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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.

tools Basic HTML5 Template Layout Example

This 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.

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.

tools Affinity Photo Free Windows Beta is OUT NOW

On Mac, Affinity Photo was chosen as Apple’s App of the Year 2015. You can now get the Windows Beta for free.

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.

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.

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.

dev Developers are creative too

I used to think I wasn't a creative person, I just have a logical thinking brain and not a creative one. I used to think the creative types of people are the graphic designers or the front end developers who make fancy animations.

tools 7 useful tips for creating a successful blog

In 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.