Windows of course … cd to the directory and type

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git config core.longpaths true

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Now you can add AngularJS apps with their >12000 file node dependancies

OK – first, it is because all these great tools are assuming the root url is /. They all give part of the picture, but they don’t know the whole story. Neither do did I. But do I google root uri, base url, AHHHH! Anyways, lets document this so I don’t and you don’t have to go nuts and google for hours like I did.

First – I am using ServiceStackVS 4.x, and it is an angular (not MVC – that might be a mistake) app.  I want

• myweb.com/myApplication/myServices for the services and
• myweb.com/myApplication for the application.

So for ServiceStack (I installed the extension ServiceStackVS into Visual Studio 2013) …

• – change the web.config line from a “*” to “myApplication/myServices*” in the lines that look like:

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Ok, so I am going crazy. A prototype project works, then it doesn’t work, and apparently I clicked a button in the project properties called “Create Virtual Directory”. Don’t click that (you edit a file to mess with IIS Express to undo it). Now that things are working – I still want to fiddle til it is just right, but since I don’t know what is changing underneath. Well lets get Git involved so we can store our files and see what file changes affect what. But … what to upload!? If we include a gitignore in the first place, we can reduce the uploaded files a lot. But what to include? This article led me to a few options. There is an online generator but I chose the VS2013 recommendations from Microsoft’s site. I also added node_modules/ as if you need the node modules, it should be as easy as going to that directory and typing npm install

So I am using service stack with node quite successfully – but now I have to make some services. Why not use ServiceStack since its reputation and ease of use (in node anyways) is super easy. Lets get going recording the steps I took – cause I likely won’t remember it otherwise.

• make a new project (I chose blank)
• add service stack to your project  OR … get the template (so skip this step) and it will be added automatically
• install the ServiceStackVS templates and make your 1st project
  • I ensured that NuGet was up to date
  • I installed the 2013 Shell (Isolated) update as well which is a prerequisite
• I made my first app with it as per the demos at the bottom.
• I added to the main app – Swagger UI – which allows easy testing and documentation for the services. All I had to do was search for “Configure(” and add the code the recommend, add a using…. statement (as per the intellisense when it did not compile – yes I am very lazy/efficient)
• Bingo – up and running. Lets get to work (and it does)

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The first plug in I am to design in VSTO (not VBA is what that means) is to have the user mark up a document with bookmarks – a set of bookmarks that leads you along. The bookmarks are to be named in a very specific format. The tool will force the user to use the “select first” type bookmark. You can toggle the viewing of bookmarks as well.

How to Create Add-Ins Using VSTO in MS-Word – this gets one started.It is VS2010 and I am using VS 2013 – but it gives a really good view of adding a ribbon item, using forms and making it all work. Ok – I tried it – this is like trying to kill a mosquito with a elephant gun – but that is what corporate wants. Every time you click “run” it starts a new version of Word. This means that you have to load the document of interest every time. In VBA – you “run” from the context you are already in <- RIGHT THERE IS THE CRUX of my axe griding as well as VBA on the fly debugging on ANYONE”S MACHINE. Alas…

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