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This 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.
tools Affinity Photo Free Windows Beta is OUT NOWOn Mac, Affinity Photo was chosen as Apple’s App of the Year 2015. You can now get the Windows Beta for free.
dotnet How to change a form in MVC to submit with AJAXIn 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.
tools What is the Microsoft Botframework and, more importantly, what is LUIS?This posts tells you about the Microsoft Botframework, and focuses mainly on the star of the show LUIS.
dotnet How to create and use custom configuration sections in ASP.NETThis post will show you how to create a custom config section in your .NET application and use it in your code.
tools 7 useful tips for creating a successful blogIn this post I'm going to share with you what I have learned from my first year of blogging, and how I managed to get over 116,000 visits to my site in the first year.
dotnet How to scrape meta data from a url using HtmlAgilityPack in C#This post gives you the code create a meta data scraper so you can get information from a url, using HtmlAgilityPack in C#.
tools Free tool to record your screen and save it as an amimated gifScreenToGif allows you to record a portion of your screen and save it as an animated gif. It also works with your webcam if you want.
dotnet Simple .NET keep alive handler to prevent timeoutThis post shows you how to create a simple keep alive for a .NET website so people can stay logged in whilst the page is open, instead of it timing out after 20 minutes.