Jason Rowe

Be curious! Choose your own adventure.

Category: General Programming

  • RabbitMQ federation examples

    In this post I’ll go over a couple simple RabbitMQ federation scenarios and walk through configuration. I’ll give instructions via UI federation management plugin but this can also be done via RabbitMQ management API. Prerequisites: In directory C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-[your.version.]\sbin, install federation plugins with the following commands (example in powershell). Scenario 1 Your app has […]

  • Introduction to Git using VS tools from Microsoft

    A quick introduction to Git version control system and Visual Studio Tools from Microsoft. Links in the video git-scm.com try.github.com tortoisegit VS2012 Git Plugin gitextensions

  • ReSharper Introduction

    I’ve used ReSharper for 2-3 years and decided to share my experience with it by creating an introduction video. Most of the information is from http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/ with some additional input and comments.

  • Right Click Add To Path

    I do lots of installs on my windows machine and got tired of having to change the path environment variables manually. I created a AddPath.exe that will do this for me and added a short cut to the right click context menu. In one right click I can get this result: Here is how it […]

  • Getting back into JavaScript

    The last time I did any serious JavaScript was around the time Sizzle was added to JQuery, Google Chrome was brand new, and MarketWatch.com started using canvas charts. Note: Here is a quick overview of JavaScript that is as short as possible, but explains every major feature. I would also recommend following the 2ality website […]

  • Blogging with Google App Engine

      A recent post and talk on twitter about host providers got me interested in building a blog using Google App Engine (GAE). It’s free to use and would eliminate having to pay for a hosting provider for a small site. My blog turned out like this jsoncharts. I’m pretty happy with it so far. […]