Brad Irby
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How to Setup Postman to work with QuickBooks
Getting Postman to query the QuickBooks API takes a lot of setup. Check here for a description of how to setup Postman to query the QuickBooks API.
Multilingual Alexa Skills
Your skill can be accessed from anywhere in the world - in nearly any language. If it only speaks English, you are limiting your audience. Learn how to make a skill speak as many languages as you need.
Reading and Writing S3 from C#
Reading from and writing to AWS S3 is not difficult but you must have all the right pieces in place. This article explains how to set up the bucket and write the code.
Alexa Slots Explained
Developing Alexa skills takes a different path than most development. Here is a good Alexa Skill Lifecycle for a solo developer with no formal QA team.
Alexa Skill Lifecycle for Solo Developers
Developing Alexa skills takes a different path than most development. Here is a good Alexa Skill Lifecycle for a solo developer with no formal QA team.
Connect an Alexa Skill to a .Net Lambda Method
Learn how you can connect an Alexa skill to a .Net Lambda method.
Publish a C# Function to AWS Lambda using .Net Core 3.1 or .Net 6
Publishing a C# function to an AWS Lambda is not difficult as long as you get all the pieces set up correctly. These are my short and sweet notes on how to do so.
Difference Between Event and Message
When building an event driven application, it's important to understand the difference between and event and message.
Logger Injection vs Static Logging
Logging frameworks are getting better every day. What you are using today could be out of date tomorrow. Should you add a wrapper around your logger so you can easily replace it?
How to Register with Azure Text Moderation Services
Text moderation services by Azure can help you keep the member contributed language on your site under control. Find out how to sign up for this service
Automated Testing for Legacy Software
Getting unit tests into a legacy system can be difficult. It requires a lot of refactoring, which might cause even more errors. Should you do it?