Curia Damiano

Empty Python App

Introduction With the recent increase of development of AI apps, I have started using the Python programming language. For who doesn't know Python (like myself just a few months ago), Python is very different from other compiled languages like C# and Java. It is somehow more similar to

Update of my mobile apps to Swift 6

With the recent updates of Xcode and iOS, I took the opportunity to update my mobile apps to the latest version of Xcode 16 and Swift 6. Main reasons to update * I felt that to support older versions of iOS, I was losing track to the latest updates in SwiftUI.

Azure

Zoo 105 Podcast: Migrating of Azure Function from .NET 6 to .NET 8 isolated

I continue the list of articles about the Zoo di 105 with my last update, from .NET 6 to .NET 8. This should have theoretically been an easy update, but in the end it resulted as one of the most demanding, because of a series of issues that I will

Office Add-In Development Tips

In this article I list a few tips for Office add-in development tips. * GitHub repo of the "yo" Office generators It can happen that "yo office" generates some incomplete or corrupted files. You can refer to the original templates in multiple repositories, one for each template.

SwiftUI

SwiftUI Music Player

Introduction As second proof of concept for my bigger application, I needed to implement a music player. Even in this case, it was not easy to find a complete example. In this blog post I will describe the process I have followed to develop this new sample. Input mp3 files

Swift

Swift: How to Install and Configure SwiftLint

SwiftLint is an open-source tool used to enforce styles and conventions. Installing it is not difficult, but someone might need a few hints, so I have prepared this blog post to explain them. For this guide I have taken inspiration from the YouTube video Learn how to add SwiftLint to

.NET

Blazor Client: multiple root components

In Blazor Client (i.e. WASM) it's possible to have multiple root components on the same page. This is possible with the WebAssemblyHostBuilder.RootComponents [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.components.webassembly.hosting.webassemblyhostbuilder.rootcomponents?view=aspnetcore-7.0] collection. Let's play a bit

Swift

URLSession default User-Agent

In the past I have blogged how I have developed a POC of various types of downloads in SwiftUI: * SwiftUI Background Downloads [https://curia.me/swiftui-background-downloads/] * URLSession async in iOS 13 and 14 [https://curia.me/urlsession-async-in-ios-13-and-14/] Recently the application stopped working, without any change in my code. Even more,

AvaloniaUI

Develop Android apps with Avalonia UI and run them on WSA

Windows 11 has introduced the Windows Subsystem for Android [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/], later abbreviated as WSA. Similar to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, that includes a Linux operative system inside Windows 11, WSA includes an Android system in Windows 11, allowing for example to download

AvaloniaUI

Develop graphical Linux apps with Avalonia UI and run them on WSL2

In the past I have already blogged [https://curia.me/develop-graphical-linux-apps-on-windows-with-the-wsl-visual-studio-and-mono/] about how to develop a graphical application on Windows and run it it WSL. Some years have passed, and now with WSL2 it's now possible to run graphical applications directly: Run Linux GUI apps on the Windows

.NET

C#: What I Would Change in the Language

C# is my favorite language. It is very powerful, flexible, and modern. You can use it with just basic knowledge of the language, and it works very well. But when applications become more complex and big, you need to take in consideration more aspects of the language. At this point,

.NET

Code Analysis in .NET: What is Missing

In my job, I do a lot of code reviews for the customers of my company. Essential for this activity is the usage of Code Analysis. I have already written multiple posts about code analysis, the last one on .NET 6 [https://curia.me/code-analysis-in-net-5-and-6/]. Still, based on my experience,

Kubernetes

Tips about the CKAD and CKA Kubernetes certifications

In July 2022 I got my first Kubernetes certification: CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer). In November 2022 I got the second Kubernetes certification: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator). In this post, I want to give a few tips about study preparation and about the final exam. Preparation Following suggestions of a

Microsoft Authenticator and new iPhone

Every year I tend to update my iPhone. While the iCloud backup and restore works incredibly well, there are still some apps who make exceptions and delay this migration process. One of this apps is Microsoft Authenticator [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-authenticator/id983156458]. It is able to move

My Contact Details in a QR Code

A couple of weeks ago I have met a new person. When exchanging our contact details, I was going to ask his phone number... and he handed me over his phone and told me: scan this QR code! I was really surprised. I did it, and voilà, I had his

Swift

URLSession async in iOS 13 and 14

Swift 5.5 has initially introduced async/await for iOS 15. With a very welcome news, Xcode 13.2 [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes/xcode-13_2-release-notes] has extended support of async/await to previous versions iOS 13 and 14. This extension of async/await doesn't include support

GitHub

GitHub: how to commit

These are the commands to commit and push to a remote in GitHub: git add . git commit -m "Comment to the commit" git push origin master If after the commit you also want to create a tag: git tag "MyTagName" git push origin "MyTagName"

SwiftUI

SwiftUI Background Downloads

Introduction I needed to implement background downloads in a SwiftUI application. Checking in Internet, I have found only old documentation (a part from the official Apple docs). Because of this, I have developed a little POC application in SwiftUI that implements background downloads. In this blog post, I will describe

.NET

Code Analysis in .NET 5 and 6

With my last upgrade of the Zoo di 105 [http://ilsitodellozoo.com/] podcast from .NET Core 3.1 to .NET 6, I have also updated how code analysis is implemented in the project. In the previous versions of .NET Core, it was implemented via a NuGet package (initially Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.

Azure

Zoo 105 Podcast: Migration from .NET Core 3.1 to .NET 6

Azure Functions have been updated to support the latest version of .NET, the 6.0, that is LTS (Long Term Support). I have taken the opportunity to update my project, the Azure Function that generates the podcast for Zoo di 105. In this blog post I want to describe shortly

Azure

Azure Speech to Text of MP3 files

For a customer, I needed to create a POC where we wanted to run the Azure Speech service Speech-to-Text [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/speech-to-text] against the Mozilla Common Voice [https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/en] project, that is a collection of MP3 files reproducing people speaking in

GitHub

Git: how to handle new-lines properly in Windows

When cloning Git repositories to your Windows machine, Git offers the possiblity to automatically convert new-lines in the Windows format. To enable this, you must run from the command line the following command: git config --global core.autocrlf true Reference: Configuring Git to handle line endings [https://docs.github.com/

Smart Home

HomeKit Eve thread accessories: Eve Door & Window Sensor, Eve Energy, Eve Aqua

For my previous posts, I have already explained how I have set up a HomeKit home. Recently I have upgraded my Apple TV to the newest version, with support for the Thread protocol. This allows to have devices without additional hubs. Also, like what happens with the ZigBee protocol, increasing

Xcode

Xcode: how to show build times

To show Xcode build times, open a termina window and execute the following command: defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowBuildOperationDuration YES You don't even need to restart Xcode! Thank you Sean Allen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-KSe63LDgI] for your helpful tip!

Windows

OneDrive error: "The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid"

Often (too often), OneDrive on Windows gets confused and creates errors in the file system. The result is that some files appear to be locked; in reality the situation is even worse. Trying to delete them, you get the error "The tag present in the reparse point buffer is