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Best Mobile Article of March 2014

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

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Current Entries

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18 Mar 2014Cindy Potvin
This post gives 5 tips to improve performance in Android applications
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4 Mar 2014Melih Mucuk
Configuring and using CocoaPods on iOS projects.
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4 Mar 2014Malak Zia Nasir
Cloud computing is the trend of nowadays; this article provides some basic steps to create and connect a Windows Azure SQL Database to a simple application.
4 Mar 2014Android on Intel
Getting an app developed is just the first step in a long journey. One of the more daunting problems facing developers is user engagement; basically, how to get users to install apps and keep them installed
4 Mar 2014Android on Intel
Pros and cons of HTML5 cross-platform mobile application development tools
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3 Mar 2014SupperSlonic
An extension to the Amazon .NET API that allows you to store the EMR Job’s flow description in a file or in an object, run and manage the flow locally, support an alternative flow in case of error
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1 Apr 2014Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Joint Power over IP project has started the phase of public testing. All testers can try it out and charge their laptop batteries, free of charge, for limited period of time.
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15 Apr 2014Tiancheng Hu
Using ThinkAlike, an ongoing Java MVVM framework(employing Android and JavaFX as view layer), to implement a cross-platform HearthStone game card reference and more.
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13 Mar 2014AshakiranBhatter
Understanding FAT file system and kernel programming in C/C++
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27 Mar 2014James Jensen
Writing Your First Code
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20 Mar 2014maq_rohit
A lazy and attractive tool for CodeProject
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18 Mar 2014Herbert Lausmann
Shows how to manipulate the DOM of a page loaded in WebBrowser control of Windows Phone.
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24 Mar 2014Michael Banzon
Here are 5 reasons to make a mobile app
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26 Mar 2014David Fahlander
Discover the hidden features of indexedDB!
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12 Mar 2014Serge Desmedt
A port of CP Vanity to iOS
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4 Mar 2014RaviRanjanKr
This blog will help you to solve the issues while connecting Internet with Windows Phone 8 emulator during deployment process.
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25 Mar 2014Anna Koneva
An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development
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19 Mar 2014BC3Tech
Microsoft’s Managed Extensibility Framework is somewhat of an unsung hero in the .Net world in my opinion. The framework itself is insanely powerful and magical but when you combine it with other patterns and frameworks like MVVM it becomes pure sorcery.
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4 Mar 2014Cindy Potvin
How to create logs in Android applications
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20 Mar 2014Hadrich Mohamed
This tip shows you how to make your own Android Weather Application using XML Parsing.

Current Participants

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

United States United States
Intel is inside more and more Android devices, and we have tools and resources to make your app development faster and easier.

Russian Federation Russian Federation
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
United States United States
Ashakiran is from Hyderabad, India and currently working as a Software Engineer in USA. He is a hobbyist programmer and enjoys writing code.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
I'm a Sr. Software Engineer in the Seattle area primarily focused on serverless technologies in the cloud. In my free time I enjoy hiking & other adventures with my family around the Puget Sound and the country! You can find out more about me at my homepage: http://bc3.tech/brandonh
Canada Canada
Cindy Potvin is a software developer based in the Montreal area. At her day job, she creates web applications using the ASP.NET MVC framework and mobile applications using the Android SDK.
Software Developer (Senior) Awarica AB
Sweden Sweden
Programming is in my blood and I started to code in the age of 12.

I have been working with software development as inventor, architect and team leader ever since 1998.

Education: Mathematics and Computer Science Program at Stockholm University and the Royal Technical Institute.

Background in the Commodore 64 scene back in 1990, I was coder and musician in the famous hacker group Triad where my alias is Daw.
Student
Tunisia Tunisia
Microsoft Certified Professional, Big Data and Cloud Architect.
Mail : hadrichmed@gmail.com
Student
Brazil Brazil
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
I am an experienced developer, having spent my first 17 professional years in various Unix-like environments, following up with Windows since 1998. I have worked in web development teams since 2001, focused initially on Java but now fully settled into the .NET world. I have written production-value code in 8086 assembler, (various forms of) BASIC, Pascal, xnix shell (korn, mostly), C, C++, C#, and Java. When I code for fun at home, I usually play with Delphi, but I also keep an eye on Python because my friends keep telling me how cool it is.
CEO
Philippines Philippines
Old profile
Technical Lead
United States United States
Rohit started Embedded Programing in his college days and now he is a Software Developer by Profession. Mainly he interested in cutting edge technology offer by Microsoft (i.e Azure,MVC). He Loves coding and his passion is always been towards Microsoft Technologies. Apart from coding his other hobbies include reading books and hang out with friends is his most favorite past time hobby.


1. 20 Apr 2014: Best Mobile Article of March 2014 - First Prize
Software Developer NoMad Commerce
Turkey Turkey
Melih Mucuk

Software & Mobile App Developer

Visit my blog: http://melihmucuk.com
Denmark Denmark
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
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
Belgium Belgium
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect
United States 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
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
https://supperslonic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004059913750
Technical Lead
China China
Tiancheng Hu is a senior tech consultant working at an ISV company (major products including scanner-based ECM, Asset Management), and holds Bachelor(SJTU@China) and Master(KIT@Japan) degrees in Computer Science. He showed favorites at Enterprise/Personal Knowledge Management and Efficiency Enhancement stuff (like MindMap/GTD/FastReading), and luckily had made prototype/proposal on an Enterprise Blog webapp(June,2000) and a portable PKM app(May,2010), before the public appearance of Blog or EverNote (in Chinese market).
When he is not working at designing/prototyping/consulting, he enjoys Chinese traditional spiritual practice/zen as well as fantasy novels/strategy games/scribble.

Contest Entries and Requirements

  1. The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
  2. Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
  3. With the exception of the Everything Else category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
  4. Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
  5. No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
  6. Articles may only be considered for a single category. If an article is eligible for multiple categories (for example, it pertains to both the C# and Web Dev categories), CodeProject editors and judges will decide which category the article shall be entered in.
  7. No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
  8. If an author writes has two separate articles, each article may be considered in their respective categories provided none of the aforementioned rules are broken. For example, if an author wrote two separate articles, one related to C# and one related to VB.NET, the author and articles could be nominated in the C# and VB.NET competitions, respectively.
  9. In the event an author wins multiple competitions, and repeat, identical prizes, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  10. Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
  11. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  12. Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
  13. Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
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Eligibility

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