Best C# Article of April 2018

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WPF MVVM View Binding to a Singleton and WeakReference

25 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

Concept to create a Singleton for WPF MVVM Binding, and using Weak reference for the property that is bound to.

.NET

WPF

VS2013

XAML

Design

Dev

LINQ Part 3: An Introduction to IQueryable

20 Apr 2018Eric Lynch

Part 3 in the LINQ series, this provides an introduction to IQueryable, IQueryProvider, and LINQ expression trees.

Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top

1 Apr 2018Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The mystery of Benham’s top invented in 1895, as well as Fechner color effect, remains not fully uncovered so far. WPF and XAML help to accelerate the research greatly.

Tracking Objects with Pixy Visual Sensor on Raspberry Pi using Windows 10 IoT Core

26 May 2018Victor Dashevsky

Processing the positioning information of visual objects detected by Pixy camera and received on Raspberry Pi via I2C, and using common design patterns in a C# program parsing robotics sensor data

Create a ML Classification Pipeline in .NET with ClassifyBot

8 Apr 2018Allister Beharry

We'll use the ClassifyBot program to put together an ML pipeline to solve a text classification problem using open-source ML components

artificial-intelligence

Dev

WPF Behavior to Ensure a ToggleButton/CheckBox is Selected

4 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This behavior will require that for any Group of ToggleButton/Checkbox controls that are associated together, the user cannot set all to not IsChecked.

WPF Behavior to close a Popup with MouseLeave

3 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

Normally a popup will stay open until explicitly closed. The Behavior will close the Popup if the mouse is clicked within or outside the Popup area or leaves the Popup area.

CSV/Excel File Parser - A Revisit

7 Apr 2018#realJSOP

An example of evolving code to fit new demands

Colouring DataGridView Cells According to their Content in WinForms

23 Apr 2018OriginalGriff

How to colour the individual cells of a DataGridView according to their content. For example, negative values can be Red, positive values Green to show "Up"s and "Down"s more easily.

.NET

Windows

Dev

The New Era Of Clustering: CLOPE Algorithm in C#.NET

27 Apr 2018Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, we will formulate and discuss CLOPE data mining clustering algorithm that allows to drastically increase the quality and efficiency of categorized data clustering and can be easily used for recommendation-specific purposes

Writing Distributable .NET Application with x2net

5 Apr 2018Jay Kang

Introduction to a new approach to distribution

Using WPF Behavior to Reduce Loading Time

18 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

I had a situation where a control appearing was significantly affected by the initialization of the UserControls. This behavior fixed my problem.

WPF Behavior to Reset RadioButtons on VisibilityChanged

2 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This tip provides a behavior that will reset all RadioButton controls within a Control that has this behavior when the Visibility changes.

WPF ValueConverter to Convert to Correct Type

5 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

Normally, there is no need to ensure that types exactly match when using a Binding. For instance, the Control property double to and int in a ViewModel

Flexible WPF XAML ToggleButton/RadioButton/CheckBox reset behavior

27 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This is a behavior that that will reset ToggleButton derived controls to false (or a specified default value) when the container's visibility becomes false.

Selenium Series Part 4: Killing Laying Around Browser Processes for More Consistent Selenium Testing

25 Jun 2018Sean Rand

This is an article to help you clean up browser processes during automated Selenium testing.

Testing ASP.NET Core MVC Application with NUnit and Moq

8 Apr 2018Sem Shekhovtsov

The how-to article that summarises best practices for unit testing ASP NET Core MVC controller using NUnit and Moq framework

Aurelia and .NET Core 2.0

20 Jun 2018vnmatt

How to take advantage of ASP .NET Core's Razor (.cshtml) views and have dynamic routes for Aurelia

Async Commands with Codon FX

1 Apr 2018Daniel Vaughan

Learn how to leverage the asynchronous ICommand implementation in Codon FX to support commands that kick-off long-running operations.

Expander Control with On/Off Content using RadioButton Control

1 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This is a control that is like a Expander Control but there is both Expanded and not Expanded Content. It demonstrates some concepts on how to easily create controls whose functionality can be mostly implemented in the XAML with the code behind being mostly DependencyProperty definitions.

Customized Casting With ObjectCaster

24 Apr 2018Yisrael Lax

Library that provides custom casting functionality from one type to another between properties with disparate names and types

AWS Serverless API using .NET Core 2.0

19 Apr 2018Sudip Bhakta

How to create AWS Serverless API (API Gateway + Lambda Function) in .NET Core, C# using AWS SDK for Visual Studio

Xamarin Questions & Answers

28 Apr 2018MilanGohil

This article contains possible basic questions along with their answers to help you to understand or gain basic knowledge about Xamarin.

Case Insensitive XPath Queries

3 Apr 2018Christiaan van Bergen

How to perform XPath queries on all lower case elements

XML

.NET

XPath

AngularJS and REST API - Part 2

19 Apr 2018charles922

AngularJS and REST API Tutorial - Part 2

How to Convert Right-Handed to Left-Handed Coordinates and Quaternions In Unity

19 Apr 2018Kamran Bigdely-Shamloo

Formulas to Convert Right-Handed Vectors and Quaternions to Left-Handed Equivalents

Unity3D

Custom Tokenization Database First

27 Apr 2018Member 11896794

This custom database first approach token authentication will enable you to apply token-based authentication in your application in a simple way with no hassle.

Ever Try to Retrieve Relying Party Application Authenticated Under ACS (an Identity and Access Management Middleware) or the RP Identity Provider Name

26 Apr 2018Girish Kalamati

RETRIEVE RELYING PARTY APPLICATION name and RP IDP Names

Publish RDL Files To SSRS using C#

8 Apr 2018Sameh Abdel Mongy

Deploy Reports rdl files to SSRS using C# script

.NET

SSRS

SQL-Server

Your Own Word Bookmark Editor

15 Apr 2018Petrov Vladimir

Word Bookmark Editor for Word Reports easy handling

AngularJS and REST API: Part 3

27 Apr 2018charles922

AngularJS and REST API Tutorial: Part 3

Instant Conversational Bots with the MS Bot Service and DARL

14 Apr 2018AndyEdmonds

Create a conversational bot inside the Microsoft Bot framework instantly that requires no programming and can be easily modified to suit your use, but that still gets all the connectivity of the bot framework, to Skype Facebook messenger, etc.

Customize payment solutions with the new, streamlined API from Authorize.Net

16 Apr 2018Authorize.Net

The Authorize.Net API makes it easy to create, capture, refund and void secure payment transactions. Offering both XML or JSON, it works well with Ruby, Node.js, Python, and many other languages. The streamlined API also has the bandwidth to accept payments in every environment.

Build a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming App with SVG and JavaScript

4 May 2018Marc Clifton

Learning how to programmatically manipulate SVG in JavaScript

C# Debug vs. Release Builds and Debugging in Visual Studio – from Novice to Expert in One Blog Article

19 Apr 2018Ben Hall (failingfast.io)

Most articles and documentation about the 'out of the box' C# Debug and Release build configurations were written prior to Roslyn. I take a fresh look at what you now get under the covers in 2018.

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Finalizer Case Explained

28 Apr 2018LiYS

Finalizer case explained

ASP.NET Core 2.0 User Role Base Dynamic Menu Management Using Dependency Injection

5 Apr 2018syed shanu

In this article, we will see in detail how to display role-based dynamic menu after a user logs in. For this, we will create a Menu Master table and insert a few records to display the menu and link the URL to the menu based on the logged in user's role.

Solving the Dining Philosophers' Problem

5 May 2018George Swan

This article illustrates how to solve the Dining Philosophers' Problem using the Task Based Asynchronous Pattern

The Foreground Await / Async Anti-Pattern

4 Mar 2019marcusts

The mis-use of async/await point to an underlying lack of awareness of C# design principles, including event-driven programming. The post The Foreground Await / Async Anti-Pattern appeared first on Marcus Technical Services..

One Possible Way of Selectively Assigning Hubs to Different WebApps in the Same Application

16 Jun 2023Zoltán Zörgő

One application, multiple SignalR endpoints with different hubs

SignalR

A Simple Dashboard with ASP.NET Core 2.0, SignalR, Angular 5 and Chart.js

10 Apr 2018Igor Ladnik

The sample provides Web access to devices status and displays dynamic metrics charts with ASP.NET Core 2.0, SignalR, Angular 5 and Chart.js.

QuickPlot Utility

9 Apr 2018charles922

Easy to Use Plotting Utility

Unified Concurrency II - Benchmarking Methodologies

6 May 2021ipavlu

The goal of the Unified Concurrency is to unify access to different synchronization primitives in object-oriented fashion with one pattern and two interfaces for general and async/await methods.

File Explorer Clone with Tabs and Parallel File Search Tool

21 Apr 2018Wade Harvey

This article shows how to use Winforms, WPF and C# to create a File Explorer Clone with Tabs and an extremely fast parallel file search utility.

Windows

WinForms

artificial-intelligence

Very Thin Database Layer using UnitOfWork Pattern and EntityFramework

27 Apr 2018Burim Hajrizaj

Building very thin database layer when using unit of work pattern together with Enityframework

.NET

entity-framework

A Flexible String Trim Method

6 Apr 2018PIEBALDconsult

A Trim method for strings that provides flexibility without requiring the use of large character arrays

.NET

Alerts in Xamarin

24 Apr 2018didourebai

Mobile alerts in Xamarim.forms

System.Random and Infinite Monkey Theorem

5 May 2020Member 4201813

Jumping along the System.Random output sequence with logarithmic complexity

LINQ Part 4: A Deep Dive Into a Queryable Extension Method

25 Apr 2018Eric Lynch

Part 4 in the LINQ series, contrasts the System.Linq.Enumerable and System.Linq.Queryable extension methods and explores how expression trees are produced and consumed.

Export to Excel using NPOI - C# and WEB API

12 Aug 2019Mohammed Dawood Ansari

"How to export the List into an Excel file" in a generic way using NPOI with .NET/.NET Core WEB API

Current Participants

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#realJSOP

Software Developer (Senior) Paddedwall Software

United States

I've been paid as a programmer since 1982 with experience in Pascal, and C++ (both self-taught), and began writing Windows programs in 1991 using Visual C++ and MFC. In the 2nd half of 2007, I started writing C# Windows Forms and ASP.Net applications, and have since done WPF, Silverlight, WCF, web services, and Windows services.

My weakest point is that my moments of clarity are too brief to hold a meaningful conversation that requires more than 30 seconds to complete. Thankfully, grunts of agreement are all that is required to conduct most discussions without committing to any particular belief system.

Zoltán Zörgő

Technical Lead

Hungary

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Allister Beharry

Software Developer

Trinidad and Tobago

I've been programming computers as a hobby and professionally for more than 20 years. I like both Windows and Linux. My current areas of interest are computer security, machine learning, conversational user interfaces, and .NET HPC.

AndyEdmonds

United Kingdom

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Arthur V. Ratz

Software Developer (Senior) EpsilonDev

Ukraine

I’m software developer, system analyst and network engineer, with over 20 years experience, graduated from L’viv State Polytechnic University and earned my computer science and information technology master’s degree in January 2004. My professional career began as a financial and accounting software developer in EpsilonDev company, located at L’viv, Ukraine. My favorite programming languages - C/C++, C#.NET, Java, ASP.NET, Node.js/JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, SQL, HTML5, etc. While developing applications, I basically use various of IDE’s and development tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio/Code, Eclipse IDE for Linux, IntelliJ/IDEA for writing code in Java. My professional interests basically include data processing and analysis algorithms, artificial intelligence and data mining, system analysis, modern high-performance computing (HPC), development of client-server web-applications using various of libraries, frameworks and tools. I’m also interested in cloud-computing, system security audit, IoT, networking architecture design, hardware engineering, technical writing, etc. Besides of software development, I also admire to write and compose technical articles, walkthroughs and reviews about the new IT- technological trends and industrial content. I published my first article at CodeProject in June 2015.

Authorize.Net

United States

Connecting a website to the payment processing networks is exceptionally difficult and typically beyond the expertise and technical resources of most online merchants. Instead, merchants can easily connect to the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway, which provides the complex infrastructure and security necessary to ensure fast, reliable and secure transmission of transaction data. Authorize.Net manages the routing of transactions just like a traditional credit card swipe machine you find in the physical retail world, however, Authorize.Net uses the Internet instead of a phone line. The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway is available 24/7 for processing transactions. We also offer a number of value-adding services to assist merchants in managing their businesses and protecting themselves from fraud. Additionally, the free, Authorize.Net Verified Merchant Seal can be added to a merchant's website to help build consumer confidence.

Ben Hall (failingfast.io)

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

Ben is the Principal Developer at a gov.uk and .NET Foundation foundation member. He previously worked for over 9 years as a school teacher, teaching programming and Computer Science. He enjoys making complex topics accessible and practical for busy developers.

Burim Hajrizaj

Software Developer (Senior) Trigonit AB

United States

Developer with broad skills set and architecture awareness with more than 20 years’ experience in design and development of client/server, web based and n-tier applications. Extensive experience on windows applications as well as web applications, windows services, web services and similar

charles922

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Chuck Peasley is a developer in Orange County, CA

Christiaan van Bergen

Software Developer (Senior) NoNerds

Netherlands

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Clifford Nelson

Software Developer (Senior) Clifford Nelson Consulting

United States

Has been working as a C# developer on contract for the last several years, including 3 years at Microsoft. Previously worked with Visual Basic and Microsoft Access VBA, and have developed code for Word, Excel and Outlook. Started working with WPF in 2007 when part of the Microsoft WPF team. For the last eight years has been working primarily as a senior WPF/C# and Silverlight/C# developer. Currently working as WPF developer with BioNano Genomics in San Diego, CA redesigning their UI for their camera system. he can be reached at qck1@hotmail.com.

Daniel Vaughan

Engineer

Switzerland

Daniel is a former senior engineer in Technology and Research at the Office of the CTO at Microsoft, working on next generation systems.

Previously Daniel was a nine-time Microsoft MVP and co-founder of Outcoder, a Swiss software and consulting company.

Daniel is the author of Windows Phone 8 Unleashed and Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed, both published by SAMS.

Daniel is the developer behind several acclaimed mobile apps including Surfy Browser for Android and Windows Phone. Daniel is the creator of a number of popular open-source projects, most notably Codon.

Would you like Daniel to bring value to your organisation? Please contact

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Windows 10 Experts

didourebai

Technical Lead

Canada

I am Rebaï Hamida, Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and Development Technologies.
I'm a software architect and developer who like to build open source projects, writing articles, learning and teaching best practices. you can find out in my blog : http://hamidarebai.blogspot.com/

Innovative Software engineer : hands-on, competent software engineer, passionate and proficient C# developer, offering more than seven years of experience in the full software development lifecycle – from concept through delivery of next-generation applications and customized solutions, producing code to a consistently high standard and testing software across a variety of platforms.
Expert in advanced development methodologies, tools and processes contributing to the design and roll-out of cutting-edge software applications.
Known for excellent troubleshooting skills – able to analyze code and engineer well-researched, cost-effective and responsive solutions.

Success is only a consequence of a continuous work and remarkable intelligence.
I believe that I have to make a change in my country, I can’t live without leaving my footprint.

Eric Lynch

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Eric is a Senior Software Engineer with 30+ years of experience working with enterprise systems, both in the US and internationally. Over the years, he’s worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies (current and past), including Thomson Reuters, Verizon, MCI WorldCom, Unidata Incorporated, Digital Equipment Corporation, and IBM. While working for Northeastern University, he received co-author credit for six papers published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. Currently, he’s enjoying a little time off to work on some of his own software projects, explore new technologies, travel, and write the occasional article for CodeProject or ContentLab.

George Swan

Student

Wales

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Girish Kalamati

Software Developer (Senior) Mindtree

India

I am a person who thinks in varied directions rather than sticking or thinking the usual way and has tendency to learn new things........ always

Igor Ladnik

Software Developer (Senior)

Israel

Nov 2010: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Winner
Feb 2011: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Grand Prize Winner

ipavlu

Software Developer

Czech Republic

Hi, I am Marek Pavlu,

I am a Software Engineer and Applied Physicist.
I love complex problems because they come with structure, constraints, limitations, interactions - it always helps me remember, understand, manipulate and solve the problem with a limited number of principles and rules helping me build solution capable to reduce the complexity of the problem.

I love logic, humanism, and ethics.
I like to follow politics of USA and especially congressional/senate hearings Smile | :)

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I like to plant new trees in the large garden around the family house and in recent years I learned how to successfully grow roses.

www.linkedin.com/in/ipavlu

Jay Kang

Korea (Republic of)

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Kamran Bigdely-Shamloo

Engineer

Canada

I develop virtual reality applications.

LiYS

Software Developer

China

TBD

Marc Clifton

Architect Interacx

United States

Blog: https://marcclifton.wordpress.com/
Home Page: http://www.marcclifton.com
Research: http://www.higherorderprogramming.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/cliftonm

All my life I have been passionate about architecture / software design, as this is the cornerstone to a maintainable and extensible application. As such, I have enjoyed exploring some crazy ideas and discovering that they are not so crazy after all. I also love writing about my ideas and seeing the community response. As a consultant, I've enjoyed working in a wide range of industries such as aerospace, boatyard management, remote sensing, emergency services / data management, and casino operations. I've done a variety of pro-bono work non-profit organizations related to nature conservancy, drug recovery and women's health.

marcusts

Software Developer (Senior) Marcus Technical Services, Inc.

United States

I have been designing and coding software applications for 25 years.

Lately I have been obsessing about Xamarin.

If you enjoy my articles, send some work my way: marcus@marcusts.com.

Member 11896794

Software Developer Microsoft

China

I started my programming career on .NET platform in early 2015. I have done many local and overseas application from scratch Currently I am working as Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure Team. I have couple of articles on Code Project and csharp corner. I occasionally post questions and answers on stackoverflow. My passion is to learn new technology through the professional approach.

Member 4201813

Unknown

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

MilanGohil

Technical Lead

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Mohammed Dawood Ansari

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

OriginalGriff

CEO

Wales

Born at an early age, he grew older. At the same time, his hair grew longer, and was tied up behind his head.
Has problems spelling the word "the".
Invented the portable cat-flap.
Currently, has not died yet. Or has he?

Petrov Vladimir

Russian Federation

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

PIEBALDconsult

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

BSCS 1992 Wentworth Institute of Technology

Originally from the Boston (MA) area. Lived in SoCal for a while. Now in the Phoenix (AZ) area.

OpenVMS enthusiast, ISO 8601 evangelist, photographer, opinionated SOB, acknowledged pedant and contrarian

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"Every time you write a comment, you should grimace and feel the failure of your ability of expression." -- Unknown

"If you need help knowing what to think, let me know and I'll tell you." -- Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]

"Typing is no substitute for thinking." -- R.W. Hamming

"I find it appalling that you can become a programmer with less training than it takes to become a plumber." -- Bjarne Stroustrup

ZagNut’s Law: Arrogance is inversely proportional to ability.

"Well blow me sideways with a plastic marionette. I've just learned something new - and if I could award you a 100 for that post I would. Way to go you keyboard lovegod you." -- Pete O'Hanlon

"linq'ish" sounds like "inept" in German -- Andreas Gieriet

"Things would be different if I ran the zoo." -- Dr. Seuss

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"Use vertical and horizontal whitespace generously. Generally, all binary operators except '.' and '->' should be separated from their operands by blanks."

"Omit needless local variables." -- Strunk... had he taught programming

Sameh Abdel Mongy

Software Developer ATI Systems

Egypt

I'm passionate ,motivated , interested in Software Engineering Mainly Microsoft technologies
I enjoy Solving complex challenges in addition to optimal solutions that meets users satisfaction with less resources .

Sean Rand

Tester / Quality Assurance

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Sem Shekhovtsov

Software Developer (Senior)

Ukraine

Individual software developer, good experience with PHP, Java, .Net, NodeJs, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, LESS, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, CoffeeScript, ExtJS, Backbone, AngularJS, AJAX, Amazon s3 services, Azure. Programming is not just my work, but more like a hobby. I'm glad to learn new pattern and technologies, making research and study new things. I work remotely for couple of years. More than nine years I'm writing commercial projects.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Architect

United States

Physics, physical and quantum optics, mathematics, computer science, control systems for manufacturing, diagnostics, testing, and research, theory of music, musical instruments… Contact me: https://www.SAKryukov.org

Sudip Bhakta

Software Developer Koch Technology Center

India

I am a .Net developer having almost 3 years of experience. I love learning new technologies and build cool stuffs. Currently I am working on IoT projects. I am open for communication and freelancing jobs. Current I am working as Software Engineer.

syed shanu

Team Leader

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

Victor Dashevsky

United States

Columbus, OH

vnmatt

Software Developer (Senior) Freelancer

Australia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Wade Harvey

Software Developer IdealProgrammer.com

United States

My name is Wade Harvey. I have been in the programming field for thirty years. I have a blog at http://idealprogrammer.com and a website at http://idealautomate.com My github repositories are located at: https://github.com/harvey007y In addition to enjoying programming, I also have a background in psychology and philosophy.

One of the things that I have learned from philosophy is that what makes things good is how well they match up to their ideal. One ethicist I studied in philosophy was named Robert Hartman. Hartman applied Field Theory to values.

In a field, there are two poles. This situation of there being two poles is often referred to as being "bipolar." In the field of values, the two poles are the actual object and the ideal.

According to Hartman, the tension that we feel between the actual and the ideal object is similar to the tension that exists between the two poles of a magnet. This tension exists not only between actual objects and ideal ones, but also between our actual self and our ideal one. When we take action to transform the actual into the ideal, we are able to reduce the tension that exists between the two.

Yisrael Lax

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

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