Samuel Jack

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ABOUT ME

Full stack .Net developer with 10+ years WPF experience

I'm an experienced .Net developer with a head for business and a passion for solving problems.

I cut my teeth developing desktop Windows applications (Windows Forms, then WPF). More recently I have developed expertise in server and web-development (WCF, Asp.Net, Web Api, Typescript). Through StackOverflow and my own blog (blog.functionalfun.net) I've earned a reputation as an untangler of knotty problems.

I have a keen interest in developer and business productivity, and I aim to help clients in stepping up their development practices using Distributed Version Control, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.

For all my love of technology, I've learned to see it as only a means to an end. As a founder of a startup helping churches make their way on the web (www.truthvine.com) my real focus is on using technology to help make everyday life better for everybody.

English

London (+01:00)

Joined August 2014

EXPERTISE

16 years experience

I've embraced each new version of C# as it was released, seeking to plumb the depths of what the new features made possible. My favour...

I've embraced each new version of C# as it was released, seeking to plumb the depths of what the new features made possible. My favourite release was C# 3.0, and the features that made functional-style programming a reality. This was the inspiration I needed to start my blog, launching with a series on solving Project Euler problems in functional-flavoured C# (http://blog.functionalfun.net/search/label/Project%20Euler)

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)

8 years experience

I delivered my first WPF application to a customer when WPF was still in beta. More recently, I've delivered or worked on several commerc...

I delivered my first WPF application to a customer when WPF was still in beta. More recently, I've delivered or worked on several commercial WPF applications for clients including http://mixedinkey.com/, http://mashup.mixedinkey.com/ and http://hibernatingrhinos.com/products/uberprof Amongst my skills relating to WPF: * I adopted the MVVM approach to WPF right from the start * I've developed several custom controls including charting, and waveform rendering/editing controls * I've learned to appreciate the power of lose-coupling enabled by an event aggregator centered architecture.

MVVM

ASP.NET MVC

6 years experience

I love the elegance and power of Asp.Net. I've delivered several public websites, including http://community.mixedinkey.com/ and http://c...

I love the elegance and power of Asp.Net. I've delivered several public websites, including http://community.mixedinkey.com/ and http://churches.evangelical-times.org/ and the technology that powers www.truthvine.com, my startup.

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ASP.NET

14 years experience

It was .Net and C# which fuelled my love for development. I got started with .Net when it was still in beta, and have never wavered in my...

It was .Net and C# which fuelled my love for development. I got started with .Net when it was still in beta, and have never wavered in my devotion to it since! I love reading about the inner workings of .Net, and this has paid dividends in giving me the understanding needed to optimise code. My favourite example of this is when I rewrote a computation engine which took 2 or 3 minutes to do its thing. Once I was done with it completed in just a few hundred milliseconds. This opened up many opportunities for the client, since we could provide features that enabled them to make changes and see the results in almost real time.

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

2 years experience

I've been responsible for moving Mixed In Key's server architecture over to AWS. We've made use of ElasticBeanstalk for auto-scaling, fau...

I've been responsible for moving Mixed In Key's server architecture over to AWS. We've made use of ElasticBeanstalk for auto-scaling, fault-tolerant services, RDS for robust SQL Server provision and DynamoDb for easily scalable NoSql data storage. My own startup is currently powered by AWS, using EC2 for compute, and S3 for storage of audio files.

Silverlight

6 years experience

Having fallen in love with WPF for desktop development, it was a natural step to adopt Silverlight when we needed apps for the Web. M...

Having fallen in love with WPF for desktop development, it was a natural step to adopt Silverlight when we needed apps for the Web. My biggest contribution in this area is the Silverlight-based Management UI that supports RavenDb 2.0. My favourite feature is the infinite scrolling approach I developed that allows DataGrids to display lists of millions of rows using just-in-time loading.

Continuous Integration

10 years experience

Continuous Integration is one of the development practices that I always urge clients to adopt. I got started on this crusade by intro...

Continuous Integration is one of the development practices that I always urge clients to adopt. I got started on this crusade by introducing the CruiseControl.Net at my employers. Later we moved on to TeamCity. When I started working as a freelancer for another client, I set them up with a TeamCity installation. Lately, I've become enamoured with AppVeyor for its simplicity of setup, and ease with which it supports Continuous Deployment as well as Continuous Integration

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

VirtualCollection

A sample that demonstrates how to implement Data Virtualization (or Stealth Paging) for Silverlight (could also be adapted for WPF). Includes a VirtualizingWrapPanel.

SelectedItemsBindingDemo

An example of how to bind the SelectedItems property of an ItemsControl in WPF to a ViewModel

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