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Paxium is the company owned by myself, Dave Amour and used for providing IT contract development services including

• Application development - Desktop, Web, Services - with Classic ASP, Asp.net WebForms, Asp.net MVC, Asp.net Core
• Html, Css, JavaScript, jQuery, React, C#, SQL Server, Ado.net, Entity Framework, NHibernate, TDD, WebApi, GIT, IIS
• Database schema design, implementation & ETL activities
• Website design and hosting including email hosting
• Training - typically one to one sessions
• Reverse Engineering and documentation of undocumented systems
• Code Reviews
• Performance Tuning
• Located in Cannock, Staffordshire

About Dave Amour (Currently Available For Contract .Net Work)

I am a previously SC security cleared (2012) development contractor and have been building web based applications and websites for the last 25 years using such technologies as Classic Asp, VbScript, VB 6.0, COM, Visual Interdev, Visual Studio, VSCode, Angular, Typescript, HangFire, Asp.net, MVC 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 with Razor, WebApi, Html, XHtml, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Knockout.js, C#, Vb.net, Web Services, StructureMap, Unity, SOAP, SOA, XML, XSLT, WCF, SQL Server, SQL Reporting Services (SSRS), Access, Oracle, OOP, StructureMap, T4MVC, VSS, SVN, IBM ClearCase, Perforce, Continuous Integration with CC.net and TeamCity, MSBuild, AutoMapper, Resharper, TDD, FakeItEasy, nUnit, Moq, Shoudly, MSTest, Entity Framework Performance Tuning, Design Patterns and .Net (All versions) up to and including version 4.7.2, .Net Core & .net 5, 6, 7 & 8, Auth0, Stateless and Session based state management/simulation using both single web servers in small companies through to load balanced architectures in larger companies.

I am both a website developer and a true web application developer. I worked mostly on public facing websites from 1999 – 2003 and then for 10 years after that worked mostly on complex web based applications returning to do a lot of public facing websites in 2010 and then back to application development in 2011. In 2012 -13 I moved back to Public Facing Ecommerce web sites at companies like Sports Direct and DotNine solutions working on many well-known high transactional sites. More recently in 2014 and 2015 I have been working on extremely complex web based process quality control and rebate systems. Between 2015 and 2020 I worked in the arena of pharmaceutical trials, studies and study analysis. After that I have spent the last couple of years working on a number of contracts in various business sectors and usually built around Microsoft Azure.

My main .net language of choice is C# but I am also able and comfortable coding in VB.net when that is required by clients and I have completed at least four contracts with VB.net in the recent past. Prior to developing I used to be an IT trainer teaching adult courses including things like advanced database theory, Excel & VBA, C Programming and COBOL all up to City & Guilds Level III.

When not being paid to code I spend a large amount of time at home learning and researching new technologies so there are many things I can do which I have yet to use commercially. I also run a small home network with a domain controller, web server, email server and database server where I host websites and email for myself, friends and some local businesses so although I am a developer I am very aware of the big picture and know about things like security, DNS, SMTP, IIS, Firewalls, Routers, SSL and so on.

Also I do some part time teaching and often find myself teaching students things like WinForms programming, C programming or even games programming such as retro games like space invaders. I also teach beginner and intermediate chess.

You can view a list of technical articles written by myself at our technical articles section and you can also search these by keyword using the search box below.