History
I'm a software developer with 9 years of employed experience (and a few more years of programming recreationally). My first web project was the creation of the Humanities department portion of Sierra Nevada College's website in 2004. Here are a few of my online profiles, which cover most of my career:
- AspDotNetDev @ CodeProject (10 years, 4 Articles, 25 Tips/Tricks, 984 Answers, 16,314 Messages, 193,195 Reputation)
- Nicholas-Westby @ GitHub (641 Contributions in 2016)
- Nicholas Westby @ Umbraco Forums (1,216 Posts)
- Knickerbocker @ Umbraco Issue Tracker (138 Issues Reported)
- Nicholas Westby @ StackOverflow (Just Getting Started)
- Nicholas Westby @ YouTube (See Videos Below)
Articles & Videos
Here are a few of the many articles I've written:
- Umbraco Zeitgeist: Effective Umbraco Development in 2016
- A Guided Tour of Umbraco Formulate, 2016 Edition
- Bulletproof Interface Deserialization in Json.NET
- Umbrazure: Limitless Websites with Umbraco on Azure
- Building Umbraco Websites with Archetype Widgets and Ditto
- Managing Your JavaScript Library in ASP.NET
- StringBuilderPlus Improves Upon StringBuilder
I have started making YouTube videos (using Camtasia) for instructional purposes. As I complete more, I'll put them here.
This 2.5-minute video shows how to install Umbraco with IIS in 7 steps.
This 1.5-minute video explains the Umbraco form builder I created, Formulate.
Podcasts
For Fun
Here are a few websites I've made recreationally: