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This post is to accompany the YouTube video tutorial I created. I will share the code I wrote for each section in the video.
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 tooI 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.
umbraco How to format the pre html tag in Umbraco for code blocksA simple approach to formatting your pre tags
umbraco Automatically resize your media images in UmbracoThis post shows you how you can add a class to your umbraco project which automatically resizes any new images in Umbraco.
umbraco How to reset the Umbraco admin account passwordThis post gives you simple instructions to help you reset the Umbraco admin password.
umbraco Umbraco Site Navigation Menu Model Example in C# MVCThis post gives you the basic code to loop through the pages in your site and populate the navigation model. It also gives you the code to add it to and call it from the cache.
umbraco Umbraco HTML Sitemap Template Example Using RazorMost websites will have an HTML sitemap. There is an easy way to create one in Umbraco using razor. Just follow these simple steps.
dev That's a really good questionOne thing that really annoys me is when someone asks the guest a question they nearly always reply back with "wow that's a great question" or "that's a really good question."
dev Regular Expression (regex) for a number greater than 1200In case you are looking for a regex to find a number greater than 1200 or something similar, I though I would post it so you can alter it for your needs.
umbraco How to get the file path of a media item in umbracoThis post shows you how to get the file path of the item so you can use it for the src of an image or as a link to a document.
dev No such thing as a full stack developerI see and hear it all the time, talking about people being full stack developers. I don't believe they are.