Writing on AI agents, agentic UI, Angular and React.https://blove.dev/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-09-15-dawn-is-now-b4/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-09-15-dawn-is-now-b4/Dawn AI has a new name. Say hello to b4, pronounced bee-four or b4 dot run.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-06-03-bringing-agents-to-angular-with-threadplane/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-06-03-bringing-agents-to-angular-with-threadplane/Threadplane is an open-source, Angular-native framework for building fullstack agentic applications — LangChain and AG-UI for the runtime, json-render and A2UI for generative UI, and Angular Signals all the way down.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-05-21-building-langgraph-agents-like-nextjs-apps/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-05-21-building-langgraph-agents-like-nextjs-apps/Dawn is to LangGraph.js what Next.js is to React: file-system routes, route-local tools, generated types, a local dev loop, and LangSmith-ready build output.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-04-08-building-azure-ai-rag-with-sharepoint/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-04-08-building-azure-ai-rag-with-sharepoint/A practical guide to building a production RAG pipeline that indexes SharePoint documents into Azure AI Search, chunks intelligently, generates embeddings, and grounds LLM responses in real organizational data.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-03-18-agentic-memory-and-what-it-means-for-web-apps/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-03-18-agentic-memory-and-what-it-means-for-web-apps/Agentic memory changes web apps from thin shells around stateless prompts into systems that can learn across sessions, adapt behavior, and manage context as product infrastructure.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-03-17-google-a2ui-fixed-vs-dynamic-schemas/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-03-17-google-a2ui-fixed-vs-dynamic-schemas/A practical architecture for building fullstack agent web apps with Google A2UI v0.9 using fixed catalogs by default, dynamic schema overlays for the long tail, and deterministic fallback when validation fails.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-02-21-the-frontend-reward-loop-for-agentic-software/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-02-21-the-frontend-reward-loop-for-agentic-software/Agents improve through interaction. The frontend is where intent, correction, and outcomes are visible together, and where prompt augmentation can take most teams surprisingly far before offline reward-model training.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-02-20-the-landscape-of-generative-ui-in-2026/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-02-20-the-landscape-of-generative-ui-in-2026/Generative UI is a spectrum. In 2026, teams should intentionally choose Chat Components, Component Systems, and Embedded Generative UI by surface area.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2026-02-19-openclaw-setup-and-key-takeaways/https://blove.dev/posts/2026-02-19-openclaw-setup-and-key-takeaways/How I set up OpenClaw on macOS with Telegram, debugged pairing and health checks, and the security boundaries I now use by default.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2024-01-11-success-in-the-ordinary/https://blove.dev/posts/2024-01-11-success-in-the-ordinary/Success in western culture is often marked by follower count, headcount, and GitHub stars. What if success is found in the ordinary?Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2024-01-09-year-in-review/https://blove.dev/posts/2024-01-09-year-in-review/A review of 2023 - a Year of BuildingTue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2020-06-05-angular-transfer-state/https://blove.dev/posts/2020-06-05-angular-transfer-state/Learn how to effectively manage Angular Transfer State with server and static rendering using Universal.Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2020-06-03-generate-open-graph-image-gatsby/https://blove.dev/posts/2020-06-03-generate-open-graph-image-gatsby/Learn to generate open graph images for posts with Gatsby.Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2020-06-01-route-params-ngrx-store/https://blove.dev/posts/2020-06-01-route-params-ngrx-store/Learn to access route parameters with NgRx router store.Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2020-01-06-generate-angular-tests-with-qawolf/https://blove.dev/posts/2020-01-06-generate-angular-tests-with-qawolf/Learn how to generate Jest and Puppeteer tests for Angular applications with QA Wolf.Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-14-console-debugging-with-window-ng/https://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-14-console-debugging-with-window-ng/Angular 9 provides improved debugging in the console using window.ng.Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-13-lazy-load-angular-v9-components/https://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-13-lazy-load-angular-v9-components/Lazy loading components with Angular 9+ just got a lot easier!Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-12-angular-9-update-guide/https://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-12-angular-9-update-guide/Learn to successfully update to Angular version 9.Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-11-react-conditional-class-names/https://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-11-react-conditional-class-names/Efficiently apply class names conditionally in React.Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-10-top-5-tips-for-impactful-presentations/https://blove.dev/posts/2019-12-10-top-5-tips-for-impactful-presentations/Top 5 tips for creating impactful presentation to ensure your audience walks away inspired and not exhausted.Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2019-09-26-ellipsis-directive/https://blove.dev/posts/2019-09-26-ellipsis-directive/Build an Angular Attribute Directive for efficiently truncating text and appending an ellipsis within an element's fixed height.Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-12-15-ng-add-schematic/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-12-15-ng-add-schematic/Learn how to build an Angular schematic that adds a library.Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-12-11-angular-schematics-tutorial/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-12-11-angular-schematics-tutorial/Learn how to create Angular schematics.Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-11-30-vuex-for-ngrx-devs/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-11-30-vuex-for-ngrx-devs/Learn to build manage state in a Vue.js application using Vuex from the perspective of an Angular dev using NgRx.Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-11-29-vue-for-the-angular-dev/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-11-29-vue-for-the-angular-dev/Learn to build an app using Vue.js from an Angular Dev's viewpoint.Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-09-03-angular-http-client-observe-response/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-09-03-angular-http-client-observe-response/Learn to obtain the full response of an HTTP request with Angular using HttpClient.Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-06-28-ngrx-testing-effects/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-06-28-ngrx-testing-effects/Learn how to unit test NgRx effects using Jest.Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-05-28-ngrx-testing-actions/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-05-28-ngrx-testing-actions/Learn how to unit test NgRx reducers using Jest.Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-05-27-ngrx-testing-components/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-05-27-ngrx-testing-components/Learn how to unit test Angular components using NgRx with Jest.Sun, 27 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-05-26-angular-jest-testing/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-05-26-angular-jest-testing/Learn how to write unit tests for Angular using Jest.Sat, 26 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-04-03-ngrx-loading-indicator/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-04-03-ngrx-loading-indicator/Application loading indicator using NgRX and Angular.Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-03-21-master-rxjs-operators/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-03-21-master-rxjs-operators/Learn to master RxJS operators with Angular 5 and NgRx.Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-03-16-ngrx-mat-snackbar/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-03-16-ngrx-mat-snackbar/Show and hide Material Snackbar using NgRx and RxJS with Angular.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-03-04-rxjs-the-basics/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-03-04-rxjs-the-basics/Learn the basics of functional reactive programming in Angular with RxJS.Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-11-angular-window-provider/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-11-angular-window-provider/Where did my $window go? No problem, use this provider to inject the window into your Angular component.Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-10-ngrx-refactor-module/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-10-ngrx-refactor-module/Refactor an existing application's module to implement the Redux pattern using NgRx.Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-09-ngrx-getting-started/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-09-ngrx-getting-started/Get started with NgRx in your Angular applications.Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-08-ngrx-the-basics/https://blove.dev/posts/2018-01-08-ngrx-the-basics/Learn the basics of implementing the Redux pattern in Angular applications.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-11-02-angular-http-client-blob/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-11-02-angular-http-client-blob/Using Angular's HttpClient "blob" response type to display an image.Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-11-01-ngrx-anti-patterns/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-11-01-ngrx-anti-patterns/Learn what not to do with RxJS in your Angular applications.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-09-09-updating-to-ngrx-4/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-09-09-updating-to-ngrx-4/Here's a quick guide to updating your code to use NgRx 4.Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-21-migrating-to-http-client/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-21-migrating-to-http-client/Migrating to the new Angular HttpClientModule from the deprecated HttpModule.Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-17-angular-delete-confirmation/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-17-angular-delete-confirmation/Delete confirmation dialog using Angular and reactive programming with ngrx.Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-angular-material/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-angular-material/Part 2 - Let's build an Angular app using Material.Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-reactive-programming/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-reactive-programming/Part 3 - Let's build an Angular app using reactive programming with RxJS and ngrx.Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-server/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-server/Part 1 - REST API using Express Server written in TypeScript with Mongoose plus Mocha and Chai tests.Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-unplugged/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-07-16-mean-app-unplugged/Building a MEAN unplugged. We'll use TypeScript, Angular Material and reactive programming.Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-06-21-mean-material-reactive/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-06-21-mean-material-reactive/Let's build a MEAN app using TypeScript for the client and server using Angular Material and Reactive programming.Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-05-03-responsive-angular/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-05-03-responsive-angular/Learn how to easily create responsive applications using Angular and Flex Layout.Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-04-11-angular-language-service/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-04-11-angular-language-service/The Angular Language Service extends the intelligence of your editor to Angular templates.Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-04-10-angular-reactive-authentication/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-04-10-angular-reactive-authentication/Learn how to add authentication to your Angular app using reactive (ngrx) extensions.Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-03-22-express-cors-typescript/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-03-22-express-cors-typescript/A quick walkthrough on configuring CORS in your Express app using TypeScript and the cors middleware.Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-03-21-passing-data-mddialog/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-03-21-passing-data-mddialog/Make your Material MdDialog stateless by passing data as part of the MdDialogConfig object.Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2017-03-15-node-sendgrid-typescript/https://blove.dev/posts/2017-03-15-node-sendgrid-typescript/(Almost) Every application needs to send an email at some point.Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-12-26-typing-up-your-angular-1-app/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-12-26-typing-up-your-angular-1-app/If you want to use TypeScript in your AngularJS (Angular v1) application today but you are not yet ready to move to Angular v2 or v4 (yeah, it's coming) then keep reading.Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-12-11-anguar-2-unsubscribe-observables/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-12-11-anguar-2-unsubscribe-observables/Don't forget to unsubscribe from subscriptions in Angular components using the OnDestroy lifecycle hook.Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-12-03-hackerrank-making-anagrams/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-12-03-hackerrank-making-anagrams/I've put together some sample solutions to the Hackerrank _String: Making Anagrams_ challenge using JavaScript on Node.js.Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-11-20-array-left-rotation-using-node/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-11-20-array-left-rotation-using-node/I've put together some sample solutions to the common array left rotation challenge.Sun, 20 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-11-11-typescript-2-express-mongoose-mocha-chai/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-11-11-typescript-2-express-mongoose-mocha-chai/MongoDB is an excellent choice for persisting data for your web application that uses the Express engine on Node.js.Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-11-08-typescript-2-express-node/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-11-08-typescript-2-express-node/TypeScript 2 enables you to develop solid web applications using Express on Node.jsTue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-23-angular2-breadcrumb-using-router/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-23-angular2-breadcrumb-using-router/A breadcrumb has been and still is a standard in user interface navigation on the web.Sun, 23 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-22-angular-cli-using-https/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-22-angular-cli-using-https/If you need to run the NG Development server over HTTP using SSL then this quick guide is for you.Sat, 22 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-18-angular-2-google-maps-places-autocomplete/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-18-angular-2-google-maps-places-autocomplete/In this brief tutorial I'll show you to to quickly build an Angular 2 + Google Maps Places Autocomplete application.Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-16-dynamic-form-group-custom-validation-angular2/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-16-dynamic-form-group-custom-validation-angular2/In this post I will show you how to create nested FormGroups to create a custom validator.Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-15-angular-2-0-0-typescript-plunker-starter-kit/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-15-angular-2-0-0-typescript-plunker-starter-kit/Ready to be forked: Angular + TypeScript Plunker Starter Kit.Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-10-angular-2-window-scroll-event-using-hostlistener/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-10-angular-2-window-scroll-event-using-hostlistener/Angular 2 is awesome, but it also a major departure from Angular 1.Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-04-typescript-declaring-mongoose-schema-model/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-10-04-typescript-declaring-mongoose-schema-model/So, you're on the `TypeScript` bandwagon and you want to use `Mongodb` and `mongoose`.Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-09-12-typesearch-for-types-powered-by-definitelytyped/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-09-12-typesearch-for-types-powered-by-definitelytyped/Microsoft is making things much easier for TypeScript developer who are using external libraries (who isn't?).Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-07-21-preloading-with-critical-path-css/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-07-21-preloading-with-critical-path-css/The `link rel="preload"` resource hint combined with defining your critical path CSS may provide a better solution to deferring the loading of your CSS files.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-07-19-upgrading-to-typings-1-x/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-07-19-upgrading-to-typings-1-x/I have been playing with Angular 2 beta 4 and also updated typings from 0.x to 1.x.Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-07-18-generate-critical-path-css-with-node-js/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-07-18-generate-critical-path-css-with-node-js/In this post I will show you how to generate the critical path CSS to avoid render-blocking JavaScript and CSS.Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2016-03-29-typescript-express-node-js/https://blove.dev/posts/2016-03-29-typescript-express-node-js/The Express web application framework for Node.js is arguable one of the most popular solutions for creating web apps built on the async Node.js engine.Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-20-css-content-character-entities/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-20-css-content-character-entities/The CSS3 content property is extremely valuable for inserting content into the ::before and ::after pseudo elements.Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-20-less-to-sass/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-20-less-to-sass/Auf wiedersehen LESS, Hallo SASS!Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-17-bootstrap-cover-photo-sizing/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-17-bootstrap-cover-photo-sizing/In this post I will show how to create appropriately sized cover photos when using Bootstrap 3.Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-13-bootstrap-via-requirejs/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-13-bootstrap-via-requirejs/I have been learning and using RequireJS for the past couple of weeks, and I have to say, I love it.Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-11-web-font-in-iis-err_connection_reset/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-08-11-web-font-in-iis-err_connection_reset/If you are using a web font, including popular font icon fonts like Font Awesome then you may notice an error when loading your web font from an IIS server.Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-06-02-multiple-batches-in-a-single-transaction/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-06-02-multiple-batches-in-a-single-transaction/Create a migration script that uses a transaction to roll back the changes in case one of the sql statements fail.Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-05-12-migrating-databases-in-amazon-rds/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-05-12-migrating-databases-in-amazon-rds/Amazon's Relational Database Service (RDS) enables developers to launch database instances in the cloud that are managed by Amazon.Tue, 12 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-04-04-learning-nginx-on-os-x/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-04-04-learning-nginx-on-os-x/In this post I am going to take a quick dive into the Nginx web server.Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-03-30-2015-website-design-goals/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-03-30-2015-website-design-goals/When approaching a website design for 2015 what are your design goals?Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-03-26-chmod-directories-and-not-files/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-03-26-chmod-directories-and-not-files/Here is a quick snippet that I used today and that I might end up needing in the future.Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-03-05-lucee-on-mac-os-x-yosemite-quick-start/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-03-05-lucee-on-mac-os-x-yosemite-quick-start/After the news of Railo being forked to a new project called lucee I wanted to check it out.Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-02-24-hash-any-coldfusion-type/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-02-24-hash-any-coldfusion-type/In order to generate a unique identifier for caching an object I needed to create a function to accept any data type, and to return a unique hash from that object.Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-02-17-find-and-replace-in-multiple-svn-repositories/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-02-17-find-and-replace-in-multiple-svn-repositories/A bash shell script to find-and-replace in all files in multiple svn repositories.Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-02-04-coldfusion-10-install-on-os-x-yosemite/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-02-04-coldfusion-10-install-on-os-x-yosemite/If you have just downloaded Adobe ColdFusion 10 on your OS X Yosemite development environment you might be surprised to find out that the installation will cause your Apache 2.4.x server to stop working.Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-21-iis-and-https-binding-with-host-header/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-21-iis-and-https-binding-with-host-header/Well, the title may not be entirely accurate. Honestly, I didn't know what to title this post -- let me explain what I observed and how I was able to get around the issue.Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-18-alertifyjs/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-18-alertifyjs/Check out this video on setting up and using the AlertifyJS library.Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-14-ehcache-regions-in-coldfusion/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-14-ehcache-regions-in-coldfusion/In migrating our application's caching service to use ColdFusion's Ehcache integration I needed to a way to get all of the caching regions stored in Ehcache.Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-09-php-script-to-check-remote-server-or-website/https://blove.dev/posts/2015-01-09-php-script-to-check-remote-server-or-website/Check out this short video on creating a PHP script to check if a remote server or website is available.Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-10-png-support-for-php-on-os-x-yosemite/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-10-png-support-for-php-on-os-x-yosemite/I recently upgraded to OS X Yosemite and ran into a small issue when attempting to create an image resource from a string.Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-09-redirect-to-https/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-09-redirect-to-https/As part of my series on migrating a site to support HTTPS we are finally at the step where we will implement the redirect that will ensure our users are always using the HTTPS site.Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-08-enabling-strict-transport-security-hsts/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-08-enabling-strict-transport-security-hsts/I am continuing a series of articles focused on migrating a website to support HTTPS Everywhere.Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-04-keep-alive-and-https/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-04-keep-alive-and-https/As part of a series on setting up HTTPS Everywhere I am migrating a website to use HTTPS for all requests.Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-03-https-protocols-and-ciphers/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-03-https-protocols-and-ciphers/As part of a series on using HTTPS Everywhere we are migrating a website from HTTP to HTTPS.Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-02-calendar-using-jquery-and-css3/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-02-calendar-using-jquery-and-css3/Check out a video I created on building a calendar using jQuery and CSS3.Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-02-enable-https-in-apache-on-mac-yosemite/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-02-enable-https-in-apache-on-mac-yosemite/In this post we'll be using HTTP with Apache on OS X Yosemite.Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-02-enable-https-on-iis/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-02-enable-https-on-iis/As part of my HTTPS Everywhere series I am showing how to configure your web server for HTTPS.Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-01-https-everywhere/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-01-https-everywhere/You might have heard this past summer that Google has made a slight (less than 1% of sites will be affected) modification to their algorithm to give more value to those sites that use HTTPS than those sites that do not.Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-01-self-signed-ssl-certificate-on-mac-yosemite/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-12-01-self-signed-ssl-certificate-on-mac-yosemite/As part of a series on migrating a website to support HTTPS everywhere I needed to create a self-signed certificate on Mac OS X.Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-11-26-git-submodule-cheat-sheet/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-11-26-git-submodule-cheat-sheet/A quick and dirty cheat sheet for Git submodules.Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-09-03-imagemagick-installation-with-os-x-mavericks-and-php-5-4/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-09-03-imagemagick-installation-with-os-x-mavericks-and-php-5-4/I know that there are lots of posts and articles written for installing the imagick PHP extension, so why not one more.Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-09-02-whats-the-double-exclamation-mark-for-in-javascript/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-09-02-whats-the-double-exclamation-mark-for-in-javascript/If you have ever noticed a double exclamation mark (!!) in someone's JavaScript code you may be curious what it's for and what it does.Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-21-bootstrap-git-submodule-workflow/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-21-bootstrap-git-submodule-workflow/I have used Bootstrap for projects in the past but I have always downloaded the precompiled bootstrap files. While this has worked easily in the past, there are some downsides.Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-20-twitter-sign-in-using-oauth-and-coldfusion/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-20-twitter-sign-in-using-oauth-and-coldfusion/Enabling your users to authenticate to your website using a popular social media service such as Facebook or Twitter can increase your sign-up conversion rates.Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-19-simple-oauth-1-0-using-coldfusion/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-19-simple-oauth-1-0-using-coldfusion/As part of a project to integrate with a REST API I have developed a small project for OAuth 1.0 using ColdFusion.Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-14-one-day-with-expressjs/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-14-one-day-with-expressjs/I have spent one day (so far) learning expressjs -- a node.js framework for a web application server.Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-11-lowercase-your-uris/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-11-lowercase-your-uris/For SEO purposes, it is often necessary to enforce lowercase URIs on your website.Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-07-retina-display-images/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-07-retina-display-images/With the popularity of retina and high definition displays on the rise it is now more important than ever for web developers to use high definition images.Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-04-wordpress-plugin-using-https/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-08-04-wordpress-plugin-using-https/This post is mainly focused at those using a WordPress plugin that is old (and probably should not be used anymore) and is causing issues when attempting to load your WordPress blog over SSL via HTTPS.Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-07-10-coldfusion-10-run-as-user-on-mac/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-07-10-coldfusion-10-run-as-user-on-mac/During the installation of ColdFusion 10 you have the option to enable the automatic startup of the ColdFusion application server during the boot process on your machine.Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-07-10-mac-os-x-mavericks-and-pdo_odbc-php-extension/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-07-10-mac-os-x-mavericks-and-pdo_odbc-php-extension/Compiling and installing the `pdo_odbc` PHP extension is not for the light of heart.Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-06-09-vmware-fusion-to-virtual-box/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-06-09-vmware-fusion-to-virtual-box/Based on reading other blogs and websites, exporting a virtual machine from VMware Fusion to Virtual Box can be accomplished into two ways.Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-06-04-simple-tomcat7-install-on-ubuntu-10/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-06-04-simple-tomcat7-install-on-ubuntu-10/Here's a quick and simple install guide for Tomcat7 on Ubuntu.Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-23-upgrading-to-apache-2-4-from-apache-http-server-2-2-x/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-23-upgrading-to-apache-2-4-from-apache-http-server-2-2-x/Upgrading from Apache 2.x to the latest version of Apache 2.4 may require some changes to your configuration.Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-21-add-git-composer-dependency/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-21-add-git-composer-dependency/It's really easy to add a dependency to your PHP project using composer when the package is available in the packagist library.Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation-apache-ant/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation-apache-ant/This is the first part in my series on Web Development Automation.Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation-getting-started-with-grunt-tutorial/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation-getting-started-with-grunt-tutorial/This is the second part in my series on Web Development Automation.Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation-gruntfile-using-coffeescript/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation-gruntfile-using-coffeescript/This is the third post in a series on automation in web development.Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation/https://blove.dev/posts/2014-04-18-web-development-automation/In my web development automation series we will learn the basics of automating your JavaScript and CSS development.Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-11-01-open-graph-meta-tags/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-11-01-open-graph-meta-tags/Does your web site implement the Open Graph protocol?Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-23-async-typekit-using-jquery-and-coffeescript/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-23-async-typekit-using-jquery-and-coffeescript/Using TypeKit? Using CoffeeScript? Want to load the typekit library asynchronously using jQuery?Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-23-ftp-facade-utility-for-coldfusion/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-23-ftp-facade-utility-for-coldfusion/In a recent project at work we needed a simpler approach to using the FTP solution built into Adobe ColdFusion.Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-23-os-x-mavericks-and-apache/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-23-os-x-mavericks-and-apache/Web Development with Apache + PHP on OS X MavericksWed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-22-logger-service-for-coldfusion/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-22-logger-service-for-coldfusion/Simple implementation using cfscript and object-oriented ColdFusion to create a logger service layer.Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-21-getting-started-with-composer-and-cakephp/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-10-21-getting-started-with-composer-and-cakephp/Composer is a dependency management tool for PHP; perhaps comparable to using Maven for a Java project.Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-09-05-javascripts-hasownproperty-method/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-09-05-javascripts-hasownproperty-method/A common question asked by students who are learning JavaScript is what is the purpose of the hasOwnProperty() method?Thu, 05 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-06-18-add-new-sudo-user-to-ec2-ubuntu/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-06-18-add-new-sudo-user-to-ec2-ubuntu/This post is more for me as a reference guide for adding a new user to Ubuntu.Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-05-23-increase-java-heap-for-maven-build/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-05-23-increase-java-heap-for-maven-build/If you have ever run into an issue with the Java Heap space when doing a Maven build, you can easily give more memory to Java.Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2013-04-08-git-plus-git-flow/https://blove.dev/posts/2013-04-08-git-plus-git-flow/Using the Git-flow model with Git makes it easy to work on features, releases and hotfixes.Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-19-coding-conventions-or-guidelines-for-objective-c/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-19-coding-conventions-or-guidelines-for-objective-c/When developing a framework, or when developing as part of a team, it is a good idea to have an agreed set of coding guidelines.Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-17-how-to-show-interstitial-ads-on-ipad-apps/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-17-how-to-show-interstitial-ads-on-ipad-apps/We've all seen an interstitial ad when playing a free game on our iPad or iPhone.Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-14-hide-status-bar-on-iphone-and-ipad-apps/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-14-hide-status-bar-on-iphone-and-ipad-apps/It's really easy to hide the status bar on your iPhone and iPad apps.Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-10-how-to-create-an-ipad-popover-view/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-12-10-how-to-create-an-ipad-popover-view/In this tutorial we are going to walk through the steps necessary to create a popover view in your iPad application.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-11-01-objective-c-image-naming-conventions/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-11-01-objective-c-image-naming-conventions/When using images in your iOS applications, you will need to have different sizes images.Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-19-newlines-stored-in-nsstring-attributes-in-core-data/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-19-newlines-stored-in-nsstring-attributes-in-core-data/I recently ran into an interesting issue that I thought I would write about.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-19-nscopying-protocol/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-19-nscopying-protocol/I have a factory object for creating new core data entities based on a predicate.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-19-segue-identifiers/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-19-segue-identifiers/How many times do you declare the same string for a segue identifier in your view controller's code? Perhaps just one, or twice, or more?Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-12-target-conditionals-in-objective-c/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-12-target-conditionals-in-objective-c/When developing an application I want to be able to set a variable based on the target.Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-08-synthesize-by-default-with-xcode-4-4/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-08-synthesize-by-default-with-xcode-4-4/Objective-C is a great programming language, and has had support for declaring class properties via the `@property` keyword.Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-04-uniquely-identify-your-ios-app-users/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-04-uniquely-identify-your-ios-app-users/In iOS 5 Apple deprecated the `[UIDevice uniqueIdentier]`, which returned the UDID (Unique Device Identifier).Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-03-less-tutorial-and-presentation/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-03-less-tutorial-and-presentation/I have prepared a tutorial and presentation to give an overview and detailed look at the LESS programming language.Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-01-nsarray-nsdictionary-and-nsnumber-literals/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-01-nsarray-nsdictionary-and-nsnumber-literals/With the release of Apple's updates to the LLVM compiler, it is now possible to use object literal notation in Objective-C.Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-01-uitoolbar-for-simple-and-easy-toolbars-in-ios/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-10-01-uitoolbar-for-simple-and-easy-toolbars-in-ios/The `UIToolbar` class provides a simple and easy way to create a toolbar for your users.Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-27-setting-custom-http-request-headers-with-restkit/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-27-setting-custom-http-request-headers-with-restkit/RestKit is a great REST framework for Objective-C whose goal is to simplify consuming and modeling of RESTful APIs.Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-26-core-data-aggregate-functions/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-26-core-data-aggregate-functions/Core Data is a beautifully designed object mapping and persistence framework -- big kudos to the Apple engineers.Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-25-nsuserdefaults/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-25-nsuserdefaults/NSUserDefaults is the Objective-C class that allows you to store and retrieve user preferences for your application.Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-06-starting-with-less/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-09-06-starting-with-less/It's been on my list for awhile, and I was finally able to learn more about the LESS language.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-07-24-coda-2-git-toolkit/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-07-24-coda-2-git-toolkit/The Coda 2 application includes source control management (SCM) within the editor.Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blove.dev/posts/2012-07-24-sql-server-subquery-as-a-list/https://blove.dev/posts/2012-07-24-sql-server-subquery-as-a-list/I have a subquery that I want to aggregate into a semi-colon separated list.Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT