This website is a place for me to learn, experiment and play with new technologies in a public place. I currently have 8 major projects here, with a few more under the radar prototypes and experiments.
The source code for this website is available at https://github.com/SamSmithNZ-dotcom/SamSmithNZ.com
My presence on other websites:
History
OS Platform: Microsoft Windows 10.0.20348
ASP.NET Core version: .NETCoreApp,Version=v9.0
Current application version: 9.0.4.0 (Last built: 05-Feb-2025 04:17:58PM UTC)
There have been various versions of the site over the years on various domains.
ASP.NET Core version: .NETCoreApp,Version=v9.0
Current application version: 9.0.4.0 (Last built: 05-Feb-2025 04:17:58PM UTC)
There have been various versions of the site over the years on various domains.
- 1999-2002: SamSmith.co.nz: a basic HTML blog with a cgibin forum. Some static HTML pages were pre-generated with a VB6 application from an Access database
- 2003-2009: SamSmith.co.nz: a basic HTML blog with a cgibin forum, with MySQL database and JavaScript navigation.
- 2010-2012: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET forms and SQL database
- 2012-2014: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET MVC4, and SQL database
- 2014-2016: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET MVC5, hosted on Azure PaaS with an Azure SQL database
- 2017-2020: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET MVC5 and .NET Core 3.1, AngularJS, hosted on Azure PaaS, with a Azure SQL database, deployed with Azure DevOps
- 2021: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET Core and .NET 5, hosted on Azure PaaS, with Azure SQL, deployed with GitHub
- 2022: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET Core and .NET 6, hosted on Azure PaaS, with Azure SQL, deployed with GitHub
- 2023: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET Core and .NET 7, hosted on Azure PaaS, with Azure SQL, deployed with GitHub
- 2024: SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET Core and .NET 8, hosted on Azure PaaS, with Azure SQL, deployed with GitHub
- (now): SamSmithNZ.com with ASP.NET Core and .NET 9, hosted on Azure PaaS, with Azure SQL, deployed with GitHub
The future?
