Dominic Betts
Senior Content Developer at Microsoft
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDominic Betts is a Senior Content Developer based in Bristol with 11 years of focused experience creating developer-facing content, samples, and training around Microsoft technologies and Azure IoT. He combines hands-on engineering—contributing C#, C and Node.js samples for prominent Azure IoT SDKs and cross-platform Xamarin mobile demos—with deep technical writing and course design skills honed over decades as an IT trainer and principal technologist. At Microsoft and Content Master he’s translated complex distributed-systems concepts into clear documentation, quickstarts and training materials that accelerate developer adoption. His background spans both low-level SDK work (including C99 IoT SDKs and Doxygen-driven API docs) and higher-level mobile and cloud scenarios, reflecting a rare blend of code-level competence and pedagogical craft. Unusually for a content specialist, he still contributes code to well-known Azure samples, bridging the gap between sample authoring and production-quality examples.
11 years of coding experience
BA, PPE, BA, PPE at University of OxfordMSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at University of Bristol
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Github Skills (33)
ios10
mobile-development10
xamarin10
microsoft-azure10
c1110
azure-iothub10
c1710
iot10
android10
dotnet-core10
doxygen10
azure10
csharp10
documentation10
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-iot-sdks
Sep 2015 - Oct 2016
SDKs for a variety of languages and platforms that help connect devices to Microsoft Azure IoT services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:104 commits, 56 PRs, 69 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Dominic's contributions primarily involve modifications to the documentation and examples of the Azure IoT Device SDK for C, and the associated C# and Node.js samples. Their focus appears to be on providing clear instructions and examples for developers, which involved adding comments to improve clarity and examples for developers, particularly regarding HTTP polling intervals. The user also contributed to build scripts and C# samples, and fixed documentation within the API reference, ensuring the examples are accurate and user-friendly, thereby facilitating developer understanding.
dotnetplatformssdksazure-iotsdk
Azure/azure-iot-sdk-c
Sep 2015 - May 2021
A C99 SDK for connecting devices to Microsoft Azure IoT services
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:2 reviews, 47 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dominic's commits primarily focus on documentation updates within the repository. The changes include modifications to API reference files, specifically concerning the `iothub_message.h` and `map.h` files, and adding documentation related to HTTP polling and the remote monitoring sample. These edits suggest a focus on enhancing the clarity and completeness of the project documentation for developers and users. The commits involve code differences, particularly changes to HTML files generated by Doxygen, which points to a documentation-driven approach.
azure-iot-sdksc99azure-iotsdkserialization-library
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