Archive for August, 2018

An error occurred

Azure Functions Benjamin Perkins

While I was writing these articles about creating, developing local and deploying an Azure Function App, I received this error, Figure 1. How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio How to connect to a database from an Azure Function Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio Check out all my Azure Functions […]

Read More →

Publish failed

Azure Functions Benjamin Perkins

While I was writing these articles about creating, developing local and deploying an Azure Function App, I received this error, Figure 1. How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio How to connect to a database from an Azure Function Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio Check out all my Azure Functions […]

Read More →

Add an XML Schema file to Visual Studio

Benjamin Perkins C#

XML Schema files (.xsd) are files which provide data for IntelliSense and are often provided along with a 3rd party class library. In case you are not familiar with IntelliSense, it is a functionality that helps you develop or configure a system by providing a list of existing methods or properties which are asscoiated to […]

Read More →

String vs. StringBuilder

Benjamin Perkins C#

A blog would not be complete without an article about the differences between appending or modifying a string using the String Class versus the StingBuilder class. See, strings are immutable, which means once they are created they cannot be changed. Any time you make a modification to a string, after is has been created you […]

Read More →