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Best Web Dev Article of December 2017

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Current Entries

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20 Dec 2017Altaf Ansari
Integration of SignalR with ASP.NET C# WebForm Application in Real-Time Chat Application
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17 Dec 2017Voevudko A. E., Ph.D.
Explaining the Vogel spiral phenomenon. Offering web-pages used to illustrate different aspects of the Vogel spirals.
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22 Dec 2017Philipp_Engelmann
How to allow the player and invaders to shoot each other, add a simple high-score and a GameOver-screen
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26 Dec 2017Ivan Yakimov
In this article, I'll describe how to find typos in JSON document which must be deserialized in a .NET object. Also, I'll show how to deal with obsolete properties.
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13 Dec 2017Michael_Churchman
Alibaba Cloud offers a range of Big Data solutions. This article outlines them and explains which types of Big Data services on the Alibaba Cloud align with various workloads.
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9 Dec 2017Dr. Song Li
This is a note on Webpack, @Angular and miscellaneous topics.
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27 Dec 2017Dr. Song Li
This is a note on Vue & webpack.
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1 Dec 2017Silvia Campo
This post contains steps on how to set up an Android application widget in an hybrid mobile application using Apache Cordova and the plugin ACE from Microsoft.
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14 Dec 2017Kannan Ar
A step by step guide to integrate AngleSharp HTML parser into MariGold.OpenXHTML
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15 Dec 2017Intel
This article provides a starting point for assembling a set of tools for developing Node.js applications on headless IoT Linux devices.
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12 Dec 2017Chris_Riley
A cloud provider like Alibaba Cloud has deliberately made compute with SSD predictable and cost-effective, providing developers more of what they need to build great applications for production in the cloud.
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13 Dec 2017Brena_Monteiro
Alibaba CDN is one of the services provided by Alibaba Cloud. It has several distribution nodes around the world so that simultaneous updates to different services are facilitated, and consequently reduce downtime.
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15 Dec 2017Twain Taylor
To understand just how important a built-in monitoring solution is, let’s look at what changes when you move to the cloud, and why built-in monitoring is essential to run applications reliably in the cloud.
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2 Dec 2017Sibeesh Passion
How to implement validations in Angular 5 app
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13 Dec 2017Dr. Song Li
This is a note on Spring Boot and JAR and WAR deployment.
5 Dec 2017christian.gaetano
In this article I walk through the steps to add React’s best data grid – FlexGrid – to your web app using only Facebook’s Create React App, Wijmo, and a few lines of JavaScript.
15 Dec 2017Intel
Using Chrome DevTools to Debug your Remote IoT Node.js Application
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14 Dec 2017Zachary Flower
In this article, I outline the reasons why you may wish to use a commercial CI/CD platform, then walk through the steps of taking advantage of tools on Alibaba Cloud that allow you to set up a production-ready CI/CD pipeline.
11 Dec 2017Tristan Sokol
In this post we’ll walk through the necessary steps to build your own apps with Square.
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3 Apr 2023KristianEkman
A comparison of Dijkstra and Astar
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5 Dec 2017Vincent Maverick Durano
This article demonstrates how to build an ASP.NET Core application using Entity Framework Core Code-First development with Web API and MVC.
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10 Dec 2017syed shanu
In this article lets see in deep on how to work with WEB API, EF for performing a Inventory Management priority based Reorder level system CRUD operation using Angular5 and ASP.NET Core application
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20 Dec 2017muhammadjawwad
Javascript Functions explained
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5 Dec 2017Mohamed Taman
Explanation and exploring the code on how to traverse collections with streams, creating streams from collections and arrays, aggregating stream values
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17 Dec 2017Vladimir Dorokhov
Build a simple machine learning service with ASP.NET Core, Tensorflow and Azure Cloud
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16 Dec 2017Peter Leow
Creating your first HTML Form
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15 Feb 2018Jose Motta
IoT Starter Pi Core develops an ASP.NET Core Web Service for Raspberry Pi automatically generated by Swagger Hub.
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3 Oct 2018Alen Toma
EntityWorker.Core - an alternative to entity Framework
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21 Dec 2017Mahmoud Samir Fayed
We will learn about the innovation in the declarative approach of the Ring programming language.
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4 Dec 2017Pierre Nortje
Let's use the API we created in Part 1 to show the user some statistical graphs.
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3 Nov 2018Philipp_Engelmann
How to create simple 2D games using JavaScript, React, Canvas and CSS
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5 Dec 2017Raihan Alam
Investigating how ASP.NET Core Identity works
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30 Nov 2017Aniket Agrawal
Discusses about the usage of arrow function
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22 Dec 2017Abhishek Shrotriya
Develop the text comparator utility using jQuery plug-in, which internally uses Google's diff_match_patch.js library
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13 Jan 2020PrafullaVedante
This utility downloads Google takeout images from the downloaded JSON files.
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26 Dec 2017maayanwis
easy way to implement a webview in unity editor with tabbed window and callbacks from the html
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22 Dec 2017frenettej
How to layout and lazy load images in a flexible grid similar to how facebook displays them in a post. Selected images open a lightbox for previewing within a carousel. Image alt text is converted into a caption below the image.
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22 Dec 2017Philipp_Engelmann
How to implement state management to switch from the title screen to the playing-screen, add a player-controlled ship-class and finally some invaders for the player to fight.
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19 Dec 2017infal
This article shows how to send push notification to your mobile (Android) app from .NET infrastructure.
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5 Dec 2017Zohra73
It's an Angular 5 start up example for beginners
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19 Mar 2018Sriganesha Rao
Simple steps to integrate Angular Cli and ASP.NET core web API using VS Code
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26 Dec 2017muhammadjawwad
Javascript Function's implicit parameters explained
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8 Dec 2017Jalapeno Bob
Grouping and sorting in a WinForm listview fails in a WPF application unless Visual Styles are enabled.
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11 Dec 2017Bipin Radhakrishnan
Introduction We use Asp grid view to display various information and we may have come across multiple scenarios where we

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Architect
Singapore Singapore
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
Sweden Sweden
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer Prothious Engineering Services
India India
Team Leader .Net Developer, Working on Microsoft Technology Asp.Net, C#, SQL, Windows Application, Web Application.

Achievements :

13th January 2018 - Article of the Day - ASP.NET Community (SignalR Chat App With ASP.NET WebForm And BootStrap - Part One)


14th February 2018 - Article of the Day - ASP.NET Community (SignalR Chat App With ASP.NET WebForm And BootStrap - Part Two)

3rd March 2018 - Article of the Day - ASP.NET Community (SignalR Chat App With ASP.NET WebForm And BootStrap - Part Three)
Engineer
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
United States United States
Brena Monteiro is a Fixate IO Contributor and a software engineer with experience in the analysis and development of systems. She is a free software enthusiast and an apprentice of new technologies.
United States United States
ABOUT

Chris Riley is a technologist who has spent 12 years helping organizations transition from traditional development practices to a modern set of culture, processes and tooling. In addition to being a Gigaom Research analyst, he is an O’Reilly author, regular speaker, and subject matter expert in the areas of DevOps Strategy and culture and Enterprise Content Management. Chris believes the biggest challenges faced in the tech market is not tools, but rather people and planning.

Throughout Chris’s career he has crossed the roles of marketing, product management, and engineering to gain a unique perspective of how the deeply technical is used to solve real-world problems. By working with both early adopters and late, he has watched technologies mature from rough solutions to essential and transparent. In addition to spending his time understanding the market he helps ISVs selling B2D and practitioner of DevOps Strategy. He is interested in machine-learning, and the intersection of BigData and Information Management.

EXPERTISE

application lifecycle management (alm) devops enterprise content management (ecm) information architecture (ia) information governance
Web Developer GrapeCity, Inc.
United States United States
Christian Gaetano is an enthusiastic React developer, devoted dog dad, and caffeinated researcher and writer of all things JavaScript in the Seattle area. He's currently focused on making the front-end web a portal to developer happiness at GrapeCity, Inc.
United States United States
I have been working in the IT industry for some time. It is still exciting and I am still learning. I am a happy and honest person, and I want to be your friend.
Software Developer (Senior) JimFrenette.com
United States United States
Front-end specialist with a fair share of full stack experience.
Software Developer (Senior)
Germany Germany
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
United States United States
You may know us for our processors. But we do so much more. Intel invents at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business and society, and for every person on Earth.

Harnessing the capability of the cloud, the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, the latest advances in memory and programmable solutions, and the promise of always-on 5G connectivity, Intel is disrupting industries and solving global challenges. Leading on policy, diversity, inclusion, education and sustainability, we create value for our stockholders, customers and society.
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42 members
Software Developer (Senior) Finstek
China China
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) S & D Acres
United States United States
BSEE 1972, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
MSCS 1978, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, NJ

Now, I live in Texas with my wife and children and raise non-dairy (aka "meat") goats and chickens for fun and (maybe next year) profit.

As a hobby (we all need one, don't we?? Smile | :) ), I write agriculture-related software and play with O-gauge trains.
Systems Engineer
Brazil Brazil
Electronic Engineer UFRJ 1977, M.Sc. Computer Systems COPPE 1982, CEPEL Researcher until 1985, Mira Informatica CEO until 1995, TRENDnet Brazil CEO until 2015, IoT Systems & Architecture.
Software Developer (Senior) self employed
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
Sweden Sweden
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) EMIS
United Kingdom United Kingdom
(You can visit my blog in
Software Developer
Israel Israel
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
United States United States
Michael Churchman started as a scriptwriter, editor, and producer during the anything-goes early years of the game industry. He spent much of the ‘90s in the high-pressure bundled software industry, where the move from waterfall to faster release was well under way, and near-continuous release cycles and automated deployment were already de facto standards. During that time he developed a semi-automated system for managing localization in over fifteen languages. For the past ten years, he has been involved in the analysis of software development processes and related engineering management issues. He is a regular Fixate.io contributor.
Architect efinance
Egypt Egypt
A Systems Architect, Java team leader, and consultant with around 12+ years’ experience in projects architecture, manages department team, projects deadlines, delivery times, capacity plans, and resource planning in case of concurrent projects / change requests development. Consultant / Architect for startup companies.

Graduated with B.Sc in computer systems engineering, major Electrical Engineering.

A JCP & EC (Executive committee) member at Java Community Process Organization. JSR 358, 354, 364, & 363 Expert Group, and Working on many JSRs especially Java EE 7, 8 umbrella JSRs / Glassfish 4 evaluation and testing, and a member of Adopt-A-JSR, Adopt-OpenJDK, and FishCAT programs.

Member of MoroccoJUG and EGJUG Leader, Founder of JCP activities program group of EGJUG. Won the 11 annual JCP awards 2013 for Outstanding adopt-a-JSR participant.

An Oracle Egypt Architects Club board member, with responsibility to define and put the correct architecture reference solutions for Oracle customer's projects in EMEA.

Founder and Manager of efinance Mobile R&D and development department, after 6 months of R&D I came up with Banzenty mobile application on many platform.

More on http://about.me/mohamedtaman
Pakistan Pakistan
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Instructor / Trainer
Singapore Singapore
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

子曰:"三人行,必有我师焉;择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之."
Software Developer (Senior)
Germany Germany
Hi there 🙂
My name is Philipp Engelmann, I work as a web developer at FIO SYSTEMS AG in Leipzig. I am interested in C#, Python, (REST-)API-Design, software architecture, algorithms and AI. Check out my blog at https://cheesyprogrammer.com/
Software Developer BeingIT
South Africa South Africa
I am a software developer that loves creating new things, solving solutions and reading about the latest technologies. I am currently working on MVC projects, creating .NET APIs, deploying applications, writing SQL queries, debugging Windows Services, developing Xamarin mobile applications and working with a bunch of great people. Outside of work I am a brother and father.
Software Developer (Senior) nVidia Corporation
India India
Prafulla is a passionate software developer. He has mostly worked on C++ and .NET projects. He has a Masters Degree in Software Systems from BITS, Pilani India. Currently he is working for nVidia corporation as a Senior System Engineer.

He is an embedded technology enthusiast. He likes to spend his time on electronics projects.
Software Developer (Senior)
Australia Australia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
Germany Germany
I am Sibeesh Venu, an engineer by profession and writer by passion. I’m neither an expert nor a guru. I have been awarded Microsoft MVP 3 times, C# Corner MVP 5 times, DZone MVB. I always love to learn new technologies, and I strongly believe that the one who stops learning is old.

My Blog: Sibeesh Passion
My Website: Sibeesh Venu
Canada Canada
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
Australia Australia
Senior Software Developer working on different Microsoft Technologies.
Desktop applications , Web application , Service layer , Azure
Team Leader
India India
Microsoft MVP | Code Project MVP | CSharp Corner MVP | Author | Blogger and always happy to Share what he knows to others. MyBlog

My Interview on Microsoft TechNet Wiki Ninja Link
United States United States
My name is Tristan, and I really like making good developer experiences. I am Square’s developer evangelist, where I focus on expanding the platform while getting the best bang for my buck. When I’m not working, I like making things and growing succulents.
United States United States
Twain began his career at Google, where, among other things, he was involved in technical support for the AdWords team. His work involved reviewing stack traces, and resolving issues affecting both customers and the Support team, and handling escalations. Later, he built branded social media applications, and automation scripts to help startups better manage their marketing operations. Today, as a technology journalist he helps IT magazines, and startups change the way teams build and ship applications.
Architect
United States United States
A code monkey who loves to drink beer, play guitar and listen to music.

My Tech Blog: https://vmsdurano.com/
My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuabaYm8QH4b1MAclaRp-3Q

I currently work as a Solutions Architect and we build "cool things" to help people improve their health.

With over 14 years of professional experience working as a Sr. Software Engineer specializing mainly on Web and Mobile apps using Microsoft technologies. My exploration into programming began at the age of 15;Turbo PASCAL, C, C++, JAVA, VB6, Action Scripts and a variety of other equally obscure acronyms, mainly as a hobby. After several detours, I am here today on the VB.NET to C# channel. I have worked on Web Apps + Client-side technologies + Mobile Apps + Micro-services + REST APIs + Event Communication + Databases + Cloud + Containers , which go together like coffee crumble ice cream.

I have been awarded Microsoft MVP each year since 2009, awarded C# Corner MVP for 2015, 2016,2017 and 2018, CodeProject MVP, MVA, MVE, Microsoft Influencer, Dzone MVB, Microsoft ASP.NET Site Hall of Famer with All-Star level and a regular contributor at various technical community websites such as CSharpCorner, CodeProject, ASP.NET and TechNet.

Books written:
" Book: Understanding Game Application Development with Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET
" Book (Technical Reviewer): ASP.NET Core and Angular 2
" EBook: Dockerizing ASP.NET Core and Blazor Applications on Mac
" EBook: ASP.NET MVC 5- A Beginner's Guide
" EBook: ASP.NET GridView Control Pocket Guide
Software Developer (Senior)
Ukraine Ukraine
Software Engineer and OSS contributor who interested in distributed systems and cloud computing. I've been using Microsoft stack of technologies with success over the years and love to share engineering approaches, practices, solutions and tools.
Architect
United States United States
I've started programming in a machine code and an assembly language for IBM 370 mainframe, and later programmed in many other languages, including, of course, C/C++/C# and ASP/ASP.net/VB.net.

I've created many system automation tools and websites for companies and universities.
In addition, I've always been a scientist interested in Computer Science, NT, AI, etc.

Now I'm using mainly scripting languages for NT small problems and computer graphics.
United States United States
Zachary Flower (@zachflower) is a freelance web developer, writer, and polymath. He has an eye for simplicity and usability, and strives to build products with both the end user and business goals in mind. From building projects for the NSA to creating features for companies like Name.com and Buffer, Zach has always taken a strong stand against needlessly reinventing the wheel, often advocating for the use of well established third-party and open source services and solutions to improve the efficiency and reliability of a development project.
Tunisia Tunisia
Software Developer Engineer

Contest Entries and Requirements

  1. The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
  2. Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
  3. With the exception of the Everything Else category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
  4. Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
  5. No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
  6. Articles may only be considered for a single category. If an article is eligible for multiple categories (for example, it pertains to both the C# and Web Dev categories), CodeProject editors and judges will decide which category the article shall be entered in.
  7. No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
  8. If an author writes has two separate articles, each article may be considered in their respective categories provided none of the aforementioned rules are broken. For example, if an author wrote two separate articles, one related to C# and one related to VB.NET, the author and articles could be nominated in the C# and VB.NET competitions, respectively.
  9. In the event an author wins multiple competitions, and repeat, identical prizes, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  10. In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  11. In the event of a tie,  the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  12. Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
  13. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  14. Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
  15. Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
  16. By entering the contest you agree to the rules, conditions of entry, and agree that your member alias and any submitted material can be used for promotional purposes by CodeProject.
  17. Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry unless clearly indicated otherwise. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

Eligibility

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