Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread Grant Maw
I recently bought an Alienware 15 with Win 8.1 Pro pre-installed. It upgraded to Win 10 without a hitch and has been working perfectly ever since. It's even faster than it was under 8.1, which seems like a distant memory now. On 25 August 2015 at 20:01, Tom Rutter therut...@gmail.com wrote:

Same-Origin Policy

2015-08-27 Thread Greg Keogh
Hi folks, last week I was in a short panic because someone writing a JS client couldn't call my REST service. There were developing on Linux in-house but failing to call my remote office server. To get around this they wrote a local proxy JSP app which sat between them and me, so their scripts

Re: Same-Origin Policy

2015-08-27 Thread Dave Walker
Hi Greg, I might be silly but I'm struggling to understand what you're asking. The linux guys are asking for three more headers - request or response headers? Are you calling this from javascript (ajax) if so you can add request headers at that level. On 28 August 2015 at 09:32, Greg Keogh

Re: Same-Origin Policy

2015-08-27 Thread Greg Keogh
OK! Here's the answer (I hope)... In my Web API project I add a NuGet reference to Microsoft.Aspnet.WebApi.Cors https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Cors. You can now add the [EnableCors(...)] attribute to controller methods, or for my simple testing convenience I added this for

RE: TypeScript summary

2015-08-27 Thread Paul Glavich
JS ecosystem can go to hell. Lol. It has been there already. :) It re-wrote hell in the form of a closure. Seriously though in answer to react comment below, I too find react’s syntax atrocious. Note that there is nothing at all related to react and C#/MVC. It is a fast rendering system by

Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread mike smith
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) eddie.deb...@gmail.com wrote: This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available in Australia… Do they make them (or rebadge) ? If

Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread Tom Rutter
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:49 AM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Tom Rutter therut...@gmail.com wrote: c# web dev mainly, 13-14 maybe 15, approx macbook pro weight. Considering macbook actually but no win key and higher price let me down Is the win

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread Eddie de Bear (Gmail)
The Signature Editions are the exact same machines (HP, Lenovo, etc) BUT stripped bare of all the crapware.. From what I remember reading when Microsoft first started with them, it’s a clean windows install, with all the correct tweeks, drivers etc to get the most out of the hardware.. Here

Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread osjasonroberts
What’s peoples views on Lenovo ATM given there have been a few PR things happen in the last 12 months…? price v performance v reliability? Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts

Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread DotNet Dude
Don't know about that specific model but I've been screwed by Dell twice before and never going back to them. I'd avoid them. F U Dell On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Christopher Walsh ch...@walshie.me wrote: The XPS 13” QHD model was OK, limited to a 256GB SSD in AU, but the Bluetooth

RE: Same-Origin Policy

2015-08-27 Thread Nelson Chan
Greg, As my response last time... this is all covered by the article http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/security/enabling-cross-origin-requests-in-web-api In particular, the How CORS Works section and Scope Rules section Nelson Chan .NET Developer, LEAP Legal Software From:

Re: Same-Origin Policy

2015-08-27 Thread Greg Keogh
As my response last time... this is all covered by the article http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/security/enabling-cross-origin-requests-in-web-api In particular, the How CORS Works section and Scope Rules section I missed the line about config.EnableCors() *Greg*

Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread Thomas Koster
On 27 August 2015 at 19:28, osjasonrobe...@gmail.com wrote: What’s peoples views on Lenovo ATM given there have been a few PR things happen in the last 12 months…? price v performance v reliability? Are you talking about Superfish?

Re: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Tom Rutter therut...@gmail.com wrote: c# web dev mainly, 13-14 maybe 15, approx macbook pro weight. Considering macbook actually but no win key and higher price let me down Is the win key really a deal-breaker? I don't find myself using it on a Windows

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread Eddie de Bear (Gmail)
This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available in Australia… From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Koster Sent: Friday, 28

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-27 Thread Dave Walker
Oh lenovo yoga 3 pro is meant to be awesome. On 28 Aug 2015 12:45, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) eddie.deb...@gmail.com wrote: This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available in Australia…

RE: Last words on AngularJS

2015-08-27 Thread Paul Glavich
Agree with that. Best practice is a furfy. You don’t get one with server side either. JS is just more finicky. I often use Yeoman to generate a folder/project structure but never really use it verbatim. I am too opinionated for that :) I do give credit to Greg’s point around multiple