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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered. The top 50 entries are shown.

Asynchronous Multicast Delegates in Modern C++

19 Dec 2022David Lafreniere

A C++17 standards compliant delegate library capable of targeting any callable function synchronously or asynchronously

C++14

C++

Dev

Design

Architect

delegates

A Dive into Blazor Components

16 Jun 2021Shaun C Curtis

A detailed look at the anatomy and workings of a Blazor Server Component

Adding a Self Hosted Chatbot to an ASP.NET Website

26 Aug 2020DaveMathews

Automated Chat bot agent in an ASP.NET website that does not depend on any external API services

artificial-intelligence

ASP.NET

bot

Form With End Resize

25 Aug 2020Mark Kruger

OnResizeEnd does not supply all triggers you need, this form fixes that.

.NET

Dev

Falling Blocks on an Arduino Nano with 4x 8x8 dot Matrix

19 Aug 2020Christ Kennedy

Here's how I made a game of Falling Blocks with my Arduino Nano, a clothes hanger and some duct tape

C++

Arduino

DevOps

Using C++ to Simplify the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) API - Part 1

30 Aug 2020Espen Harlinn

Easy to use C++ wrapper classes for the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) C API

Programming Linux With .NET Core 3: Introduction & Chapter 2

13 Aug 2020raddevus

Learn to program Linux via .NET Core 3 and Visual Studio code: Getting started

.NET-Core

Linux

The Math behind Neural Networks: Part 2 - The ADALINE Perceptron

20 Aug 2020Serge Desmedt

A try it yourself guide to the basic math behind ADALINE perceptron

Javascript

Knockout.js

artificial-intelligence

ANN

neural-network

Creating a Desktop Application for Converting Audio Files from Each Other

16 Aug 2020Michael Haephrati

Desktop application that can be used to convert from and to various audio formats, such as .mp3, .m4a and .wav

Direct2D Tutorial Part 2: Basic Shapes

4 Jan 2021Shao Voon Wong

Direct2D Tutorial on Drawing Basic Shapes

C++

Building a Chat Application using the QuantumGate P2P Networking Library

30 Oct 2021Karel Donk

An example of building a peer-to-peer chat application for secure and private communication

An Improved WYSIWYG Print Dialog and Page Preview for Rich Text

13 Aug 2020Howard 9448490

Windows Forms Print Dialog for rich text with accurate page preview and zooming

PyQt vs Tkinter – The Better GUI Library

9 Aug 2020CodingKnight

Comparison of PyQt and Tkinter

Python

AI Emotion Detection in the Browser with Transfer Learning and TensorFlow.js

19 Aug 2020MehreenTahir

In this article we create a web app that trains the classifier on the go and recognizes grumpy facial expressions.

HTML

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

algorithm

Setting up macOS for ML and AI Development

26 Aug 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we prepare our development environment.

Python

iOS

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

Instruction Level Parallelism with the Visual C++ Optimizer

24 Aug 2020Espen Harlinn

x86/x64 Instruction Level Parallelism, simple and reliable benchmarking, and then some cool machine code generated by Visual C++

C++

Visual-Studio

Dev

Custom AI Face Recognition With Keras and CNN

5 Aug 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article we’ll put together our CNN and train it for face recognition.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Keras

CNN

machine-learning

Blazor WebAssembly vs Angular: Client Side Clash

9 Aug 2020Lee P Richardson

Which SPA technology should you use: Blazor WebAssembly or something more mature like Angular, and why?

Understanding Loops Drawbacks and Iteration Protocols in JavaScript

22 Aug 2020Jin Vincent Necesario

Learning the drawbacks of different loop constructs and learn how to use the different iteration protocols

ES6

ES5

Javascript

An Introduction to the Range-v3 Library

17 Aug 2020Espen Harlinn

Ranges is coming to C++, and the Range-v3 library was the basis for the proposal to add range support to the C++ standard library

AI Age Estimation in the Browser using face-api and Tensorflow.js

24 Aug 2020MehreenTahir

In this article we’ll predict someone’s gender and age in the browser.

HTML

Javascript

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

How to Create a Simple Call from Visual Studio to Wolfram Mathematica

30 Aug 2020Uladzislau Baryshchyk

An overview of how to integrate Wolfram engine to your .NET application

.NET

integration

Async Programming in Blazor

11 Aug 2020Shaun C Curtis

A guide to async programming in Blazor

Discovering Python step by step - Using Python Queues - 03 - Detecting Queue Completion Properly

20 Oct 2020daubrecq

How to detect queue completion from other threads properly when using Python queues.

Python3.6

Python

Preparing a Dataset for AI Face Recognition

4 Aug 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article, we’ll talk about preparing a dataset for feeding the correct data to a CNN.

Python

artificial-intelligence

CNN

machine-learning

Deep Learning Text-to-Speech

7 Aug 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article we focus on the Text-to-Speech with the use of Deep Learning.

Python

artificial-intelligence

deep-learning

CNN

machine-learning

Pre-Trained AI Emotion Detection With face-api and Tensorflow.js

21 Aug 2020MehreenTahir

In this article we use another pre-trained model, face-api.js, to detect expressions without doing any training ourselves.

HTML

Javascript

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

Converting ONNX Image Classification Models to Core ML

27 Aug 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we'll convert a ResNet model to the Core ML format.

AI Image Classification on iOS with ResNet

28 Aug 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

Having converted a ResNet model to the Core ML format in the previous article, in this article we’ll now use it in a simple iOS application.

Python

iOS

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

Preparing Data for AI Image Classification on iOS

31 Aug 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we’ll start data preparation for this new, custom model, to be later trained using the Create ML framework.

Python

iOS

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

Deploying ASP.NET Boilerplate Apps for Devs in a Hurry

26 Aug 2020Lee P Richardson

This is the story of my first site, where I threw the SPA (Single Page Application) into ASP.NET Core's wwwroot directory, and slung it up to Azure App Services as a single site, and called it a day.

Azure

ASP.NET-Core

ASP.NET

OCR image-only PDF files.

3 Aug 2020gstolarov

A class library and command line utility to add OCR information to image-only PDF files

Shooting Fibonacci Rabbits

17 Oct 2020George Shagov

Two and three states Fibonacci Rabbit's Machines

C++17

Mocking Expressions

8 Aug 2020Vlad Neculai Vizitiu

Mocking/stubbing lambda expressions to have a bit more control over our unit tests

Real-Time AI Emotion Detection from a Webcam With TensorFlow.js

20 Aug 2020MehreenTahir

In this will article extend our model to do custom classification in real time using a webcam.

HTML

HTML5

Javascript

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

AI Face Recognition with a Pre-Trained Model

6 Aug 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article we’ll adapt the VGG16 model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

CNN

machine-learning

Reusable AngularJS Component: Warning Stripe

3 Aug 2020Han Bo Sun

Building a reusable component with AngularJS

Javascript

AngularJs

C# MSConnectionCS DLL using Mailslots for Inter-process Communication

4 Aug 2020Oscar K.

Mailslot Inter-process communication

.NET-Core

Windows

JavaScript Reflection and Reflect API

8 Aug 2020Jin Vincent Necesario

A walkthrough to the different methods of what JavaScript Reflect API provides to developers

ES6

Javascript

Video Player supporting Segment Definitions

10 Aug 2020Clifford Nelson

An application to define, save and watch segments of a video that I have selected

Windows

Integrating NLog with ASP.NET Core Web Application

12 Aug 2020Sreejith Gopinathan

Error logging in ASP.NET Core Application with NLog

ASP.NET-Core

nlog

logging

Creating an Image Gallery with Hugo and Lightbox2

11 Aug 2020Christian Specht

How to create an image gallery with Lightbox2

HTML

CSS

RSA Encryption in PL/SQL

12 Aug 2020Juan F. Paleo

Encrypt data with RSA Public Key

Smuglr - Utility for Building and Extracting Compressed, Base64-Encoded Recursive Directories

21 Aug 2020Jeff Dabulis

In this tip, you will learn how to transfer that sample code from your home computer to your locked-down computer.

.NET

Windows

Base64

Finding my Network Shares on SMB1 Drives after the Windows 10 2004 Update

23 Aug 2020OriginalGriff

Windows 10 and the ongoing "I can't find your mapped drives anymore" problem. A fix, hopefully!

Windows

What to Choose to Implement Audio/Video Calls Solution Using WebRTC?

27 Aug 2020Gen1us2k

Choose how to build your own solution for implementing Audio/Video Calls using WebRTC

Install a Desktop Environment GUI on Ubuntu Server in Azure

8 Aug 2020OwenDavies

Installing a desktop environment and setting up RDP to allow us to connect to our Virtual Machine

Optimizations that You Have to Wring from WebAssembly

10 Aug 2020Shao Voon Wong

Optimizations that you have to make to wring the performance out of WebAssembly

C++11

C++

A Note on AWS Step Function & CDK & SAM Local & Miscellaneous

18 Aug 2020Dr. Song Li

This is a note on AWS step function & CDK & SAM local & miscellaneous subjects.

How To Setup a Spotify API App in the Spotify Developer Portal

16 Aug 2020Akshay Srinivasan2

A beginner's step by step guide with screenshots to get a Spotify API App in the Spotify Developer portal and retrieve Client ID and Client Secret which are needed to access the Web API/Endpoints Spotify exposes to use in your code to consume the Spotify cloud services

cloud

web

Current Participants

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

Akshay Srinivasan2

Architect

India

I have been coding since 1983ish in a variety of languages. I originally started as a game programmer and then switched to business programming from 1990. I still program games.

Arnaldo P. Castaño

Software Developer

Serbia

Computer Scientist and book author living in Belgrade and working for a German IT company. Author of Practical Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning, Bots, and Agent Solutions Using C# (Apress, 2018) and PrestaShop Recipes (Apress, 2017). Lover of Jazz and cinema Smile | :)

Christ Kennedy

CEO unemployable

Canada

Christ Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Montreal and is a bilingual Quebecois with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from McGill University. He is unemployable and currently living in Moncton, N.B. writing his next novel.

Christian Specht

Software Developer

Germany

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.

CodingKnight

Pakistan

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

daubrecq

Technical Lead

Unknown

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

DaveMathews

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

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

David Lafreniere

United States

I've been a professional software engineer for over 20 years. When not writing code, I enjoy spending time with the family, camping and riding motorcycles around Southern California.

Dr. Song Li

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.

Espen Harlinn

Architect Sea Surveillance AS

Norway

Chief Architect - Sea Surveillance AS.

Specializing in integrated operations and high performance computing solutions.

I’ve been fooling around with computers since the early eighties, I’ve even done work on CP/M and MP/M.

Wrote my first “real” program on a BBC micro model B based on a series in a magazine at that time. It was fun and I got hooked on this thing called programming ...

A few Highlights:

High performance application server development
Model Driven Architecture and Code generators
Real-Time Distributed Solutions
C, C++, C#, Java, TSQL, PL/SQL, Delphi, ActionScript, Perl, Rexx
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, IBM DB2, PostGreSQL
AMQP, Apache qpid, RabbitMQ, Microsoft Message Queuing, IBM WebSphereMQ, Oracle TuxidoMQ
Oracle WebLogic, IBM WebSphere
Corba, COM, DCE, WCF
AspenTech InfoPlus.21(IP21), OsiSoft PI

More information about what I do for a living can be found at: harlinn.com or LinkedIn

You can contact me at espen@harlinn.no

Gen1us2k

Chief Technology Officer Mad Devs Group LTD

United Kingdom

I act as a team lead for multiple projects, and still deeply involved with their coding part. I also mentor junior tech staff.
I am a CTO and co-founder at Mad Devs Group LTD. Beyond hands-on work on the company's projects, I mentor junior tech staff and conducts staff seniority assessments while providing recommendations on skills to master to my mentees and interns. I am also a tech blogger having my articles published on DZone, Hacker Noon, and other media outlets for software engineers. I am a frequent speaker at popular tech conferences like TeamLead Conf, Golang Conf, HighLoad++, and FOSDEM.

If you have any questions or need more tips and tricks, feel free to write to me.

George Shagov

Software Developer (Senior)

Russian Federation

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

gstolarov

http://www.GaspMobileGames.com

United States

Writing code since 1987 using whatever language/environment you can imagine. Recently got into the mobile games. Feel free to check them out at http://www.GaspMobileGames.com

Han Bo Sun

Team Leader The Judge Group

United States

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

Howard 9448490

United States

I am a retired MD who enjoys programming.

Jarek Szczegielniak

Architect

Poland

Jarek has two decades of professional experience in software architecture and development, machine learning, business and system analysis, logistics, and business process optimization.
He is passionate about creating software solutions with complex logic, especially with the application of AI.

Jeff Dabulis

Chief Technology Officer Lognosys LLC

United States

We develop web and mobile applications of any complexity. We specialize in rapid, low risk, cost effective engineering, development and management.

Jin Vincent Necesario

Software Developer

Philippines

Jin humbles himself as a C# programmer and a web developer, who loves backend and middleware development and still improving his skills at the front-end arena. He loves what he does, but far from perfect, here is a list of what he loves to do: read, write and code.

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Juan F. Paleo

Chief Technology Officer

Argentina

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

Karel Donk

Software Developer (Senior)

Suriname

I'm an IT Consultant / Software Engineer, Graphic Designer and Photographer based in Suriname. Check my website for details at https://www.kareldonk.com/

Lee P Richardson

Web Developer

United States

Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .Net and open source topics. Lee is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed ( http://infernoredtech.com). When not coding he enjoys running, mountain biking, smoking brisket, electronics, 3D printing, and woodworking. He is active on twitter where you can reach him @lprichar ( https://twitter.com/lprichar).

Mark Kruger

Netherlands

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

MehreenTahir

Student

Ireland

C# Corner MVP, UGRAD alumni, student, programmer and an author.

Michael Haephrati

CEO Secured Globe, Inc.

United States

Michael Haephrati is a music composer, an inventor and an expert specializes in software development and information security, who has built a unique perspective which combines technology and the end user experience. He is the author of a the book Learning C++ , which teaches C++ 20, and was published in August 2022.

He is the CEO of Secured Globe, Inc., and also active at Stack Overflow.

Read our Corporate blog or read my Personal blog.

Follow @haephrati

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?

Oscar K.

Software Developer (Senior)

Slovenia

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

OwenDavies

Architect

United Kingdom

I have been working in software development for over 16 years, during that time I have worn many hats.

I have worked as a Software Engineer, Architect, Agile Coach and Trainer. I’ve created teams, I’ve lead teams, but my main goal is to help teams build great software and enjoy the process.

I help a whole range of businesses – from startups with just an idea who want to build a team to take that idea into reality and FTSE 100 businesses who need to optimise existing teams – I train, mentor and coach them to success.

If you happen to know of anybody who could benefit from results like this, then please go to my contact page and get in touch.

Owen Davies

raddevus

Software Developer (Senior) RADDev Publishing

United States

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Serge Desmedt

Software Developer (Senior)

Belgium

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

Shao Voon Wong

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Shao Voon is from Singapore. His interest lies primarily in computer graphics, software optimization, concurrency, security, and Agile methodologies. His hobby is writing a free C++/DirectX photo slideshow application which can be viewed here.

Shaun C Curtis

Retired Cold Elm

United Kingdom

Ex Geologist, Project Manager, Web Hoster, Business Owner and IT Consultant. Now, a traveller to places less travelled. And part time developer trying to keep up!

If you feel like saying thanks, the next time you see a charity request, DONATE. No matter how small, no matter who, it'll count. If you have a choice in the UK, Barnados.

Sreejith Gopinathan

Software Developer (Senior) Cognizant Technology Solutions

India

I work as a Technology Specialist in Cognizant Technology Solutions. I have 1.5 decades of experience in Software Development and focuses on Microsoft Web Technologies, JavaScript Frameworks, Azure Services and DevOps

Uladzislau Baryshchyk

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

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

Vlad Neculai Vizitiu

Software Developer

Romania

When asked, I always see myself as a .Net Developer because of my affinity for the Microsoft platform, though I do pride myself by constantly learning new languages, paradigms, methodologies, and topics. I try to learn as much as I can from a wide breadth of topics from automation to mobile platforms, from gaming technologies to application security.

If there is one thing I wish to impart, that that is this "Always respect your craft, your tests and your QA"

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Second Prize	Sandeep Mewara - Beginner’s Guide to Understand Kafka
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Second Prize	Rick Drizin - Dynamic Query Builder for Dapper
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Contest Entries and Requirements

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.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
No author can be nominated twice.
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.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
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.
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.