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The other day I wanted to bring up the Windows "Program and Features" panel using the run command (Win+R or just start typing in the Start screen in Win 8). Something I've done countless number of times in the past. For some reason, I had a complete blank and couldn't recall what that particular command was. So I thought it would be good to have a couple of tips and some of the most useful run commands for Developers (and everybody else) in one place.

Learn how to use the endjin composition framework content factory

Dealing with Transient Faults is absolutely essential when working in The Cloud. We delve into the library we've created for dealing with this situation.

In this post, we're going to set up the tools that we're going to use in the rest of this course on Windows or Linux.

In this step-by-step guide, we'll take you through the process of setting up an F# REPL environment on Windows.

In this step-by-step guide, we'll take you through the process of setting up an F# REPL environment on Linux.

Yesterday I attended the "C# and Mvvm - Developing apps for all of Android, iPhone and Windows" event hosted by Stuart Lodge at Modern Jago. In preparation for the day I had the daunting task of setting up my Mac for cross platform development with Xamarin. While most of it was fairly straight forward and well documented, I came across a few gotchas worth blogging about.

Learn how to use the endjin composition framework for dependency injection.

Learn why we created the endjin composition framework for dependency injection.

This post discusses the importance of collaboration between designers and developers, including communication tips and a step-by-step guide.

Start using evidence-based decision making to add some rigour to decision making process.

Splatting is one of the most powerful, yet underused features of PowerShell. In this post we cover a walk-through of how to use this feature.

We've just released a free Cloud Migration Process poster to help you understand the complexities of evaluating & executing different cloud migration strategies.

A proof of concept is not a quick and dirty hack, it's not a demo, or a technical spike.

In the final part of this series, we cover how to use TeamCity's feature branch abilities to support the GitFlow process.

A new version of Templify has been released, which includes a huge performance improvement contributed by the Open Source community.

See how to create a responsive website layout using Bootstrap.

We ran a retrospective of our first few Bootstrap-based HTML5/Javascript projects a few weeks back, and distilled some of the output into these top tips

If you were learning to programme today, which language should you choose, and why?

If you were learning to programme today, which language should you choose, and why?

Laying the foundations to build a brand doesn't happen overnight. At endjin it taken many years to develop our brand look and tone of voice. In this post we talk about developing our visual language so that we can maintain a consistent look and feel across all our collateral.

Having a strategy is one thing, being able to measure your progress towards implementing is, and its impact is another.

This post finally covers the nitty-gritty of how you use the GitFlow extensions to drive the workflow.