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Looking to move from development to DevOps? Here is what you should know

DevOps is a buzz word in the last decade, everybody wants to try their luck in DevOps. DevOps is the most generic area of software engineering. Every team and every company wants to have a team called DevOps. Nowadays, everybody wants a DevOps tag name attached to them irrespective of what they do. This works for most people. Because of the generous nature of the DevOps skillsets. That means, the pool of DevOps skillsets so huge, even if you know a few of them, it will work for you. If you are a developer or QA and want to change over to DevOps, here is the list of bare minimum technologies and skills you should learn. These are the mandatory skillsets you should possess before you try your luck in DevOps. 1. Expert Knowledge on Linux Environment You take any software development, without a Linux flavor it will be incomplete. You should have a thorough knowledge of how to work in a Linux environment. If you have system administration knowledge, then it's a huge advantage. Mos...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro new features

Redmi Note 8 Pro is among the most anticipated flagship phone in the last few months in India. Now that it is available and I wanted to list out some of the features that new on this device and interesting. You can connect to Wifi and enable Hotspot at the same time This is a very interesting feature. You can enable WiFi and at the same time, you can enable the hotspot. Earlier, either you could enable WiFi or enable Hotspot at the same time. That means you could use mobile data in the hotspot. Once you enable the hotspot, your WiFi would be disabled and when you enable the WiFi, your hotspot would be disabled. With this, you could only share your mobile data through the hotspot. Now you can use the WiFi data to share the internet through the hotspot. With this, you can use your mobile as a WiFi repeater, as a WiFi relay. If your WiFi router is a bit far from your TV, for example, and if the strength of the Wifi signal is weak, then you can keep your mobile phone in between these...

MS word drop down control with Excel data

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There are lots of things you can do with MS Excel and MS word. Word and Excel can be connected easily to build sophisticated use cases. Mail merge is one of the great tool, where you can leverage the data power of excel and reporting feature of the MS Word. With a bit of VBA knowledge, you can extend the mail merge for usages. Below I explain how to use the Excel data to populate the DropDown control in the MS word. And it is dynamic, when the data in Excel got changed, the items in the drop-down will also be changed.  First, I have this sample data in Excel. I want this data to be displayed in a dropdown control in the MS Word. For this I am making use of this macro or VBA code. Private Sub ld_Click() Dim objExcel As New Excel.Application Dim objWB As Excel.Workbook Set objWB = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\krsanjee\Documents\krishtalk.com\book1.xlsx") 'Me.drop.RemoveItem (0) Me.drop.Clear total_rows = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp)....