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Seeing my full-time job as a long-term contract has helped me improve and contribute, without taking things personally or falling into complacency.

Logs are a great tool for squashing bugs and tracing errors. Let’s see how to add NLog to our project.

Need to pull a subdirectory out of repo A and create a new repo B out with it? Including full history and branches? Okay, here’s how.

Can you create your own HTML tags? The answer is….. sorta. Yes and no. Not completely, but a little. Typical, I know.

When I was less skilled as a developer, it was enough to just stay afloat, learning what I needed for the current day or project. As my skill and confidence grows, I’ve come to appreciate the extra things in life - like a decent set of docs.

If you find yourself supporting a WinForms application, you’re likely to notice the tests… or lack thereof. Just because we may not have been so focused on automated tests and continuous integration when WinForms was younger, that doesn’t mean we can’t introduce them now. Better late than never!

Using the async/await pattern in WinForms is an easy win, helping prevent one of the most annoying user experiences - a frozen UI.

Do you prefer reading or doing? How about both? DotNet Try pulls in C# code from your project and turns your docs into an interactive experience.

Does the mere thought of explaining your code cause anxiety? Be confident! We should all understand what we’re writing and why. It’s an opportunity (for everyone) to learn!

Learning a little about programming could benefit anyone. If you want a fun intro to coding and logical thinking, check out Scratch!