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161 results in .NET, Dev, DevOps, SQL, Tools

dotnet What is .NET Core? 7 Things you should know.

This post explains to you what .NET Core is, what it is used for and tells you whether you need to use it or not.

dotnet How to fix the error 'The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page...'

This post shows you how to solve the error 'The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page "~/Views/Master.cshtml": "Head; ScriptsBottom; etc; etc".'

sql How to convert SQL Server Compact Edition .sdf to Full SQL and speed up Umbraco

This post shows you how to convert a SQL Compact Edition database to full SQL and speed up Umbraco

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.

dotnet How to add reCAPTCHA to an MVC form

This blog post makes it easy for you to set up Google reCAPTCHA on your MVC website. It also works with Umbraco.

dotnet Open-source Project: Password Generator

I recently caught the bug of contributing to open-source projects after my first pull request was accepted. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to make an open-source library for my password generator. It is a C# .NET project.

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.