Intro Github Copilot is an awesome tool, that I use in JetBrains Rider and VS Code and recently I found out, that Copilot can be used in CLI aswell. Let me show you how to set it up. Installation Install github cli This depends on what packaging software you use. For full list of choices... » read more
Switching to PowerShel 5.1 in Visual Studio Code In previsou versions of VS Code, there used to be button for switching PS version, but for whatever reason, they removed it. In order to switch PS Version in current version of VS Code, you need to press CTRL+SHIFT+P, then type in session menu and select PowerShell:... » read more
Intro So I was looking for some lightweight editor as alternative to VS Code, because I often need to quickly edit text files right from Windows Terminal. Luckily I knew nano from linux and in this post I’ll show you how to use it in Windows Terminal. Editing inside Windows Terminal In order to use... » read more
Intro In previous post I’ve shown you how to fix VSTest task in Azure DevOps. This post is follow up where I share with you how to overcome problems you might face while running vstest.console.exe. Getting the vstest.console You have to download nuget package https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.TestPlatform/ which contains vstest.console.exe under \tools\net451\Common7\IDE\Extensions\TestPlatform. Here is a short vstest.console... » read more
Intro Total Commander provides commandline interface, so in order to open desired folder in Total Commander from Powershell or Windows Terminal you need to run: [crayon-663488a7196bd216861297/] But who wants to write that long stuff all over again. Solution Solution is, as usual, very simple. You have to add function, to your powershell profile. Keep in... » read more
Intro So, recently I had to redeploy new ASP.NET Core app few times and I don\’t want the user to stare at some ugly error page. I want something better, some nice page sayng website is under maintenance, and it would be nice if there would be progress of that operation. Solution My first try... » read more
The goal Goal of this post is to add powershell script task into Azure build pipeline, that will test or check custom conditions on your code base every time pull request is made. If those conditions are not met, script will let you know via comment on pull request, then will set build process as... » read more
Recently I\’ve installed Visual Studio extension – Favorite Documents. I\’m working daily with big solution, where I often need to run certain T4 templates and that it\’s just pain… So I tought I should give it a go. What I noticed, is that the extension creates file in solution directory named $(SolutionName).favdoc where it stores... » read more