Yes, Internet Explorer still runs on Win11, with some help
Yes, you still can run Internet Explorer, even the all might Internet Explorer 6, on Windows 11! Disclosure: I did work years ago on the mentioned product. I am biased.
Here are the steps:
Use a virtual machine. Seriously, use a disposable virtual machine. IE is unsupported and isn’t maintained with security patches
Download the turbo.net client for Windows and install it. The installation will not require any admin rights.
Open the Command Prompt.
Execute:
turbo run microsoft/ie:11, orturbo run microsoft/ie:6. YES, even Internet Explorer 6 will run.Enjoy your Internet Explorer nostalgia trip.
Debug Hanging Programs with Thread- and Heap-Dumps
I used this technique a surprising amount of times to find out an issue. It all starts with a hanging Java program: a build tool, some Java based server, etc.
The first thing I do in this case is to take a stack trace. For example with jstack
More Testing Tips With C#
This post is part of C# Advent Calendar 2024. Visit it for all the awesome upcoming posts! It was released on 11 December as a substitution for the 8th December spot, as another blogger couldn’t make it.
The traditional C# Advent is here. It also seems tradition I talk about some testing aspect [1] or some outsider view approach to C# [2] here. Let’s not break this tradition and I share some more testing tips.
Pitfalls with Mill Build
Note | Update March 2025. This post was originally written for Mill 0.11. I’ve updated the examples to work with Mill 0.12.9, but didn’t incorporate all improvements since then. |
Here are some challenges and pitfalls I ran into when using Mill.
Circe JSON: Use JsonObject instead of cursors
I’m using the Circe JSON library at work. I am not a fan of it. I recommend to stay away from it. Luckily I rarely have to touch JSON parsing code paths.
What makes my blood boil the most with Circe is small ad-hoc JSON parsing, where I need to extra some values from JSON, without going to create boiler plate class for it. [1]
My expectation for something like that I get a Map, maybe an extended
map with some convenience functions. However, the Circe documentation
guides you towards their cursor API
for that. That API is (censored/insert swearwords/rant here).
