The typical use case for my department is that when a build is triggered in Azure DevOps, we automatically load the single Git repository. Note that for these examples, the self repository is named ProductXYZ. the self repo is the one that triggered the build to occur because of an automatic trigger (someone committed changes to the repo)… Read More »
I’ve dipped my toes in the Git waters for over 10 years. I must confess that I never really grokked it. It might be that I never worked in a multi-user repo environment with Git. Or it might be that working with it for one month every year wasn’t enough to make it stick. So I decided to… Read More »
We should be familiar with the concept of the loop. As demonstrated below, the WordPress template logic will continue to get posts until there are no more. With each iteration of the loop, we get the post using a SQL query and save the retrieve information int the global variable $wp_query. Notice that we do not need to… Read More »
the_category() function The function the_category() is frequently used Category pages to display the category name. In this example, we pass a single space to prevent it being used to create an unordered list of categories. Following is a line from “content.php”. The generated HTML is: If we had not passed any argument to the_category(), we would have seen… Read More »
I was working on a sidebar template and needed to get the category information for the page. Since I had the post ID, it was simple to get the category information with get_the_category(). When I pass in the post ID, it will return a WP_Term[] (an array of WP_Term objects). In this example, I request all posts in… Read More »
For .NET developers that are unfamiliar with Python, they may not be aware that the LINQ methods they use have already existed in the Python language for a long time. For Python developers who may be unfamiliar with LINQ, they are a very convenient extension methods that allow you to process lists by filtering and modifying the resulting… Read More »
SQL procedures can create multiple types of table entities – it’s up to you do decide which one is best. The Simplest: Table Variable If you just want to capture some information to be used in the body of a stored procedure and the table creation and usage is in a single batch (no “GO” statement between creation… Read More »
SQL scalar variables (otherwise known as local scalar variables) must be defined with type and set to a value before the variable can be used. This can be done in two steps or as a single step. Additional Links
Select allows you to supplement the “canned” conditions and activities for Automation with Python code. The object passed to the code (context) depends on how the automation task is coded. The context can come from at least five sources. Python Hooks in Automation Automation can host Python snippets in both the condition and activity areas. The way automation… Read More »
This topic is designed to provide examples of how to use C# libraries in IronPython executing in SoftPro Select. While the examples are valid for all C# uses, the objects used may be unfamiliar to many. TLDR In C#, properties typically hide class variables and allow the developer to validate user inputs. It also allows developers to allow… Read More »