Hey ðŸ‘‹, I'm Benjamin Dickman

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building reliable, scalable software
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About Me

13 years of professional experience

I possess a proven track record in developing, enhancing, and maintaining core business products. I am experienced across all stages of the software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, implementation, and release management.

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

I have full-stack experience and specialise in back-end development, API design and cloud-based infrastructure.

Check out my latest blog posts here

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Umbraco Ceritified Master

Umbraco CMS Expert

Specialising in all your Umbraco needs

As a certified Umbraco Master, I am an expert in crafting content managed web applications having completed the following official courses

  • Fundamentals
  • Application Integration
  • MVC and Visual Studio
  • Security in Umbraco
  • Extending the Backoffice
  • Searching and Indexing

Skills Summary

My areas of expertise

Server-side Technologies

C#, .NET Framework, .NET 6/8/10, ASP.NET MVC & WebForms, Web API, RESTful, Umbraco CMS, Entity Framework Core, SQL Server, Dapper

Client-side Technologies

HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap

Source Control

GIT, TFS

Testing

Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Profiling, Logging & Monitoring

Tooling & Workflow

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

Cloud Technologies

Azure App Services, Functions Apps, Cognitive Search, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Key Vault, SQL Database and more

Self Development

what am I currently learning?

As a Senior Software Engineer, 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:

  • Test-driven Development (TDD)
  • Solutions Architecture
  • System Design

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

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