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dotnet How to change a form in MVC to submit with AJAX

In 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.

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.

dotnet How to create and use custom configuration sections in ASP.NET

This post will show you how to create a custom config section in your .NET application and use it in your code.

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.

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 gif

ScreenToGif 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 timeout

This 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.

dotnet Simple Reusable .NET Caching Example Code in C#

Caching is important because it can speed up your website or application. Here is a simple example for you to take away and re-use:

dev That's a really good question

One 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."