Best Article of August 2022

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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.
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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Patterns and Frameworks - What's Wrong?

9 Aug 2022Paulo Zemek

Are you spending most of your time just writing code to "glue" your components together? Let's change that!

.NET

Dev

Design

Architect

Build NFT Collection Web3 Application with Hardhat and React Typescript

13 Sep 2022Fred Song (Melbourne)

Use React and hardhat typescript to build a NFT contract web3 application from scratch

Using Wisej.NET to Access Blob Storage with Microsoft Azure

16 Aug 2022Iulia Pitutiu

This document describes how you can benefit from using Azure files in your .NET web application.

Wisej.NET

.NET6.0

Using the Win32 Cryptographic API to Hash Data

26 Aug 2022Bruno van Dooren

This article describes a way to hash data using the latest Win32 API and C++

Git – Comparing Visual Studio 2022 with MeGit/EGit and SourceTree

5 Aug 2022Mark Pelf

Comparison of Git functionality of Visual Studio 2022 to some other Git Gui clients

Visual-Studio

Git

GUI

Working with System.Text.Json in C#

31 Oct 2022Graeme_Grant

Working with simple JSON objects and collections to Custom Converters and Transformations into .NET classes - System.Text.Json

.NET6

.NET-Core

JSON.NET

Introducing R# Language

3 Aug 2022Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

R# language is a kind of R liked language implements on .NET environment

Cajoling std::chrono Operations to Link On the Teensy platform

24 Aug 2022honey the codewitch

std::chrono doesn't work on the Teensy? Oh no! Here's how to fix it.

Using Rails Service Objects to Keep Code Clean

29 Aug 2022Aleksandr Ulanov

What are Service Objects and how you can use them to make your app cleaner and keep it maintainable

JLogger6 - When You Care to Write the Very Best

21 Aug 2022MSBassSinger

Description of a simple, versatile, and scalable logger

Using Windows Transactions to Recursively Delete a Registry Tree

16 Aug 2022Bruno van Dooren

This article describes how to use Windows transactions to recursively delete a registry tree under a registry subkey and then the subkey itself.

C++

Win32

registry

Building Responsive Rails Apps with Hotwire

11 Aug 2022Aleksandr Ulanov

In this article, we'll go through the basics of Hotwire, as well as build a sample app using it.

Set Windows Forms Control Properties Safely from ANY Thread

30 Aug 2022bobishkindaguy

A class you can add to your project, which allows you to set control properties safely from threads other than the main thread

.NET

Git – Visual Studio 2022, v17.3.0, Line Staging

11 Aug 2022Mark Pelf

An overview and comments on a new feature of VS2022, v17.3.0, Git Line staging

Visual-Studio

Git

union.js - JavaScript-Centric Web Development

23 Aug 2022Francois D Viljoen

Re-thinking the way we develop web content by moving everything into JavaScript

Javascript

How to Create High Performance (and Publication Quality) 2D Graphs in C++ using Morphologica

14 Mar 2023sebjameswml

Walks you through the steps needed to draw high quality 2D graphs in your C++ programs using the header-only library morphologica

Chat App with Web Sockets

1 Aug 2022Igor Krupitsky

Attempt to create a smallest chat application using Web Sockets

Javascript

Git – Multiple Visual Studio Solutions in a Single Git Repository

15 Aug 2022Mark Pelf

How to create a single Git repository that contains multiple VS solutions

Visual-Studio

Git

Build Custom Audio Player with Waveform in JavaScript

4 Aug 2022Vishwas_R

Simple Audio Player to browse any song with Play / Pause, Stop options & a waveform generated using CanvasJS charts

Get the Data out of Your Blazor UI

8 Aug 2022Shaun C Curtis

How to move the data and its management out of the Blazor UI

.NET

Blazor

Dev

How to Create an Overlay on a Bing Map

2 Aug 2022Aaron_Smith

Using the Microsoft Bing map API to add an overlay to a Microsoft Bing map

Javascript

Signing Documents in SharePoint with a Smart Card

3 Aug 2022lvmcastro

A tutorial showing how to use a smartcard API, a SharePoint extension and web services, to add a qualified electronic signature (QES) to a PDF file located in a SharePoint online library.

Add Interactive Angular Charts to ng-bootstrap Components

2 Aug 2022Vishwas_R

Show interactive CanvasJS Angular charts in ng-bootstrap navs / tabs

CanvasJS

ng-bootstrap

Using YUI-Compressor Maven Plugin for Spring Boot Web Applications

3 Aug 2022Han Bo Sun

YUI-Compressor maven plugin to minify JS files for Spring Boot based web app development

Pepper

4 Aug 2022Jovibor

PE (x86) and PE+ (x64) files viewer, based on libpe.

C++20

editor

GUI

Built in API Documentation Support Following Open API Specification V3 for Azure Functions Developed using .NET 6

6 Aug 2022Sauradipta Chaudhury

Easiest way to implement Swagger based OAS 3 documentation support for your Azure Functions built using .NET 6

Adding Dependency Injection to your .NET Console Apps (and Tests)

7 Aug 2022Jason Sultana

How to add DI to your .NET console apps

ASP.NET

dependency-injection

Git – Push from GUI Client Returns "Authentication Failed"

12 Aug 2022Mark Pelf

Git push to GitHub or Bitbucket from 3rd party GUI client results in "Authentication Failed"

GitHub

Git

Exploring the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection Machinery

9 Aug 2022Philippe Monteil

Core concepts and mechanisms of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection Dependency Injection

.NET

dependency-injection

singleton

Automate IIS Reboot Using Task Scheduler

22 Aug 2022Raj Kumar79

Create a new task and set up a IIS restart using Windows 10 Task Scheduler

Prang Once Again

25 Aug 2022honey the codewitch

Dusting off an old MIDI toy project and making it less of a toy.

Dynamic Tab Extended Version

21 Feb 2023Jo_vb.net

An extended version of the Dynamic Tab article

.NET

Executing Raw SQL Queries using Entity Framework Core 6

9 Aug 2022DiponRoy

Run Raw SQL Query - Entity Framework Core 6

Oracle

entity-framework

SQL-Server

Customize Entity Framework Core Migration History Table

3 Aug 2022DiponRoy

Options to customize EF Core migration table

entity-framework

EF-Core

SQL-Server

Git – 6 Free GUI Clients

1 Aug 2022Mark Pelf

We are giving an overview of 6 free Git GUI clients

Git

tools

GUI

Real-time Strategy Engine in MonoGame

24 May 2023Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Engine for .NET cross-platform development

Monogame

game

Adding Configuration to .NET 6 Projects using the IOptions Pattern

10 Aug 2022Jason Sultana

How to add configuration to Web API and other project types

dependency-injection

JSON

Building a Succinct DotNetCore CQS Data Pipeline

22 Aug 2022Shaun C Curtis

How to build a CQS Data Pipeline

.NET

Design

Dev

Introducing node.data.obfuscator

10 Aug 2022Alen Toma

This library is built so that you could secure JSON or string data in JS files. The library will shuffle the data in memory and make it unreadable for the naked eye.

JHelpers 6 - A Good and Faithful Servant

22 Aug 2022MSBassSinger

A library of generally useful methods and functionality that can save a developer from writing code to accomplish these mundane tasks. Targeted to .NET 6.

.NET6

.NET

Different Ways to Maintain Audit Information for DML in SQL

8 Aug 2022Avinash A. Dhumal

Implement an audit mechanism for your DML objects

SQL

Windows

Git – Error: Refusing to Merge Unrelated Histories

14 Aug 2022Mark Pelf

We are showing how to overcome Git errors and merge unrelated histories

Git

Regex to Match Version Number Beginning with a Specific Digit

20 Aug 2022Brian C Hart

Example of how to use the caret (^) in Regexes that have specific matching requirements

Entity Framework Core Code First Publishing Multiple Db Contexts in the Same Database

7 Aug 2022DiponRoy

EF Core first publishing multiple DB contexts in same DB

EF-Core

entity-framework

CodeFirst

Three Useful Programs with Open Storage

24 May 2023Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Develop programs with open storage using pre-defined format

CSV

Delete All Rows in Entity Framework Core 6

15 Aug 2022DiponRoy

How to delete all rows in EF Core 6 using alternate options

EF-Core

entity-framework

unit-testing

A Persistent Circular Queue Buffer

10 Aug 2022Mukit, Ataul

Using the filesystem as a repository for a circular buffer for achieving persistence of data

C++

Implementing IDumpable Interface in C#

24 Aug 2022Avinash A. Dhumal

How to implement IDumpable Interface

.NET

Windows

Current Participants

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

DiponRoy

Bangladesh

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

Aaron_Smith

Technical Writer

United States

This member doesn't quite have enough reputation to be able to display their biography and homepage.

Aleksandr Ulanov

Software Developer (Senior)

Russian Federation

Aleksandr Ulanov is a Full Stack Software Engineer. He started web development in 2012 and gained strong knowledge and expertise in the field over time. He's now an internationally recognized expert in Ruby programming language, who constantly contributes his knowledge to the industry.

Alen Toma

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

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

Avinash A. Dhumal

Product Manager Pitney Bowes

India

11.7+ years of software architect, design, development, management, and support experience using Azure & AWS Cloud infrastructures. Developed, managed, and led client, database, and enterprise applications/products on Microsoft Azure, AWS Cloud and Non-Cloud platforms with Microsoft Technology stack.

bobishkindaguy

Software Developer (Senior) Binary Meld Communications

Canada

Started programming the Apple II+, then Mac, then Windows.
Still love the creation / invention process.

Brian C Hart

Team Leader

United States

Brian C. Hart, Ph.D., is a strategic engagement leader on a mission to leverage space technology to protect U.S. interests and assets against adversaries. Throughout Dr. Hart's career, he has enjoyed: Working closely with business executives to provide strategic direction and leadership, translating customer and competitive intelligence into compelling capture strategies and solutions, and mentoring teams to enhance individual and company capabilities while fostering an engaging and accountable environment, being involved in STEAM initiatives and education to develop greater awareness in the community, and serving the armed forces with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army National Guard. He is excited to begin developing his career in Jacobs's Critical Mission Systems business unit, supporting NORAD and the U.S. Space Force.

Bruno van Dooren

Software Developer

Belgium

I am a former professional software developer (now a system admin) with an interest in everything that is about making hardware work. In the course of my work, I have programmed device drivers and services on Windows and linux.

I have written firmware for embedded devices in C and assembly language, and have designed and implemented real-time applications for testing of satellite payload equipment.

Generally, finding out how to interface hardware with software is my hobby and job.

Francois D Viljoen

Employed (other)

United Kingdom

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

Fred Song (Melbourne)

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

Fred is a senior software developer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. In 1993, he started Programming using Visual C++, Visual Basic, Java, and Oracle Developer Tools. From 2003, He started with .Net using C#, and then expertise .Net development.

Fred is often working with software projects in different business domains based on different Microsoft Technologies like SQL-Server, C#, VC++, ASP.NET, ASP.Net MVC, WCF,WPF, Silverlight, .Net Core and Angular, although he also did some development works on IBM AS400.

Graeme_Grant

Technical Lead

Australia

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

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.

honey the codewitch

United States

Just a shiny lil monster. Casts spells in C++. Mostly harmless.

Igor Krupitsky

Web Developer

United States

Igor is a business intelligence consultant working in Tampa, Florida. He has a BS in Finance from University of South Carolina and Masters in Information Management System from University of South Florida. He also has following professional certifications: MCSD, MCDBA, MCAD.

Iulia Pitutiu

Technical Lead fecher

Romania

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

Jason Sultana

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

G'day guys! My name is Jason, and I'm a backend software engineer living in Sydney, Australia. I enjoy blogging, playing chess and travelling.

Jo_vb.net

Engineer

Germany

Retired

Jovibor

Zaire

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

lvmcastro

Portugal

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

Mark Pelf

Software Developer

Serbia

Mark Pelf is the pen name of just another Software Engineer from Belgrade, Serbia.
My Blog https://markpelf.com/

Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Software Developer M.S.-Developers

Kazakstan

Experienced Java programmer

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Technical Lead PANOMIX

China

He is good and loves VisualBasic! Senior data scientist at PANOMIX

github: https://github.com/xieguigang

MSBassSinger

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.

Mukit, Ataul

Technical Lead Kotha Technologies

Bangladesh

If you are not in - you are out !
- Chapter 1

Paulo Zemek

Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft

United States

I started to program computers when I was 11 years old, as a hobbyist, programming in AMOS Basic and Blitz Basic for Amiga.
At 12 I had my first try with assembler, but it was too difficult at the time. Then, in the same year, I learned C and, after learning C, I was finally able to learn assembler (for Motorola 680x0).
Not sure, but probably between 12 and 13, I started to learn C++. I always programmed "in an object oriented way", but using function pointers instead of virtual methods.

At 15 I started to learn Pascal at school and to use Delphi. At 16 I started my first internship (using Delphi). At 18 I started to work professionally using C++ and since then I've developed my programming skills as a professional developer in C++ and C#, generally creating libraries that help other developers do their work easier, faster and with less errors.

Want more info or simply want to contact me?
Take a look at: http://paulozemek.azurewebsites.net/
Or e-mail me at: paulozemek@outlook.com

Codeproject MVP 2012, 2015 & 2016
Microsoft MVP 2013-2014 (in October 2014 I started working at Microsoft, so I can't be a Microsoft MVP anymore).

Philippe Monteil

France

I am a freelance software engineer living in Paris, France.

Raj Kumar79

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Raj Kumar is 2 time Microsoft MVP and 8 time C# Corner MVP. Working as consultant with lots of hands on experience using ASP.NET, C#, MVC, Angular, Visual Basic .NET, SQL Server, WCF, HTML, JQuery, JavaScript's, Windows Phone, Web API and Universal Windows Platform. He has over 16 years of IT experience working most on Microsoft Technologies. He holds Master's degree in Computer Science. When he is not writing code, he likes to write articles, blogs and play basketball and cricket.

Sauradipta Chaudhury

Technical Lead

India

I'm a Software Architect proficient in .NET Core, Azure PaaS, Azure DevOps, and Microservices. With expertise in these technologies, I design scalable and secure software systems. My strong knowledge of .NET Core allows me to create high-performance applications with code reusability. I leverage Azure PaaS services like Azure App Service, Functions, and Storage to develop cloud-native solutions. Using Azure DevOps, I automate the software development lifecycle and establish efficient collaboration. Additionally, I specialize in Microservices architecture, ensuring applications are divided into independent services for flexibility and scalability. Overall, I architect cutting-edge software solutions optimized for the cloud environment.

sebjameswml

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

Research Associate in Computational Neuroscience at The University of Sheffield. I build developmental biology simulations in C++. I use high performance OpenGL visualisation to help.

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.

Vishwas_R

Software Developer (Senior)

India

Engineer || Software Developer || Techie || Cricketer || Traveler || Blogger

First Prize	Paulo Zemek - Patterns and Frameworks - What's Wrong?
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	Fred Song (Melbourne) - Build NFT Collection Web3 Application with Hardhat and React Typescript
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Bruno van Dooren - Using the Win32 Cryptographic API to Hash Data
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	honey the codewitch - Prang Once Again
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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.