Wecome to Developer's Tome

static void Main()
{
    using (var website = new DevelopersTomeWebsite())
    {
        website.Start();
        while (website.Alive)
        {
            website.PublishContent();
        }
    }
}

Welcome

I finally did it! I have long wanted to create a website that allows me to channel some of my creative energy and share the software development knowledge I gained over the years. The site is certainly still in it’s infancy and a bit rough around the edges, but at the time of writing this blog post I believe it is off to a nice start with the first two lessons in my Learn C# series in the can.

What is Developer’s Tome?

Developer’s Tome is much more than my personal website with a silly name! Or at least it will be… My intention is to make this site into a great free resource for software developers to learn about topics related to the field of software development.

Blog

This blog will serve as a vehicle for me to put out small bite-sized pieces of information on software development topics. This is where I will put out stuff that I feel would fit better as a one-off blog post rather than a complete multi-part lesson series. I intend to keep everything on this site, including the blog, on topic and related to the practice of software development. You will not find me ranting about world events, politics, or any other unrelated topic on this blog. I feel the urge to spew forth such things I will do so somewhere else. I want people to be able to follow my blog for the purpose of learning something new about software development and not have to filter through a bunch of unrelated personal garbage. For instance, if something stumped me at work, this is where I will share the problem I faced and how I solved it in hopes that I might help out someone else so that they can get past similar problems in their coding endeavors.

Learn

In the Learn section of the site, you will find various tutorial series on different topics related to software development. Compared to my blog, the Learn section will be more formal in nature. The first topic I plan on tackling is learning C#. As I stated earlier, at the time of this publishing this blog post, I have produced the first two lessons in the series and more lessons are soon to follow. While I would love to get complete lessons ready before publishing, I have to decided to publish lessons as I complete them so I can get feedback from the community and adapt the series as needed. C# is not the only topic that will be covered, but rather just the first topic I have decided to cover. I will try and be consistent about continuing to build on this lesson series until I feel like I have covered the topic thoroughly. There are other topics I intend to add to this site, but C# is the topic I am going to start with for now. I think it is a great language with a very broad list of use cases and I want to share with the world my love for C#!

In Closing

This site has a long way to go before I will be happy with it. A quick look at my home page image is a good sign of how rough this site is. There are many things missing right now that this site sorely needs (like the ability to leave comments!) and in time I plan on addressing those issues until I get have a product I am happy with. I plan to regularly add content to this site and hopefully over time build it in to a vast and wonderful resource for the software development community. I hope you will stick around and be a part of the Developer’s Tome family.