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This post teaches you about the 4 stages of feedback, and uses an example of a code review. Once you have read this you will be able to identify these stages in your working life, and sometimes in your home life too.
dotnet How to fix the error 'The name 'Scripts' does not exist in the current context'This post shows you how to fix the error "The name 'Scripts' does not exist in the current context"
dotnet What is .NET Core? 7 Things you should know.This post explains to you what .NET Core is, what it is used for and tells you whether you need to use it or not.
dotnet How to fix the error 'The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page...'This post shows you how to solve the error 'The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page "~/Views/Master.cshtml": "Head; ScriptsBottom; etc; etc".'
sql How to convert SQL Server Compact Edition .sdf to Full SQL and speed up UmbracoThis post shows you how to convert a SQL Compact Edition database to full SQL and speed up Umbraco
dev Podcast Interview about Umbraco. Paul Seal on The Cynical DeveloperListen to my podcast interview about Umbraco talking with James Suddart from The Cynical Developer
dev 5 Common Developer problems and how to overcome themThis post gives you a list of 5 common problems you might face as a developer and how you can overcome them.
dev Developer Question - Passion or Profession?I want to hear from other developers to find out if they see their job as a developer/programmer as just their job which they turn up for and go home, or whether they are extremely passionate about it, and it is part of who they are.
dev Retrieving your audience from the grips of RebloggersMy struggle with rebloggers and my simple solution for the problem.
dotnet How to add reCAPTCHA to an MVC formThis blog post makes it easy for you to set up Google reCAPTCHA on your MVC website. It also works with Umbraco.
dotnet Open-source Project: Password GeneratorI recently caught the bug of contributing to open-source projects after my first pull request was accepted. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to make an open-source library for my password generator. It is a C# .NET project.
dev How to get a job as a Professional DeveloperIn this post I will aim to give you the best advice I can, in order to help you achieve your goal of becoming a professional developer.