Something a little different this time around. Lately, both at work and in my personal projects and learnings, I’ve been dealing with a wide variety of databases. Databases in general are a core component in application infrastructure. Despite that, they get far less focus in the blogosphere than other topics […]
Month: August 2022
Video: Creating Our First Power Automate Flow
Another introduction video. This one covers an overview of creating a simple flow in Power Automate. BarretHusband, father, gamer, developer, manager, writer, creative, blogger, model railroader, Buckeyes fan
Function Friday – Formatting and Parsing Dates and Times
This week I’m looking at formatting and parsing date and time values in Power Automate. This can be a great pain when working with data in your functions for a straightforward reason: DateTime values come in many different formats. And different systems will require different formats for your DateTime values. […]
Is a College Degree Necessary To Find A Tech Job?
It used to be that having a college degree was a necessary thing to getting a job in software development. This was especially true at the “entry” level of the spectrum. Oftentimes it didn’t really matter much what that degree was in. It was just “required” that you have one. […]
Function Friday: Date and Time Addition
This time I’m going to start delving into the date and time functions of Power Automate. Date and time is one of the most painful parts of working with flows. The reason for that is that sometimes a DateTime value is a DateTime, sometimes it’s a number, and sometimes it’s […]
Video – A Brief Introduction to Microsoft Power Automate
This week I’m presenting my first YouTube video: A Brief Introduction to Microsoft Power Automate. Give it a view. BarretHusband, father, gamer, developer, manager, writer, creative, blogger, model railroader, Buckeyes fan
Function Friday: Data Type Conversion Functions – Arrays, JSON and XML
This time we’re wrapping up the last of the data type conversion functions. We’ll cover the more complex data types: arrays, JSON, and XML. array The array function creates an array from a single input data element. The format is simple: And as an example: To be honest, there’s no […]
Using Application Insights For Better Application Logging
As you gain more experience as a developer, you soon realize the importance of good logging for your applications. When an app is small, you can get away with console logging, print statements, etc. But once your app reaches any real size or functionality, especially as you reach your MVP […]