About Allen Underwood

Allen has specialized in web specific programming for 15 years creating solutions for Fortune 100 companies. Proficient in database design and performance tuning and developing robust user interfaces using the latest Javascript and web technologies.
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Why Attend Developer Conferences and What were the Hot Topics at NDC London 2020?

February 16, 2020 By Allen Underwood Leave a Comment

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Jamie from https://dotnetcore.show/ and Allen, ya know, from Coding Blocks, sat down together at NDC London to talk about the hot topics from the conference as well as how to get the most out of any conference you attend.

If you’re reading this episodes show notes via your podcast player, you can find this episode’s full show notes at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode126 where you can join in on the conversation.

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Azure Functions and CosmosDB from MS Ignite

October 21, 2018 By Allen Underwood 5 Comments

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This is a special episode recorded at Microsoft Ignite 2018 where John Callaway from The 6 Figure Developer Podcast joins Allen Underwood to talk about Azure Functions and CosmosDB. Find out what they are and why you might want to try them out for yourself.

Using your podcast player to read these show notes? You can view this episode’s full show notes and participate in the discussion over at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode92 [Read more…]

Docker and Kubernetes Community Talk

August 9, 2018 By Allen Underwood Leave a Comment

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Design Anti-Patterns: YoYo, The God Object and More

April 15, 2018 By Allen Underwood 57 Comments

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It’s time for more Ant-EYE or Ant-EEE design patterns as we venture into object cesspool that awaits. Come find out what these patterns are and how to avoid them. Bonus: Michael drops the term Heinz Doofenshmirtz – Joe and Allen didn’t know this pattern, but maybe you will.

Public Properties vs Public Variables – Clean Code the Right Way

February 26, 2017 By Allen Underwood 1 Comment

In Episode 55, Michael and I got into a conversation about public properties and public variables “looking” the same in C#. For those unfamiliar with the topic or maybe not clear on the difference, I put together a video showing exactly what they are, how they’re different, and why you would choose one over the other. If you have any comments, please do leave the below!

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Clean Code – Integrating with Third Party Libraries the Right Way

January 8, 2017 By Allen Underwood 25 Comments

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In this episode we talk about how to insulate your application at it’s boundaries? What in the world does that even mean?! We’re not talking about those boundaries where others aren’t allowed to touch your keyboard (although that’s a real thing). No, we’re talking about making sure you make your code easier to maintain over time by coding to interfaces or wrappers for third party libraries or external APIs. Come join us on another deep dive into Clean Code, and our (polluted) thoughts on the topic. [Read more…]

Clean Code – Formatting Matters

November 29, 2016 By Allen Underwood 14 Comments

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Ever judged a book by its cover? Of course you have. Ever passed judgement on some code simply because it didn’t look pretty? There’s more to writing code than having it functional and in this episode we dive into the reasons code formatting actually matters. Who wins the newspaper format debate?! Leave us a comment and let us know! [Read more…]

Web Application Debugging Session in Google Chrome

October 23, 2016 By Allen Underwood 2 Comments

In this video, Allen tracks down a bug in a web application that AndrewK provided from our Slack community – https://www.codingblocks.net/slack
He walks through the debugging process and drops a few little tips along the way that can provide a methodical / effective approach to finding and fixing bugs.

Clean Code – Writing Meaningful Names

September 27, 2016 By Allen Underwood 85 Comments

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In this episode, we take our first dive into the book Clean Code by Robert Martin and specifically we talk about writing meaningful names for all things code related. You’ll be amazed at how following some decent rules that you can start naming things that will help you and fellow coders understand your code at a glance. [Read more…]

Caching Overview and Hardware

August 12, 2016 By Allen Underwood 7 Comments

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In this episode we give a general overview of caching, where it’s used, why it’s used, and what the differences in hardware implementations mean in terms we can understand. This will be foundational to understanding caching at a software level in an upcoming episode. There’s also something about the number 37 that may be the most important number to remember…ever… [Read more…]

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