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TCP Socket Off-the-shelf

by Igor Ladnik

Wrapper to facilitate usage of TCP sockets

Routing Manager for WCF4

by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

Silverlight DataTrigger is the Answer to View Model / MVVM Issues

by defwebserver

How using the Silverlight DataTrigger allows you to run a process and then raise another when using View Model (MVVM)

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Editor3D: A Windows.Forms Render Control with interactive 3D Editor in C#

by Elmue

An easy to use 3D control which can be integrated into an application in a few minutes

WCF Client For Web Services that Require Authorization by HTTP Header

by NikStar

Using OutgoingMessageProperties and OperationContextScope to implement authorization by http header for WCF client that communicates with non WCF-based web services.

Smart Home – Controlling Shelly® Devices (Part 1)

by Ralf Meier

In this article, I demonstrate how to integrate Shelly® relays into my smart home, controlling the devices through routines in VB.NET.

Working with MSDTC...

by Sufyan S Jabr

All that you need to know when working with MSDTC, troubleshooting and problem solving.

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.NET4

Generic DAL for ADO.Net - A Revisit

10 Apr 2020 by #realJSOP

A rewrite of a previous article with more liquid nitrogen and bacon

The "Rule-O-Nator" - An example of dynamically loading classes at runtime

19 Jun 2013 by -james

Being Dynamic in a Staticly Typed World

DocMounter 2: A tool to build VS.NET documentation (now with Sandcastle)

15 Nov 2010 by 10Tec, Sergey Gorbenko

Tool for creating MS Visual Studio documentation files - XML Summaries, HxS/MSHC help solutions and manuals.

Dynamically adding controls on a hierarchical structure on MVC

6 Aug 2012 by _DanV_

How to dynamically add controls on a hierarchical structure on MVC.

Multi-level WPF Popup Bound to a Hierarchical Tree

16 Jun 2016 by _eol_

This article presents the minimal code necessary to display a hierarchical tree using Popups.

WPF Image Buttons 100% in XAML

27 Sep 2016 by _eol_

The goal of this article is to create flat image buttons with bindable properties.

Logging: How to Growl with NLog 3 (or 2.1)

15 Jun 2014 by _Noctis_

This will set you logging from your NLog to your Growl in no time.

Save Zip File in Access Database With File Encryption in C#

7 Jun 2014 by A. Najafzadeh

Saving zip files in access database with encrypting bytes when file saved in access database and decrypting bytes when extracting files from database . . .

Understanding Expression Trees

22 Jul 2009 by abcdefghijklasdsad

Expression trees tutorial.

Covariance, Contravariance and Invariance in C# Language

23 Jul 2009 by abcdefghijklasdsad

Covariance, contravariance and invariance in C# language

Effective Paging with GridView Control in ASP.NET

16 Nov 2010 by Abdul Quader Mamun

Paging must be effective for large scaleable applications. Without smart and effective paging and sorting for huge amount of data, user request takes more time and uses more resources.

Parallel Operations in .NET using Task Parallel Library

12 Aug 2015 by abhichak

Describing use of Parallel.Invoke and Tasks

Excellent Debugging Features in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

4 Jan 2010 by Abhijit Jana

This article describes how to use Pin/Unpin of Object/Variable Data Tip during debugging In Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

Exploring Caching: Using Caching Application Enterprise Library 4.1

10 Jan 2010 by Abhijit Jana

This article describes the use of Caching Application Block - Enterprise Library 4.1.

Working with CLR Objects in SQL Server 2005 or Higher: Part I

2 Aug 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Gives an introduction to CLR programming in SQL Server databases. This is the first part of a two-part article series.

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Working with CLR Objects in SQL Server 2005 or Above Part 2

2 Aug 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Gives an introduction of how to create SQL CLR managed objects in SQL server.

SQL-Server-2005

Basics of Bing Search API using .NET

31 Oct 2009 by Abhishek Sur

This article will enable you to add custom search rules to your application using Bing Search API with much more

Simplify Code Using NDepend

3 Nov 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Using this article you will get the basic idea of how you could use NDepend to control/analyze your application. It allows to apply design rules and refactor code.

Code InfoBox Visual Studio Extension (VSX) 2010

31 Jan 2010 by Abhishek Sur

A WPF Infowindow placed on the right hand corner of the Code Canvas which informs you about the code statistics

Pluggable Styles and Resources in WPF with Language Converter Tool

31 Oct 2010 by Abhishek Sur

In this article, I have shown how you can build pluggable Resources for styles, Languages or any static objects, etc. Therefore building a new style doesn't hamper your code and you can easily plugin any new style to the application even though it is already in the production environment.

C# 5.0 vNext - New Asynchronous Pattern

20 Nov 2010 by Abhishek Sur

C# 5.0 CTP was introduced recently, this article is specally dealing with my own understanding with this realease with few sample applications

Progress Bars, Threads, Windows Forms, and You

18 Dec 2012 by Abion47

Using asynchronous progress bars on your form from start to finish

Implementing the Observer Pattern in C#

11 Sep 2012 by acarpio1975

The objective is to implement the observer pattern in c# as simple as possible and take advantage of the framework.

Console Program Entry-point Framework

20 Sep 2009 by Adam Langley

Write better console applications, quickly, and easily

ADO.NET Data Access Component for SQL Server in C# and VB.NET

28 Sep 2012 by AdamNThompson

A data access component for SQL Server in VB.NET.

SQL-Server-2005

Generic Sorting with LINQ and Lambda Expressions

24 Jun 2009 by AdamNThompson

This class sorts objects using Generics and LINQ Lambda Expressions.

Search Engine Optimization in AJAX site

11 Aug 2010 by adi007me

How to achieve search engine optimization in AJAX site

Add Most Recently Used Files (MRU) List to Windows Applications

26 Nov 2012 by Adib Saad

A .NET4.0 alternative for "Add Most Recently Used Files (MRU) List to Windows Applications"

WPF Form Designer Prototype (MVVM)

3 Apr 2013 by AdolfoPerez

Form designer with editable display properties and bindings. Generates XAML forms.

Unknown Class Dynamically Generated at runtime for Entity Framework, WCF OData and dynamic client consumption

7 Nov 2014 by Adriaan Booysen

An example of a nearly complete unknown type being used accross EF, WCF and consumed client side

A Simple WPF Text Clock Gadget for Windows

28 Jan 2013 by Agent__007

A simple WPF text clock gadget for Windows

How to Create a Custom Jumplist with Custom Events in Windows Forms

23 Oct 2010 by Ahmed_Said

Creating a custom Jumplist with custom events and examining all of its features in Windows Forms 3.5

Chromium (CefSharp) Tor Browser

28 Jan 2016 by ahmet_uzun

An alternative Tor Browser built with C# using CefSharp and Tor.NET.

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Circular Context menu in WPF

18 Jul 2012 by Ajosh Palis

The purpose of this article is to illustrate a context menu that renders in cricular shape.

Code First Approach using Entity Framework 4.1, Inversion of Control, Unity Framework, Repository & Unit of Work Pattern and MVC3 Razor View

26 Nov 2014 by Akhil Mittal

My effort in this article was to put some light on building a generic multilayered architecture using Entity Framework 4.1 and MVC3 razor view engine.

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Diving in OOP (Day 1) : Polymorphism and Inheritance (Early Binding/Compile Time Polymorphism)

15 Jul 2015 by Akhil Mittal

This article will cover almost every OOP concept that a novice/beginner developer hunt for, and not only beginners, the article’s purpose is to be helpful to experience professionals also who need to sometimes brush-up their concepts or who prepare for interviews.

RESTful Day #2: Inversion of control using dependency injection in Web APIs using Unity Container and Bootstrapper

1 Mar 2016 by Akhil Mittal

My article will explain how we can make our Web API service architecture loosely coupled and more flexible.

RESTful Day #4: Custom URL Re-Writing/Routes using Attribute Routing in MVC 4 Web APIs

1 Mar 2016 by Akhil Mittal

In this article I’ll explain how to write your own custom routes using Attribute Routing.

RESTful Day #5: Security in Web APIs-Basic Authentication and Token based custom Authorization in Web APIs using Action Filters

1 Mar 2016 by Akhil Mittal

This article will explain how to make WebAPI secure using Basic Authentication and Token based authorization.

RESTful Day #7: Unit Testing and Integration Testing in WebAPI using NUnit and Moq framework (Part 1)

1 Mar 2016 by Akhil Mittal

In this article we learn how to write unit tests for core business logic and primarily on basic CRUD operations.

RESTful Day #9: OData in ASP.NET Web APIs

1 Apr 2016 by Akhil Mittal

This is the last article of the RESTful series in which I’ll explain how you can leverage OData capabilities in ASP.NET WebAPI. I’ll explain what OData is and we’ll create OData enabled RESTful services.

Single Sign On (SSO) for cross-domain ASP.NET applications: Part-II - The implementation

4 Oct 2010 by Al-Farooque Shubho

Implementation approach of a domain independent Single Sign On (SSO) for ASP.NET applications.

Mini XML serializer

6 Jul 2010 by Alain Bertrand

A small XML serializer for Silverlight projects.

Mixing .NET and native code

7 Apr 2014 by Alain DOS REIS

A first approach to mixing .NET and native code, using the C++/CLI gateway.

A Universal Enum Editor for WinForms

26 Feb 2016 by Alan Seedhouse

An Editor Control to edit both Flags and non-Flags Enums

Don't Hard Code Your DataProviders

1 Feb 2010 by Alaric Dailey

Correctly using provider factories to create database independant code

Calculating the Probability of Related Events Based on Bayes' Theorem Using MongoDB Aggregation Framework in C#

29 Jan 2016 by Alazar 9860585

Calculating the Probability of Related Events Based on Bayes' Theorem Using MongoDB Aggregation Framework in C#

Preventive Method for URL Request Forgery- An Example with ASP.NET MVC

29 Nov 2010 by Albin Abel

It is novel method to prevent the manipulation of parameter pass through the URL string

Implementing Deep Cloning using Reflection

20 Sep 2016 by Alen Toma

How to implement deep cloning using Reflection

UpnpStat – List and Modify Port Mappings on your UPnP Enabled Router

16 Sep 2010 by Alex Soya

A simple console utility that allows you to query and modify port mappings on a UPnP enabled home networking router.

Yet another Web Camera control

5 Nov 2017 by Alexander Iacobciuc

In this article you will find yet another implementation of a web camera control.

Stream Player Control

25 Dec 2019 by Alexander Iacobciuc

In this article you will find an implementation of a stream player control.

Generic Pipeline

23 Jan 2014 by Alexander Sharykin

Implementations of a computing pipeline, with design explanation and code samples

C# Generic Type Generator

31 May 2012 by Alexander Van Berg

Combinatorial generation of C# generic types.

Yet Another Email Client (LINQ to IMAP)

4 Jul 2011 by Alexander Wieser

Equinox is an SMTP/IMAP client running on the .NET Framework and Mono.

The Spectre Framework

11 Dec 2012 by Alexander Wieser

The Spectre Framework is an attempt to introduce HTML5 as a first class citizen UI language for CLR based applications.

Leveraging LINQ to XML: Querying an obfuscation map: Part 2

5 Oct 2009 by Alexander Yegorov

A practical use of the LINQ to XML technology.

Measuring COM+ Performance

21 Jun 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Measuring COM+ performance

Rehosting WorkflowDesigner

2 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

Rehosting of WorkflowDesigner in WPF and Windows Forms application, and invoking the workflow

Delete Certificate Store

24 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

This deletecertstore tool deletes certificate stores as a pendant to makecert

Hosted WCF Service over HTTPS

27 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

Example of a self hosted WCF service over HTTPS with transaction

NLog Log and Audit Advanced Target

26 May 2010 by AlexCode

A way to audit your business objects using NLog.

Sprache.Calc: Building Yet Another Expression Evaluator

9 Mar 2019 by AlexeyYakovlev

This paper demonstrates a technique of building Sprache parsers using grammar inheritance.

Introducing PresentationWindows

4 Nov 2012 by AlexKven

PresentationWindows is a WPF class library that introduces three new types derived from the Window class, enabling many previously difficult to access features of windows.

Entity Framework 4 Tips for WinForms Development

21 Jul 2010 by Ali Ozgur

I've been recently working on a smart client (WinForms) application backed by Entitiy Framework 4 (EF4) on Visual Studio 2010. In this blog post I will try to give you some tips regarding some limitations and points to be careful about EF4.

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Stock Quotes and Charts from Google Finance using C#

9 Jul 2013 by Amanpreet Mukker

Fetching Stock Quotes using Google Finance APIs in .NET Framework 4

A Template For Using Datagrid in Monitoring UI

19 Mar 2016 by amar nath chatterjee

Here is a template or pattern for using datagrid in building monitoring UI for simulations and tabulated data presentations.

Smart Thread Pool

27 Aug 2012 by Ami Bar

A .NET Thread Pool fully implemented in C# with many features.

Automatic Scrolling During Drag operation

11 Jul 2013 by Amit_Mittal

A way to achieve automatic scrolling during a drag operation

Insert, Update, Search and Delete (CRUD operation) using ASP.Net and MySQL

17 Aug 2012 by AmitGajjar

Create, Read, Update and Delete operations in ASP.Net with MySQL database with N-Tier Architecture

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Webhooks, webhook URLs and a sample implementation example of webhooks

12 Apr 2013 by Amogh Natu

This article mainly explains what webhooks are, how they can be created and used and also a sample example showing the use of webhooks.

Basic serial port listening application

9 May 2010 by Amund Gjersøe

Scans for installed serial ports, queries the supported baud rates, and starts listening to the selected serial port.

Code Snippet: Step by Step Guideline from Creation to Installation of a Snippet

21 Sep 2009 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

This article is to encourage you to take advantages of code snippets to make development easy and faster.

Design and Develop a website using ASP.NET MVC 4, EF, Knockoutjs and Bootstrap : Part - 1

16 Jan 2013 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

Design a website architecture that must be simple, easily understandable by any web designer using asp.net MVC, EF, Knockoutjs and Bootstrap

Design and Develop a website using ASP.NET MVC 4, EF, Knockoutjs and Bootstrap : Part - 2

13 Jan 2013 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

Design a website architecture that must be simple, easily understandable by any web designer using asp.net MVC, EF, Knockoutjs and Bootstrap

Composed LINQ Queries using the Decorator Pattern

28 Jun 2010 by Anas Karkoukli

Design Patterns Series - Part I

A Simple UDP Messaging Client Toolkit

15 Oct 2010 by Andre Trollip

A simple set of classes to make creating Peer to Peer messaging easy using UDP. Features built-in message concatenation and delivery receipts for reliable transmission.

Shortest/Fastest Path For Large Amount of Nodes - Part 1 of 3 - Djikstra without Arrays

4 May 2010 by Andre Vianna

Lowering the memory consumption to allow Djikstra's algorithm to handle large amount of nodes.

Polymorphic Extension Visitor with C#

26 Sep 2010 by Andreas Gieriet

.NET 4 finally allows to define polymorphic extension visitors

Invent your own Dynamic LINQ parser

14 Oct 2014 by Andreas Gieriet

This is an alternative for "Dynamically generate a LINQ query with a custom property".

10 Oct 2012 by Andrew Rissing

An intuitive-fluent API for generating Linq Expressions.

WPF: Data Virtualization

30 Jan 2015 by Andrew Whiddett

This is an alternative for "WPF: Data Virtualization"

Tutorial for a Basic WPF – MVVM Project Using Entity Framework

17 Feb 2015 by Andrew Whiddett

This is an alternative for "Tutorial for a Basic WPF – MVVM Project Using Entity Framework"

Cascading DropDownLists and PartialViews

13 Jun 2013 by Andy_L_J

Cascading DropDownLists in MVC with JavaScript Voodoo to display PartialViews.

web_development

Silverlight:SetTextBoxFocusUsingMVVM

19 Sep 2010 by Anil_Saran

How to set focus inside textbox while validating using MVVM pattern

Transform ASP.NET MVC3 Default Template with Twitter Bootstrap

18 Jun 2012 by Aniruddha Guin

This article is for beginners to demonstrate a way to beautify the default MVC3 template using Twitter Bootstrap.

Yet another Undo-Redo Framework

30 Oct 2013 by ankle

Undo-Redo for desktop applications

Fun with Dynamic Objects and MEF in C# 4.0 - A dynamic File System Wrapper

5 Sep 2009 by Anoop Pillai

Exploring the exciting things we can do with DynamicObject in the System.Dynamic namespace and MEF, using .NET 4.0 and C#.

Adventures with C# 4.0 dynamic - ExpandoObject, ElasticObject, and a Twitter client in 10 minutes

29 Mar 2010 by Anoop Pillai

Explores the dynamic features in C# 4.0, and a few cool things you can do with the same.

MVC 5, Entity Framework 6 and Many to Many Relationship : a step by step View Model approach

5 Oct 2014 by Antonio Ripa

A real world implementation of a Many to Many relation using MVC5 and Entity Framework

Create a Custom Settings Provider to Share Settings Between Applications

13 Dec 2010 by Antony Highsky

This article describes how to leverage .NET Application Settings architecture to give distributed applications access to shared settings.

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Using Regular Expressions in C# .NET

16 Jul 2010 by Anupam Banerji

Explains regular expressions, and some of the common ways to use them.

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Types and Collections in C# 3.0 .NET

13 Jul 2010 by Anupam Banerji

Defines collections and types and explains their use in the C# 3.0 language.

Serialization in C# .NET I - Custom Serialization

15 Jul 2010 by Anupam Banerji

Explains serialization, the need for custom serialization, and how to implement custom serialization in your code.

Serialization in C# .NET II - XML Serialization

16 Jul 2010 by Anupam Banerji

Explains XML serialization, schemas, and provides an example of XML serialization.

Pivoting DataTable Simplified

20 Aug 2014 by Anurag Gandhi

A class to pivot a DataTable with various aggregate functions

Fast Postback and Model Binding

27 Apr 2014 by Anurag Gandhi

Faster way to save data on postback and simplified model binding with ASP.NET controls

Grouping Gridview in ASP.NET MVC

25 Aug 2014 by Anurag Gandhi

A simplified approach to group gridview data in ASP.NET MVC

WCF: From a Beginner's perspective & a Tutorial

4 Apr 2013 by Anurag Sinha V

This article tries to dig in as to what is WCF, how to code WCF services