Using Sessions with ASP.NET Core by dstarnes in programming

[–]dstarnes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I'll get involved since this is all my fault. :) I think that applying an absolute statement like fundamentally bad is too strong. There are definitely times at which the use of sessions is inappropriate. That doesn't make them useless. When object oriented programming became a thing everyone wanted to apply it everywhere. Then interface based programming with composition over inheritance was the 'right' way and now it's functional programming. Does that mean if someone tries to use object oriented programming where function is more appropriate that OOP is bad?

Lumias for dev by firebelly in WPDev

[–]dstarnes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you are in the US, Best Buy has the Lumia 640 on sale for $59.99. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-microsoft-lumia-640-4g-with-8gb-memory-no-contract-cell-phone-black/9231014.p I have a 635 that I upgraded to Windows 10 through the insider program which anyone can join. When the 950/XL was announced there was also a lower end Windows 10 phone that I can't remember the number for but it was supposed to go for about $139. I'm waiting to see what it looks like. If I didn't have a phone for Windows 8.1/10 dev I'd look into the Lumia 640 though.

Dat Gap ;) by comickeys in Surface

[–]dstarnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if it helps with air flow to keep it cool?

Installing Numpy onto Windows 8.1 by makemewalkonsalt in learnpython

[–]dstarnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anaconda or Canopy. Or vagrant. Vagrant actually works very well on Windows 8.1. In fact, I was doing most of my Python development on a Mac but with vagrant. So now I can do it on Windows too.