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207 results in Dev, DevOps, SQL, Umbraco

umbraco How to get the current logged in Umbraco user and restrict front end content

This post shows you how to get the current logged in Umbraco user and restrict content on the front end of the site.

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.

umbraco Simple Umbraco RSS XML Feed Example

In this post I give you a simple template to start using for your own RSS XML feed. It's very simple and straight forward.

umbraco How to start using Dependency Injection in MVC and Umbraco

This post has the code and a video you need to help you start using Dependency Injection in MVC and Umbraco

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.

umbraco What is so good about Umbraco?

In this video I show you what I love about Umbraco. I show you how easy it is to create and edit content for my blog.

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.

umbraco How to create a Contact Form in Umbraco using MVC and C#

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 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.

umbraco How to format the pre html tag in Umbraco for code blocks

A simple approach to formatting your pre tags