Unit Test for Methods that Call Web API

HttpClient helps you interact with your Rest API's through its asynchronous methods such as GetAsync. But on a TDD environment, it could become a challenge on how you could write Unit Test cases for a method that invokes the API via GetAsync and ensure that your call successfully invokes the API (considering your API sits in another … Continue reading Unit Test for Methods that Call Web API

Simple Timer for Xamarin Forms using Device Timer

While developing your application in Xamarin that requires a Timer, you have the option to use the Device Timer. However, one of the first caveat your would notice is that while Device Class has a Device.StartTimer method, it does not exposes a Stop method, leaving it to your own class to handle it. I started … Continue reading Simple Timer for Xamarin Forms using Device Timer

Device Information in XF PCL

Today am going to retrieve Phone Device Information in an Android Device with Xamarin Form PCL. Lets start by implementing the interface required for the DependencyService We will now move over the Droid Project and implement the IPhoneInfoService for the project. Do not forget to decorate your implementation class with Dependency Attribute Finally, it is … Continue reading Device Information in XF PCL

Carrot and Stick – An Avoidable Curse

"You need to put pressure on the team members, keep them on edge of their seat. Only then they will deliver to their full potential"  I was startled to hear those words from my Supervisor. It was in complete contradiction to the school of thoughts I believed in. Coming from a senior member in the side, … Continue reading Carrot and Stick – An Avoidable Curse

Configuring MediaWiki on Windows 7/10

The purpose of this post is to create a simple and straightforward guide for Windows users to install and configure  MediaWiki on a Windows Operating System. Step 1: The first step towards configuring Mediawiki is installing Xampp. The installer of Xampp can be found in following URL. https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html By default Apache Server uses Port. You might … Continue reading Configuring MediaWiki on Windows 7/10

An Introduction into Dicom using Fellow Oak

DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) is probably the most common standard used for storage and exchange of Medical Images. This article provides a basic introduction on reading a Dicom File using C#. The basic unit of a Dicom file is called an Element. Dicom Elements consists of 4 components 1. Tag 2. Value … Continue reading An Introduction into Dicom using Fellow Oak