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This post has the code and a video you need to help you start using Dependency Injection in MVC and Umbraco
tools Affinity Photo Free Windows Beta is OUT NOWOn 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 DeveloperIn 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.
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.
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 stepsThis 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 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.
tools 7 useful tips for creating a successful blogIn 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.
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.