How I would Approach a Xamarin to .NET MAUI Migration

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How to Create a Bearer Token

Intro Here's the code that I learned to create for generating an authorization token: Writing the Test The following test was written to generate a bearer token: [<Test>] let ``get authorization token``() = let section = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("section.bearerToken") :?> NameValueCollection; let kvPairs = section.AllKeys.Select(fun k -> new KeyValuePair<string, string>(k, section[k])); let tenantId = kvPairs.Single(fun v -> …

F#: When HttpClient PostAsJsonAsync no longer works

Intro I recently upgraded all of the NuGet packages inside my Visual Studio solution. The result was breaking changes at runtime. Specifically, HttpClient::PostAsJsonAsync was resulting in an empty JSON value. The following HttpClient::PostAsJsonAsync example of such code: use client = httpClient baseAddress let encoded = Uri.EscapeUriString(resource) let! response = client.PostAsJsonAsync(encoded, payload) |> Async.AwaitTask Here are …

Pulumi: How can a Function App reference a connection string from a SQL Server Database declaration?

Using Pulumi, I recently learned how to obtain a connection string from SQL Server database declaration. I needed this connection string so that I could register its value in an App Setting. I learned that Pulumi provides the ConnStringInfoArgs type to accommodate this need. Here's some example code below: using System; using Pulumi; using Pulumi.AzureNative.Resources; …

Pulumi: Function App, Key Vault, and Access Policy

My Brain Dump How can a Function App access Azure Key Vault secrets? Known Issue and workaround: I referenced the issue I was observing and used the recommended work around. Below is the workaround. Function App First, provide an identity value to the Function App declaration: Identity = new FunctionAppIdentityArgs { Type = "SystemAssigned" }, …

Pulumi Code Examples

My hobby project consists of building a mobile delivery platform. Thus, I needed some Infrastructure as Code (aka: IaC) to provision deployments. My goal was to have code structured as follows: Fortunately, I was able to learn the basics and write the proof of concept in a short amount of time. Here's some clients to …

F#: Azure Service Bus (Topic Subscription)

Azure Topic Listener namespace Notifications.DataGateway open System open System.Text open System.Diagnostics open System.Threading.Tasks open Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus open Newtonsoft.Json open Notifications.DataTransfer open Notifications.DataGateway type AzureTopicListener<'T>(subscriptionInfo:SubscriptionInfo) as x = let topic = subscriptionInfo.Topic let subscription = subscriptionInfo.Subscription let connectionString = subscriptionInfo.ConnectionString let requested = Event<_>() let mutable serviceBusClient : ServiceBusClient = null let mutable processor : ServiceBusProcessor = …

Review: Pro Auto Sound of Miami

Introduction I paid the owner, Luis, of “Pro Auto Sound of Miami”, nearly $2,728.34 (including tax) to enhance the sound quality of my vehicle’s existing 16 speaker, 1050 watts sound system. Prior to trusting the business, Pro Auto Sound of Miami, with my new vehicle, I spent several days researching custom car audio businesses and …

F# Domain Modeling: IRS Tax Form 8889

I've discovered that IRS tax forms can serve as mind-numbing code katas. I attempted to domain model HSA Form 8889 in F#. The code can be found on my GitHub account. Language namespace HSATaxForm_2020 open System module rec Language = module InEligible = type Coverage = Medicare | TriCare | TriCareLife type Amount = float …

F#: Extract key value pairs from an app config file

The following snippet extracts key value pairs from the AppSettings section of an app config file: let appSettings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings let serviceKeys = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.AllKeys |> Seq.filter (fun k -> k.ToString().EndsWith "Fn") |> Seq.map (fun k -> (k,appSettings.GetValues(k).First())) <appSettings> <add key="MyAzureFn" value="some_value_1"/> <add key="MyOtherAzureFn" value="some_value_2"/> <add key="MyThirdAzureFn" value="some_value_3"/> </appSettings>