ShakingBenjamin - my space for coding guides and other programming that I've done...

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Hello, I'm Benjamin

I am a .NET programmer, web designer/developer, based in Surrey. I have a degree in Computer Science, as well as Microsoft, and Umbraco qualifications.

This site is a constant work in progress - as it's an aesthetical and functional update from my previous website (bitofbenjamin), now powered by Umbraco CMS.

Going forward, content will be added (some what) regularly, in the blog, so swing by and have a butchers!

Development

Web Development

Utilising HTML5, JavaScript, Bootstrap 3&4, with ASP MVC to make efficient, aesthetic and functional websites. Lately I've been exploring Umbraco CMS and AngularJS.

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Core Development
Development

Core Development

Building desktop or server service applications to automate tasks. Secure connections to remote servers, usually with the assistance of LINQ, T-SQL, and no OWIN. I also dislike EF.

Development

API Development

Using a combination of some of the following C#/AJAX/XML/JSON to interact with first or third parties' Restful APIs.

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Repertoire

Languages, knowledge, and tools.

Languages

  • C#
  • SQL(T-SQL & MySQL)
  • WebForms/MVC5
  • CSS3 (Bootstrap 3 & 4)
  • jQuery/JavaScript
  • Visual Basic

Skills and Knowledge

  • IIS 8+
  • .NET Framework 4.0+
  • Umbraco 7+
  • SQL Server
  • Dot Net Core 2.0+
  • Windows 7/8/10

Software Tools

  • Visual Studio 2013+
  • SQL Management Studio 2008+
  • Crystal Reports
  • SalesForce
  • JIRA
  • Team Foundation Server

Latest from the blog

Snippets of code, guides, and other programming stuff

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01/04/2018
Business

Hello World

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06/04/2018
Business

User Lock Out

Not too sure what happened, was definitely using the correct credentials to get into one of my accounts, however it was saying I couldn't get in. Just writing this down quickly, but the answer was to reset manually in the Umbraco database in the umbracoUser table, the userNoConsole was set to true

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09/04/2018
Business

Web API Creation

Simple guide/steps to create a working MVC Web Api Need to create a WebApiConfig, specify "api" in of the "{controller}/" in the route parameter, and no need for the "namespace" parameter as "config.MapHttpRoute()" doesn't contain a definition for it. Global ASAX to include registration of the W