My name is Andrew and I am a software developer. I am experienced in the full stack development of websites and desktop applications.

• I work with .NET (C#) and Angular.
• I am always learning how to write better code.
• I'm interested in practical applications of data science and machine learning.
• You can contact me at LinkedIn.

I have some hobby projects which are pinned below:

• Updated my-website and birder-client to Angular version 17.
• Migrated my-website and birder-client to the Standalone API configuration: see Getting started with standalone components.
• For information on Angular 17 see: Introducing Angular v17.

• Updated birder-server to .NET SDK version 8.
• For information on .NET 8 see: What's new in .NET 8

• Developed, tested and deployed my new personal website to andrewstuartcross.co.uk.
• My website (above) uses the Angular Material UI components library and the superb test harness for unit testing.

• Development: Records (C# reference) and Records Deep Dive: What, Why and How (on YouTube).
• Experimentation with Noda Time which is an alternative date and time API for .NET.
• Now using the Postman VS Code extension which is in early access. I am a long-term user of the Postman desktop app.

• Development: Better paranoid than offline: Secure ASP.NET Core apps (on YouTube).

• 📆 Event: MongoDB and .NET (Dot Net North, 23/05/23).
• Deployed birder-server with Azure Web API. It is available at the birder-server.azurewebsites.net/ endpoint.
• Started using the dotnet aspnet-codegenerator command line scaffolding engine. See this guide on usage.
• Setup documentation on the birder-server API with Swagger.
• Updated birder-client to Angular cli version 16.
• Training: Angular v16 is here! Angular Blog.
• Training: reading about the new Angular Signals library. See RFC discussion.

• 📆 .NET Minimal APIs (Dot Net North, 18/04/23).
• ⭐ Setup and configured a GitHub Codespaces environment for the birder-client web app.

• Setup Coverlet to report the unit test code coverage on the birder-server .NET repository.

• Training: Using Azure Static Web Apps to deploy new static web sites. Experimented with the Angular quickstart tutorial.
• Setup continuous integration (CI) with GitHub Actions on birder-client to automate the build, test and deployment.
• Setup Codecov to track the unit test code coverage for my projects.
• Setup Snyk to detect vulnerabilities in my repositories.

• 📆 Event: .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! + Visual Studio Extensions (Dot Net North, 31/01/23)

• Training: What's new in ASP.NET Core 7.0 (Microsoft Learn, here) and C# 11 and beyond (summary on YouTube, here).
• Updated birder-server to .NET SDK version 7.

• Training: GitHub Codespaces (LinkedIn Learning)
• Updated birder-client to Angular version 15.

• Testing Angular, A Guide to Robust Angular Applications (https://testing-angular.com/). This is a brilliant (and free) resource. It helped me to get to grips with testing in Angular.
• The Angular Material UI components library. These are high-quality, well-tested components built with accessibility in mind. The superb test harness makes unit testing the components easy.