Best C++ Article of April 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

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Tuple

22 Apr 2014Paul M Watt

Tuple

C++

Top 10 ASP.NET AJAX Interview Questions

28 Apr 2014Imran Abdul Ghani

Here is a list of top 10 ASP.NET AJAX interview questions

C++

Windows

Debugging Deeper through Reference Source

12 Apr 2014Rion Williams

How to debug deeper through reference source

C++

VS2013

All-Topics

Hot Shots* Warps Conventional Touch Gaming

8 Apr 2014William Van Winkle

Recently, the Intel® App Innovation Contest in partnership with the Intel® Developer Zone sent developers a challenge to find the next big target in touch, and >Adam Hill may have blasted it with his award-winning Hot Shots* spaceship game.

Win8

Windows

product-showcase

Contest Winners Combine Augmented Reality with an Encyclopedia with ARPedia*

16 Apr 2014Jerry Baugh

Zhongqian Su and a group of fellow graduate students used the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK and the Creative Interactive Gesture Camera Kit to combine augmented reality (AR) and a common encyclopedia into ARPedia*—Augmented Reality meets Wikipedia

C++

product-showcase

Python Handle Events for Arduino and Raspberry Cards

21 Apr 2014Member 4206974

A function for works on event

Arduino, C#, and Serial Interface

10 Mar 2016Marco Bertschi

Serial communication with an Arduino Board via C# and the SerialPort class from the System.IO.Ports namespace

Build a Server Application using Application Library

11 Apr 2014Renato Tegon Forti

This article presents the new version of proposed library ‘Application’ to boost.org, and shows how you can build a long time (e.g. Server Application) running applications

Apply a custom default style on QML controls

18 Oct 2014Marco Bertschi

A short guide on how you can style and customize the appearance of you QML controls in a CSS-like way

A .NET like Dictionary in C++

13 May 2014Paulo Zemek

This article presents a .NET like Dictionary implemented in C++, which has better performance and consumes less memory than the STL's unordered_map class.

How to Create a Hierarchical Menu Using HTML And CSS

30 Apr 2014Nitesh Kejriwal

Friends, I am planning to write a series of articles on creating menus in different ways and this is the 1st one in the series. This post will explain how to create a simple 2 level menu using HTML and CSS only. We know there are a lot of ways to create a HTML menu …Read more →

A Cross-platform Parser of the Dynamic Disks Structure

17 Apr 2014Apriorit Inc, Andy Bisikalo

In this article, we’ll consider Dynamic Disks. We are going to explore the program implementation with the help of the LDM (Logical Disk Manager) technology.

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

23 Apr 2014Derell Licht

C++ class that provides a convenient wrapper for lodepng library

Use VS2010(or 2013) to build pure MFC4.2 Apps

24 Apr 2014GhostEx

VisualC++

C++

MFC

Flexible Particle System - Start

14 Apr 2014Bartlomiej Filipek

Flexible Particle System - Start

Implementing a Doubly Linked List (to be used on an Arduino Board)

11 Dec 2016Marco Bertschi

A native C++ implementation of a very basic Doubly Linked List

Adding COM Automation Support To Win32 Applications

2 Jul 2014Mohammed El-Afifi

Given an existing win32 application, how to provide COM automation capability to it?

GDI Drawing and Printing

24 Apr 2014Mattias Högström

Learn the basics of how to draw with GDI on screen and to printer. We will look closer at the different GDI map modes, and how to do proper adjustments when you need to send the output to a printer. We will also create a metafile and load it back in again.

T-Rex animation

23 Apr 2014zapsolution

Self contained EXE animation

The One Definition Rule in C++11 and C++14: Constant Expressions and Inline Functions

27 Apr 2014Mikhail Semenov

Problems with the one definition rule; examples of how to use constant expressions in inline functions.

C++11

C++

Trusted Variables

29 Apr 2014Evgeny Zavalkovsky

An easy and an elegeant way to create "trusted" data variables.

C++

templates

Flexible Particle System - The Container

15 Apr 2014Bartlomiej Filipek

Flexible Particle System - The Container

C++ Event Framework (EventBus)

14 Apr 2014Dan Quist

A lightweight synchronous event framework for C++

Reconsider Overriding UIView.Draw or UIView.DrawRect

31 Oct 2014Yvan Rodrigues

There is a very high virtual memory penalty if you do.

A C ATM Console App

28 Apr 2014Andre' Gardiner

A c banking atm concept console application

Generating dynamically nested loops

15 Apr 2014NATKIT7

One example of the need to have a set of nested loops in is combinotronics where you are trying to generate all possible combinations. If we want to have a variable number of elements generated then we need to look at having dynamically nested loops.

Java

VisualC++

C++

The C++ Standard Library, 2nd

27 Apr 2014Bartlomiej Filipek

This book is a must-have resource for any C++ developer!

C#: Side Effects and LINQ's Defferred Execution

19 Apr 2014Alex Turok

It is difficult for me to imagine a program that doesn't deal with collections of some type – all our applications do proliferate with Arrays, Lists HashSets, DataTables and dozens of others. When writing code in C# the first tool I consider when faced with a collection is LINQ.

C++

Windows

Writing your first program for the Freescale Freedom platform in CodeWarrior

16 Mar 2015Jan Dolinay

This article shows how to create programs for the Freescale ultra-low-cost development board FRDM-KL25Z.

Arduino

Dev

F# 15 : Code Organization (Modules / Files/ Types)

22 May 2014Sacha Barber

Now that we have some of the basic types and pattern matching under our belts, I thought it high time that we learnt a bit about how to organize our own code. Throughout some of the posts we have already been through I have been referring to modules such as the “List module”. In this […]

C++

Windows

Remove Slow Startups and Enjoy Less “Suspense” through .NET 4.5.1′s App Suspend Feature

16 Apr 2014Rion Williams

Remove slow startups and enjoy less "suspense" through .NET 4.5.1's app suspend feature

C++

Windows

How to create Custom Web Service WCF (REST) in SharePoint 2013

23 Apr 2014Melick

SharePoint native web services can be access via _vti_bin mapped path.

C++

Windows

Current Participants

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

Alex Turok

Software Developer Acumatica

Russian Federation

I am a full-time .NET programmer and a lover of C#, C++, Clojure and Python at the same time. I do some Windows Phone development on my own and occasionally try myself at web-development. To enhance all these software-related activities I maintain a blog writing there on various topics, most of which actually come back to programming.

Andre' Gardiner

Software Developer sirdre.com

Canada

I'm fascinated about new technology and innovations.

Apriorit Inc

Chief Technology Officer Apriorit Inc.

United States

ApriorIT is a software research and development company specializing in cybersecurity and data management technology engineering. We work for a broad range of clients from Fortune 500 technology leaders to small innovative startups building unique solutions.

As Apriorit offers integrated research&development services for the software projects in such areas as endpoint security, network security, data security, embedded Systems, and virtualization, we have strong kernel and driver development skills, huge system programming expertise, and are reals fans of research projects.

Our specialty is reverse engineering, we apply it for security testing and security-related projects.

A separate department of Apriorit works on large-scale business SaaS solutions, handling tasks from business analysis, data architecture design, and web development to performance optimization and DevOps.

Official site: https://www.apriorit.com
Clutch profile: https://clutch.co/profile/apriorit

This is a Organisation

33 members

Bartlomiej Filipek

Software Developer

Poland

Software developer interested in creating great code and passionate about teaching.

Author of C++17 In Detail - a book that will teach you the latest features of C++17!

I have around 11 years of professional experience in C++/Windows/Visual Studio programming. Plus other technologies like: OpenGL, game development, performance optimization.

In 2018 I was awarded by Microsoft as MVP, Developer Technologies.

If you like my articles please subscribe to my weekly C++ blog or just visit www.bfilipek.com.

Dan Quist

Software Developer

United States

I'm a full-time embedded C++ software engineer from Minnesota, USA. I have a passion for architecting complex, yet elegant, software systems that are easy to maintain and extend.

I accept all LinkedIn invitations.

Derell Licht

Software Developer (Senior) Retired

United States

I have worked for 25+ years as a firmware engineer, in various environments. In my private life, I create a variety of applications, including console applications in Linux and Windows, and GUI applications in Windows. All of my programs and code snippets are freeware, with source code available. All programs are written in C or C++, and built using the MinGW toolchain.

Evgeny Zavalkovsky

Software Developer Box

United States

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

GhostEx

China

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

Imran Abdul Ghani

Software Developer (Senior) Emaratech

United Arab Emirates

Imran Abdul Ghani has more than 10 years of experience in designing/developing enterprise level applications. He is Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for .NET(MCSD.NET) since 2005. You can reach his blogging at WCF Tutorials, Web Development, SharePoint for Dummies.

Jan Dolinay

Employed (other) Tomas Bata University in Zlin

Czech Republic

Works at Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. Teaches embedded systems programming. Interested in programming in general and especially in programming microcontrollers.

Jerry Baugh

United States

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

Marco Bertschi

Switzerland

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

Mattias Högström

Architect Visma Software AB

Sweden

Mattias works at Visma, a leading Nordic ERP solution provider. He has good knowledge in C++/.Net development, test tool development, and debugging. His great passion is memory dump analysis. He likes giving talks and courses.

Melick

Sri Lanka

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

Member 4206974

Software Developer Condor Informatique

Italy

Computer literacy (software) : Languages: PHP, Javascript, SQL Autoit,Basic4Android; Frameworks: JOOMLA!
Teaching/Training skills on Office, WEB site development and programming languages.
Others : WEB site development.
UNDP Missions
feb – may 2003 Congo DR Bukavu: ground IT computer course
nov 2003 Burundi Bujumbura: Oracle Data Base course
feb 2005 Burundi Bujumbura: JAVA course
mar 2005 Mali Kati: MS Office course
oct 2006 Mali Kati: MS Office course
jun 2006 Burkina Faso Bobo Dioulasso: MS Office course
jun 2007 Burkina Faso Bobo Dioulasso: MS Office course
may 2007 Argentina Olavarria hospital: Internet application for access to medical records
apr 2008 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou: MS ACCESS and dynamic Internet applications
jun 2008 Niger Niamey: analysis of the computing needs of the Niamey hospital
may 2009 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou: MS ACCESS and dynamic Internet applications
oct 2010 Niger Niamey: analysis of the computing needs of the Niamey hospital (following)
Region Piedmont project Evaluation
mar 2006 Burkina Faso, Niger
mar 2007 Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
sep 2008 Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
Others
feb 2010 Burundi Kiremba hospital: MS Office course
feb 2011 Congo DR Kampene hospital: MS Office course

Mikhail Semenov

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

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

Mohammed El-Afifi

Software Developer (Senior)

Egypt

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

NATKIT7

New Zealand

NATKIT loves programming and currently working with C/C++. He is interested in working on designing and implementing various algorithms. He is looking into the development of algorithms that leverage on the parallel hardware that is readily available such as Mutli Core Processors, GP-GPU and Distributed Parallelism using MPI

Nitesh Kejriwal

Founder Rebin Infotech

India

A passionate developer with over 10 years of experience and building my software company code by code. Experience withMS Technologies like .Net | MVC | Xamarin | Sharepoint | MS Project Server and PhP along with open source CMS Systems like Wordpress/DotNetNuke etc.

Love to debug problems and solve them. I love writing articles on my website in my spare time. Please visit my Website for more details and subscribe to get technology related tips/tricks. #SOreadytohelp

Paul M Watt

Engineer

United States

I am a software architect and I have been developing software for nearly two decades. Over the years I have learned to value maintainable solutions first. This has allowed me to adapt my projects to meet the challenges that inevitably appear during development. I use the most beneficial short-term achievements to drive the software I develop towards a long-term vision.

C++ is my strongest language. However, I have also used x86 ASM, ARM ASM, C, C#, JAVA, Python, and JavaScript to solve programming problems. I have worked in a variety of industries throughout my career, which include:
• Manufacturing
• Consumer Products
• Virtualization
• Computer Infrastructure Management
• DoD Contracting

My experience spans these hardware types and operating systems:
• Desktop
o Windows (Full-stack: GUI, Application, Service, Kernel Driver)
o Linux (Application, Daemon)
• Mobile Devices
o Windows CE / Windows Phone
o Linux
• Embedded Devices
o VxWorks (RTOS)
o Greenhills Linux
o Embedded Windows XP

I am a Mentor and frequent contributor to CodeProject.com with tutorial articles that teach others about the inner workings of the Windows APIs.

I am the creator of an open source project on GitHub called Alchemy[^], which is an open-source compile-time data serialization library.

I maintain my own repository and blog at CodeOfTheDamned.com/[^], because code maintenance does not have to be a living hell.

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).

Renato Tegon Forti

Systems Engineer

Brazil

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

Rion Williams

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

An experienced Software Developer and Graphic Designer with an extensive knowledge of object-oriented programming, software architecture, design methodologies and database design principles. Specializing in Microsoft Technologies and focused on leveraging a strong technical background and a creative skill-set to create meaningful and successful applications.

Well versed in all aspects of the software development life-cycle and passionate about embracing emerging development technologies and standards, building intuitive interfaces and providing clean, maintainable solutions for even the most complex of problems.

Sacha Barber

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

I currently hold the following qualifications (amongst others, I also studied Music Technology and Electronics, for my sins)

- MSc (Passed with distinctions), in Information Technology for E-Commerce
- BSc Hons (1st class) in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

Both of these at Sussex University UK.

Award(s)

I am lucky enough to have won a few awards for Zany Crazy code articles over the years

Microsoft C# MVP 2016
Codeproject MVP 2016
Microsoft C# MVP 2015
Codeproject MVP 2015
Microsoft C# MVP 2014
Codeproject MVP 2014
Microsoft C# MVP 2013
Codeproject MVP 2013
Microsoft C# MVP 2012
Codeproject MVP 2012
Microsoft C# MVP 2011
Codeproject MVP 2011
Microsoft C# MVP 2010
Codeproject MVP 2010
Microsoft C# MVP 2009
Codeproject MVP 2009
Microsoft C# MVP 2008
Codeproject MVP 2008
And numerous codeproject awards which you can see over at my blog

William Van Winkle

United States

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

Yvan Rodrigues

Engineer Robotic Assistance Devices / AITX

Canada

Yvan Rodrigues has 30 years of experience in information systems and software development for the industry. He is Senior Concept Designer at Robotic Assistance Devices

He is a Certified Technician (C.Tech.), a professional designation granted by the Institute of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO).

Yvan draws on experience as owner of Red Cell Innovation Inc., Mabel's Labels Inc. as Manager of Systems and Development, the University of Waterloo as Information Systems Manager, and OTTO Motors as Senior Systems Engineer and Senior Concept Designer.

Yvan is currently focused on design of embedded systems.

zapsolution

Software Developer zapsolution

France

I am a low level SDK programmer, focusing mainly on graphic imaging and multimedia applications.
I am using several languages, including C, C++, PowerBASIC, WinDev.
I wrote also a few demos in C#, but i never used DotNET in real code production.

First Prize	Renato Tegon Forti - Build a Server Application using Application Library
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Paulo Zemek - A .NET like Dictionary in C++
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.
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).
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No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
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.
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