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This post shows you how you can migrate or downgrade a SQL Server database from one version to a lower or earlier one. E.g. 2016 to 2014, 2014 to 2012, 2012 to 2008 etc
dotnet How to move your code out of the controller and into a helper classThis video expands on what I said in my tutorial and actually shows you how to move your code out of the controller and into a helper class.
tools TaoTronics Bluetooth Wireless Stereo Headphones TT-BH07 - Review and UnboxingThese are literally the best headphones I've ever owned. I bought them last year and they were fantastic for noise cancellation, volume, sound quality and convenience.
tools How to create a responsive website without knowing how to write code - Bootstrap StudioBootstrap studio lets you build fully responsive websites without having to know how to write CSS, HTML or JavaScript.
dotnet How to inline CSS and JavaScript bundles in MVCThis post shows you how you can combine bundling and minification with inline styles and scripts in MVC.
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
tools Basic HTML5 Template Layout ExampleThis is just a quick post to give you some sample HTML5 basic markup. You can just copy the markup, paste it into your file and start writing the HTML.
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.