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In this series you will create a Space Invaders content app. The point of this is not to play Space Invaders, or to create yet another content app, it is to share the repeatable steps for building packages for Umbraco v8 so you can have the confidence and structure in place to be able to start creating packages for your own ideas, which other people can contribute to and you can maintain easily enough.
sql How to delete data in SQL Server using an INNER JOIN queryThis post will give you a clear example to follow to help you delete data in SQL Server using an INNER JOIN query, giving you the confidence that you query is correct.
git How to ignore a file locally in git without ignoring it from the repositoryThis post shows you how you can ignore a file in git locally without ignoring it from the repository.
umbraco How to get the picked item name in Stacked Content and Nested Content using ncNodeNameThis post shows you how you can get the name of the picked item in Nested Content or Stacked Content instead of just item1, item2 etc using ncNodeName
umbraco How I use source control for my Umbraco website source code and mediaIn this post I share my approach to using source control for my Umbraco website source code and media
umbraco How to use Donut Caching in Umbraco and MVCIn this post I show you how easy Donut Caching is to use in Umbraco and MVC. It's very clever and not scary at all.
umbraco What are Content Apps in Umbraco v8In this post I tell you about Content Apps in Umbraco v8 and show you what ideas I've had and what I've built with them. With the hope to inspire you to build even better ones.
umbraco How to start working with Umbraco v8In this post I give you step by step instructions for getting Umbraco v8 forked, checked out and working on your local machine.
umbraco How to add default values to Umbraco properties in the backofficeThis post shows you how you can easily add a default value to a property when using the editor in the Umbraco backoffice.
umbraco Some questions answered about Umbraco CloudIn this post I give you some answers to the questions I had about Umbraco Cloud at the beginning of my journey with it.
umbraco 10 Web Developer tips I learned at Codegarden 2018In this post I share with you 10 web developer tips and tricks I learned at Codegarden 2018
umbraco I'm now an Umbraco MVPI am so honoured to be made an Umbraco MVP. This award was given to me for my contributions to the Umbraco Community. It is the highlight of my career as a Web Developer and came completely out of the blue when I received the good news, with an invitation to collect the award at CodeGarden in May.