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Understanding the SynchronizationContext in .NET with C#

by honey the codewitch

Take control of which thread your code gets executed on, and how it does

A Coder Interview With Mike Meinz

by CodeProject, Mike Meinz

Welcome to our continuing series of CodeProject interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. In this installment we talk to Mike Meinz, who shares some highlights from 45 years in the industry.

A Coder Interview With Iris Classon

by CodeProject, Iris Classon

Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. In this installment we talk to Iris Classon.

WPF: Where to Put Value Converters?

by Arik Poznanski

The question this posts tries to address is: Where to put value converters?

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Tale of a Professional Developer - Untold

by Vincent Maverick Durano

This is a tale of a professional developer.

A Tip to Get MFC Support for Console Application in Visual Studio 2019

by Southmountain

Some quick configurations to get MFC support for console application

Why Software Companies Die

by Łukasz Bownik

The article describes technical and sociological reasons for software companies deaths.

JSON by Design: A Walkthrough of a High Performance JSON Processor

by honey the codewitch

Designing infinitely scalable JSON: JSON (C++)

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How to track an object which is Out of Scope while Debugging?

20 Oct 2010 by Abhijit Jana

How to track an object which is Out of Scope while Debugging?

Detection of Half-Open (Dropped) TCP/IP Socket Connections

20 Jun 2009 by Stephen Cleary

How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection

Types Of Code Coverage- Examples In C#

25 Feb 2016 by Anton Angelov

Explains different white box test techniques for designing tests in order to accomplish different types of code coverage. Examples in C# code.

Scrollbars Re-engineered

29 Aug 2017 by Kamran Bilgrami

Scrollbars re-engineered

Copy and Paste, A Programmer's Nightmare!

5 May 2016 by Chris Boss

Copy and paste - a programmer's nightmare

Smaller, Faster, with Windows programming

12 Feb 2014 by Chris Boss

With mobile computing taking hold, programmers are looking for ways to produce smaller and faster applications.

What Is a Software Architect?

7 Feb 2015 by Paul M Watt

What is a software architect?

Strategy Design Pattern in Automation Testing

4 Jan 2016 by Anton Angelov

A detailed overview with examples how to utilize the Strategy Design Pattern in automated tests to create an extendable and decoupled Validators.

Neat Tricks for Effortlessly Formatting Currency in C#

14 Sep 2015 by Anton Angelov

The article presents how to create a library of generic extension methods to effortlessly formatting currency in C#.

Creating a “customizable” personal blog using ASP.NET

15 Dec 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is part 1 of the articles that I want to write for ASP.NET beginners, who want to build their own personal web sites, that mimic characteristics of blog. It covers the ASP.NET web application part.

Kernel Principal Component Analysis in C#

25 Feb 2010 by César de Souza

Kernel principal component analysis in C#

Parallelism in .NET – PLINQ

12 Feb 2011 by Sandeepkumar Ramani

Parallelism in .NET – PLINQ

entity-framework

Specify Assembly References Based On Build Configuration in Visual Studio

20 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

Specify Assembly References Based On Build Configuration in Visual Studio

Fixing database Is In Use Error While Restoring Database from Backup

30 Nov 2011 by Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib

Fixing database is in use error while restoring database from backup

Visual Studio 2012 – Paste Special Feature

18 Nov 2013 by Gordon Beeming

Paste special feature in Visual Studio 2012

3 Feb 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

In "REST - Overview" article, I were introduced the basic rules in RESTful, Can you show me how to implement in WebApi?Ok, in this article, we will learn how to implement those rules in WebApi using C#.Where could I get sourcode was used in this article?Please checkout the code at https://github.com

Why Would You Use Common Table Expressions?

10 Apr 2018 by Gaston Verelst

Why you would use Common Table Expressions

How to Render Bitmap or to Print a Visual in WPF

19 Aug 2010 by Abhishek Sur

The article shows how you could use RenderTargetBitmap to render a visual into BitmapSource and convert the same into actual image.

Exploring Action Delegate

25 Sep 2010 by Brij

In the last few days, I found a very elegant way to use the delegate...

Windows, IOT, Raspberry PI, Intel, Win32 and BASIC

29 Feb 2016 by Chris Boss

Windows, IOT, Raspberry PI, Intel, Win32 and BASIC

Wordpress Plugin to feed CodeProject Technical Blogs

2 Mar 2010 by hjgode

A WordPress plugin for CodeProject Technical Blogs feeding

Tips on Debugging : Using DebuggerStepThrough attribute

22 Sep 2010 by Abhijit Jana

Using DebuggerStepThrough attribute

Bing Translator Service for Windows Phone 7

13 Dec 2010 by Vangos Pterneas

Bing Translator service for Windows Phone 7

Inversion of Control: Practical usage of Interface, Delegate or Events

16 Mar 2011 by Abhishek Sur

Inversion of Control: Practical usage of Interface, Delegate or Events

Software Architecture Cheat Blog 1: Design Principles

10 Mar 2012 by Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib

This blog series will gather a summary of all the software architecture design principles under one roof.

C#: LINQ and IEqualityComparer

19 Apr 2014 by Alex Turok

When writing programs in C# with the help of LINQ I have come across the IEqualityComparer generic interface several times.

Graph is everywhere

29 Aug 2015 by Eric Z (Jing)

The traditional way to solve the ZigZag Conversion problem is to either build a 2d table or find a pattern among the index of the letters on the same row. There is also a beautiful solution which builds on top of Breadth First Search. Continue reading..

HD44780 LCD Module Driver for Windows 10 IoT

16 Mar 2016 by Mario Vernari

Very simple experiment, a bit vintage, for driving a common alphanumeric LCD module (HD44780-based) with a Raspberry PI 2 and Windows 10 IoT

C# 7 Feature Proposal: New Access Modifier

6 Apr 2016 by Bill Wagner

C# feature proposal - new access modifier

Logging Display and WPF

12 Oct 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Logging display and WPF

Use “Obsolete” attributes to indicate Obsolete Methods

3 Sep 2010 by Abhijit Jana

In this post, I have explained how you can mark methods as obsolete using obsolete attributes which are not in use or may be removed in upcoming builds.

WinForms Button

15 Jan 2012 by VIBlend

WinForms Button

Software Development: A Day in the Life (Long)

10 Sep 2012 by Ivan Krivyakov

A day in the life of software development

using / namespace

18 May 2014 by Paul M Watt

using and namespace are two of the most useful C++ keywords when it comes to simplifying syntax, and clarifying your intentions with the code. You should understand the value and flexibility these constructs will add to your software and it maintenance.

How to Parse RSS Feeds in .NET

19 Sep 2014 by T Manjaly

How to parse RSS feeds in .NET

Load Website to iFrame Using JQuery

16 Jun 2015 by Sibeesh Passion

Load Website to iFrame Using JQuery

Playing Around with LINQ for JavaScript

18 Jun 2015 by Duke Of Haren

Playing around with LINQ for JavaScript

Which Works Faster- Null Coalescing Operator or GetValueOrDefault or Conditional Operator

27 Sep 2015 by Anton Angelov

Benchmark, which works faster for getting the default value for a nullable type, Null Coalescing Operator or GetValueOrDefault or Conditional Operator.

Guide for building C# apps on Ubuntu: Graphical applications using Windows Forms

20 Mar 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this episode I am going to talk about using graphical applications in Mono. The graphical framework to use would be Windows Forms.

ASP.NET WebForms… Redux

24 Mar 2016 by Steve Naidamast

ASP.NET WebForms… Redux

PRODINo: Home Automation with ESP8266 based WiFi Control

4 Dec 2016 by Mircea Diaconescu, Gerd Wagner

Home Automation is made simple for everyone, with the industrial grade PRODINo ESP8266 based module. It can be programmed with the Arduino IDE and allows to control (ON/OFF switch) mains (110-240 VAC) powered devices such as light bulbs, water pumps, cafe machines or garage doors.

Angular2 - Component

17 Jan 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

Angular2 - Component

Single Responsibility Principle on Different Levels of Abstraction

14 May 2017 by Nikola M. Živković

Single responsibility principle on different levels of abstraction

A Fast, Simple and Powerful Contrast Enhancement Algorithm for Image Analysis

28 Aug 2017 by Ravimal Bandara

A new contrast enhancement algorithm which is fast, simple and powerful by means of boosting and illumination normalization. It was invented accidentally but the performed well in 2 different applications i.e. superficial vein enhancement and blood vessel enhancement in retinal fundus images.

Using DebuggerDisplayAttribute

12 Oct 2010 by Dinesh K Mandal

Using DebuggerDisplayAttribute

Internals of a Delegate

26 Jan 2011 by Abhishek Sur

Internals of a Delegate

Dependency Injection & IoC

26 Feb 2011 by Abhishek Sur

Dependency Injection & IoC

Track Changes and Advance Scroll Mode in Visual Studio 2010

7 Mar 2011 by Abhijit Jana

Track Changes and Advance Scroll Mode in Visual Studio 2010

Page Transition Control for WPF

19 May 2011 by Aron Weiler

Like the title says... a simple (very simple) page transition control for WPF

Deploy/Use assemblies which require Unsafe/External Access with CLR and T-SQL

26 Nov 2011 by Manjuke Fernando

Deploy/Use assemblies which require Unsafe/External Access with CLR and T-SQL

The (10) Survival Development Tools

19 Jan 2012 by Felice Pollano

A list of tools and libraries I consider necessary to carry on my USB key in order to be operative everywhere in a very short time

Extending C# ListView with Collapsible Groups (Part I)

3 Sep 2012 by John Atten

Examination of a quick way to create more useful expandable groups in the .NET ListView control.

Common Approaches to Responsive Design

3 Sep 2013 by Rion Williams

Common approaches to responsive design

[OoB] Sonar with Arduino, C#, JavaScript and HTML5 (Part 2)

25 Sep 2014 by morzel

Part 1 described the general idea behind Sonar project, hardware components used and Arduino sketch... This second post in "Out of Boredom" series is about C# and JavaScript programs that make it possible to display ultrasonic range sensor data in web browsers.

Connect to TFS Team Project C# Code

22 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

Code examples how to connect to TFS Team Project using C# and VB .NET. The post - Connect to TFS Team Project C# Code appeared first on Automate The Planet.

Teaching Isn't Just For the Classroom

9 Jun 2015 by Kevin Mack

Teaching isn't just for the classroom

Specification-based Test Design Techniques for Enhancing Unit Tests

4 Jan 2016 by Anton Angelov

Explore the usage of Specification-based Test Design Techniques to enhance your unit tests. Practical examples how to use boundary values and partitions.

10 Advanced WebDriver Tips and Tricks Part 2

20 Feb 2016 by Anton Angelov

Find some advanced WebDriver tips and tricks how to use the framework for changing user agent or dealing with SSL certificates.The post 10 Advanced WebDriver Tips and Tricks Part 2 appeared first on Automate The Planet.

Polymorphic Malware Detection Using Sequence Classification Methods

22 May 2016 by Jake Drew

A pdf version of this document created using latex can be downloaded by clicking here. Abstract Polymorphic malware detection is challenging due to the continual mutations miscreants introduce to successive instances of a particular virus. Such changes are akin to mutations in biological sequences.

Angular2 - Directives

3 Feb 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

What is directive?Directive is a way we separate the re-usable function/ feature.Can you explain more detail?Back to the list of users, I want background color of first-name column of user who named "Tu" will be set to red. the UI is as below:So I need to update template (html file) as below:It is o

REST in advance

15 Mar 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

On the client side, I want to get and display the appropriated (for example: Email or pwd is incorrect) when login fail. How can I do in REST?

The Curious Case of Async, Await, and IDisposable

4 May 2017 by Bill Wagner

The Curious Case of Async, Await, and IDisposable

Forcing Event Consumer Cleanup without Weak Events

22 Feb 2010 by Colin Eberhardt

This blog post describes a simple technique for ensuring that consumers of events unsubscribe their event handlers without the need for weak events.

Restricting Access to Database by Application Name and/or Host Name in SQL Server

16 May 2010 by Raymund Macaalay

Restricting Access to Database by Application Name and/or Host Name in SQL Server

Draggable PushPins

10 Oct 2010 by Pete O'Hanlon

Draggable PushPins

Some anti-patterns I am experiencing first hand

25 Oct 2010 by Ivan Krivyakov

Some anti-patterns I am experiencing first hand

Get Reflected use TypeDescriptor

16 Mar 2011 by Abhishek Sur

Get Reflected use TypeDescriptor

FILESTREAM MVC: Download and Upload Images from SQL Server

20 Feb 2011 by rusanu

In this article, I will go over an alternative approach that relies on the FILESTREAM column types introduced in SQL Server 2008.

How to Implement Template Binding in Silverlight Custom Control?

6 Apr 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to implement template binding in Silverlight custom control

Justin‘s VSTO Knowledge Base: 01, First VSTO Application

7 May 2011 by izualx

Justin‘s VSTO Knowledge Base: 01, First VSTO Application

Kinect – Create Buttons

24 Jul 2011 by Shai Raiten

In my previous posts about Kinect I've showed how to get started, how to change Angles and more cool stuff, but now it's time to start working on the real things, how to enable Kinect to your environment, I'm talking about PC.

Do You Really Need An ORM?

14 Nov 2011 by garymcleanhall

You would save a lot of effort by starting with the simplest thing that works.

The Lost Art of Corporate Inductions

3 Feb 2012 by Martin Thwaites

The lost art of corporate inductions

The Way of the Software Architect – The First Allegory

10 Apr 2012 by Rob Kraft

A software architect needs to help a business solve business problems first, and worry about purity of architecture second.

You’ve Got a New Verisign Authenticode Certificate – Now What?

23 Apr 2012 by HelgeKlein

Actually getting the certificate and using it is not so easy. Here are some tips.

Overview of CDN (Content Delivery Network)

20 Oct 2012 by Shweta Lodha

CDN is a computer network which has multiple copies of data stored at different points of the network.

Improved Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2012 to Improve Productivity

2 Jul 2012 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Improved Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2012 to improve productivity

The Power of "Hello World"

21 May 2013 by loki2302

The power of "Hello World".

10 Oct 2017 by BC3Tech

Get yer Git on

After 50 years, BASIC Still Misunderstood !

14 Apr 2014 by Chris Boss

This post discusses how BASIC is still misunderstood even after 50 years

Version Control with Subversion: Tortoise SVN – II

27 Oct 2014 by Prava-MFS

Version control with Subversion: Tortoise SVN - II

In color based object detection project, one can detect the color object. User needs to change the trackbar values,

4 Dec 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

Color based object detection

Aha, Evaluation Order Matters!

16 Feb 2015 by Eric Z (Jing)

Evaluation order matters!

Learning by Teaching

14 Jul 2015 by Bogdan Bujdea

Learning by teaching

A Year of Using Git: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

17 Jan 2016 by Ivan Krivyakov

A year of using Git: the good, the bad and the ugly

What Windows Runtime Can Teach .NET Developers?

6 Mar 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

What Windows runtime can teach .NET developers

Getting Started With Windows IoT And Raspberry PI 3

19 Apr 2016 by Lee P Richardson

The what and the why of Windows IoT, how to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 and how to deploy a first app to it

The Stored Procedure Framework Now Supports Dynamic Fields within Multiple Recordsets

1 Aug 2016 by dibley1973

The stored procedure framework now supports dynamic fields within multiple recordsets

Madcap Idea

1 May 2017 by Sacha Barber

This is somewhat of strange post, or should I say what will hopefully become a decent set of posts, thing is, I have no idea how this will end up really...

Making a Switch as a Software Developer

8 Aug 2017 by Rion Williams

How to make a switch as a software developer

Set Which Chrome Profile for Visual Studio to Use

26 Mar 2018 by Gordon Beeming

Set which Chrome profile for Visual Studio to use

SharePoint: Dynamically Change Master Page

3 Nov 2009 by Sohel_Rana

SharePoint branding is possible with either modification of default master or modification of default CSS. When we develop asp.net application we may need to change master page dynamically based on some criterion.

Can the C# ‘var’ Keyword be Misused?

21 Jul 2011 by Steve Wellens

More and more often I've been seeing C# code like this: var Data = GetData(); What on earth does GetData() return? This code is not as maintainable as it could be and is not as maintainable as it should be.

Extracting Multiple Rows from a Single Row (TSQL)

9 Sep 2010 by Raymund Macaalay

How to extract multiple rows from a single row (TSQL)

Throttling Silverlight Mouse Events to Keep the UI Responsive

15 Jun 2010 by Colin Eberhardt

Throttling Silverlight Mouse Events to Keep the UI Responsive

WCF Service Throttling

3 Jul 2010 by Amir Zuker

The following summarizes the throttling behavior elements and their default value setting.

Modify “Dirty Indicator” – Using Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tool

24 Jul 2010 by Abhijit Jana

How to modify "dirty indicator" using Visual Studio 2010 Productivity power tool

sizeof vs Marshal.SizeOf

29 Jul 2010 by kb-boxer

sizeof operator and Marshal.SizeOf method - what they offer and how they differ

Scrum Process for Software Development using Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Process Template

18 Aug 2010 by kishore Gaddam

In the last 14 years of my programming experience, i moved from waterfall methodology of software development to Iterative and then to Scrum and finally to Scrum-ban. Below is the pictorial representation of the Waterfall, Iterative and Scrum software development process.

Visual Studio: Adding DLL References Whose Version Changes Frequently

25 Aug 2010 by HelgeKlein

How to add DLL References Whose Version Changes Frequently