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Apache Kafka 0.9 Scala Producer/Consumer With Some RxScala Pixie Dust

15 Mar 2016Sacha Barber

An article on how to use the open source Apache Kafka messaging framework, with a bit of RxScala thrown in for good luck

Scala

Apache

Kafka

JVM

Angular Single-Page Applications - Cool Privilege Control System

29 Mar 2016wells cheung

Angular Single-Page Application, MEF, Privilege Control, WCF Restful Service, ui-router,

Angular 2 typescript configuration and debugging for Visual Studio 2015

7 Apr 2016Sami Pylkkänen

Article shows how to setup ASP.NET 4.5.2 and ASP.NET 5 projects for Angular 2 application and how to enable Angular 2 typescript debugging in Visual Studio.

Introducing InversifyJS 2.0: A powerful lightweight IoC container for JavaScript apps powered by TypeScript

22 Mar 2016Remo H. Jansen

A powerful IoC container for JavaScript apps powered by TypeScript

CQRS with Decoupled Messaging - Part II

4 Mar 2016Rishabh S Ajmera

Second post in a series of articles that show practical application of CQRS architecture with emphasis on decoupling messaging as infrastructure component

Async Wait for Files to Change using Node.js' FS

25 Mar 2016Konstantin A. Magg

Asynchronously wait for files and folders to be created, modified or deleted within a given time span. Very helpful, e.g. for end-to-end tests or server applications.

Javascript

Node.js

Bootstrapping Your Web Pages 3 – Crafting Text

3 Mar 2016Peter Leow

Crafting textual contents contextually, efficiently, and differently using Bootstrap.

bootstrap

Programmatically Change The Element Or Page Into Full Screen Mode

7 Mar 2016Sibeesh Passion

How to programmatically change the element or page into full screen

HTML

All-Topics

.NET to Hadoop Connection using Kerberos Ticket

26 Mar 2016Amit Kumar Tiwari

.NET to Hadoop connection using Keytab file

Angular Shopping Cart Editor

1 Mar 2016Bill SerGio, The Infomercial King

Angular Editor for the Angular Shopping Cart I posted here on CodeProject

Remove Default Background Color of ListBox Item on Selection in Windows Universal App

26 Mar 2016Sumit Samediya

Here we will learn how to remove default background color of ListBox item on selection in Windows Universal App

Easy Guide on How to Use OAuth to Access Google APIs

11 Mar 2016Raymund Macaalay

For this article, we will be creating a simple password reset of a user in Google which is very useful when you want to revoke access for a user in your domain, but leaving the account readable as long as you have the password.

OAuth

CQRS with Decoupled Messaging - Part III

4 Mar 2016Rishabh S Ajmera

Third post in series of articles that show practical application of CQRS architecture with emphasis on decoupling messaging as infrastructure component

CQRS with Decoupled Messaging Part V

4 Mar 2016Rishabh S Ajmera

Fifth and final post in a series of articles that show practical application of CQRS architecture with emphasis on decoupling messaging as infrastructure component

Using Two Submit Buttons on MVC’s Ajax.BeginForm

11 Mar 2016Raymund Macaalay

Using two submit buttons on MVC’s Ajax.BeginForm

MVC

Parallel Implementation and Evaluation of QuickSort using Open MPI

3 Mar 2016Moumie Soulemane

Implement the QuickSort algorithm using Open MPI library to compare sequential with parallel implementation

HTML

Gracefully Terminating Threads

1 Mar 2016Yogesh Jamkhindikar

This tip will help you achieve a graceful termination of your spawned threads in your ASP.NET application.

Cassandra on Windows in Angular MVC API Based Application. Part III

8 Mar 2016otark777

Some thoughts about one page Angular site based on ASP.NET Web API 2 and Cassandra NOSQL database

Use existing sqlite database in Windows phone 8.1

20 Mar 2016Sumit Samediya

In this article we will learn how to use existing sqlite database in WP 8.1 apps.

Angular 2 Tutorial in JavaScript/ES5 - Part 4 and 5

5 Mar 2016Konstantin A. Magg

This post presents a JavaScript (ECMAScript 5) version of the Angular 2 tutorial "Tour of Heroes". Learn how to implement the TypeScript examples in JavaScript/ES5. This article covers part 4 and 5 of the original tutorial.

HTML

Javascript

MVVM

Insecure Transport – Missing Public Key Pinning

30 May 2018Bryian Tan

HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP)

.NET

IIS

Copying to Clipboard Using jQuery Without the Need of Flash

11 Mar 2016Raymund Macaalay

Clipboard.js removes the flash component and just solves the issue elegantly - all you need to do is to import the script, assign a “data-clipboard-target” attribute to your HTML tag and write a small JavaScript snippet.

jQuery

Advanced Web UI Components Automation with Telerik Testing Framework

14 Mar 2016Anton Angelov

Explains different approaches how to automate advanced web UI components like a date-picker, color-picker, gauge and more.

Javascript

.NET

MSTest

Design Grid Control Automated Tests Part 1

21 Mar 2016Anton Angelov

Detailed explanation how to design proper automated tests for grid controls. Includes examples for unique identifier and text columns.

Converting My Angular 1 Application to TypeScript

23 Mar 2016Gjermund Bjaanes

How to convert Angular 1 application to TypeScript

Typescript

Javascript

All-Topics

Google Feedback with TypeScript

27 Mar 2016dotbydot

This script allows you to create feedback forms which include a screenshot and clients browser Information. Feedback tool similar to the Google Feedback based on Typescript/JQuery and HTML2Canvas.

Typescript

Javascript

Fix To No Access-Control-Allow-Origin Header is Present Or Working With Cross Origin Request In ASP.NET Web API

11 Mar 2016Sibeesh Passion

Fix to no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header is present or working with Cross Origin Request in ASP.NET Web API

ASP.NET

Detect Changes to Spectrum Colorpicker

29 Mar 2016Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

In this blog, we will see how to manage the default value of color picker so that we can detect if color is changed.

jQuery

Dev

web_development

Iterators in Ruby

4 Mar 2016trueknow

Mostly used iterators in Ruby

Ruby

macOS

Linux

Deploying Ruby Application with Ansible

18 Mar 2016Vyacheslav Voronenko

Learn how to implement provisioning script for your Ruby application

Ruby

deployment

Arranging Post Components After "the_content()" on WordPress

11 Mar 2016Raymund Macaalay

You might be wondering how you would rearrange the plug-ins add-on from Jetpack and from other 3rd party developers like Sharing, Likes, Related Posts, Navigation, etc.

PHP

Display the SharePoint List Item Permissions using REST API

4 Mar 2016Member 12014821

How to display the SharePoint list item permissions using REST API

Javascript

SharePoint

All-Topics

View Actual Error in SharePoint Without 'something Went Wrong' in SharePoint (Enable Debug Mode in SharePoint)

13 Mar 2016kushan lahiru perera

View real error without ‘Something went wrong’ in SharePoint, this is another better-way than viewing in the ULS

SharePoint2013

SharePoint

ASP.NET

Hack Grunt to Make Your Website Awesome

17 Mar 2016Microsoft Canada

Hack Grunt to make your website awesome

Visual Modeling Made Easy with the RASON® API and D3.js

1 Mar 2016Jeremy Likness

This article explores how to define a model, solve a problem, and generate a visual graph within a single page web application using HTML, JavaScript, the D3.js library, and the RASON REST API.

SVG Filters and Interactivity in Your Project

25 Mar 2016Member 12149082

Description of useful SVG Filters and Interactivity

Building Modern Web Apps with ASP.NET MVC 6

3 Mar 2016Microsoft Canada

Daniel Roth overviews ASP.NET 5 and ASP.NET MVC 6. He explains the guiding principles behind ASP.NET MVC 6, and overviews application development, pointing out some important new features in both ASP.NET MVC and Web API.

MVC6

ASP.NET

product-showcase

The Microsoft Cloud Platform for Developers

3 Mar 2016Microsoft Canada

In this demo-packed video, Scott Hanselman shows just how easy it is for any developer to deliver mind blowing next-generation web applications and services powered by the cloud.

cloud

product-showcase

Make your website mobile friendly using Bootstrap

3 Mar 2016Microsoft Canada

Check out how to make your website mobile friendly using the Bootstrap framework.

Mobile

bootstrap

product-showcase

Hide Calendar Recurrence Events That Are Not Occurring Today

22 Mar 2016Furqans

Hiding calendar recurring events not occurring on current date/day

Fourier Transform in Digital Signal Processing

6 Mar 2016Jakub Szymanowski

The article presents idea and implementation of Fourier Transform (DFT and FFT algorithms) in Digital Signal Processing.

RESTful Day #8: Unit Testing and Integration Testing in WebAPI using NUnit and Moq framework (Part2)

7 Mar 2016Akhil Mittal

In this article we’ll learn on how to write unit tests for WebAPI controllers i.e. REST’s actual endpoints.

Code First Approach in MVC using Migration

20 Mar 2016VijayRana

How to use Code First Approach in MVC using Migration

Web crawling with C# (part one)

7 Apr 2016DataBytzAI

Designing a web crawler using C#

HTML

.NET

VS2013

CRUD Using Scaffolding And Entity Framework

1 Mar 2016syed shanu

In this article, we will see in detail how to create a simple Student Master CRUD (Create/Read/Update and Delete) using scaffolding.

VOIP and SMS/MMS solution for IOT devices

3 Mar 2016Ranjan.D

This article is all about Voice over IP (VOIP) and SMS implementation for IOT devices. We will be making use Twilio API's in coding this solution.

ASP.NET Core 1.0 MVC 6 Using WEB API And AngularJS

13 Mar 2016syed shanu

In this article you will learn about ASP.NET Core 1.0 MVC 6 using WEB API and AngularJS.

Create a WCF DataService in Visual Studio 2017

15 May 2018NobsterTheLobster

Publish a WCF DataService with entity model, updatable views, filtering and authentication

Add Text to Image - Sample Application

6 Mar 2016Anatoliy Khotin (9682296)

Small application that allows text to be added to an image for annotation or to create greeting cards using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery

Inserting JSON Text into SQL Server Table

26 Mar 2016Jovan Popovic(MSFT)

How to easily insert array of JSON objects into SQL Server 2016 tables

Current Participants

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

DataBytzAI

Chief Technology Officer SocialVoice.AI

Ireland

Allen is CTO of SocialVoice (https://www.socialvoice.ai), where his company analyses video data at scale and gives Global Brands Knowledge, Insights and Actions never seen before! Allen is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the British Computing Society, a Microsoft mvp and Regional Director, and C-Sharp Corner Community Adviser and MVP. His core technology interests are BigData, IoT and Machine Learning.

When not chained to his desk he can be found fixing broken things, playing music very badly or trying to shape things out of wood. He currently completing a PhD in AI and is also a ball throwing slave for his dogs.

Akhil Mittal

Architect https://codeteddy.com/

India

Akhil Mittal is two times Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) firstly awarded in 2016 and continued in 2017 in Visual Studio and Technologies category, C# Corner MVP since 2013, Code Project MVP since 2014, a blogger, author and likes to write/read technical articles, blogs, and books. Akhil is a technical architect and loves to work on complex business problems and cutting-edge technologies. He has an experience of around 15 years in developing, designing, and architecting enterprises level applications primarily in Microsoft Technologies. He has diverse experience in working on cutting-edge technologies that include Microsoft Stack, AI, Machine Learning, and Cloud computing. Akhil is an MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) in Web Applications and Dot Net Framework.
Visit Akhil Mittal’s personal blog CodeTeddy (CodeTeddy ) for some good and informative articles. Following are some tech certifications that Akhil cleared,
• AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design.
• AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies.
• AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
• Microsoft MCTS (70-528) Certified Programmer.
• Microsoft MCTS (70-536) Certified Programmer.
• Microsoft MCTS (70-515) Certified Programmer.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhilmittal/

This is a Collaborative Group

779 members

Anatoliy Khotin (9682296)

Ukraine

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

Anton Angelov

CEO Automate The Planet

Bulgaria

CTO and Co-founder of Automate The Planet Ltd, inventor of BELLATRIX Test Automation Framework, author of "Design Patterns for High-Quality Automated Tests: High-Quality Test Attributes and Best Practices" in C# and Java. Nowadays, he leads a team of passionate engineers helping companies succeed with their test automation. Additionally, he consults companies and leads automated testing trainings, writes books, and gives conference talks. You can find him on LinkedIn every day.

Bill SerGio, The Infomercial King

CEO GeminiGroup TV, Inc.

United States

Bill SerGio is a highly accomplished individual, recognized in prestigious publications such as Marquis Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Advertising. With a background in software development and producing and directing famous celebrity infomercials, he has amassed a considerable fortune through television and licensing his software. Currently, he is deeply invested in developing anti-gravity technology using artificial intelligence, as well as utilizing AI for research into finding new cures for diseases such as cancer. In addition, he is also an investor in new movies, demonstrating a wide-ranging and diversified interest in various fields.

Bryian Tan

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I have over 10 years of experience working with Microsoft technologies. I have earned my Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification. I'm a highly motivated self-starter with an aptitude for learning new skills quickly.

dotbydot

Software Developer (Senior) Mellat Insurance

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.

Furqans

Architect

India

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

Gjermund Bjaanes

Software Developer

Norway

My name is Gjermund Bjaanes. I am 25 years old, born and raised in Norway. I am a developer, geek and enthusiast in general. I’m passionate about programming and software engineering in general. Currently I focus on web development and mobile development on my free time.

I am a software engineer and developer by trade and by passion.

I have always had a very enthusiastic interest for computers, dated to when I was little. It became an obsession for programming, IT, gadgets and new technology. I love being a developer, and that is why I do it as much as I can!

Other than that; In my spare time I like to code, read, cook, hang out with friends and to work out.

Jakub Szymanowski

Systems Engineer Enspirion LLC (ENERGA Group)

Poland

After graduating with a degree of Master of Science, Engineer in Automation and Robotics (at the Gdansk University of Technology) began his career as a Service Engineer of Ships' Systems. He spent four years in this profession and had a lot of places all over the world visited.

In 2012 he started to work for Polish energy company ENERGA (ENERGA Agregator LLC, ENERGA Innowacje LLC and Enspirion LLC) as Systems Engineer and Solutions Architect. Thereafter he participated in few large-scale research projects in the field of Information Technology and Systems Integration for Energy & Power Management and Demand Response applications as a Solution Architect, Business Architect or Project Manager.

His private interests include Signal and Image Processing, Adaptive Algorithms and Theory of Probability.

Jeremy Likness

Program Manager Microsoft

United States

Note: articles posted here are independently written and do not represent endorsements nor reflect the views of my employer.

I am a Program Manager for .NET Data at Microsoft. I have been building enterprise software with a focus on line of business web applications for more than two decades. I'm the author of several (now historical) technical books including Designing Silverlight Business Applications and Programming the Windows Runtime by Example. I use the Silverlight book everyday! It props up my monitor to the correct ergonomic height. I have delivered hundreds of technical presentations in dozens of countries around the world and love mentoring other developers. I am co-host of the Microsoft Channel 9 "On .NET" show. In my free time, I maintain a 95% plant-based diet, exercise regularly, hike in the Cascades and thrash Beat Saber levels.

I was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's Disease in February of 2020. I maintain a blog about my personal journey with the disease at https://strengthwithparkinsons.com/.

Jovan Popovic(MSFT)

Program Manager Microsoft

Serbia

Graduated from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Techniques and Informatics, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Currently working in Microsoft as Program Manager on SQL Server product.
Member of JQuery community - created few popular plugins (four popular JQuery DataTables add-ins and loadJSON template engine).
Interests: Web and databases, Software engineering process(estimation and standardization), mobile and business intelligence platforms.

Konstantin A. Magg

Germany

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

kushan lahiru perera

Software Developer

Sri Lanka

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.

Member 12149082

Ukraine

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

Microsoft Canada

Canada

Your Canadian resource for tips, tricks, research, case studies…. Everything you need to develop apps and services that users will love.

This is a Organisation (No members)

Moumie Soulemane

Germany

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

NobsterTheLobster

Ireland

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

otark777

Web Developer

Israel

C# developer

e-mail: otark777@yahoo.com

Peter Leow

Instructor / Trainer

Singapore

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

子曰："三人行，必有我师焉；择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之."

Ranjan.D

Web Developer

United States

Profile

Around 10 years of professional software development experience in analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of enterprise web applications for healthcare domain with good exposure to object-oriented design, software architectures, design patterns, test-driven development and agile practices.

In Brief

Analyse and create High Level , Detailed Design documents.
Use UML Modelling and create Use Cases , Class Diagram , Component Model , Deployment Diagram, Sequence Diagram in HLD.

Area of Working : Dedicated to Microsoft .NET Technologies
Experience with : C# , J2EE , J2ME, Windows Phone 8, Windows Store App
Proficient in: C# , XML , XHTML, XML, HTML5, Javascript, Jquery, CSS, SQL, LINQ, EF

Software Development

Database: Microsoft SQL Server, FoxPro
Development Frameworks: Microsoft .NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.5, 4.5
UI: Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC3, MVC4
Coding: WinForm , Web Development, Windows Phone, WinRT Programming, WCF, WebAPI

Healthcare Domain Experience

CCD, CCR, QRDA, HIE, HL7 V3, Healthcare Interoperability

Education

B.E (Computer Science)

CodeProject Contest So Far:

1. Windows Azure Developer Contest - HealthReunion - A Windows Azure based healthcare product , link - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/582535/HealthReunion-A-Windows-Azure-based-healthcare-pro

2. DnB Developer Contest - DNB Business Lookup and Analytics , link - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/618344/DNB-Business-Lookup-and-Analytics

3. Intel Ultrabook Contest - Journey from development, code signing to publishing my App to Intel AppUp , link - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/517482/Journey-from-development-code-signing-to-publishin

4. Intel App Innovation Contest 2013 - eHealthCare

5. Grand Prize Winner of CodeProject HTML5 &CSS3 Article Contest 2014

6. Grand Prize Winner of CodeProject Android Article Contest 2014

7. Grand Prize Winner of IOT on Azure Contest 2015

Raymund Macaalay

Technical Lead

New Zealand

http://nz.linkedin.com/in/macaalay
http://macaalay.com/

Remo H. Jansen

Europe

Web development ninja, open-source contributor, writer, speaker, entrepreneur, technology lover and Internet enthusiast. Dublin TypeScript meetup organizer. Web engineer at Aon Centre for Innovation and Analytics (ACIA). Founder of Wolk Software Ltd

Rishabh S Ajmera

United States

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

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

Sami Pylkkänen

Software Developer (Senior)

Finland

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

Sumit Samediya

Software Developer (Senior)

India

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

syed shanu

Team Leader

India

Microsoft MVP | Code Project MVP | CSharp Corner MVP | Author | Blogger and always happy to Share what he knows to others. MyBlog

My Interview on Microsoft TechNet Wiki Ninja Link

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

Architect

India

Awards

DZone Most Valuable Blogger
Microsoft MVP 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Code Project MVP 2014, 2015, 2016
Star Achiever of the Month December 2013
Mindfire Techno Idea Contest 2013 Winner
Star of the Month July 2013

trueknow

India

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

VijayRana

Technical Lead

India

Hi Myself Vijay having around 7 years of experience on Microsoft Technologies.

Vyacheslav Voronenko

Web Developer

Ukraine

Web Developer, interested in bleeding age web technologies and projects.

Experienced and interested in:
- High load web projects, bespoke software development
- DevOps: Chef, Ansible, Vagrant
- NoSQL (mongodb)
- Client stack (javascript core, jquery, AngularJS, HTML5 apis)
- *AAS (Amazon beanstalk, Redhat openshift)
- MEAN & Pure JS stack (Javascript, AngularJS, Node.JS, MongoDB)

-> DevOps inquiries
-> Other inquiries
-> Follow me on Github

wells cheung

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

ASP.NET Developer 3.5(Microsoft® Certified Professional Developer)
.NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Applications(Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist)

Wild-Programmer

Technical Lead

United States

I am a developer in Microsoft Technologies like .NET, SharePoint etc.

Yogesh Jamkhindikar

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I love to code (ASP.NET-C#, SQL, AJAX, HTML, XML, WCF, MVC, JQuery, Kendo, REST Services, Business Analysis are my favourites to work with),play outdoor sports, travel to places, meet new people, be amidst Nature, read inspirational books, listen to music & am a Foodie as well.

First Prize	DataBytzAI - Web crawling with C# (part one)
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Akhil Mittal - RESTful Day #7: Unit Testing and Integration Testing in WebAPI using NUnit and Moq framework (Part 1)
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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