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Azure Functions vs WebJobs – Which to choose

Both are code-first technologies targeting developers (as opposed to design-first workflow services). They enable the orchestration and integration of different business applications into a single workflow and provide more control over the performance of your workflow plus the ability to write custom code as part of the business process. Azure WebJobs WebJobs are a part…

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Which to choose: Logic Apps vs Microsoft Power Automate

Both are design-first technologies, meaning that they provide user interfaces allowing you to draw-out your workflows as opposed to coding them. Other similarities between the two: They both can accept inputs Can run actions Able to control the workflow using conditions Can produce outputs Logic Apps Logic Apps is a service provided by Azure which…

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Creating a cross-platform chat app using Xamarin Forms and SignalR

In less than 5 minutes. First step is to create your Xamarin Forms projects – start with a blank shell app – and add an additional blank ASP.NET Core project to the solution – we will use it to host our SignalR backend. Once the projects are setup, we begin by implementing the ChatHub which…

How to fix WordPress Missing MySQL extension after MultiPHP upgrade on HostGator

After upgrading your WordPress site’s PHP version using the MultiPHP manager to use PHP 7, you might be running into the following error: Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress. This is caused by an obsolete handler in your .htaccess file. Fixing it OR Save the file…

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How to publicly expose your local SignalR service for consumption by mobile clients using ngrok

When dealing with mobile clients, it’s not always easy to get them on the same network as your development machine and even when you do, localhost will have a different meaning so you need to use IPs and change bindings and disable SSL or trust self-signed certificates, in short it’s a pain. Say hello to…

get_category_link generating incorrect url including /blog/

Recently ran a SEO audit tool on the blog just to find out that all the category links were leading to 404s. Upon close inspection the URLs appeared to contain a /blog/ in them while the actual working URLs would be without it. See below: https://startdebugging.net/blog/category/opinion/ – not workinghttps://startdebugging.net/category/opinion/ – working Apparently the whole issue…