I'm James Carter
I currently work as a Lead .NET Umbraco Developer for a Platinum Umbraco Partner digital agency.
Umbraco CMS Specialist
A long-standing Umbraco Master. I've architected, developed, maintained, upgraded and migrated Umbraco solutions since 2017.
From small brochure sites through to bespoke, load-balanced solutions with complex integrations.
Umbraco MVP
I have been recognised for my contributions to Umbraco's open-source community.
CV
Full Stack Developer
I have over nine year's experience developing bespoke .NET based applications for a diverse range of clients spanning numerous industries including public sector, education, finance, charities and membership organisations.
Development Lead
I have commercial experience leading development teams following both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
I often act as the primary technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders.
Digital Consultant
I turn complex requirements and technical challenges into understandable and achievable tasks that deliver real business value.
I have experience conducting technical reports, feasibility studies and onboarding for enterprise-level solutions.
DevOps Engineer
I can architect, deploy and maintain complex hosting solutions including automated build, test and deployment pipelines.
I have vast experience across GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket Pipelines.
All of my Umbraco packages are hosted on GitHub and deployed using my suite of GitHub Actions.
DevExp Advocate
I believe that a happy dev is a productive dev. I help developers get the most out of their tooling to enhance their experience. I enjoy mentoring and sharing knowledge.
I don't claim to know it all but I do know a lot of keyboard shortcuts...
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Skills
Backend
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ASP.NET Core
- ASP.NET Framework
- MS SQL
- Umbraco CMS (7+)
- Umbraco Forms
- NuGet
- Hangfire
- UWP
- Web Forms
- MVC
- Web API
- RESTful
- SOAP
Frontend
- "Vanilla" JS
- TypeScript
- jQuery
- Angular JS 🥲
- Lit
- SCSS
- LESS
- Bootstrap
- Umbraco UI
- Bulma
- Tailwind
- DaisyUI
- AstroJS
Build Tools
- MSBuild
- Cake (C# Make)
- Gulp
- Webpack
- Vite
- Rollup
Tooling
- Git
- Visual Studio
- JetBrains Rider 💝
- DotPeek
- ReSharper
- VS Code
- KDiff3
Cloud
- GitHub
- Azure DevOps
- Bitbucket
- Amazon AWS
- Microsoft Azure
Documentation
- Feasibility studies
- Technical investigations
- Root Cause Analysis
- Migration Plans
- Deployment Plans
- Test Plans
- Rollback Plans
Comments & Feedback