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Best C# article of May 2013

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Current Entries

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16 May 2013dale.newman
Google your SQL.
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23 Jun 2013Frederico Regateiro
This project creates a Visual Studio visualizer for entity framework queries, views edit and runs the generated SQL.
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15 Jul 2021Steve Hoult
Creation of an Audio analysis framework to enable developers with little to no understanding of audio analysis to develop audio-driven games
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15 May 2013Bill SerGio, The Infomercial King
How to Use the Fabric JQuery Library to Create Image Maps
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4 Apr 2017n.podbielski
Using Matlab from a C# application
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14 May 2013Paulo Zemek
Create data structures that implement the right Clone To Modify Pattern the easy way.
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5 Jul 2013Johnny J.
A sample owner-drawn ComboBox
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11 May 2013Azim Zahir
This article describes using FusionCharts with C#.
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13 May 2013Farhad Hazraty Eini
Dynamic web service code generator
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9 Jun 2013Roman Kiss
This article describes how the Azure Lease Blob can help the composition of the business model during the runtime in the distributed event-driven pub/sub architecture.
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26 May 2013n.podbielski
Mapping collection of entities in EF with AutoMapper.
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28 May 2013SergeyAndreyev
Elastic groups that can be arbitrarily changed by users
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6 May 2013n.podbielski
Ninject and Entity Framework.
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9 May 2013Vinoth Kumar J
Designer debugging in WinRT
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16 May 2013Faisal(mfrony)
This article will help you to build your own scheduler with the flavour of Observable Design Pattern.
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26 May 2013Jan_Zimmermann
A log4Net appender with a selfHosting SignalR server.
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21 Jan 2014Steffen Ploetz
How to call native X11 API from Mono Develop C# ending up in a very little application.
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23 Jun 2013Tim Corey
Learn how to get started in Windows Azure by following the progress of an actual web application as it is constructed.
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1 May 2013Andrey Moskvichev
Drawing charts with wxWidgets.
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3 May 2013Jake Drew
How to get only the text displayed on a webpage using C#
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7 May 2013zoyobar
I will explore and learn XNA for Windows Phone with you.
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26 May 2013Aravind.V.S
SocketIO - NodeJS desktop programming in C# using the SocketIO4Net library.
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9 May 2013Abhay@Accenture
How to bind Derived Type in MVC View
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16 May 2013ortund
Allow purchases via PayPal on your website
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5 May 2013mohammad amiri
Paging DataGridView using LINQ in C#.
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9 May 2013Bibhu Dutta
The tip describes about the IController interface and the ControllerBase class.
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15 May 2013Manikandan Sekar
Loading Data from Excel
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17 May 2013n.podbielski
Simple 2D graphs
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24 May 2013Pankaj.Sinha.Techno
About optional arguments and named arguments and caution while using interfaces with optional arguments
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25 May 2013John Atten
This post discusses modeling a directory structure on Azure Blob Storage.
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6 Sep 2013JayJanarthanan
View a twitter feed in the Windows 8 UI grid - the fast way
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19 May 2013Yossi Yaari
A solution for monitoring Events called during test.
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19 May 2013Yossi Yaari
A basic yet generic state machine implementation
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13 May 2013ChienVH
In this article will show you how to work with ASP.Net and Paypal with Dynamic Ordering Values
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14 May 2013Gordon Beeming
Creating a Sudoku Problem Solver using Microsoft Solver Foundation.
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23 May 2013RelicV
Alternative for AutoComplete control without Ajax and Webservices
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24 May 2013Mihai Huluta
How to pass complex object to server side using GET request.
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10 May 2013Youqi Ma
Using a controller to manage dynamic control form events and creation.
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2 May 2013Mojtaba Eng
Fill Image region by selected color
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2 May 2013Anuraj Parameswaran
How to send email messages with embedded images.
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6 May 2013SergeyAndreyev
An article that discusses in detail about movable controls
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9 May 2013Paul_Wade
Windows Store apps and the Authentication Broker.
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9 May 2013Ankurkumarbora
This tip contains a solution for rendering reports which can be viewed (or saved) with different extensions.
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10 May 2013#realJSOP
Determine the nature of the entry assembly
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13 May 2013hjgode
The event db (it is my naming) holds all events and actions that can be invoked to launch an app or fire some events.
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14 May 2013Gordon Beeming
It stops you from having to do multiple copy and pastes.
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28 May 2013Robert Vandenberg Huang
HTTP multipart streaming can do many things.
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17 May 2013Jorge J. Martins
Using a Slider to select an item from a list of objects (string, numeric, or image) as a discrete value or category.
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23 May 2013zoyobar
Use ResourceManager to manage resources in XNA

Current Participants

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

Software Developer (Senior) Paddedwall Software
United States 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.
Technical Lead Accenture
Canada Canada
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
CEO BitGriff LLC
Russian Federation Russian Federation
My name is Andrey Moskvichev.

I'm a software developer with more than 14 years of programming experience.

I specialize in networking, Unix systems (Linux, FreeBSD), mobile programming, computer graphics, software architecture, reverse engineering, data processing systems, AI, computer vision.

I'm interested in all new cutting edge technologies.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
I am passionate on coding and application development specially in the .NET C# windows and web platform.
Technical Lead
India India
Working as Tech. Lead

My blog : dotnetthoughts.net.
You can follow me in twitter : @anuraj
Student
India India
I'm a engineering student specializing in Computer Science. I'm passionate about programming & electronics.
Instructor / Trainer NIIT, India
India India
I am a trainer by profession. Currently I am working with iFuture Technologies(India) as a Senior Faculty. I enjoy programming as a hobby. During my career I have seen the growth and decline of many technologies, many of them being my favorites like Flash, WPF, Windows Mobile Development. Few of my current favorites are Android, Xamarin and Python, though I also like traditional and evergreen languages like PHP, C#, Visual Basic and Java.

Apart from computers, my favorite pastime is bicycling.
Software Developer Mindfire Solutions
India India
Software developer, working at Mindfire Solutions, having hands on experience in both Windows and web application using C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC.
CEO GeminiGroup TV, Inc.
United States United States
Bill SerGio is a highly accomplished individual, recognized in prestigious publications such as Marquis Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Advertising. With a background in software development and producing and directing famous celebrity infomercials, he has amassed a considerable fortune through television and licensing his software. Currently, he is deeply invested in developing anti-gravity technology using artificial intelligence, as well as utilizing AI for research into finding new cures for diseases such as cancer. In addition, he is also an investor in new movies, demonstrating a wide-ranging and diversified interest in various fields.
Product Manager
Vietnam Vietnam
Updated LinkedIn: https://vn.linkedin.com/in/chienvh

I am currently working as the position of project manager for a long time. Had to take care a lot of projects at the same times, so I don't have many free times in a day for contributing the articles, tips/tricks on codeproject.
While I was at the previous company sometimes I participated in training courses for new employees, so I have good teaching skills and ability to convey information to others. Meaning in each my post I will try to explain more detail as possible for the junior devs are able to implement/understand what's I have done.

Also, would like to share my responsibilities for current position:

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Support team members to solve technical issues

Opening and looking forward to finding suitable jobs.
Software Developer (Senior)
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.
Bangladesh Bangladesh
I am a Sr.Software Engineer at Brain Station -23. I have 5+ years of work experience in .Net technology. I strongly believe that before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.

My contact info :

mfrony2003@yahoo.com
mfrony2003@hotmail.com

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=106671466&trk=tab_pro
Software Developer رایان پایا داده محاسب
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Bachelor of computer software engineer at Urmia University of Technology,

Masters of computer software engineer at Shahid Beheshti University,

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer : Web Applications,

Microsoft Specialist : HTML5 , CSS3 , javascript,

MCTS at Mojtame Fanni Tehran (MFT)


My Server Solution Blog
Software Developer
Portugal Portugal
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect SSW
South Africa South Africa
Germany Germany
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Student
United States United States
If you would like to know more about me, please feel free to visit my website at http://www.jakemdrew.com/

Thanks!

Jake Drew
Software Developer
Germany Germany
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Founder Microsoft NZ, Appavate
New Zealand New Zealand
Founder of Appavate and MSP at Microsoft NZ. I specialise in mobile apps for Android, Windows Phone and Windows RT. I also play around with Windows Azure and Amazon Cloud. I also love experimenting with automation technology. Particularly cheap and cost effective ones such as Raspberry Pis.
Software Developer XIV Solutions
United States United States
My name is John Atten, and my username on many of my online accounts is xivSolutions. I am Fascinated by all things technology and software development. I work mostly with C#, Javascript/Node.js, Various flavors of databases, and anything else I find interesting. I am always looking for new information, and value your feedback (especially where I got something wrong!)
Software Developer (Senior)
Sweden Sweden
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Have been living in Paris, France and L.A., The United States
Now live in Stockholm, Sweden

Started programming when I got my first VIC 20, and a few months later on Commodore 64. Those were the days!

Studied programming at the Copenhagen Engineering Academy

Professional console, winforms and webforms programming in Comal, x86 Assembler, Fortran, Pascal, Delphi, Visual Basic 3 through 6, Classic ASP, C# and VB.NET

I now work as Senior Microsoft Dynamics AX and .Net programmer, and have a number of projects in various states of progress to work on in the spare time...
Engineer
Portugal Portugal
Database and Silverlight applications designer and developer.
Software Developer (Junior)
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) Consultant
Romania Romania
I am an independent software consultant with main interest in software architecture, web services and database design using most of the time Microsoft technologies such as: WCF, ASP.NET MVC, Web API and MS SQL. Ok, to be honest my interests do not resume only to that, I am big fan of AngularJs, TypeScript and Python.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Software developer
Software Developer
Poland Poland
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer Netgen
South Africa South Africa
I started coding back in high school. My "Computer Science" subject for grade 10 was actually an introduction to programming in Delphi. I struggled a lot and was fairly disheartened and frustrated by the time I got to the end of the book.
That changed, though, when I found an introduction to HTML in the back after all the Delphi. I was hooked! It was simple and I could see the results of my work as I did it.

I kept teaching myself over the years and branched out into other languages as I found my requirements changing.
The first "server-side" tech I learnt was asp.net with visual basic code behind.

Now that I'm working with it as a day job, I've moved over to PHP for my personal projects, so the learning continues.

When I'm not coding, I'm either playing World of Warcraft, some other game or hanging out with friends. I enjoy playing pool and ice skating as "extra curricular" activities.
Software Developer (Senior)
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) Anytime Fitness
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.
Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft
United States 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).
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
India India
I like programming and I hate bad coding.
Software Developer
Taiwan Taiwan
Back-end developer, English learner, drummer, game addict, Jazz fan, author of LINQ to A*
Software Developer (Senior)
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
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Team Leader Celonis SA
Germany Germany
I am currently the CEO of Symbioworld GmbH and as such responsible for personnel management, information security, data protection and certifications. Furthermore, as a senior programmer, I am responsible for the automatic layout engine, the simulation (Activity Based Costing), the automatic creation of Word/RTF reports and the data transformation in complex migration projects.

The main focus of my work as a programmer is the development of Microsoft Azure Services using C# and Visual Studio.

Privately, I am interested in C++ and Linux in addition to C#. I like the approach of open source software and like to support OSS with own contributions.
Student
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stephen Hoult
Computer Science Student (Plymouth University)
Software Developer (Senior) DeGarmo
United States United States
I am currently a Senior Software Developer at a company in Illinois called DeGarmo. My primary skills are in .NET, SQL, JavaScript, and other web technologies although I have worked with PowerShell, C, and Java as well.

In my previous positions, I have worked as a lead developer, professor and IT Director. As such, I have been able to develop software on a number of different types of systems and I have learned how to correctly oversee the overall direction of technology for an organization. I've developed applications for everything from machine automation to complete ERP systems.

I enjoy taking hard subjects and making them easy to understand for people unfamiliar with the topic.
Software Developer
India India
.Net Control Developer
-WPF
-Silverlight
-WinRT
-Windows Phone
http://www.vinoth-kumar.com
Software Developer (Senior)
Israel Israel
I've been developing in C# for over 7 years.
Always in some unique corner or another.
Software Developer (Senior)
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
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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