You can add the service with PowerShell. New-Service and Get-service are available in PowerShell 5, for 'Remove-Service' PowerShell >= 6 required. Otherwise you can use 'sc.exe DELETE MyMegaServiceApplication'. You should execute it with as an administrator. Not any application you can start a service. As a .Net developer, I usually create .Net solutions, in this case you should create application based on 'worker service' template in VS 2022 or any other IDE.
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If you want to write an application which uses RabbitMQ, I advise you to use docker image of Rabbit. It's lightweight and can be easily executed.
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C# snippet below helps to read SQL data to List<T> generic collection without any extensions or frameworks only with SQL and LINQ.
You can get list of available NuGet packages for Visual Studio using Package Manager Console (in VS – Tools / NuGet Package Manager / Package Manager Console).
CsvHelper is a very good library for reading and writing CSV files. It’s really easy for coding and fast for work. You can install it via Nuget in Visual studio or download from the project page in GitHub https://github.com/JoshClose/CsvHelper. (read more...)
When I was developing a web service for SharePoint 2010 I had to fill in "assembly strong name" in .asmx file. Below I repost a very nice method how to get an "assembly strong name" in Visual Studio.
Writing connection string manually is one of the worst things in software development. That's why I always want them to be generated by any tool but not by me. Some times before I have found a way how to generate a connection string creating an .udl file in Windows (http://markimarta.com/c/how-easily-write-the-text-of-connection-string/). Now I've found a better way.
Load test allow to understand how many users at once your server and application can process at once. Visual studio 2013 allows you to imitate user action and as robots, so and with human-like behavior.
My post yesterday was about how to get to results of load test. Now I realized that I still hadn't posted about how to create web test and load test in Visual Studio 2013. In Visual Studio 2013 Professional it's rather easy to do – you don't need to install add-ons or plugins, everything is already included.
When you execute load test in Visual Studio, you may want to see previous results or to move results to another machine if you need to make report. I had to spend some time to look for the buttons to manage results of Load test in Visual Studio 2013.
