GitHubs magic files 

I keep coming across files in GitHub that have some mystic magic feeling to them.  

Up to 17x faster than npm a year ago and focused on ‘security first’. 

npm -g i npm

I have a better understanding of the new runtime, the tooling, and the dependencies required to build applications 

 public static IPdfReportData CreatePdfReport(Order order, int languageId)
        {
            if (order == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("order");



            Language lang = IoC.Resolve<ILanguageService>().GetLanguageById(languageId);

            if (lang == null)
                throw new NopException("Language could not be loaded");

            var localizationManager = IoC.Resolve<ILocalizationManager>();
            var orderProductVariants = order.OrderProductVariants;
            return new PdfReport().DocumentPreferences(doc =>
            {
                doc.RunDirection(PdfRunDirection.LeftToRight);
                doc.Orientation(PageOrientation.Portrait);
                doc.PageSize(PdfPageSize.A4);
                doc.DocumentMetadata(new DocumentMetadata { Author = "coponet", Application = "coponet eshop", Keywords = "Factor", Subject = "Factor", Title = "Factor" });
                doc.Compression(new CompressionSettings
                {
                    EnableCompression = true,
                    EnableFullCompression = true
                });
                doc.PrintingPreferences(new PrintingPreferences
                {
                    ShowPrintDialogAutomatically = false
                });
            })
            .DefaultFonts(fonts =>
            {
                fonts.Path(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\arial.ttf",
                                  Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\verdana.ttf");
            })
            .PagesFooter(footer =>
            {
                footer.DefaultFooter(CalenderHelper.dateTimeParseToString("yyyy/MM/dd", order.CreatedOn, CalenderEnum.PersianCalender));
            })
            .PagesHeader(header =>
            {
                header.DefaultHeader(defaultHeader =>
                {
                    defaultHeader.RunDirection(PdfRunDirection.LeftToRight);
                    //defaultHeader.ImagePath(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Images\\01.png");
                    defaultHeader.Message("Our new rpt.");
                });
            })
            .MainTableTemplate(template =>
            {
                template.BasicTemplate(BasicTemplate.ClassicTemplate);
            })
            .MainTablePreferences(table =>
            {
                table.ColumnsWidthsType(TableColumnWidthType.Relative);
                table.NumberOfDataRowsPerPage(1);
            })
            .MainTableDataSource(dataSource =>
            {
                //var listOfRows = new List<User>();
                //for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++)
                //{
                //    listOfRows.Add(new User {Id = i});
                //}
                //dataSource.StronglyTypedList(listOfRows);
                dataSource.StronglyTypedList(orderProductVariants);
            })
            )
            .MainTableEvents(events =>
            {
                events.DataSourceIsEmpty(message: "There is no data available to display.");
            })
           ).Generate(data => data.AsPdfFile(string.Format("{0}\\documents\\Temp\\Factor-{1}.pdf", HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath, order.OrderId)));
        }

During the past few weeks, Oracle sent a letter to Russian partners and customers comparing Oracle favorably to Postgres as a way of cirumventing a new law favoring Russian-produced software. This is the first direct attack I have seen on Postgres, and is probably representative of the kinds of attacks we will see from other vendors and in other countries in the years to come.  

A series of talks and discussions at CERN in celebration of the web’s 30th anniversary. 

Space exploration and time-series data: Why the European Space Agency uses PostgreSQL 

Angular directive for d3.js heatmap representing time series data.  Demo

OWIN Succinctly, has just been released by Syncfusion, within their “succinctly” series of eBooks.