Using the Visual Studio 2017 Offline Installer

Visual Studio 2017 offers a new installation experience with better modularity, a smaller footprint and quicker results.

As a consequence, you no longer have a big ISO file containing all possible components, instead you get a small exe and all other files are downloaded on the fly.

Visual Studio 2017 setup dialog

Works great unless you need to install Visual Studio when you don’t have Internet access. An offline installer can be created by following the steps as described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/create-an-offline-installation-of-visual-studio

Afterwards you can copy the generated offline installer(some executables and a large list of packages) to the location where you want to use it. What is really important is that you first install the provided certificates(they are in the Layout\Certificates folder). The certificates don’t have a password, so just keep clicking next until the installation completes. If you don’t install the certificates first, we noticed that the installer still tries to go online to download the packages.

Afterwords you can run the installation exe.

Azure DevOps/ GitHub emoji

I’m really bad at remembering emoji’s. So here is cheat sheet with all emoji’s that can be used in tools that support the github emoji markdown markup: All credits go to rcaviers who created this list.

Kubernetes–Limit your environmental impact

Reducing the carbon footprint and CO2 emission of our (cloud) workloads, is a responsibility of all of us. If you are running a Kubernetes cluster, have a look at Kube-Green . kube-green is a simple Kubernetes operator that automatically shuts down (some of) your pods when you don't need them. A single pod produces about 11 Kg CO2eq per year( here the calculation). Reason enough to give it a try! Installing kube-green in your cluster The easiest way to install the operator in your cluster is through kubectl. We first need to install a cert-manager: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.14.5/cert-manager.yaml Remark: Wait a minute before you continue as it can take some time before the cert-manager is up & running inside your cluster. Now we can install the kube-green operator: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kube-green/kube-green/releases/latest/download/kube-green.yaml Now in the namespace where we want t

DevToys–A swiss army knife for developers

As a developer there are a lot of small tasks you need to do as part of your coding, debugging and testing activities. DevToys is an offline windows app that tries to help you with these tasks. Instead of using different websites you get a fully offline experience offering help for a large list of tasks. Many tools are available. Here is the current list: Converters JSON <> YAML Timestamp Number Base Cron Parser Encoders / Decoders HTML URL Base64 Text & Image GZip JWT Decoder Formatters JSON SQL XML Generators Hash (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512) UUID 1 and 4 Lorem Ipsum Checksum Text Escape / Unescape Inspector & Case Converter Regex Tester Text Comparer XML Validator Markdown Preview Graphic Color B

The art of simplicity

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