This is a work in progress site where I share my thoughts, ideas, and projects. I'm always building SOMETHING so decided too share both how I build these somethings and what I build.
Note this site is currently being developed you can see the code here. Bits will be broken or missing, but that's the fun of it. If you have any comments / suggestions / feedback please let me know on Mastodon
I'm a consulting web developer, specializing in .NET Core, remote working, full-stack (ANY JavaScript framework), cloud, search technologies, running teams, bootstrapping startups etc..etc...
I'm a former Microsoft ASP.NET Program manager & have worked for numerous fortune 500, and a multitude of startups and have been building web applications for over 30 years.
If you think I can help you with your project on a contract, full time or consultancy basis (days here and there), please get in touch.
In the previous part of this series where I tested Umami.Net tracking methods
The Problem
In the previous part I used Moq to give me a Mock<HttpMessageHandler> and return the handler used in...
I'm a relative noob using Moq (yes I'm aware of the controversies) and I was trying to test a new service I'm adding to Umami.Net, UmamiData. This is a service this allows me to pull data from my...
One of the MANY LinkedIn aspects which bugs me is the 'how to interview developers' posts. There's a TON of them and they're in 3 camps:
The 'How would you move Mount Fuji?' approach with logic...
In the previous article, we discussed how to test the UmamiClient using xUnit and Moq. In this article, we will discuss how to test the UmamiBackgroundSender class. The UmamiBackgroundSender is a bit...
This is just a quick post to update everyone on the status of this blog. I started it a little over a month ago and decided to commit to at least one post a day for the first month.
So far I've posted...
Now I have the Umami.Net package out there I of course want to ensure it all works as expected. To do this the best way is to somewhat comprehensively test all the methods and classes. This is where...
In the previous part I showed you how to set up self hosting for Seq using ASP.NET Core . Now that we have it set up it's time to use more of it's features to allow for more complete logging & tracing...
In the previous part in this series, I set up the database for the comments system. In this post, I'll cover how saving the comments are managed client side and in ASP.NET Core.
Add New...
I use Mermaid.js to create the dope diagrams you see in a few posts. Like the one below.
However something that annoyed me is that it wasn't reactive to switching themes (dark/light) and there seemed...
Seq is an application which lets you view and analyse logs. It's a great tool for debugging and monitoring your application. In this post I'll cover how I set up Seq to log my ASP.NET Core...
