Create a self signed certificate with OpenSSL on Windows Jan 5, 2016

First unzip OpenSSL from https://code.google.com/p/openssl-for-windows/downloads/list and put it anywhere you want e.g. c:\openssl.

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Use npm http-server to quickly create a secure web site with host name on Windows Jan 5, 2016

Node and npm makes it really simple to install command line tools. One of my favourites is http-server. Http-server allows you to start a web server from any folder using the command prompt. To do this first install node from https://nodejs.org/en/ this will also install npm. Then open a command prompt and type:

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No default subscription has been designated. Use Select-AzureSubscription -Default to set the default subscription. Dec 23, 2015

When trying to run the Select-AzureSubscription powershell command i recieved the following error even though the subscription name was correct:

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.NET 5 DNX The type or namespace name 'List' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Nov 15, 2015

When playing around with the new  .NET 5 DNX solution I encountered the following error:

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'Assembly' does not contain a definition for 'GetExecutingAssembly' ConsoleUI.DNX Core 5.0 Nov 15, 2015

When trying to run the following code in a .NET DNX Core 5.0 project:

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Visual Studio 2015 - A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) Jul 8, 2015

Today when opening a project in Visual Studio 2015 I recieved the following error:

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NuGet vnext Visual Studio 2015 Error: FindPackagesById: Jun 27, 2015

Today I cloned the aspnet/StaticFiles repository from GitHub on Visual Studio 2015 and when I tried to build the solution I received the following error:

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Could not load file or assembly 'Mindscape.Raygun4Net, Version=5.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies Jun 3, 2015

After updating nuget packages in a solution I received the following error:

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Unable to start debugging on the web server. The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. May 15, 2015

Today I received the following error when trying to start debugging on a web site in Visual Studio 2013:

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Azure Search (search.windows.net) No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin is therefore not allowed access. The response had HTTP status code 400. Dec 3, 2014

When using Azure Search you may come across the following error when trying to reach the api

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