Throwback Thursday: March 6, 2025
Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is chock full of tips and tricks to emulate your client's production environment during development.
With over a million words scattered across more than 1,300 articles on this blog, you've probably missed a few things here.
That’s why each week in "Throwback Thursday," we’ll revisit some standout posts. Expect a blend of my personal favorites, insightful articles from other great minds, and a touch of coding humor to keep things light.
Highlights from NoLongerSet.com
UNC Alias for a Local Folder
The subst command lets us mimic mapped network drives. But what if your backend tables are linked using UNC paths? Don’t worry. We can handle those, too!
Mike Wolfe
Setting a Common Path to Sharepoint Site Folders on Multiple Devices
This quick tip will help you create consistent development environments across multiple devices and users.
Mike Wolfe
Creating a Shortcut to an Environment Variable Path
If you rely on OneDrive or SharePoint to collaborate on files with your team, this tip will help you provide a uniform way to access data across all devices.
Mike Wolfe
Using Windows Authentication to Connect to SQL Server from Outside the Domain
You don’t need to join your computer to a domain to be able to connect to SQL Server using Windows Authentication. You just need to know this simple trick.
Mike Wolfe
Wisdom from Around the Web
How-To Emulate Client Drives | DEVelopers HUT
Exploringhow we can use the DOS subst command to emulate client network setups/drives naming to facilitate development and testing.
How To Emulate Your Clients Drive – 2 | DEVelopers HUT
Discussing how we can use mklink to create symbolic links, ‘virtual folders’, to emulate client setup for running Microsoft Access database, etc…
PowerToys Hosts File Editor utility for Windows
Hosts File Editor is a convenient way to edit hosts file.
Developer Humor
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