Visual Studio: How to fix missing blank solution template

Visual Studio allows us to create a blank solution when creating a new project. But it seems that for some users, the blank solution is missing from the list of templates. In this tutorial, we are going to learn two different solutions to this problem. First, we will manually create a .sln solution file, and in the other solution, we will install a component using Visual Studio Installer.

WordPress: Fixing "No working transports found" during failed update

Recently, after installing WordPress on my local machine on Windows 10, I noticed that the WordPress had some issues with updating plugins and WordPress to a newer version. When I attempted to update plugins to a newer version, the update failed with the following warning message "no working transports found". Fortunately, the fix is simple and should also apply if you are using EasyPHP or WAMP development environment.

MonoGame: Fixing type or namespace name 'Xna' does not exist error

I wanted to play around with game development the other day, so I looked around for a decent .NET Game Framework and decided to go with the MonoGame framework. After installing it, I used the MonoGame OpenGL template to create a project in Visual Studio. Unfortunately, the build failed with the "The type or namespace name 'Xna' does not exist" error, but fortunately, the solution was straightforward and is the focus of this post.

All about "Disable path length limit" in Python installation

When we go through the Python installation steps on the Windows system, one of the steps asks us if we want to Disable path length limit. So what is it and should you disable it? What do you do if you forgot to disable it after installation? This step might also not show up at all. In this tutorial, we are going to learn why is this option sometimes skipped during the installation and how to enable it once Python has already been installed.

How to Install Python on Windows - A Step-by-Step Guide

In this article, we'll install Python on Windows step-by-step. First, we'll examine what is included in the installer, then we will install it using default settings and after it is done, we are going to test if the installation was successful. Finally, we'll end the tutorial by making a simple hello-world Python program.

How to install Rust for Windows - A step by step guide

Rust is a general-purpose, somewhat new language, similar to C++ that compiles to a machine code. In this tutorial, we will first install Rust on the Windows system, then check to see if the installation was successful. Finally, we are going to create a hello world app using both the rustc command and cargo package manager.

VS Code: How to install Visual Studio Code on Windows

Visual Studio Code or VS Code for short is a very popular, free, and open-sourced code editor. This post will walk you through the process of installing VS Code on Windows System. We'll also quickly talk about creating projects that will be used in Visual Studio Code.