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Keeping up to date with .NET
In the tech industry, keeping up to date is a never ending pursuit! Having worked as a software engineer for nearly 15 years and in .NET for most of those, I thought I’d document how I keep up to date with latest developments and upcoming features.
An overview of Umbraco 13
The latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of Umbraco is here! Let's have a look at what's new and where to get started.
Using Umbraco Forms Headless API
Umbraco Forms allows dynamic forms for capturing user input without needing developer input for each form. In this post, I will show how we can submit forms via API in Postman.
How to Restrict Umbraco Content Delivery API by Doctype
In this post I will discuss how to restrict your Umbraco Content Delivery API to only return items of specific doctypes
How to restrict access Umbraco Content Delivery API
In this post I will discuss how to restrict your Umbraco Content Delivery API with an API key.
What's new in Umbraco 12: Content Delivery API
With Umbraco 12 we get several exciting features including Content Deliver API, aka Headless APIs out the box with Umbraco! In this post I will show how to set this up as a developer and get started with the APIs on your local machine.
Image generation with Open AI Dall-E APIs
In this post I will show how to use Open AI's generative AI APIs to create images based on your prompt.
Getting Started with the OpenAI APIs
In this post I will introduce the Open AI API collection and explain how to get started in Postman
Getting Started with Optimizely on Local Development Environment
Interested in learning about Optimizely CMS? Here is a quick getting started example of how to get a working Optimizely solution in just a few minutes using Alloy demo dotnet template.
Passing the MB-910 exam
I recently studied for (and passed!) the Microsoft MB-910 exam. This post with discuss how I studied and what I learned.
Generating Playwright tests with Codegen
Let's have a look at how to use Playwright's Codegen tool to generate automated browser tests.
Getting Started with Playwright Testing
In this post I will show how to create your first playwright tests in just a few minutes!
The Umbraco x Candid Contributions Hacktoberfest 2022
On October 21st & 22nd 2022 I attended a hackathon with the Umbraco community. Throughout the 2 days community members and Umbraco HQ team members joined with the aim of contributing to open source and collaboration.
Attending & Speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2022
This year Microsoft Ignite was a hybrid event with streams of talks online and local events with in person sessions. I joined the MS Ignite "Spotlight on the UK" event in Manchester.
Setting Hacktoberfest Goals
It's October again 🍂🎃, and that means it's time for Hacktoberfest.
Using ASP .NET cache tag helper in Umbraco 9
In this post, I will explore using .Net cache tag helpers in Umbraco 9. First let’s get to know what the cache tag helpers are.
Developer Diary 2021: week 45
Virtual conference attendance and speaking!
Developer Diary 2021: week 44
Welcome to Developer Diary, a weekly chat to share what a week as a developer is like, for me at least 😊
Developer Diary 2021: week 43
Hackathon, cinema visits and new tech!
Umbraco 9: Content Publish Notifications
This article will discuss Umbraco publish notifications aswell as show how to add these to our solution using IUmbracoBuilder. We'll build an on publish notification to send a message to a discord server.
Developer Diary 2021: week 42
A meetup, a 3 day work week and a staycation in Scotland
Developer Diary 2021: week 41
Welcome to Developer Diary, a weekly chat to share what a week as a developer is like, for me at least 😊
Developer Diary 2021: week 39 & 40
Week 40 already?! Where has 2021 gone?!
Developer Diary 2021: week 37 & 38
A busy few weeks! Blogs, meetups and crocheting
Developer Diary 2021: week 36
Meetups, sunshine and coding ☀
Developer Diary 2021: week 35
One of those "I am not sure where the week has gone" kind of weeks.
New in C# 10: File Scoped Namespaces
With .Net 6 in preview, it's time to look forward to the new version of C# 10 we'll see released later this year. One new feature that is designed to reduce unnecessary space is file scoped namespaces. Let's have a look...
Developer Diary 2021: week 34
Camping, reading, walking up hills, TV & time off.
Developer Diary 2021: week 33
A few days working in the office and even a wee bit of travel out of Glasgow... a bit of normality!
Developer Diary 2021: week 32
Meetup hosting 📹, workouts💪, TV 📺 & learning 👩💻
Developer Diary 2021: week 31
Welcome to Developer Diary, a weekly chat to share what a week as a developer is like, for me at least 😊