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 …

Implementing Azure SignalR

Client - Configuring Connection Data Here's the URL and target id that the client uses for messaging using SignalR: Client - Establishing Connection Here's the client's SignalR service implementation: The ConnectAsync method above registers the identifier that the SignalR Hub (on the server) will route messages to. In this case, the identifier is the courier …

Implementing a custom Checkbox control

Building a Custom Checkbox Control This post is a code dump for a custom checkbox control. There's four main parts for this: Custom Control * Bindings * XAML Host Page * XAML * Viewmodel Bindings XAML Host Page Viewmodel

Xamarin.Forms: ShellContent Navigation

Intro I came across a scenario in which my app exposed multiple methods for navigating to a particular page. Method 1: XAML One exposed method was from the app menu in which the navigation was implemented in XAML: Method 2: Code-behind of  Initial page Another exposed method was to perform navigation from another page's code-behind: Method …

Implementing a (FP inspired) Result type in C#

The following is a Result class: Here's a Service class: Here's some tests:

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Xamarin.Forms – Implementing ItemsSource for Custom Control

Here's some code for ItemsSource:

Xamarin.Forms Responsive Layout from Device Rotation

Intro This is a brain dump on implementing a responsive layout based on a device being in Portrait or Landscape mode. In summary, I used a ContentView's ControlTemplate to host a layout that depends on a device being in Portrait or Landscape mode. In addition, I then overrode the OnSizeAllocated method on the ContentPage. XAML …