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142 results in .NET, Dev, Git, SQL, Web

sql How to convert SQL Server Compact Edition .sdf to Full SQL and speed up Umbraco

This 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 Developer

Listen to my podcast interview about Umbraco talking with James Suddart from The Cynical Developer

dev 5 Common Developer problems and how to overcome them

This 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 Rebloggers

My struggle with rebloggers and my simple solution for the problem.

dotnet How to add reCAPTCHA to an MVC form

This 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 Generator

I 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 Developer

In 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.

dotnet How to change a form in MVC to submit with AJAX

In this video you will see how to change the form to submit using AJAX. I recorded this video live for my livecoding channel. The code I wrote for this tutorial is further down this post.

dev How to set up GA Event Tracking in 3 easy steps

This post makes setting up Event Tracking with GA really easy. It's definitely worth doing on your site.

dev What does the term dogfooding mean?

There are certain terms in the software industry which you may hear for the first time and immediately understand their meaning. For instance, backdoor; a hidden method of gaining access to a computer system. The term dogfooding is not an obvious one. This post explains what dogfooding is and gives you examples of which companies are doing it.

dotnet How to create and use custom configuration sections in ASP.NET

This post will show you how to create a custom config section in your .NET application and use it in your code.