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Here are 7 simple tips to help you improve your .NET website

This post shows you how you can create the functionality to export data as a CSV file to download and open in Excel.

This is a simple and straight forward tutorial on how to set up and configure error logging with log4net in your .NET application.

Searching for prime numbers can be fun. This post shows you how I did it.

This post gives you the code and simple instructions on how to create your own custom integration for slack, written in .NET C#

Over the years, I have heard both sides of the argument about whether you should or shouldn't write comments in your code. In this post, I make my argument as to why I think you should avoid writing comments in your code.

This post shows you how to set up and use bundling and minification in your MVC website. There are specific instructions on how set it up for Umbraco websites too.

I must admit, in the past when I just want some code to run, but it's not critical if it fails, I have written a try catch block which looks like this.

It drives me crazy when I see code where someone is checking a boolean to see if it is true or not and they write it like this.

This post shows you how to create your own custom validation attributes in MVC. You can then decorate your model properties with them on your forms.

This post contains examples of how to generate a SHA 256 and SHA 512 hash key with the examples in C# and VB.NET This solution matches the expected result for Ingenico's implementation for their payment gateway.

I recently came across this fantastic resource. It is called LINQPad. You can use it to test any C#, F# or VB snippet or program. You can even use it to query databases in LINQ or SQL. It's ideal if you find some code on the internet that you want to quickly test, or if you want to play with the new features in C# 6 without having to set up a windows console/forms app or website.