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Stupid Easy Scripts to Run to Setup a Website in IIS

Why use batch scripts to setup IIS?

I’m weird.  I like my development, test, and production environments to be setup as close to the same as possible.  It isn’t exactly rocket science but it helps eliminate errors that always tend to creep up on deployment day and are always unexpected.  I’ve had instances where deployments were rolled back because a site wasn’t tested with an SSL certificate on test or in a load balanced environment, someone missed a key IIS setting that caused half of all requests to fail.

So now whenever I am working on a new site, I like to create a batch script does all of this creation for me and I can run it on multiple environments will little changes.

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Tools That Every Web Developer Should Use: Security Scanners

I am constantly asked to review and analyze websites’ performance statistics and analytics.  Over the years, I have found several tools known and unknown that I use in combination to get an idea of the overall health and performance of these sites.  As a developer, if you are not looking at these tools or similar tools, help yourself and get on board.

This week I am exploring security scanning tools and why they can be a useful tool in development.

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Tools That Every Web Developer Should Use: Link Checkers

As a consultant, I am constantly asked to review and analyze websites that my clients or potential clients have to review performance and stats.  Over the years, I have found several tools known and unknown that I use in combination to get an idea of the overall health and performance of these sites.  As a developer, if you are not looking at these tools or similar tools, help yourself and get on board.

This week I am exploring link checkers and why they can be a useful tool in development.

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