Best "Everything Else" Article of May 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.

Check out the submission guidelines for information on posting articles.

Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Complexity Theory Isn’t Required to be a Programmer

6 May 2015User 11633146

Complexity theory isn’t required to be a programmer

All-Topics

Fill PDF Form in Android

9 May 2015Val Okafor

Fill PDF Form in Android

All-Topics

FieldInfo / PropertyInfo -- GetValue / SetValue Alternatives

21 May 2015Mike Oberberger

FieldInfo / PropertyInfo -- GetValue / SetValue Alternatives

All-Topics

Being Valuable, Being a Swiss Knife

27 May 2015Cybermaxs

Being valuable, being a Swiss knife

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Bringing Blurry Device Independent Pixels into Focus

6 May 2015User 11633146

Bringing blurry device independent pixels into focus

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When are we gonna learn?

22 May 2015Paul M Watt

As you gain expertise you begin to realize how little you actually know and understand. I have found this to be true of most skills. It’s easy to fall into the trap where you believe that you continue to grow your expertise each year, and thus have less and less to learn.

All-Topics

Design and Build an Organized SSRS Project

2 May 2015GhalebBadran

Before starting I want to wish you all a happy labor day :) Overview Building a report on SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is very easy and fast, and it has the most important features to create a very professional business reports that covers the needs.

SQL-Server-2014

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Advanced Topics Talk

10 May 2015Kevin Mack

Advanced Topics Talk

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Google's Depth Map (Part II)

14 May 2015Neta777

CodeProjectIn the previous post I described Google's Lens Blur feature and how we can use code to extract the depth map stored in the PNG image output by Lens Blur.

All-Topics

Using Checkboxes in ASP.NET Listview

15 May 2015SpeedDemonSA

Using Checkboxes in ASP.NET Listview

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Azure APIs = Digital Legos

19 May 2015Kevin Mack

Azure APIs = Digital Legos

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Debugging by Binary Searching Through Code Revisions

21 May 2015User 11633146

Debugging by binary searching through code revisions

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Where the Wild Code Grows

26 May 2015User 11633146

Where the wild code grows

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Make Your Comments Matter

29 May 2015Paul M Watt

There are many different philosophies with regards to how source code should be commented. The gamut of these philosophies range from "Every single statement must have a comment." to "Comments are useless; avoid them at all costs!" I am not even going to attempt to explain the disparity of range.

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Statistics Workbench

25 May 2015César de Souza

Explore your data using statistical distributions: explore, initialize, create, estimate and use statistical distributions from the Accord.NET Framework using an application based entirely on reflection.

PrintManager – Setting Advanced Printer Options

30 Apr 2015RobertWatkins

How to set advanced printer options using PrintManager

.NET

VS2013

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Your Developers Aren’t Bricklayers, They’re Writers

5 May 2015Piet Hadermann

Your developers aren’t Bricklayers, they’re Writers

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Novice to MVC? Read this…

12 May 2015Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This post is meant for beginners in MVC pattern. If you’re novice to this framework then read this post of mine.

Creating and Applying Patch in SVN

5 May 2015Bharat Sewani

Creating and applying Patch in SVN

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How to Break into Debugger When Specific Windows Message is Sent or Posted

15 May 2015Ivan Krivyakov

How to break into debugger when specific Windows message is sent or posted

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A Bug, An Error, or Fault, and the Irrelevance of Classification

18 May 2015User 11633146

A bug, an error, or fault, and the irrelevance of classification

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Cohesion and Coupling: Good Measures of Quality

5 May 2015User 11633146

Cohesion and coupling: good measures of quality

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How changing my commit messages made me more productive

5 May 2015SneakyPeet

Confession. I sucked at writing commit messages. Messages like Fix, Style Things and Fix Again #yolo where common place. This did not really matter much as I was working by myself at the time, but I knew I had to start building a habit of writing better commit messages.

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Application Insights in your WinForms? Yup!

13 May 2015BC3Tech

Application Insights in your WinForms

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Downsides of Learning {programming-language} in {x} Days!

2 May 2015Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This post discusses the downsides of learning programming language in x days.

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Drag and Drop with Animations in JQuery

23 May 2015Jamie Munro

Drag and drop with animations in JQuery

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PHP: Require/Include vs Autoloader

9 May 2015Jamie Munro

PHP: Require/Include vs Autoloader

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PHP

Conflict in log4net on GAC when a Crystal Report is Viewed through .NET Code

20 May 2015Manjuke Fernando

Conflict in log4net on GAC when a Crystal Report is Viewed through .NET Code

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How To Be a Good Programmer

17 May 2015MasoudSharifiPour

How to be a good programmer

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JavaScript: Easy Creation of "Countdown Timers"

10 May 2015Jamie Munro

JavaScript: Easy Creation of "Countdown Timers"

Javascript

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PHP: Single Quotes versus Double Quotes

4 May 2015Jamie Munro

I always enjoy doing interviews and asking potential candidates what the difference between single quotes and double quotes are in PHP.

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Current Participants

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

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Software Developer

Pakistan

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a computer programmer from Rabwah, Pakistan, currently living in The Netherlands, likes .NET Core and Node.js for regular everyday development. Afzaal Ahmad works at Adyen as a Developer Advocate.

He is an expert with Cloud, Mobile, and API development. Afzaal has experience with the Azure platform and likes to build cross-platform libraries/software with .NET Core. Afzaal is an Alibaba Cloud MVP, twice he has been awarded Microsoft MVP status for his community leadership in software development, four times CodeProject MVP status for technical writing and mentoring, and 4 times C# Corner MVP status in the same field.

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

Bharat Sewani

Software Developer Mindfire Solutions

India

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

César de Souza

Engineer NAVER LABS Europe

France

Computer and technology enthusiast, interested in artificial intelligence and image processing. Has a Master's degree on Computer Science specialized on Image and Signal Processing, with expertise on Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining systems. Author of the Accord.NET Framework for developing scientific computing applications.

If you would like to hire good developers to build your dream application, please check out DaitanGroup, one of the top outsourcing companies in Brazil. This company, located in Brazil's Sillicon Valley but with US-based offices, has huge experience developing telecommunications software for large and small companies worldwide.

Cybermaxs

Technical Lead

France

Yet another proof of concept

GhalebBadran

Software Developer (Senior)

United Arab Emirates

www.ghalebbadran.com

Ivan Krivyakov

Technical Lead Thomson Reuters

United States

Ivan is a hands-on software architect/technical lead working for Thomson Reuters in the New York City area. At present I am mostly building complex multi-threaded WPF application for the financial sector, but I am also interested in cloud computing, web development, mobile development, etc.

Please visit my web site: www.ikriv.com.

Jamie Munro

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

I am the author of five books: ASP.NET MVC 5 with Bootstrap and Knockout.js, Knockout.js: Building Dynamic Client-Side Web Applications, 20 Recipes for Programming PhoneGap, 20 Recipes for Programming MVC 3, and Rapid Application Development with CakePHP.

I enjoy reading and writing and I like to blog as much as I can on my personal blog EndYourIf.

I'm a father of three kids, twins (boy and a girl) and another baby girl.

Kevin Mack

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

My name is Kevin Mack, I'm a software developer in the Harrisburg Area. I have been a software developer since 2005, and in that time have worked on a large variety of projects. Everything from small applications, to mobile and Enterprise solutions. I love technology and enjoy my work and am always looking to learn something new. In my spare time I love spending time with my family, and learning new ways to leverage technology to make people's lives better. If you ask me what I do, I'll probably tell you I can paid to solve problems all-day-every-day.

Check out my blog at https://kmack.azurewebsites.net/ and https://totalalm.azurewebsites.net/

Manjuke Fernando

Technical Lead Air Liquide Industrial Services (Singapore)

Singapore

My passion lies in building business intelligence and data-based solutions, writing about things I work with and talking about it. New technologies relevant to my line of work interest me and I am often seen playing with early releases of such technologies.

My current role involves architecting and building a variety of data solutions, providing database maintenance and administration support, building the organization’s data practice, and training and mentoring peers.

My aspiration over the next several years is to achieve higher competency and recognition in the field of Data Analytics and move into a career of data science.

Specialities: SQL Server, T-SQL Development, SQL Server Administration, SSRS, SSIS, C#, ASP.Net, Crystal Reports

MasoudSharifiPour

CEO http://www.mspsoft.com

Unknown

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

Mike Oberberger

Chief Technology Officer

United States

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

Neta777

Israel

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.

Piet Hadermann

Belgium

Freelance software developer and consultant.
I have been toying with bits and bytes for over 30 years.

RobertWatkins

United States

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

SneakyPeet

Software Developer (Senior)

Unknown

I write about Domain Driven Design, Clean Code and .net

SpeedDemonSA

Web Developer Webeasy SA

South Africa

Junior web and software developer for Webeasy S.A.

User 11633146

Software Developer (Senior)

Germany

As a programmer I’ve had extensive professional experience. From the beauty of interface design and graphic rendering to the rigid correctness of scientific and financial applications. From entertaining video games to sociable communications and practical development products.

As a writer I’ve achieved success with technical writing on my blog. I’m an active fiction and narrative non-fiction writer, with my work featured in various publications.

My specialty is distilling complexity into manageable chunks.

Val Okafor

Software Developer (Senior) ValOkafor.com

United States

My name is Val Okafor, I am a Senior Software Engineer with specialization in Android Development. Learning and problem solving is my passion and I share my Android development knowledge through my blog ValOkafor.com.

My Android courses are the courses I wish I had when I started. I teach Android development in the context of a fully developed Android app. I believe that new Android concepts are better understood if they are presented in the context of creating an app from scratch to finish.

I focus on creating Productivity Android apps and besides Android development I have 7 years’ experience as System Administrator supporting Enterprise applications and 2 years’ experience as a Web Developer building websites using PHP and ASP.Net.

I have worked for corporations such as The Home Depot, American Council on Exercise, Legend3D and HD Supply, Inc. I have a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from National University San Diego, California and a master's degree in Software Engineering from Regis University Denver, Colorado.

I enjoy sharing my extensive work experience through my blog, social media.

First Prize	Piet Hadermann - Your Developers Aren’t Bricklayers, They’re Writers
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Ronnie Mukherjee - Imperative and Declarative Programming
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.
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