James Sturtevant

Remembering the differences between Azure Service Configuration(.cscfg) and Azure Azure Service Definition(.csdef) files can be challenging.

Angelbeat is doing a series of Technology Events showcasing the best technology from top tech companies.

I have talked about Visual Studio database projects before but this time I got to sit down with a expert who has implemented them many time before.

You have a great idea for a website but you don’t know where to begin?

This month I have been in transition and have not listened to the same number of podcasts as I have in the past.

The issue I ran into with Azure Stream Analytics is a little bit embarrassing but I think we have all been there before.

Python is a beautiful and powerful language.

The problem I live in Maine where wood stoves are plentiful.

In no particular order, the following are the top episodes that stood out to me during the month of May.

I will be at DevCamp - Office this Monday May 15, 2015.

In no particular order, the following are the top episodes that stood out to me during the month of April.

How many times have you been working away on a problem and not been able to solve it, then when you are commuting home or you stop for a snack, you find the answer jumps out at you?

Last year while studying for my MCSD certification I came across a comprehensive post on CSS animation.

I have been experimenting with using the SQL Server Service Broker in my latest project.

Where do you turn to if you have an integer to that is to large for the primitives supplied by the .NET Framework?

Whether I am driving to work or cleaning the dishes, podcasts are a great time to learn about a new topic or stay on top of the latest news.

If you use Entity Framework you will enjoy learning about the SQL Functions Class.

I am giving a talk today at the 23 Boston Code Camp!

Today we are going to take a look in the System.Security namespace to learn how to create secure strings in .NET Framework.

Continuing with the theme of the last post, which covered the IPAddress class, this week we will take a look at the DNS class.

This week for the .NET Framework Tour, we are going to take a brief look at the the IPAddress Class which lives in the System.Net namespace.

I started to use Atom with the Markdown-Writer plug-in for writing my Jekyll blog posts.

Using the ASP.NET Identity UserManager to do some simple user claim manipulation I made the following function call: await UserManager.RemoveClaimAsync(userId, claimToDelete); What do you think this piece of code would do?

I was inspired by Uncle Bob’s talk “The Failure of State” to pick up the book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP).

I have an updated post using Docker to run Jekyll in Windows.

It is the time of year when many reflect back on the previous year and take stock of their successes and failures.

I often am asked by my co-workers about good resources for developers.

Setting up a new computer is never fun.

One of the best things I have started to do over the last year for my career is listen to technical podcasts.

I ran into a perplexing problem the other day while working with AngularJS.

If you are using cookie authentication in ASP.NET Identity 2.1, there are two timeout settings that look similar upon first glance, ValidateInterval and ExpireTimespan: app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions { AuthenticationType =

This is another case for why naming things is hard.

With the click of a few buttons we can have a scalable website set up in minutes.

This is a two post series.

This is a two post series.

This week I released my first Visual Studio Extension AceJump.

Visual Studio is a large application with so many features that you sometimes you stumble into a new one and think if I had know that 3 years ago.

As developers we are often searching for The Flow… that special place where we are fully focused and making things happen.

The .NET team had been working on modularizing and shipping code faster than it has in the past.

The headphones go on and the sounds soften.

I have been doing a lot research on OAuth 2.0 recently and have found that most articles assume that you know the specification and focus on only one type of flow.

Recently I started to use git in a more professional setting.

As with most days, today I learned something new.

The await keyword in C# is magical.

I was suppose to take months to create this blog, allowing me to tell everyone I was working on my blog.