You can disabled this by going to `Tools &gt; Options &gt; Text Editors &gt; HTML &gt; Advanced` and setting `Identify Helpful Extensions` to `False`.

An easy way to get there is to type `html adv` in the quick launch:

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

[Source](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/4bc107df-0f0f-4b05-bc8e-e84dc75e2f2c/visual-studio-2015-community-based-on-your-project-we-have-identified-extensions-you-might-find?forum=visualstudiogeneral)


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/xuYM1.png

My experience was clicking the &quot;Don&#39;t Show Again&quot; link toggled the Tools &gt; Options &gt; Text Editors &gt; HTML &gt; Advanced &gt; Identify Helpful Extensions: to False, but it did not save that setting when exiting VS. So, be sure to manually toggle that setting to make it stick.

Because we don&#39;t want sensitive data in the project code, including the package.json file, using environment variables would be a logical choice in my opinion.

Example package.json:

      &quot;dependencies&quot;: {
        &quot;accounting&quot;: &quot;~0.4.0&quot;,
        &quot;async&quot;: &quot;~1.4.2&quot;,
        &quot;my-private-module&quot;:&quot;git+https://${BB_USER}:${BB_PASS}@bitbucket.org/foo/bar.git&quot;

Is this possible?

The question is *not* if this is *wise* or *not good*, just **if it&#39;s possible**.

How to use environment variables in package.json

I know that we can import all named modules with alias as below, 

    import * as name from &quot;module-name&quot;;

Ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import

Actually, I have re-exported my modules in A.js and the same is inherited in B.js. PFB. Now, it&#39;s two level of inheritance, so it&#39;s not a big deal to import the named modules. But, when I&#39;m taking this to 5 level of inheritance (A -&gt; B -&gt; C -&gt; D -&gt; E), I need to import all named modules in all files and need to do the (re)export the same in all. Instead of doing this, 

 - Is there any other way to copy scope of all named modules into all level without reiterating the wheel (Import and Export)
 - Behind the scene of this design is to make them to follow Opps concept and to avoid the redeclaration of the same modules.

**A.js** 

    import React from &#39;react&#39;;
    import I18n from &#39;i18n-js&#39;;
    import m1 from &#39;module1&#39;;
    import m2 from &#39;module2&#39;;

    export default class A extends React.Component {}

    export {React, I18n, m1, m2)

**B.js**

    import BaseComponent from &#39;./A&#39;;
    import {React, I18n, m1, m2) from &#39;./A;

    export default class B extends A {}

Is there any way to import all named modules without alias like `import {*} from &#39;./A&#39;` (instead of 2nd in B.js) 

es6 - import all named module without alias

Since the latest update to Visual Studio 2015, I get this message when I open `.html` or `.cshtml` files. Clicking &quot;Don&#39;t Ask Again&quot; only disables this until VS is restarted. How can I turn it off permanently?

[![enter image description here][1]][1]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/j0jIj.png

Visual Studio 2015- How to disable &quot;based on your project, we have identified extensions you may find helpful&quot; message?

<p>Since the latest update to Visual Studio 2015, I get this message when I open <code>.html</code> or <code>.cshtml</code> files. Clicking "Don't Ask Again" only disables this until VS is restarted. How can I turn it off permanently?</p>
<p><a href="http://i.stack.imgur.com/j0jIj.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/j0jIj.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>


When working with flex align-* properties, what&#39;s the difference between `flex-start` and `baseline`?

The below code snippet gives same output for `align-self: flex-start` and `align-self: baseline`.

In which cases will `align-self: flex-start` and `align-self: baseline` behave differently?

&lt;!-- begin snippet: js hide: true console: false babel: false --&gt;

&lt;!-- language: lang-css --&gt;

    .flex-container {
      color: white;
      display: -webkit-flex;
      display: flex;
      width: 350px;
      height: 200px;
      background-color: yellow;
    }
    .flex-item {
      background-color: green;
      width: 50px;
      min-height: 100px;
      margin: 10px;
    }
    .item1 {
      -webkit-align-self: flex-start;
      align-self: flex-start;
    }
    .item2 {
      -webkit-align-self: flex-end;
      align-self: flex-end;
    }
    .item3 {
      -webkit-align-self: center;
      align-self: center;
    }
    .item4 {
      -webkit-align-self: baseline;
      align-self: baseline;
    }
    .item5 {
      -webkit-align-self: stretch;
      align-self: stretch;
    }

&lt;!-- language: lang-html --&gt;

    &lt;div class=&quot;flex-container&quot;&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;flex-item item1&quot;&gt;flex-start&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;flex-item item4&quot;&gt;baseline&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;flex-item item2&quot;&gt;flex-end&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;flex-item item3&quot;&gt;center&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;flex-item item5&quot;&gt;stretch&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;

&lt;!-- end snippet --&gt;



What&#39;s the difference between flex-start and baseline?

When I click a link on my website it is creating an outline around the link like so

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

I&#39;ve tried adding:

    a.image-link:focus { outline: 0; }

and

    a {outline : none;}

But nothing seems to get rid of it. Is there a way to remove it?

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/d7IrT.png

How do I remove outline on link click?

I have background color applied to the `&lt;span&gt;` tag, there is also left and right `padding` set on it. The problem is: the `padding` is applied only to the left (beginning) and right (ending) of the `&lt;span&gt;`, not the left (beginning) and right (ending) of each line when the text is wrapped on several lines.

How can I apply the left and right `padding` to the **middle** lines?

&lt;!-- begin snippet: js hide: false --&gt;

&lt;!-- language: lang-css --&gt;

    h1 {
      font-weight: 800;
      font-size: 5em;
      line-height: 1.35em;
      margin-bottom: 40px;
      color: #fff;
    }
    h1 span {
      background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
      padding: 0 20px;
    }

&lt;!-- language: lang-html --&gt;

    &lt;h1&gt;&lt;span&gt;The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;!-- end snippet --&gt;

How to apply padding to every line in multi-line text?

I have a field that is required to collect a year from the user (i.e. a date with a year resolution - for ease of storage I&#39;d prefer to store an actual date value and not a number). 

I would like to use the date input UI supported by modern browsers or [webshims][1] because its nice and plays well with modern platforms. I couldn&#39;t figure out how to get the UI to display only the year. Any ideas?

If there is no platform support, ideally I would like to have a UI something like you can [see here][2] if you click &quot;Preview&quot; and then click the top of the widget a couple of times, except in reverse: when you first click the input you get a widget with a list of decades, then you drill down to choose the year, then the UI closes.


  [1]: https://afarkas.github.io/webshim/demos/demos/cfgs/input-date.html
  [2]: http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/calendar#configuration-dates

Can I use an HTML input type &quot;date&quot; to collect only a year?

I`m working on an animated heart only with CSS.

I want it to pulse 2 times, take a small break, and then repeat it again.

What I have now:

    small ==&gt; big ==&gt; small ==&gt; repeat animation

What I&#39;m going for: 

    small ==&gt; big ==&gt; small ==&gt; big ==&gt; small ==&gt; pause ==&gt; repeat animation

How can I do it?

My code :

&lt;!-- begin snippet: js hide: false --&gt;

&lt;!-- language: lang-css --&gt;

    #button{
      width:450px;
      height:450px;
      position:relative;
      top:48px;
      margin:0 auto;
      text-align:center;
      }
    #heart img{
      position:absolute;
      left:0;
      right:0;
      margin:0 auto;
      -webkit-transition: opacity 7s ease-in-out;
      -moz-transition: opacity 7s ease-in-out;
      -o-transition: opacity 7s ease-in-out;
      transition: opacity 7s ease-in-out;}
    
     @keyframes heartFadeInOut {
      0% {
        opacity:1;
      }
      14% {
        opacity:1;
      }
      28% {
        opacity:0;
      }
      42% {
        opacity:0;
      }
      70% {
        opacity:0;
      }
    }
    
    #heart img.top { 
      animation-name: heartFadeInOut; 
      animation-timing-function: ease-in-out;
      animation-iteration-count: infinite;
      animation-duration: 1s;
      animation-direction: alternate;
    
    }

&lt;!-- language: lang-html --&gt;

    &lt;div id=&quot;heart&quot; &gt;
      &lt;img class=&quot;bottom&quot; src=&quot;https://goo.gl/nN8Haf&quot; width=&quot;100px&quot;&gt;
      &lt;img class=&quot;top&quot; src=&quot;https://goo.gl/IIW1KE&quot; width=&quot;100px&quot;&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;

&lt;!-- end snippet --&gt;

See also [**this Fiddle**][1].

  [1]: https://jsfiddle.net/sLgo180p/

Pulsing Heart CSS animation

I have an ASP.NET MVC web application deployed to Azure. I&#39;m reading my setting using the `GetEnvironmentVariable(...)` method.

The problem is that I can&#39;t find a way to define this environment variable in Azure Portal. Where can I do that?

I don&#39;t want to have this stuff in a file. Data that will be there are credentials.


How and where to define an environment variable on Azure

I&#39;m using Visual Studio 2015 Community edition, and I&#39;ve created an ASP.NET MVC 5 project.

When I open a view (`Index` of `Home` or any other), it shows first three lines of the page underlined with red as a syntax issue. Here is the error:

&gt; Encountered an unexpected error when attempting to resolve tag helper
&gt; directive &#39;@addTagHelper&#39; with value &#39;Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.TagHelpers.UrlResolutionTagHelper, Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor&#39;.
&gt; Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object


The screenshot:

[![@addTagHelper error message][1]][1]


When I build the project, it build successfully. When I run it, it shows a lot of errors, but it runs the application.

[![Index View with errors][2]][2]

&gt; The type or namespace name &#39;Mvc&#39; does not exist in the namespace
&gt; &#39;Microsoft.AspNet&#39; (are you missing an assembly reference?)

and

&gt; &#39;_Page_views_home_index_cshtml.ExecuteAsync()&#39;: no suitable method
&gt; found to override

How can I get rid of this?


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/2j0e5.jpg
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/a0Bgq.jpg

Encountered an unexpected error when attempting to resolve tag helper directive &#39;@addTagHelper&#39;

I&#39;m following a video tutorial where I&#39;m required to create an empty `ASP.NET Web` Application with `MVC`, using `Visual Studio 2015`, being new to ASP.NET world, I&#39;m following step by step.

I got my project created well, next step adding a View from an existing `Controller`, I got hit by a messagebox error saying :

&gt; Error :  
&gt; There was an error running the selected code generator:
&gt; &#39;Invalid pointer (Exception from HRESULT:0x80004003(E_POINTER))&#39;

I Googled the problem, found similar issues, but none led to a clear solution, some similar problems were issued by anterior version of VisualStudio, but as I said none with a clear solution.

To clarify what I experienced, here&#39;s what I&#39;ve done step by step :

**Chosen a ASP.NET Web Application :**

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

**Chosen Empty Template with MVC checked :**

[![enter image description here][2]][2]

**Tried to `Add View` from a Controller :**

[![enter image description here][3]][3]

**Some settings ...** 

[![enter image description here][4]][4]

**The Error :**

[![enter image description here][5]][5]

What&#39;s causing this problem and What is the solution for it ? 

**Update :**

It turns out that even by trying to add the View manually I get the same error, adding a view is all ways impossible !

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/1dQxc.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/zuyB7.png
  [3]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/Wb9Hw.png
  [4]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/8yo55.png
  [5]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/VO608.png

Can&#39;t Add View from Controller in VS 2015 : &quot;There was an error running the selected code generator&quot;

I am trying to use SQLClient library in the ASP.net Core but cant seem to get it working.  I found this article online advising how to setup but its not working for me: http://blog.developers.ba/using-classic-ado-net-in-asp-net-vnext/

I have a simple console application package.  My project.json looks like this:

    {
      &quot;version&quot;: &quot;1.0.0-*&quot;,
      &quot;description&quot;: &quot;DBTest Console Application&quot;,
      &quot;authors&quot;: [ &quot;&quot; ],
      &quot;tags&quot;: [ &quot;&quot; ],
      &quot;projectUrl&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
      &quot;licenseUrl&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
    
      &quot;compilationOptions&quot;: {
        &quot;emitEntryPoint&quot;: true
      },
    
      &quot;dependencies&quot;: {
        &quot;System.Data.Common&quot;: &quot;4.0.1-beta-23516&quot;,
        &quot;System.Data.SqlClient&quot; :  &quot;4.0.0-beta-23516&quot;
      },
    
      &quot;commands&quot;: {
        &quot;DBTest&quot;: &quot;DBTest&quot;
      },
    
      &quot;frameworks&quot;: {
        &quot;dnx451&quot;: { },
        &quot;dnxcore50&quot;: {
          &quot;dependencies&quot;: {
            &quot;Microsoft.CSharp&quot;: &quot;4.0.1-beta-23516&quot;,
            &quot;System.Collections&quot;: &quot;4.0.11-beta-23516&quot;,
            &quot;System.Console&quot;: &quot;4.0.0-beta-23516&quot;,
            &quot;System.Linq&quot;: &quot;4.0.1-beta-23516&quot;,
            &quot;System.Threading&quot;: &quot;4.0.11-beta-23516&quot;
          }
        }
      }
    }


And I try the following code:

    using System;
    using System.Data.SqlClient;
    
    namespace DBTest
    {
        public class Program
        {
            public static void Main(string[] args)
            {
                using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConnStr)) {
                    con.Open();
                    try {
                        using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(&quot;SELECT * FROM SAMPLETABLE&quot;, con)) {
                            command.ExecuteNonQuery();
                        }
                    }
                    catch {
                        Console.WriteLine(&quot;Something went wrong&quot;);
                    }
                }
    
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }


But get the following errors:

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

Anyone else got this working?


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/3psE9.png

How to use SqlClient in ASP.NET Core?

What I&#39;m doing:

- Opening Visual Studio Community 2015
- File -&gt; New -&gt; Project
- Under Visual C#: Web -&gt; ASP.NET Web Application
- Web Application
- And press f5 for the popup error &quot;[unable to connect to web server &#39;IIS Express&#39;.](http://i.imgur.com/KR9850P.png)&quot;

Deleting `applicationhost.config`, located in `Documents\IISExpress\config`, doesn&#39;t change the error message. (There&#39;s also an `IISExpress` folder in `program files` and `program files (x86)`.)

Something I noticed, and I don&#39;t know if it&#39;s a problem: 
&gt;Referenced file &#39;lib/jquery-validation/jquery.validate.js&#39; not found.

I got a dump with rawcap but I don&#39;t notice much in there. Some of what was there:
&gt; &quot;Framework&quot;:{&quot;FrameworkName&quot;:&quot;DNXCore,Version=v5.0&quot;,&quot;FriendlyName&quot;:&quot;DNX Core 5.0&quot;,&quot;ShortName&quot;:&quot;dnxcore50&quot;,&quot;RedistListPath&quot;:null}

I don&#39;t notice a problem, but I have the network data if that can help figure out why I cannot connect to the web server. I get a `RST,ACK` immediately so I&#39;m guessing the port is closed and whatever this web server is, isn&#39;t being setup.

More on this problem: [800700c1 error from /trace:error][1]

I&#39;ve tried:

 - deleting applicationhost.config (and changing port number)
 - running visual studio as administrator
 - deleting IISExpress folder in Documents (changes error message until the folder is reinstalled)
 - toggling ssl off and on, copying url to launch box. (note: I&#39;m not using ssl)
 - clearing all sfc /scannow errors
 - starting iisexpress with x86 version and 64-bit version


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35965524/iis-express-800700c1-error-with-visual-studio-2015-asp-net-mvc

ASP.NET 5 MVC: unable to connect to web server &#39;IIS Express&#39;

I have an ASP.NET MVC 5 project that works local and whenever I need to blow away the DB, I just open a new query on it, change the available database dropdown to master, then close the connection on my local db and run the query &quot;drop database [name]&quot;.  Then I build the project, go into the package manager console and run &quot;Update-Database&quot;. This seems to rebuild a fresh local database and runs the seed method in my configuration.cs file.

The problem is when I need to test things in a live environment so I can test API&#39;s and such better, I will do a deploy to an Azure Website and the accompanying Azure DB, which is nice and easy to do. I check off the &quot;Execute code first migrations&quot; in the publish wizard and most of the time it works and I can run and debug my live version. Sometimes I need to blow away that db and start from scratch again, but the only way I&#39;ve really found to do it is to go into the Azure portal, delete the database, and then re-create it with the same name. This takes some time for Azure to process, so this is a slow testing cycle.

**Is there a quick way to just drop/reset a Azure SQL DB to it&#39;s fresh, empty, virgin state and then re-publish with &quot;execute code first migrations&quot; to have it re-create the tables and re-seed the data?**

I&#39;ve seen some talk of creating an initial migration after I create the db, and then trying to use the Powershell to do some sort of roll-back to that initial state, but I haven&#39;t had luck getting it to work, and I want to delete all the data at the same time. Maybe I&#39;ve just got the wrong syntax or haven&#39;t found a good enough tutorial. While I can run a query on the Azure DB to &quot;drop database [x]&quot; it literally kills the SQL Azure DB instance as you&#39;d expect and you need to go back into the portal to recreate it. Sometimes that initial state is no good as the model has since been updated, so this may not be useful anyway.

I feel like there should be some easier quicker way to test changes on a live environment as there all these great tools and shortcuts provided by MS, but did they just drop the ball here for this phase of development or am I missing something?

How to drop all tables and reset an Azure SQL Database

UPDATE: Adding a 2019; the discovery/runner integration mechanism is same as per 2017 &amp; 2015, so the key things that can go wrong are the same.

----
I&#39;ve read [Why is the xUnit runner not finding my tests, which covers reasons xUnit would _never_ be able to find your tests](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16214684/why-is-the-xunit-runner-not-finding-my-tests/) but my problem is different - I&#39;m confident there&#39;s nothing subtle going on with my tests; (they have worked in other environments, this seems to be just my machine) - the Visual Studio Test Runner in Visual Studio 2015 [Community Edition] is simply not showing **any** of my tests. I&#39;m not doing anything remotely exciting; the tests target xUnit.net v2 on the Desktop.

I&#39;ve looked in the Output window and am not seeing anything in at all under **Test** in the **Show output from** tabs.

Why is the Visual Studio 2015/2017/2019 Test Runner not discovering my xUnit v2 tests

I have been working on a new solution all evening. Building without an issue, however all of a sudden I have started to get the following error when building: 

&gt; The Operation could not be completed. The parameter is incorrect.

Now, I have searched many threads, but I am yet to find a decent solution. I should also mention. I have restarted, tried to repair my VS 2015 Express install with no luck. 

This is happening on EVERY solution, not just my new one, even if I close everything, start a brand new project and try and build. 

Any suggestions would be welcome!

Visual Studio: The Operation could not be completed. The parameter is incorrect

I seem to have lost the Resharper &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt; mapping to find classes quickly, I tried the solutions described here:

[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16364059/keyboard-shortcuts-are-not-active-in-visual-studio-with-resharper-installed][1]

Specifically the accepted answer:

&gt; I would first try resetting all Visual Studio settings (Tools &gt; Import
&gt; and Export Settings &gt; Reset all settings), then go to the Resharper &gt;
&gt; Options &gt; Keyboard &amp; Menus and re-apply the keyboard shortcut scheme.

And this:

&gt; Setting to Resharper / Options / KeyBoard &amp; Menus / None / Apply and
&gt; Save
&gt; 
&gt; and then 
&gt; 
&gt; Resharper / Options / KeyBoard &amp; Menus / Set to Visual Studio / Apply
&gt; and Save

The latter doesn&#39;t do anything (no noticeable positive result), the former results in the following:

&gt; (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt;) was pressed. Waiting for second key of chord.

So it looks like VS is trying to handle the command, not Resharper.

&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; however works as expected, so it&#39;s not that Resharper is totally detached.

Any ideas on how to fix this? 

  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16364059/keyboard-shortcuts-are-not-active-in-visual-studio-with-resharper-installed

Resharper Ctrl-T mapping lost

I&#39;m working on a Xamarin Forms project.  I want to target Android and Windows 10 UWP.  

When I try to clean up the PCL by removing &quot;Windows 8&quot;, &quot;Windows Phone Silverlight 8&quot;, &quot;Windows Phone 8.1&quot;, &quot;Xamarin.ios&quot;, and &quot;Xamarin.ios (classic)&quot; from the PCL targets, I get the following nasty...

I&#39;m really just trying to remove WP8 as I don&#39;t care about targeting it.

&gt; The project&#39;s targets cannot be changed.  The selected targets require
&gt; the project to opt-into NuGet 3.0 support, however, Visual Studio
&gt; cannot automatically do this for you.  Please uninstall all NuGet
&gt; packages and try again.

How do you get a project to opt-into NuGet 3.0? 
Something else I should try?

environ: Xamarin Forms, VS2015

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

Thanks....


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/wBfST.png

Remove ios, windows8, and wp8 from Xamarin Forms PCL - nuget 3.0 opt-into error?

I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, I built a simple website with a C# contact form.
When I compile and run on localhost it works perfectly fine. However, when I try to publish it (on smarterasp.net) I am getting an error:

&gt;[Win32Exception (0x80004005): Access is denied]
&gt;
&gt;[ExternalException (0x80004005): Cannot execute a program. The command being executed was &quot;..\bin\roslyn\csc.exe&quot;

I have contacted smarterasp.net and they said they dont allow .exe files. I tried to delete csc.exe with ftp from the server but when I do that I am getting the error:

&gt;Could not find file &quot;..\bin\roslyn\csc.exe&quot;.

How can I solve this issue with the csc.exe that is trying to get included in my project so I can get my this website published?

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