Looking for (and killing) locks in mySQL

Taken from here.

1) List all your processes with
    SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST

2) Look at the "State" column, it will mention a lock if existent

3) Kill the process you want by running
    KILL [process_id_taken_from_process_list]

Javascript Array Distinct functionality

https://codeburst.io/javascript-array-distinct-5edc93501dc4

Translating Set Operations into SQL Joins

Thanks to a colleague from work for sharing this.
The last one is was not familiar to me.
Good to know.

Javascript Obfuscation via Jenkins using Node Js and the open source Javascript Obfuscator

A javascript snippet with which I obfuscate javascript files during our building process, via Jenkins (via Node js commands), using the open source Javascript Obfuscator (written in javascript).

var walkSync = function(dir, filelist, dirIgnores, fileIgnores) {
    var fs = fs || require('fs');

    //if dir is to be ignored, return doing nothing
    for (var i = 0; i < dirIgnores.length; i++) {
        if (dir.toLowerCase().endsWith("/" + dirIgnores[i].toLowerCase())) {
            return;
        }
    }

    files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
    filelist = filelist || [];
    //lists file starting names to not obfuscate
    dirIgnores = dirIgnores || [];
    fileIgnores = fileIgnores || [];
    files.forEach(function(file) {

        var fullPath = dir + '/' + file;

        if (fs.statSync(fullPath).isDirectory()) {
            filelist = walkSync(fullPath, filelist, dirIgnores, fileIgnores);
        } else {

            var skip = false;
            for (var i = 0; i < fileIgnores.length; i++) {
                if (file.toLowerCase().startsWith(fileIgnores[i].toLowerCase())) {
                    skip = true;
                    break;
                }
            }

            if (file.endsWith('js') && !skip) {
                filelist.push(fullPath);
            }
        }

    });
    return filelist;
};



var JavaScriptObfuscator = require('javascript-obfuscator');

// folder will be assigned in jenkins via windows batch string replacement
const folder = '#|#';
const fs = require('fs');

//we obfuscate only our javascript code, all third party libraries (located under folder js) are ignored
var files = walkSync(folder, null, ["js"], null /*["jquery", "leaflet", "dx", "knockout", "jstree"]*/ );

//console.log(files);
var errors = [];

for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    var file = files[i];
    var jsFileContents = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');

    console.clear();
    console.log('File being obfuscated: ' + file + '...');

    try {
        //obfuscate
        var obfuscationResult = JavaScriptObfuscator.obfuscate(
            jsFileContents,
            /*************************************************************************/
            /* Javascript-obfuscator preset: Medium obsfuscation, optimal performace */
            /*************************************************************************/
            {
                compact: true,
                controlFlowFlattening: true,
                controlFlowFlatteningThreshold: 0.75,
                deadCodeInjection: true,
                deadCodeInjectionThreshold: 0.4,
                debugProtection: false,
                debugProtectionInterval: false,
                disableConsoleOutput: true,
                identifierNamesGenerator: 'hexadecimal',
                log: false,
                renameGlobals: false,
                rotateStringArray: true,
                selfDefending: true,
                stringArray: true,
                stringArrayEncoding: 'base64',
                stringArrayThreshold: 0.75,
                transformObjectKeys: true,
                unicodeEscapeSequence: false
            }
        );

        //obfuscated content
        var obfuscatedJs = obfuscationResult.getObfuscatedCode();

        //fs.writeFileSync(file.replace('.js', '_o.js'), obfuscatedJs, {encoding: 'utf8'});
        fs.writeFileSync(file, obfuscatedJs, {
            encoding: 'utf8'
        });
    } catch (e) {
        errors.push('Error obfuscating ' + file + ': ' + e);
        //console.log('Error obfuscating ' + file + ': ' + e);
    }

}

console.log(files.length + ' files obfuscated. Errors: ' + errors.length);
if (errors.length > 0)
    for (var i = 0; i < errors.length; i++)
        console.log(errors[i]);

I take full responsability

Yes, I am the author of the post below.
Yes, I could not stand not deleting it.
Yes, my conscience obliged me to take record of it.

How to create Application Configuration files in .NET apps

I was getting mad while debugging my app - I could not find where a specific app.config appSetting key's value was coming from. I checked the machine config file to no avail.

I then simply followed exactly MSDN instructions regarding app.config file creation, and now the app setting key value is correct. Seems this is the way correct way to ensure you know exactly what your deployed config file will look like.

Don't forget to set the file's Build Action (Properties window) to Content. If you leave it as None, it will not be deployed.

Useful debugging tips for Visual Studio

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/09/18/7-more-lesser-known-debugging-tactics-for-visual-studio/