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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 GeneratorI 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.
umbraco Simple Umbraco RSS XML Feed ExampleIn 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 UmbracoThis 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 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.
dotnet How to change a form in MVC to submit with AJAXIn 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.
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.
dotnet How to create and use custom configuration sections in ASP.NETThis 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 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.