Best "Everything Else" Article of November 2015

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Current Entries

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OPOS (OLE for Retail POS) with JavaScript

1 Nov 2015Duleeka Gunatilake

OPOS (OLE for retail POS) with JavaScript

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Performance Tips & Tricks with Xamarin for Android

17 Nov 2015Cybermaxs

I was recently involved on a project made with Xamarin. This new mobile app is not released yet, but it’s on a good track and I’m satisfied of the result. The initial objective was to create several Xamarin apps (Brands x Areas on Android + iOS) with an important focus on code sharing & quality.

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Creating a Segregated Searchable/Editable Map in ArcGISOnline

26 Nov 2015Jon Shern

I would like to create a map that stores core company location data, that anyone in the company can search and a select few can add data points ArcGISOnline has many features to jump start your project.

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Understanding OData in the Simplest Way

11 Nov 2015Imran Abdul Ghani

Understanding OData in the simplest way

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Data Analysis with Python – The Tools and the Data

26 Nov 2015Jon Shern

Data Analysis with Python – The Tools and the Data

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machine-learning

Passing Response Body AND Non-Success Code with MVC

17 Nov 2015Keith Holloway

Passing Response Body AND Non-Success Code with MVC

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Vendor: Insecure, Security

18 Nov 2015CdnSecurityEngineer

Vendor: Insecure, Security

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Cloud Based Load Testing Using TF Service & VS 2013

20 Nov 2015Tarun_Arora

One of the new features announced as part of the Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Preview is ‘Cloud Based Load Testing’. In this blog post I’ll walk you through

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load-testing

What is ViewModel in MVC?

22 Nov 2015 Marla Sukesh

People usually get scared and confused when they hear the word View Model in MVC. View Model is a hidden layer in ASP.NET MVC applications. View Model is not a part of MVC. It’s something brought up by community for maintaining SOC.

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Prefer WeakReference to WeakReference<T>

22 Nov 2015Ben M Watson

Prefer WeakReference to WeakReference

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dnx-watch - A no-compile Developer Experience

31 Oct 2015Anuraj Parameswaran

dnx-watch - A no-compile Developer Experience

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Debugging with GDB

1 Nov 2015Duleeka Gunatilake

This article attempts to summarize the basics involved in debugging with GDB, the GNU project debugger.

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Preprocessor to Control printf Debugging

1 Nov 2015Duleeka Gunatilake

Preprocessor to control printf debugging

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Identity Groups on the Query Side (CQRS)

3 Nov 2015Duncan Edwards Jones

Identity groups on the query side (CQRS)

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A Journey on Becoming a Pluralsight Author – Jon Flanders

11 Nov 2015Jon Flanders

Jon Flanders' journey to becoming a Pluralsight author, from his first GDC, to his blog, to learning how to be a storyteller.

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product-showcase

PnP Provisioning Engine

10 Nov 2015Member 12014821

PnP provisioning engine

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Generate Color Mappings on Circos plot for prokaryote comparative genomics

14 Nov 2015Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Recently I was drawing a virus genome circos plot apply in a Ebolavirus comparative genomics study.

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phpGrid, Laravel 5 Integration – Part II (Improved version)

17 Nov 2015Swift coder

In the previous phpGrid Laravel 5 tutorial part 1, we have chosen to leave the phpGrid code inside route.php. In this tutorial, we will improve upon what we have learned in part 1.

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Making Punch Cards Better

18 Nov 2015Stephen Akins

Making punch cards better

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GPU Performance Tests

22 Nov 2015John Michael Hauck

It has never been easier for C# desktop developers to write code that takes advantage of the amazing computing performance of modern graphics cards.

Struts2, JSON, JQGrid With Annotations

21 Nov 2015AshwinRayaprolu

Struts2, JSON, JQGrid with annotations

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JSON

Learning the S.O.L.I.D Programming Principles: Liskov Substitution Principle [Part – IV]

22 Nov 2015Gaurav Aroraa

Liskov substitution principle [Part – IV]

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Oh No! Not Another Way to Write a CSV File??

21 Nov 2015MBigglesworth79

Yet another way to write a CSV file

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Maths in IT #1: Basic set theory

4 Nov 2015Sander Rossel

A simple introduction to set theory.

Use Curl to Organise Your HTTP Request

25 Nov 2015BlueMaple_chief

How to perform easy http request

Extracting Email Addresses from Outlook Mailboxes using C#

27 Nov 2015matthewproctor

Extracting Email Addresses from Outlook Mailboxes using C#

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Convert Data Reader To Datatable

18 Nov 2015Sibeesh Passion

How to convert data reader to Datatable

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Code review guidelines – Part 1

21 Nov 2015ludovicianul

Last updated on 27th of January. Please also read Code Review Guidelines Part 2. What is a Code Review? Code review is systematic examination (often known as peer review) of computer source code.

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Programmatically Encrypt the Connection String In ASP.NET Applications

19 Nov 2015Hamid Mosalla

How to programmatically encrypt the Connection String in ASP.NET applications

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How to Make the Windows Desktop Application Work Well on High-DPI Displays and Fix Blurry Fonts

26 Nov 2015Komal Mangal

How to make the Windows Desktop Application work well on High-DPI displays and fix blurry fonts

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In Memory Data Access, A Methodology to Simplify Agile Development

21 Nov 2015Giorgio Bozio

In Memory Data Access, a methodology to simplify Agile development

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My Home Backup Strategy, Part 1: The Basics

1 Nov 2015Christian Specht

My home backup strategy - the basics

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Diving Deep With SEMAPHORE And MUTEX

26 Nov 2015_Ankit_Singh_

Diving Deep with SEMAPHORE and MUTEX

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Using Chain Of Responsibility Instead of if/else Statement

5 Nov 2015Fitim Skenderi

Using chain of responsibility instead of if/else statement

.NET

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Dev

Generic repository in aspnet5

1 Nov 2015Anuraj Parameswaran

In this post, I am explaining generic repository pattern using EF7. The Repository Pattern is a common construct to avoid duplication of data access logic throughout our application. The purpose of the repository is to hide the details of accessing the data.

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Using Matlab from C# Application

21 Nov 2015n.podbielski

Using Matlab from C# application

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The Scrum Management (A Practical Example)

21 Nov 2015Salmanzz

The Scrum management - a practical example

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Using User Name Instead of Email in ASP.NET Identity

5 Dec 2015Hamid Mosalla

How to change the ASP.NET identity security setup that comes with default MVC template to use the simple username instead of email

How to Use Free ASP.NET MVC Tree Helper

16 Nov 2015sharkdevZ

I'm going to show how to get, install and start using the free ASP .NET MVC helper.

Hoisting In JavaScript

17 Nov 2015Sibeesh Passion

In this post we will discuss the importance and limitations of Hoisting in JavaScript. We all writes client side codes. Right? But few of you might not be aware of the term Hoisting.

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How I got started in technical evangelism

17 Nov 2015Dave_Voyles

I wanted to share my story so that others who want to get into this field, or those who do not have technical backgrounds, can understand that a path exists.

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Creating a Dynamic WPF Menu : Part 3

22 Nov 2015Wastedtalent

In the first part of this series, I introduced the menu service and the menu item base class. In the second part I introduced the command implementation and the hierarchical data template. In this third and final part, I will bring it all together.

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Simple way to build solution with out opening VS (TIP)

21 Nov 2015zenwalker1985

Dear Reader, I learned some thing new (for myself) but could be an old news for you. Any ways just wish to share it with you all in case if you did not know It may so happen that at times we need to build dependent projects/solutions... Read More

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Current Participants

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

_Ankit_Singh_

Student

India

I'm Ankit, a Computer Science undergraduate, Technical blogger and Javascript lover. At times, I like to play with Android too. I love to read books and blogs of other programmers. I spent a decent amount of time on Quora and Medium. I have a sound knowledge in C, Java and Javascript. I mostly write about Javascript related stuff. I'm also a DZone.com MVB (Most Valuable Blogger). My personal blog can be found at http://theleancoder.net/.

You can reach me at ankitsingh26548@gmail.com.

Marla Sukesh

Founder Just Compile

India

Learning is fun but teaching is awesome.

Who I am? Trainer + consultant + Developer/Architect + Director of Just Compile

My Company - Just Compile

I can be seen in, @sukeshmarla or Facebook

Anuraj Parameswaran

Technical Lead

India

Working as Tech. Lead

My blog : dotnetthoughts.net.
You can follow me in twitter : @anuraj

AshwinRayaprolu

Chief Technology Officer Northalley

United States

A Technology evangelist with no technical language barriers. A strong believer that Simple Sofware Is Perfect Software. A staunch proponent of software / documentation automation in all domain's. And finally a true diciple of Google Search.

Ben M Watson

Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft

United States

Ben Watson has been a software engineer at Microsoft since 2008. On the Bing platform team, he has built one of the world's leading .NET-based, high-performance server applications, handling high-volume, low-latency requests across thousands of machines for millions of customers. In his spare time, he enjoys geocaching, books of all kinds, classical music, and spending time with his family. He is the author of Writing High-Performance .NET Code and C# 4.0 How-To. He blogs at Philosophical Geek.

BlueMaple_chief

Software Developer

China

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

CdnSecurityEngineer

Engineer

Canada

I am a Sr Engineer for a major security firm; I have been developing software professionally for 8 years now; I've worked for start ups, small companies, large companies, myself, education. Currently the company I work for has 7,000+ employees worldwide. I am responsible for our platform security, I write code, implement features, educate other engineers about security, I perform security reviews, threat modeling, continue to educate myself on the latest software. By night, I actively work to educate other developers about security and security issues. I also founded a local chapter of OWASP which I organize and run.

I cut my teeth developing in C++ and it's still where my heart is with development, lately I've been writing a lot of C# code & some java, but I do have a project or two coming out in C++ /DiectX 11 whenever I get the time.

When I am not developing code I am spending my time with my wife and daughter or I am lost deep in the woods some where on a camping trip with friends. If you can't find me with a GPS and a SPOT device then chances are I am on the Rugby pitch playing Rugby and having a great time doing so.

You can find more about me and My thoughts on security

Christian Specht

Software Developer

Germany

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

Cybermaxs

Technical Lead

France

Yet another proof of concept

Dave_Voyles

United States

Dave Voyles is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft. He spends a lot of time writing games, writing about games, and writing about how to write games for the game dev community, Read his blog or follow him on Twitter @davevoyles.

Duleeka Gunatilake

Engineer MTT Network (Pvt.) Ltd.

Sri Lanka

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

Duncan Edwards Jones

Software Developer

Ireland

C# / SQL Server developer
Microsoft MVP (Azure) 2017
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic) 2006, 2007

Fitim Skenderi

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.

Gaurav Aroraa

Chief Technology Officer

India

Learning never ends.

Giorgio Bozio

Italy

Software architect. At present working on C# development, with mainly Asp.net Ajax and MVC user inteface. Particularly interested in OOP, test driven, agile development.

Hamid Mosalla

Software Developer

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Programming is my passion, because I find it so intellectually rewarding. I currently work as a back-end web developer, using Microsoft technology stack, I also blog about my experiences and contribute to open source projects on my free time.

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.

John Michael Hauck

Software Developer (Senior) LECO Corporation

United States

John Hauck has been developing software professionally since 1981, and focused on Windows-based development since 1988. For the past 17 years John has been working at LECO, a scientific laboratory instrument company, where he manages software development. John also served as the manager of software development at Zenith Data Systems, as the Vice President of software development at TechSmith, as the lead medical records developer at Instrument Makar, as the MSU student who developed the time and attendance system for Dart container, and as the high school kid who wrote the manufacturing control system at Wohlert. John loves the Lord, his wife, their three kids, and sailing on Lake Michigan.

Jon Flanders

United States

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

Jon Shern

Technical Lead Feed Management Systems

United States

I am an Engineering Supervisor/Architect for Feed Management Systems.

Keith Holloway

Technical Lead

United States

I'm a learner/coder/leader who is curious about how technologies and people work together to solve interesting problems. I have a passion for software and doing what I can to improve the lives of the people who create and use it.

Komal Mangal

Software Developer

India

For more technical articles please visit my blog at-
http://komalmangal.blogspot.in

ludovicianul

Technical Lead Endava Ltd.

Romania

My name is Madalin Ilie. Currently I'm a Development Lead at Endava Romania (www.endava.com).

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 | :)

MBigglesworth79

Web Developer

United Kingdom

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

Member 12014821

India

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

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Technical Lead PANOMIX

China

He is good and loves VisualBasic! Senior data scientist at PANOMIX

github: https://github.com/xieguigang

n.podbielski

Software Developer

Poland

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

Salmanzz

Software Developer (Senior) BMJ

United Kingdom

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

Sander Rossel

CEO JUUN Software

Netherlands

Sander Rossel is a Microsoft certified professional developer with experience and expertise in .NET and .NET Core (C#, ASP.NET, and Entity Framework), SQL Server, Azure, Azure DevOps, JavaScript, MongoDB, and other technologies.

He is the owner of JUUN Software, a company specializing in custom software. JUUN Software uses modern, but proven technologies, such as .NET Core, Azure and Azure DevOps.

You can't miss his books on Amazon and his free e-books on Syncfusion!

He wrote a JavaScript LINQ library, arrgh.js (works in IE8+, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and probably everything else).

Check out his prize-winning articles on CodeProject as well!

sharkdevZ

Croatia

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

Sibeesh Passion

Software Developer

Germany

I am Sibeesh Venu, an engineer by profession and writer by passion. I’m neither an expert nor a guru. I have been awarded Microsoft MVP 3 times, C# Corner MVP 5 times, DZone MVB. I always love to learn new technologies, and I strongly believe that the one who stops learning is old.

My Blog: Sibeesh Passion
My Website: Sibeesh Venu

Stephen Akins

Founder QR Loyalty Cards

Canada

Founder of QR Loyalty Cards, Father, Husband and Space Cowboy.

https://qrloyalty.cards

Swift coder

Web Developer

United States

He likes programming and iPod.

Tarun_Arora

Software Developer (Senior) Avanade

United Kingdom

Solution Developer - C# .NET, ALM

Tarun Arora is a Microsoft Certified professional developer for Enterprise Applications. He has over 5 years of experience developing 'Energy Trading & Risk Management' solutions using Microsoft Technologies. Tarun has great passion for technology and travel (not necessarily in the same order)!

Wastedtalent

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.

zenwalker1985

Software Developer (Senior) Siemens

India

A .net developer since 4+ years, wild, curious and adventurous nerd.

Loves Trekking/Hiking, animals and nature.

A FOSS/Linux maniac by default Wink | ;)

An MVP aspirant and loves blogging -> https://adventurouszen.wordpress.com/

First Prize	ludovicianul - Code review guidelines – Part 1
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Sander Rossel - Maths in IT #1: Basic set theory
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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