Interviews

What is Developer Relations? An Interview with Twilio Developer Evangelist @LaylaCodesIt

As I explore options for the next phase of my career, I've grown more and more curious about the emerging role of developer advocates in the software engineering world. In this interview, I discuss the role with Layla, a developer evangelist for Twilio.

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CoreLMS

CoreLMS: Custom Validation, Razor Pages, DTOs, and First UI Working!

Made some good progress this week, albeit most OFF stream. 😁 Got Razor Pages started, scaffolding working, and DTOs in place. Pace is pickin' up.

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Azure

Azure Function Templates with HTTP & Storage Triggers, DI, and Options

Azure Functions aren't nearly as scary as I thought. Let's look at two sample functions with different triggers and add DI, the Options pattern for config, and CI/CD with Azure DevOps.

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CoreLMS

CoreLMS: To DTO or Not to DTO, That is the Question (Among Other Thoughts)

This week I hit a decision point: do I utilize DTOs for the UI and Business layers or just stick to the core entities, and if I do use them, where should property decorators (validators like required, string length constraints, etc.) go? Also: Codewars katas!

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CoreLMS

CoreLMS: Logging, Custom Exceptions, and more TDD

This week I explored adding logging, a custom exception class, and more TDD (including the first edge case).

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