To succeed as a developer, focus on building and releasing projects. Early experience through personal apps helped the author land jobs and gain recognition. Hiring managers value practical demonstrations of skills over perfect code. Continuous learning and creating software, even informally, lead to growth and opportunities in the tech industry.
For a recent article on TechTarget.com, I was interviewed for my thoughts on microservices, a new term in our world. Here is what I said (the full quote): Microservices is a great way to decouple an application for faster modernization, improved functionality and better performance, but done incorrectly or without proper architectural understanding, teams can … Continue reading Is Microservices Just A New Marketing Term?
For all of you who code using apps like Visual Studio or VS Code, please do not present code in a meeting or conference session using a dark theme! I know I am going to get a lot of pushback from this statement, but let me explain why (please keep reading). Living with Colorblindness I … Continue reading Presenting Code Samples with a Dark Theme… Please Don’t!
On October 29th, the dotNetDave World Farewell Tour will land in Austin, TX at the Austin .NET User Group to do the session below. I'm very excited to speak for the second time at this group. Rock Your Development With A Real World Example This session will demonstrate concepts in the first four parts of … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks the Austin .NET User Group
In August 2018, I enhanced my dotNetTips Dev Utility app by integrating Microsoft Azure for backend services. I documented this process through a series of articles, outlining each development phase from architecture to user experience. Readers are encouraged to follow my journey and provide feedback on this venture.
Several years ago, I came up with a new conference session to show how I created a real cloud app that I applied the same n-tier architecture that I have been using most of my career. The session is called “Rock Your App with a Real World Example”. Below is the n-tier architecture diagram that … Continue reading Real World Cloud App – From Start to Finish
On April 21st, I will for the second time be speaking at Global Azure Bootcamp in Southern California. I am looking forward to this great conference and I hope to see you there. I will have some cool tour swag to giveaway. I will be doing the session below. Rock Your Development With A Real … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks Global Azure Bootcamp 2018
After a long hiatus, my Dogfooding series is back! In this episode I talk about the POD HD500X Edit program for a guitar pedal board from Line 6. Check out where I will be speaking next by going to: http://bit.ly/dotnetdaverocks
On October 7th and 8th of this year, I will be rocking the geeks at the Silicon Valley Code Camp again! This is my favorite Code Camp to go to each year. If you haven't been, you need to experience it at least once. I will be doing the session below. I hope to see … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks Silicon Valley Code Camp 2017!
When developing software, what does the company you work for usually say are the priorities? Well most will say speed to market for the lowest cost possible and meet the consumer needs. Most of this article will discuss the first two reason even though it also affects the last one too. So, my question to … Continue reading Stop Reinventing The Wheel
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