Dealing with Mailchimp.Net gotchas
Dealing with the Mailchimp API and Mailchimp.Net and some of the gotcha's you may come across
Mailchimp
JSON
Serialization
Integrations
Configuration
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Async/await in Umbraco custom controllers
Custom controllers in Umbraco natively support async/await operations but it's not clear how to implement an asynchronous controller correctly.
Umbraco
Async
Creating a file patch with in TortoiseSVN
We wanted to create a patch containing all the updated files but with the folder structure of our website. This way we could simply FTP the patch up to our website without having to upload any additional files. We’d love to know if there was a better or simpler method but this is what we did.
TortoiseSVN
Source Control
Changing Umbraco's backoffice address
By default your Backoffice would be accessible at /umbraco. This not only provides users an opportunity to (try and) access the Backoffice but it also divulges the fact that you are using Umbraco and .Net and it may be possible to exploit this - neither Umbraco nor .Net are flawless.
Umbraco
How to fix a "Could not load file or assembly XamlBuildTask.dll" build error
How to fix the "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Xaml.PartialClass GenerationTask task could not be loaded from the assembly Could not load file or assembly XamlBuildTask.dll or one of its dependencies" build error
Visual Studio
Configuration
Workflow Foundation
Fixing Python and C++ issues setting up node-sass on Windows
We recently inherited a project with a Grunt-based Javascript boilerplate that would not install, falling over installing node-sass. It would throw an error stating that Python2.7 was missing and also that the C++ MSBuild task could not be found. Why?!
Node.js
Grunt
Javascript
Use SQL User-defined Types for more consistency in your database
So you’d like more consistency in your database? Try SQL User-Defined Types (UDT). The concept is simple. You essentially create a new, custom type based upon an existing type but with predefined properties.
SQL
Exception handling – why prevention is worse than cure
There are many ways to upset a user and moving the user to a new “Whoops, we did something wrong!” page would certainly upset the user.
Logging
Elmah
Log4net
Exception handling
Installing WebDeploy on Windows Server and pitfalls to avoid
Setting up WebDeploy on a server is never as simple as it should be because there are several places it can go wrong and there is a reliance on things being done in the correct order. We explain how to get it right each time.
WebDeploy
IIS
Deployments