As part of my job, I work with multiple languages and multiple tools on a daily basis. Keeping environments up to date and having all the right tools installed can sometimes become a bit of a burden. I recently started using development containers in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to help manage this burden. Development […]
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Exploring the new GitHub Actions continuous delivery functionality
At GitHub Universe in early December 2020, some new functionalities for GitHub Actions focused on continuous delivery were introduced. In this blog post, we’ll explore them in the context of a simple web-app deployment to a Kubernetes cluster. Before diving into what’s new, let’s have a look at what GitHub Actions are: What are GitHub […]
How to connect GitHub Codespaces to a local Visual Studio Code
I’m a huge fan of GitHub Codespaces. Codespaces deliver a fully powered and customizable Visual Studio Code (VS Code) instance in the browser. I’ve started using Codespaces recently to do my Covid analysis. It’s a great tool because I don’t need to install anything locally, I can simply use Codespaces straight from the browser. Codespaces […]
First look at GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces is a way to get a fully powered Visual Studio Code experience in the browser. It’s your cloud-enabled development machine, without needing anything but a web browser. It’s currently in beta and I got access a couple weeks ago. Today, I wanted to give it a spin. Rather than provide a simple demo, […]
Connect Azure Functions securely to Key Vault using VNET integration and Private Link
I did some work with a customer last week to integrate Functions with Key Vault without using the public IP of the Key Vault. This setup worked perfectly, although there were a couple of steps involved. To document those steps, I decided to write this post. In this post we’ll build a new Azure Function […]