from MVC to justify the futzing around with yet
another framework.



Also, I am concerned that they have not gathered enough momentum and will
be forever considered second class to that of MVC and not benefit from deep
community support.



Thoughts?



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RE: [OT] Any dev jobs?

[David Apelt]

The Transmax jobs are for Brisbane only.







Regards



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*From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
Behalf Of *Tom Rutter
*Sent:* Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:18 AM
*To:* ozDotNet 
*Subject:* Re: [OT] Any dev jobs?



David and Tom,



Any of these Sydney and Brisbane jobs open to remote work from Melbourne?



Cheers



On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 09:38, David Apelt 
wrote:

We have 4 dev related jobs going in Brisbane…



https://www.linkedin.com/company/transmax-pty-ltd/jobs/



Regards



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M: 0417 602 301* |* Email: david.ap...@transmax.com.au



*From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
Behalf Of *David Connors
*Sent:* Wednesday, 25 March 2020 7:26 AM
*To:* ozDotNet 
*Subject:* Re: [OT] Any dev jobs?



LinkedIn. The post the link here so people can reshare.



On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, 11:46 pm Tom Gao,  wrote:

I haven't been coding for 10 years... Surprised that I'm still on this list
in fact :) I actually don't know where else to blast it to. Any
suggestions? We're based in syd cbd.



Thanks,



On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:07 PM David Connors  wrote:

Tom,



It is fantastic that you're offering this in the current climate. You need
to blast this out more widely than this list.



David.

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On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 22:00, Tom Gao  wrote:

I thought I'd put out there we have 8 FTE positions open if anyone is
interested. 1 support manager, 3 senior support engineers (full stack .net,
sharepoint, biztalk, strong sql), 4 lead developers with architecture
experience. Generous salary, 1 RDO per month on top of annual leave,
government position. Location is in the heart of CBD. Lots of exciting
projects that benefit the community.



On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:33 AM Tom Rutter  wrote:

Melbs. I’m assuming remote working would need to be possible given the
circumstances



On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 08:18, Steven Parish 
wrote:

Where are you/they based?

Kind Regards,

Steven Parish
*Managing Director*

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4965  | Level 1, 418-422 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW
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2300





On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 08:00, Tom Rutter  wrote:

Hey folks,



We’re about to let go of a few devs. Rather than them going straight to
Centrelink in the current climate I thought checking if any of you have any
vacancies that I can pass on. Any help would be appreciated.



Cheers



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RE: [OT] Any dev jobs?

[David Apelt]

We have 4 dev related jobs going in Brisbane…



https://www.linkedin.com/company/transmax-pty-ltd/jobs/



Regards



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M: 0417 602 301* |* Email: david.ap...@transmax.com.au



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*Subject:* Re: [OT] Any dev jobs?



LinkedIn. The post the link here so people can reshare.



On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, 11:46 pm Tom Gao,  wrote:

I haven't been coding for 10 years... Surprised that I'm still on this list
in fact :) I actually don't know where else to blast it to. Any
suggestions? We're based in syd cbd.



Thanks,



On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:07 PM David Connors  wrote:

Tom,



It is fantastic that you're offering this in the current climate. You need
to blast this out more widely than this list.



David.

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On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 22:00, Tom Gao  wrote:

I thought I'd put out there we have 8 FTE positions open if anyone is
interested. 1 support manager, 3 senior support engineers (full stack .net,
sharepoint, biztalk, strong sql), 4 lead developers with architecture
experience. Generous salary, 1 RDO per month on top of annual leave,
government position. Location is in the heart of CBD. Lots of exciting
projects that benefit the community.



On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:33 AM Tom Rutter  wrote:

Melbs. I’m assuming remote working would need to be possible given the
circumstances



On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 08:18, Steven Parish 
wrote:

Where are you/they based?

Kind Regards,

Steven Parish
*Managing Director*

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4965  | Level 1, 418-422 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW
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2300





On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 08:00, Tom Rutter  wrote:

Hey folks,



We’re about to let go of a few devs. Rather than them going straight to
Centrelink in the current climate I thought checking if any of you have any
vacancies that I can pass on. Any help would be appreciated.



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RE: [OT] Fines Victoria crisis deepens

[David Apelt]

Umm…  I have been reading these posts with interest… I am in the industry.



I can’t speak for the other states, but Qld Go Card is based on Cubic’s
technology which is rolled out throughout the world. Cubic is responsible
for the first version of the Go Card too.



https://www.cubic.com/news-events/news/cubic-selected-provide-queenslands-new-ticketing-system



I have been tracking the progress of the project and in Qld, it appears to
be going really well.  I am looking forward to being able to travel
effectively anyway in Queensland just using my smart watch.  You will also
be able to tap on with your credit card and even your “old” Go Card too.



Regards



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*From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
Behalf Of *Greg Low
*Sent:* Thursday, 24 October 2019 11:49 AM
*To:* ozDotNet 
*Subject:* Re: [OT] Fines Victoria crisis deepens



ViC basically built their own. NSW also built their own, then trashed it
and bought Opal. QLD also built their own (GoCard). It's all stunning waste
in unnecessary redesign.



These were already well known technologies.



Friend of mine was driving buses in Brisbane. He said when they first
deployed GoCard, they couldn't get things like sensitivities right. He'd
drive past a bus stop and it would charge everyone standing there.



We did not need to learn all this again.



Regards,



Greg



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SQL Down Under Pty Ltd

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*Subject:* Re: [OT] Fines Victoria crisis deepens



Myki is another product bought from overseas I heard. From one of the
Scandinavian countries I think. Managed by NTTData from memory, could be
wrong, don’t quote me.



On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 at 10:42, David Connors  wrote:

Myki in Vic should get a notable mention... ticketing system for trams  and
trains that was the same price as building sending a couple of Opportunity
Rovers to Mars.



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On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 19:50, Grant Maw  wrote:

It's not just Victoria. The QLD government IT projects 9ver recent years
have also been rolled gold catastrophes



On Wed, 23 Oct. 2019, 11:24 am Greg Keogh,  wrote:

Interesting front page article in The Age newspaper today
<https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/fines-victoria-system-collapses-leaving-massive-hole-in-state-budget-20191022-p5333d.html>
about a Victorian government IT disaster. IT disasters are routine (I'm
sure we've all caused a few!) but it's interesting that they actually name
the software as VIEW from a company called Civica. The article is a bit
vague about what's actually wrong, it just says "[it] doesn't work", "the
system was absolute chaos" and systems are not "talking to" their
computers. Does anyone have inside gossip about what really happened?



There was another vast IT disaster a few years ago related to the education
system I think, where dodgy contracts were being awarded to mates, and I
think the loss ran into the hundreds of millions. That story vanished from
the news and I never found out what happened.



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Re: Installers for a windows service

[David Apelt]

When VS stopped including an installer, I started using "Inno Setup".  My
first projects were super simple and it was great for that.  But I ended up
doing fairly complex things and it has yet to me down.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 16:44 Greg Keogh  wrote:

> No worries. I also used Wix for another project and honestly I believe
>> that though it has so much promise, it really had such appaling
>> documentation and examples available that nearly every thing was a real
>> pain to try and work out.
>>
>
> I must rather guiltily agree. When vdproj files were dropped, I went to
> learn WiX and gave up in disgust at the blithering mess of the design and
> documentation. It took me years of casual poking around and web searches to
> unleash the full (but limited) features of vdproj, but I use them almost
> daily now. Adding a custom installer class can fill the gaps of 95% of
> things the vdproj can't do itself.
>
> *Greg K*
>
>>

Internet access from development machines [OT]

[David Apelt]

Team,

I have heard of suggestions that internet connectivity should be prevented
from developer machines in case a security issue causes a leak of source
code or similar.

I know some defence companies have two computers on the desktop to prevent
this from happening.

Outside of defence, what are peoples experiences?  Give developers internet
connectivity?  Have two machines?  Maybe give them a remote desktop
connection from internet.   How many developers in your company that have
internet connectivity?

Thanks in advance
Dave A

RE: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

[David Apelt]

Thanks everyone for their contributions to my original questions.   I am a 
little surprised about how poor people’s real world experience has been with 
the EF and other ORMs.

A little poll;

Is anyone successfully using EF in a production environment for a non-trivial 
application?  And if yes, then why has yours worked where others have failed.

Regards
Dave A


From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 5:47 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: RE: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

Agreed Ken. Actually I had another odd one about a year ago with a large bank 
(which bank?).

If I did a transaction search with:

From Date: start of the month
To Date: end of the month

a particular transaction on the last day of the month appeared. But if I 
selected:

From Date: end of the month
To Date: also end of the month

In the same screen, one of the transactions on that end-of-month date 
disappeared.

Turns out that one outcome was based on transaction date, the other was based 
on posting date. But pretty bizarre when you’re only dealing with dates on the 
same screen.

I can imagine what leads to this sort of thing though.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com | 
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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2016 5:15 PM
To: ozDotNet >
Subject: RE: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

A large bank (like one of the Big4 in Aus) has a staggering number of 
applications. Even running what you’d think is the simplest product results in 
multiple applications being involved, whether opening an account through to 
day-to-day transacting, especially given the multiple channels that might be 
available.

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??)
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2016 3:23 PM
To: ozDotNet >
Subject: RE: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

People always use banks as the canonical example, but I had one at a local bank 
where I went to an ATM and did a transfer “From Account” -> “To Account” where 
both accounts were with the same bank.

Came out of the “from”, and never went into the “to”.

After what seemed like hours on the phone, they told me that “the person who 
had typed in the account number had got it wrong”.

I said “person???” “type”

That’s when they explained to me that their savings system wasn’t really 
connected to their credit card system, and on that afternoon the integration 
link had broken down, so they were printing out the transactions on one and 
typing them into the other. There really was a little person in the ATM.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com | 
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[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2016 1:50 PM
To: ozDotNet >
Subject: Re: Entity Framework - the lay of the land


While on the topic of databases...



I made a flight booking via Altitude points system yesterday and if failed. 
Gave me a number to call during business hours.



Turns out just the return flight was made but nothing charged. That's not very 
atomic hey? []



Hehe love that dialup db connection idea...


From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
> on behalf 
of Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) >
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2016 11:06:05 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: RE: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

I remember many years ago, connecting the devs to the DB via a dial-up 64kB 
modem. Worked wonders for the code that came back. Suddenly they noticed every 
call.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com | 
http://greglow.me

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2016 12:34 PM
To: ozDotNet >
Subject: Re: Entity Framework - the lay of the 

Entity Framework - the lay of the land

[David Apelt]

The great Greg Low recently posted on facebook about some frustrations with 
Entity Framework.


So, when I'm asked a question starting with this:

The root of our problem at the moment is that Entity Framework (v6.1.3) is 
choosing to cast datetime parameter values to datetime2 and then

I can see the problem already. Let me simplify it for you:

The root of our problem at the moment is  Entity Framework (v6.1.3) xx 
 xx  

I would like to get a feeling for the current lay of the land on this subject.

Is this post representative of people’s experience?
Do people have criteria of when to use and not use the EF?
If you  don’t use it, what alternative do you use?
What type of projects is EF not suitable for?
Is it still getting the attention from MS that it deserves? Or is it becoming a 
forgotten child?
In reference to SQL Server, is it keeping up with SQL Server, lagging behind, 
streets ahead or just butting heads and not playing well together.
etc

Thx
Dave A

RE: [OT] ACS - relevant?

[David Apelt]

t's my 2c.

On 29 February 2016 at 17:21, Peter Griffith 
<pe...@gui-visuals.com.au<mailto:pe...@gui-visuals.com.au>> wrote:
Cuppla more questions on relevance


Do you subscribe to a professional code of ethics, code of conduct, code of 
practice?

.Do you follow an on-going, coherent professional education process.?

Are you accredited by any relevant, recognised, independent body, or by a 
Local, State or Federal  government authority.?

On 29 February 2016 at 16:30, Peter Griffith 
<pe...@gui-visuals.com.au<mailto:pe...@gui-visuals.com.au>> wrote:
Do you belong to a professional body?

On 29 February 2016 at 16:27, David Apelt 
<d...@signmanager.com.au<mailto:d...@signmanager.com.au>> wrote:
Yes

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] On 
Behalf Of Peter Griffith
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 4:43 PM
To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>>
Subject: Re: [OT] ACS - relevant?

David, do you consider yourself to be an IT Professional?

On 29 February 2016 at 15:35, DotNet Dude 
<adotnetd...@gmail.com<mailto:adotnetd...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Haven''t even heard ACS since like 2000. Never comes up in interviews or any 
conversation at all from my experience.

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:50 PM, David Apelt 
<d...@signmanager.com.au<mailto:d...@signmanager.com.au>> wrote:
The only time I ever hear of the ASC (Australian Computer Society) is the punch 
line in bad IT jokes.

But last night I had a Pakistani taxi driver who had just got his masters in 
IT.  He spoke with enthusiasm about the ASC and how he was going to be paying 
them $12500 over the next year so that he could be accredited in IT. (!!)

I just want to test the waters here; are the ASC relevant? Are they doing a 
good job? Does anyone ask for ACS accreditation during interviews?

I am in Melbourne for work at the moment. Maybe it is a regional thing?







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[OT] ACS - relevant?

[David Apelt]

The only time I ever hear of the ASC (Australian Computer Society) is the punch 
line in bad IT jokes.

But last night I had a Pakistani taxi driver who had just got his masters in 
IT.  He spoke with enthusiasm about the ASC and how he was going to be paying 
them $12500 over the next year so that he could be accredited in IT. (!!)

I just want to test the waters here; are the ASC relevant? Are they doing a 
good job? Does anyone ask for ACS accreditation during interviews?

I am in Melbourne for work at the moment. Maybe it is a regional thing?

RE: [OT] ACS - relevant?

[David Apelt]

DNA  - National Dyslexia Association

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Peter Griffith
Sent: Monday, 29 February 2016 3:53 PM
To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] ACS - relevant?

well first of all it;s ACS.

PG

On 29 February 2016 at 15:20, David Apelt 
<d...@signmanager.com.au<mailto:d...@signmanager.com.au>> wrote:
The only time I ever hear of the ASC (Australian Computer Society) is the punch 
line in bad IT jokes.

But last night I had a Pakistani taxi driver who had just got his masters in 
IT.  He spoke with enthusiasm about the ASC and how he was going to be paying 
them $12500 over the next year so that he could be accredited in IT. (!!)

I just want to test the waters here; are the ASC relevant? Are they doing a 
good job? Does anyone ask for ACS accreditation during interviews?

I am in Melbourne for work at the moment. Maybe it is a regional thing?






--
Peter Griffith CP
PH: 0408 832 891

Mvc bundling with Azure CDN - how to enable caching

[David Apelt]

Team,

I have been stuck on a problem with bundling with MVC.   I am attempting to get 
the bundle served from an Azure CDN which is technically very possible – and 
really quite neat.

Unfortunately the caching on the bundle is set to “no-cache; Expires -1” which 
sort of defeats its purpose.

I posted the question on Stack Overflow a few days ago and got crickets.

Anyone got any ideas?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33053933/mvc-bundle-with-azure-cdn-how-to-enable-caching

Thanks!

Kind regards,
Dave Apelt