Best C++ Article of January 2015

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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.

Email Search Engine

11 Jan 2015SarmadAsghar

Building on My SQL Storage Engines and APIs to Conduct Complex Analysis Using SQL Query Language: Part 5

SQL

C++

Windows

ZeroMQ: Diving into the Wire

11 Jan 2015Manar Ezzadeen

Examining packets exchanged between ZeroMQ sockets using Wireshark; and studying ZMTP protocol and its grammar that governs these packets through a simple PUSH-PULL example.

C++

Linux

Dev

Performance testing of ORM layers in Python and C++

27 Jan 2015Vaclav Naydenov

Comparing the performance of two similar CRUD server apps, one written in Python and SQLAlchemy, the other in C++ and YB.ORM.

Serve up Debug Symbols for your NuGet packages? Heck yeah!

12 Jan 2015BC3Tech

While playing around with NuGet as much as I have been, I noticed something in the ‘nuget pack’ command that I thought was pretty interesting. A ‘-symbols’ flag. “What’s this do?” I thought. So, naturally, I gave it a shot. What NuGet spat out for me was a .

C++

Windows

Embedded Programming – Getting Started With the Netduino - Part 2

8 Apr 2016Codeman the Barbarian

Embedded Programming – Getting Started With the Netduino - Part 2

SafeHandles Handles library

20 Jan 2015Frankie-C

Safehandles is a library for management of data structure using robust and safe handles.

VisualC++

C++

How to Open Documents in Office Web Apps in SharePoint apps (Provider Hosted and SharePoint Hosted)

16 Jan 2015Melick

How to open Documents in Office Web Apps in SharePoint apps (Provider Hosted and SharePoint Hosted)

C++

Windows

An implementation of a list splicing and traversing library

7 Jan 2015Richard Chambers

Providing a C library with primitives for manipulating a list including splice, for each, and algorithms.

How To Do Simple Image Binarization?

13 Jan 2015Lai Taiyu

How to do simple image binarization?

Caching Strategy Reminder for Maven-Based Docker Builds

6 Jan 2015Keyhole Software

My local development feedback loop between code change and runnable container was annoyingly long on a Maven-based project I was recently working on. I wanted to speed things up.

C++

Windows

docker

An Alternative to Using LoadString to Access String Resources

11 Jan 2015davrossi

This is an alternative to LoadString for accessing string resources.

C++

Monitoring Lync 2013 with MRTG

19 Jan 2015matthewproctor

Monitoring Lync 2013 with MRTG

Sciter - multiplatform embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting UI engine

11 Nov 2015c-smile

Basics of Sciter embedding principles, high-level overlook of Sciter SDK structure.

Fast Implementations of Sparse Sets in C++

3 Jan 2015Mikhail Semenov

This article covers algorithms and implementations for sparse sets of integers, including the benchmark results.

ESJ: Extremely Simple JSON for C++

22 Sep 2015Jerry Evans

Adding cross-platform round-trip JSON serialization to C++ classes

SFINAE

9 Feb 2015Paul M Watt

This post will focus on the concept of SFINAE, Substitution Failure Is Not An Error. This is a core concept that is one of the reasons templates are even possible. This concept is related exclusively to the processing of templates.

C++

All-Topics

Arduino-compatible software library for FRDM-KL25Z board

17 Feb 2015Jan Dolinay

This article describes software library for the FRDM-KL25Z board which allows writing programs for this board using the Arduino API.

Yassi: Yet Another Signal/Slot Implementation

18 Jan 2015Joren Heit

A C++11 template-based signal/slot library

C++

Dev

C++ / MFC ProgressBar with Percentage Overlay

5 Jan 2015zdanman

Fully Customizable ProgressBar Control with Percentage shown that changes color as progress covers it

Embedding Java VM into C application and using JNI with JSON

21 Jan 2015Richard Chambers

Exploring how to embed a Java VM into a C application and developing a native library for a Java application using JNI.

Open Multi-Methods for C++11, Part 3 - Inside Yomm11: Data Structures and Algorithms

29 Dec 2017Jean-Louis Leroy

A series of articles about open multi-methods for C++11

HTML

C++

IntelliTask

20 Aug 2023Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.

Class Level Generic Logger

4 Feb 2015pravin kumar sinha

C++ logger for class level logging in generic way

C++

Fast Implementations of Maps with Integer Keys in C++

18 Jan 2015Mikhail Semenov

This article covers algorithms and implementations for maps with integers, contains benchmark results

Trigger Class for C++

4 Jan 2015Geoffrey Mellar

Template class for calling trigger functions by a key

C++

trigger

templates

64-bit Android* and Android Run Time

20 Jan 2015Android on Intel

64-bit Android* and Android Run Time

How To Make A Clear Color Image (Histogram Equalization)?

28 Jan 2015Lai Taiyu

How to make a clear color image (Histogram Equalization)?

RFJModel, an easy-to-use JSON loading library

8 Jan 2015refusebt

RFJModel is an easy-to-use JSON loading library. In comparing with other libraries, it's much easiler and less restricted to use.

Objective-C

iOS

JSON

How To Make A Clear Gray Image (Histogram Equalization)?

28 Jan 2015Lai Taiyu

How to make a clear gray image (Histogram Equalization)?

Writing a Wix Extension to Read XML Files

16 Jan 2015Rotted Frog

Goes through how to write a compiler extension for Wix, using the read world example of an XML search extension to read values out of XML files

GPU-Quicksort in OpenCL 2.0: Nested Parallelism and Work-Group Scan Functions

20 Jan 2015Android on Intel

This tutorial shows how to use two powerful features of OpenCL™ 2.0: enqueue_kernel functions that allow you to enqueue kernels from the device and work_group_scan_exclusive_add and work_group_scan_inclusive_add

Native C++ and C# - Which is the Fastest? (Part 1)

6 Jan 2015John J. Scott

A tip that compares the performance of a simple Mandelbrot generator in C# against native C++

Streaming Audio to the WaveOut Device

16 Jan 2015Member 11363595

Playing a continuous audio stream from C#

C++

Windows

Dev

Adding Map Support in Dashboard for Executive Reports to Render the Reports Based on Locations/Area

22 Jan 2015jit_knit

Adding Map support in Dashboard for executive reports

Javascript

C++

KML

Searching for shared motif between strings in C

30 Jan 2015Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi

In this article, i consider the problem of identifying motifs in the biological sequence data sets. To solve this task, i present a new algorithm for finding patterns that just use library in C compiler and a new way to avoid using arrays search.

Objective-C

string

Exploring the Internet of Things (IoT) with Lync (& Skype for Business) and .Net Gadgeteer

22 Jan 2015matthewproctor

This article demonstrates how to use Lync as an endpoint for monitoring hardware and devices - in this instance the Gadgeteer Fez Spider board with a Gas Sensor.

C#5.0

.NET

Windows

C++/CLI: Accessing a managed type from unmanaged code

21 Jan 2015Vivek Rathod

This article aspires to explain one of the ways a managed type can be invoked from a native type and more importantly from unmanaged C/C++ code.

C++/CLI

.NET

How To Do Simple Ordered Dither Algorithm (Half-tone image)?

23 Jan 2015Lai Taiyu

A simple ordered dither algorithm (Half-tone image)

DIFF: Your IRdcLibrary API for Remote Differential Compression

13 Feb 2019Michael Chourdakis

A quick library for differential memory/file processing

Solving Word-Search Puzzles in Linear Time

6 Jan 2015JorgeLuisOrejel

Solving Word-Search Puzzles in Linear Time

C++

Current Participants

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

Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi

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.

Android on Intel

United States

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

BC3Tech

Software Developer (Senior)

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

Codeman the Barbarian

Unknown

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

c-smile

Founder Terra Informatica Software

Canada

Andrew Fedoniouk.

MS in Physics and Applied Mathematics.
Designing software applications and systems since 1991.

W3C HTML5 Working Group, Invited Expert.

Terra Informatica Software, Inc.
http://terrainformatica.com

davrossi

United Kingdom

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

Frankie-C

Italy

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

Geoffrey Mellar

Germany

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

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.

Jean-Louis Leroy

Software Developer (Senior) Bloomberg LP

United States

I am a software engineer with over 25 years of experience. My main points of interest are: C++, Perl, object-relational mapping, multi-methods. I am the original author of Tangram, an orthogonal object-relational mapper for Perl.

Jerry Evans

Architect

United Kingdom

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

jit_knit

India

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

John J. Scott

Software Developer (Senior) Eternal Developments, LLC

United States

An engine programmer in the games industry.

Joren Heit

Netherlands

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

JorgeLuisOrejel

United States

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

Keyhole Software

Keyhole Software

United States

Keyhole is a software development and consulting firm with a tight-knit technical team. We work primarily with Java, .NET, and Mobile technologies, specializing in application development. We love the challenge that comes in consulting and blog often regarding some of the technical situations and technologies we face. Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago.

This is a Organisation

3 members

Lai Taiyu

Instructor / Trainer GJun Information Co.,Ltd.

Taiwan

Dr. Lai Tai-Yu received the Ph.D. from National Taipei University of Technology in 2016. He is the co-author of 2 journal, 25 conference papers, 6 books, 9 articles in the codeproject.com, and 2 patents inventions. His research interests lie in the areas of digital image processing and AI. He is a lecturer.　　

Dr Taiyu Lai. Stopień doktora, uzyskał w 2016 roku i objął stanowisko adiunkta na Wydziale. Ponadto jest autorem i współautorem: 2 publikacji artykułu w czasopiśmie naukowym, 25 artykułów opublikowanych w materiałach konferencyjnych, 6 książek, 9 eseje w monografiach codeproject.com, i posiada dwa patenty. Zainteresowania naukowe: przetwarzania obrazów i AI. Jest wykładowcą.　　

赖岱佑在2016年取得台北科技大学资讯工程博士学位，有2篇期刊、25篇会议论文、6本书籍、9篇文章在 codeproject.com 、2项专利。研究方向：数字图像处理和AI。现职是一位讲师。

賴岱佑在2016年取得台北科技大學資訊工程博士學位，有2篇期刊、25篇會議論文、6本書籍、9篇文章在 codeproject.com 、2項專利。研究方向：數位影像處理和AI。現職是一位講師。

Manar Ezzadeen

Architect

France

Software Architect, Consultant and Solution Initiator with over 20 years of industry experience designing and developing software in different domains: semiconductor manufacturing, electrical energy distribution, solar energy production, medical device manufacturing, PC manufacturing etc.

matthewproctor

CEO Kutamo and ErrLog.IO

Australia

Pluralsight Author, .Net Developer, Writer & Blogger

http://www.kutamo.com/
http://www.errlog.io/
http://www.matthewproctor.com/
http://www.pluralsight.com/author/matthew-proctor

I am an Australian IT professional based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

I'm a polyglot programmer, being proficient in a number of languages and frameworks including C#, VB.Net, F#, Javascript, Perl, Powershell and Z80 & 6502 assembly. Smile | :)

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 11363595

United Kingdom

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

Michael Chourdakis

Software Developer

Greece

I'm working in C++, PHP , Java, Windows, iOS, Android and Web (HTML/Javascript/CSS).

I 've a PhD in Digital Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence and I specialize in Pro Audio and AI applications.

My home page: https://www.turbo-play.com

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.

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.

pravin kumar sinha

Software Developer Minh Inc.

India

Providing Consultation for project development and training in
► Qt/Qml and Python based
• GUI applications.
• Networking (tcp/ip, ftp, udp etc) utility.
• GUI tools based on Qt/c++.

► Linux device driver.
★ www.minhinc.com ★

refusebt

United States

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

Richard Chambers

Team Leader Georgia Southern University

United States

Team lead for a point of sale software application written in C and C++. Previous experience with Nortel Networks on software for telecommunications products as well as Program Management.

Education:
BS Computer Science
MBA
Masters in Project Management

Rotted Frog

Technical Lead

United Kingdom

A youthful, enthusiastic (albeit dead) amphibian coder writing software for a financial information firm based in the UK.

Website may come in the future, if I have time...

SarmadAsghar

Team Leader VF

Pakistan

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

Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Software Developer NXP Semiconductors

Romania

My professional background includes knowledge of analyst programmer for Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual C#, Microsoft Visual Basic, Sun Java, assembly for Intel 80x86 microprocessors, assembly for PIC microcontrollers (produced by Microchip Inc.), relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server), concurrent version systems, bug tracking systems, web design (HTML5, CSS3, XML, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript).

Vaclav Naydenov

Software Developer (Senior) Yandex

Russian Federation

Senior developer at Yandex:
Billing System application logic and WEB-interface development,
Communication protocols for various Payment Systems.
Teacher of Computer Science at Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering.

Vivek Rathod

Software Developer

United States

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

zdanman

United States

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

First Prize	Jerry Evans - ESJ: Extremely Simple JSON for C++
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Mikhail Semenov - Fast Implementations of Sparse Sets 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).
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Eligibility

This competition is open to software development professionals & enthusiasts who are of the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence; however, residents of Quebec and of the following countries are ineligible to participate due to legal constraints: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. Employees (or a member of their immediate family) of CodeProject or any of their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies are also ineligible to participate. Void where prohibited by law.

How to Enter

Entry is by the submission process described above. Please read the submission requirements before submitting your entry and ensure the article is tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category.

Lost, late, misdirected, or illegible entries will be disqualified. Any entry containing content that CodeProject deems objectionable for any reason will be disqualified. All decisions of CodeProject with respect to any aspect of the competition, including, without limitation, the eligibility of entries, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this competition. CodeProject reserves its right to modify the Rules.

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