I don’t even know what a Repository Pattern is! I’ve been super lucky in that writing code has never been hard for me. Learning languages, picking up concepts, all that algorithm nonsense… when it comes to code, things just come…
When writing LoECDA.com, we (#LoECDA) wanted to build the site using modern technologies implementing best DevOps practices. LoECDA.com is written using asp.net core, running in a Docker container, connected to a SQL Server database, all hosted in Azure with a…
Within the last week, 3 different people have asked me how to deploy their database schemas in their CI/CD pipeline using Entity Framework Core Code First. I figured that’s a good sign to write a full blog post! When looking…
Managing database schema changes has always been challenging. Keeping track of what scripts to run in what order and getting database states just right in all the different environments is painful and error prone. However, there are some fantastic tools…
It’s official. As of July 3, I will become part of Donovan Brown’s #LeagueOfExtraordinaryCloudDevOpsAdvocates team (or #LOECDOA for short? hmmm… need to work on that one). I’ll be joining Damian Brady, formerly of Octopus Deploy and Steve Murawski, formerly of…
Build and Deploy to multiple IIS servers and SQL Server using VSTS
The League was asked by twitter to show how to build and deploy a web app to multiple on prem IIS Servers and the schema of the database for the web app to an on prem SQL Server. Totally a…