Umbraco MVP and .NET Web Developer from Derby (UK) who specialises in building Content Management System (CMS) websites using MVC with Umbraco as a framework. Paul is passionate about web development and programming as a whole. Apart from when he's with his wife and son, if he's not writing code, he's thinking about it or listening to a podcast about it.
Articles by Paul Seal
How to use bundling to minify css and JavaScript in MVC and Umbraco
This post shows you how to set up and use bundling and minification in your MVC website. There are specific instructions on how set it up for Umbraco websites too. Read More
How do you use the try catch finally blocks?
I must admit, in the past when I just want some code to run, but it's not critical if it fails, I have written a try catch block which looks like this. Read More
How to get the YouTube thumbnail preview image from a video
This post will help you if you want to get the preview image for a YouTube video. You may want to you this if you want to trigger the video to launch in a pop up window, or you want to link to the video. Read More
Please tell me you don't write if true equals true
It drives me crazy when I see code where someone is checking a boolean to see if it is true or not and they write it like this. Read More
7 vital steps for delivering a successful software project
For any software project to be successful, you need to have a plan. There are certain steps you need to follow and mistakes to be avoided. This article is designed to give you those vital steps to help you deliver a successful software project. Read More
How to create a custom styled twitter feed for your website
In this tutorial I show you how to create your own custom twitter feed for your website, which you will have full control over the styling, like the one I have on my about page. It also pulls through the follower count. This tutorial is meant for an MVC website with .NET 4.5 which makes it suitable for Umbraco too. Read More
Do what makes you feel uncomfortable
Throughout your career and life in general there will be times where you feel uncomfortable when doing a job or a task. Your natural reaction may be to stop doing that task (if you can get away with it) or you may want to avoid doing it all together. My advice to you is to do it more often. Read More
10 golden rules for becoming a better programmer
Here are my top 10 golden rules for becoming a better programmer Read More
MVC Custom Model Property Validation Attributes
This post shows you how to create your own custom validation attributes in MVC. You can then decorate your model properties with them on your forms. Read More
Simple Umbraco search example
This post shows you how easy it is to use the default Umbraco search functionality in your site. It uses a basic form and then uses razor to display your search results. Read More