Fixing a Bug in Java

I discovered a bug in how Java handles file paths on Windows that has existed for 22 years. I reported the bug, JDK-8262277, then I submitted a pull request fixing the bug which got accepted. I also submitted pull requests to Spring (which were accepted for version 5.3.5) working around the bug so users of … Continue reading Fixing a Bug in Java →

Performance Testing WebDAV Clients

Part of migrating applications from on-premises hosting to cloud hosting (AWS, Azure, etc) involves re-evaluating how users access their data. A recent migration involved users running Windows 10 accessing a Windows file share using the SMB protocol. Since SMB isn’t safe to run directly over the Internet (it’s usually not encrypted and it has a … Continue reading Performance Testing WebDAV Clients →

Precompiling with Web Deploy

Web Deploy is a great tool for deploying ASP.NET projects: it simplifies deployments, can target IIS 6 or 7, is pretty easy to get working on the server and the project side, and is supported by many hosting providers. It works really well when used along with continuous integration. In the first phase, the project … Continue reading Precompiling with Web Deploy →

jshint in msbuild

I recently had to add build time Javascript validation to an ASP.NET project. It took me quite a while to figure out how to do so in a (reasonably) maintainable, understandable way. I’m using Visual Studio 2010, and the project targets .NET 3.5. The same approach would work fine if the project was targeting .NET … Continue reading jshint in msbuild →