31 Oct
2013

Introducing ToTypeScriptD – Automatic TypeScript Definition files for C++/CX or .Net assemblies.

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: , , , , , :2 Comments on Introducing ToTypeScriptD – Automatic TypeScript Definition files for C++/CX or .Net assemblies.

If you’re unfamiliar with TypeScript, I’d highly recommend checking it out. It’s my new preferred way to write JavaScript based applications. If you write an application in TypeScript and need to interact with an external set of either JavaScript or C++/CX dependencies then you will quickly find that you are going to be mucking with […]

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31 Aug
2013

TypeScript Presentation at the Northern Nevada Software Developers Group (NNSDG)

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: :

This past week I gave a talk on TypeScript which was fun and well received. If you have any interest in the slides they are hosted up on GitHub http://staxmanade.github.io/TypeScriptPresentation/#/1 Or if you just want to look at the talk in MarkDown https://github.com/staxmanade/TypeScriptPresentation/blob/master/TypeScriptPresentation.md The markdown page is useful for a quick lookup on syntax if […]

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20 Jun
2013

Authentication error connecting to Git on TFS

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: :

I’m throwing this out there since I couldn’t find much on this specific problem. #payingItForward Problem I struggled getting the git command line to authenticate with Git Team Foundation Service online. My current environment is Windows 8, msysgit, with the git-credential-winstore tool installed. (Love that credential tool) When I first tried to (push, fetch, or […]

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9 May
2013

Developer humor

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: :4 Comments on Developer humor

I literally cried this morning as I scanned these posts. Note: Don’t have a drink in hand or mouth when reading these. Enjoy: http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life-part-2 http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life-part-3 If you’re a git user. http://wheningit.tumblr.com/

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19 Mar
2013

RichEditBox gives UnauthorizedAccessException (Access is denied) error when SetText called.

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: :

While working on a little WinRT app I recently spent WAY too much time trying to figure out why I was getting the following exception System.UnauthorizedAccessException was unhandled by user code   HResult=-2147024891   Message=Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))   Source=Windows.UI   StackTrace:        at Windows.UI.Text.ITextDocument.SetText(TextSetOptions options, String value) when all I […]

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12 Mar
2013

Windows 8 Share Charm Data Inspector

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: :

In a previous post I mentioned I would share the app I created during a Windows 8 hackathon event. I spent some more time adding polish, testing, re-thinking my initial designs and today, I?m excited to say that it is now in the app store! What does this app do? The Share Data Inspector is […]

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3 Mar
2013

Windows 8 Hackathon: Good for participants. Bad for Microsoft.

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: :3 Comments on Windows 8 Hackathon: Good for participants. Bad for Microsoft.

Last weekend I participated in a Windows 8 hackathon. In 24 hours of coding I had an app created and submitted to the App Store for certification. 24 hours to create an app? I’ll share details about the app I created in a future post. For now, I have since removed my app from the […]

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23 Feb
2013

DefinitelyTyped TypeScript definitions now on NuGet

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: , :3 Comments on DefinitelyTyped TypeScript definitions now on NuGet

I recently started playing with TypeScript on an asp.net MVC web application. We’re leveraging some third party js libraries and found the type definition files over at DefinitelyTyped a huge help when dealing with libraries not originally written in TypeScript. The first thing I tried to do was add them via NuGet and when I […]

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