Hi 👋, I'm Benjamin Dickman

I'm a Senior .NET Web Developer experienced in developing innovative, elegant and scalable web applications.

About Me 10 years' of professional experience

After graduating University with a First Class (hons) degree in Computer Science, I began working for an innovative Business Intelligence startup, eventually moving into my current role within the Estate Agency sector.

I have a proven ability to develop, enhance and maintain the company's core public-facing products. I have experience in all stages of the development lifecycle from analysis, design, implementation, and release management.

I have full-stack experience and specialise in back-end development.

Skills Summary My areas of expertise

Server-side Technologies

C#, .NET Framework, .NET 6, ASP.NET MVC & WebForms, Web API, REST, Umbraco 8, Entity Framework Core, Dapper

Client-side Technologies

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap

Source Control

GIT, TFS

Testing

Unit & Integration Testing with XUnit & Moq, Automated Testing with SpecFlow & Selenium

Tooling & Workflow

Agile Methodology (Scrum & Kanban), Behaviour-driven Development (BDD), Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) with Azure DevOps & Octopus Delpoy

Cloud Technologies

Azure App Services, Cognitive Search, Service Bus, Blob Storage, SQL Database

Self Development what am I currently learning?

As a Senior .NET Web Developer, it is vital to keep up-to-date with the latest technology trends and frameworks.

As someone who enjoys learning new topics, I will often be found reading blog posts, watching video courses or writing code to enhance my skill set.

Some of the areas and technologies I am currently learning:

  • Docker
  • Test-driven Development (TDD)
  • Blazor WebAssembly & Server-side

My Work what have I created recently?

Guitar Lefty

A fully-responsive web application dedicated to left-handed guitar, with the creation of the website architecture, design and content all personally produced.

.NET 6, Bootstrap, Entity Framework Core

Guitar Lefty Website

Contact Me The ways to get in touch