DotNetters–it’s time to graph up

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2016/09/16/dotnettersndashitrsquos-time-to-graph-up.aspx I recently wrote an article with Michael Hunger (of Neo4j) about getting your .NET on with Neo4j – http://thenewstack.io/graph-database-neo4j-net-client/ – it’s time guys, it really is time!

BrowserStack Visual Studio 2015 Extension

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2016/01/08/browserstack-visual-studio-2015-extension.aspx Do you find that you want browserstack but once again, the extension lets you down by not installing into VS2015. Worry not! As with VS2013 (that I wrote about here) it’s a case of editing the vsixmanifest file and targetting a different visual studio version. Download the extension from the VS…

The three stages of *my* database choice

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2015/12/03/the-three-stages-of-my-database-choice.aspx Prologue I write and run a website called Tournr, a site to help people run competitions, it helps them organise and register for competitions, keeping the scores online and taking some of the pain of competition management out for them. I began it due to a badly run competition I attended…

Neo4jClient now supports JsonProperty for Sending Cypher

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2015/09/17/neo4jclient-now-supports-jsonproperty-for-sending-cypher.aspx So, you want a demo graph, and you fire up Neo4j, go to the admin (http://localhost:7474/) and then run :play movies This gets you a graph to play around with, and so you head into Visual Studio (or maybe even LinqPad), and you have an urge now to get all the…

Neo4jClient 1.1.0.1

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2015/08/07/neo4jclient-1.1.0.1.aspx Big milestone this one, Neo4jClient now supports Transactions, Authentication and some other little changes. Transaction info is all here: https://github.com/Readify/Neo4jClient/wiki/Transactions You can find the connecting stuff here (at the bottom): https://github.com/Readify/Neo4jClient/wiki/connecting And the other big(ish) change is the change to make the ‘CollectAs’ method return the class type specified (<T>) instead…

Changing the VS2015 Icon in Windows 8/8.1

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2015/07/28/changing-the-vs2015-icon-in-windows-88.1.aspx So – you install VS 2015, pin the icon to the start bar and ‘whaaaaaa???’ you discover it’s exactly the same Icon as for VS 2013, which is not handy. Luckily, it’s pretty simple to change that bad boy. Step 1 In the start menu, right click on the program you…

Neo4j.AspNet.Identity is Back!

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2015/06/05/neo4j.aspnet.identity-is-back.aspx In fairness, it was never *away*, but after a brief hiatus – it is being developed again. So changes – it’s moved – https://github.com/cskardon/Neo4j.AspNet.Identity It’s also been repackaged and nuget-ed, the instructions on the Readme have been updated and the actual database structure is better than before, it’s not all there…

Upgrading your Neo4J from XXX to 2.2.0&ndash;having authorization trouble?

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Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2015/03/27/upgrading-your-neo4j-from-xxx-to-2.2.0ndashhaving-authorization-trouble.aspx I’ve recently upgraded one of my Neo4J dbs from 2.1.7 to 2.2.0, and instantly ran into troubles with the new Authentication that the db now has. You’ll notice it when you first login to your browser (http://localhost:7474/) and get asked for a login name and password. Of course, you can turn…