Michael Brooks

Tag: windows

  • My experience with Windows 11 as a developer

    My experience with Windows 11 as a developer

    Here’s a rundown of my experience with Windows 11 as a developer Windows 11 was announced around 3 weeks ago, and I was hesitant to install it at first. However, I heard great feedback from people. And I wanted to see what the developer experience would be. I hope you enjoy my experience with Windows…

  • Windows 11 is coming… Here are my thoughts.

    Windows 11 is coming… Here are my thoughts.

    Yesterday, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 11. To some, it wasn’t a surprise because it had been leaked. However, to most people, this will come as a surprise. Especially when Microsoft themselves said Windows 10 would be their final major OS. Microsoft Teams is baked into Windows 11 I’m going to start with a…

  • [0] Windows version of Linux’s $(pwd) no more headaches

    [0] Windows version of Linux’s $(pwd) no more headaches

    Tonight I was playing around with Docker and I wanted to use Node to install my packages to my local environment. I found a command on Chris Fidao’s Laravel Vessel website which looked like…

  • Barclays has fixed Windows 10 – Creators Update app issues

    Today, Barclays fixed some major issues which it had with Windows 10 mobile devices running on the creators update. First issue it ran into when this update was released was a message saying Sorry, Barclays Mobile Banking is not supported on jailbroken devices.

  • Windows 10 Creative Update Event Overview

    Windows 10 Creative Update Event Overview

    Thursday night I sat watching the Windows 10 event, and I have to say, they blew everyone away. This includes Surface, Holoense and more.

  • Windows Phone, Why did I pick it?

    Windows Phone, Why did I pick it?

    In my office, I’m the only one who fully supports Windows Phone as an operating system. My fellow colleagues disagree with me and would rather have either an Android phone or iPhone. I would like to make a quick post on why I chose Windows over Android and Apple and why I think Windows phones…

  • Windows 10 UWP Web Wrapper App Release

    Windows 10 UWP Web Wrapper App Release

    At the beginning of this week, I had decided to give myself a little project of creating an app for the Windows 10 ecosystem. I wanted to my website to be a Windows 10 app and I wanted to create this with as little effort as possible.

  • Composer Private Repository Problems

    Composer Private Repository Problems

    Recently I have been finding out the slight differences between Windows and Linux for use with Laravel and Composer. One difference is Windows isn’t picky about the way you set out Composer’s packages which can be a major problem. Here’s the issue I had and what I had to do to get it going…