Adding Application Insights to my blog - one week aftermath
Last week I added Application Insights to my blog. Here are some initial thoughts after exploring a bit what information various sections in Azure portal provide.
Get your most visited pages in a serverless way
I was asked what would be a good way to track top read articles for a clients web site. The web site is build using Episerver CMS, so should we save page visits in the database? Or is there a more modern solution?
Simple file versioning with Blob Storage and Azure Functions
A colleague asked if there is a file versioning functionality in Azure Blob Storage. This would be something like File History in Windows, so no, but I suggested a more Cloud Native approach - Azure Functions.
How to combine Custom / Async Availity reactstrap Validation with onChange attribute saving value to a useState Hook?
If you choose to save all form inputs with useState Hooks while using async validation, you will face this issue. Here is how to avoid multiple api calls and weird validation behaviors.
How to edit and customize HTML5 UP template in a simple way?
I wanted to quickly get up and running with one of the free pre-made web site templates. HTML5 UP is a collection of amazing free templates, but I also wanted to customize styling a bit. Here is how to achieve that.