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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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Understanding the SynchronizationContext in .NET with C#

28 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

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

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A Coder Interview With Mike Meinz

25 Sep 2013 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

29 Aug 2012 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?

31 Jan 2010 by Arik Poznanski

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

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?

5 Sep 2013 by Tammam Koujan

Easy to use directory watching tool.

A Coder Interview With Ted Neward

6 Mar 2013 by CodeProject, Ted Neward

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 Ted Neward, "The Dude of Software".

A Coder Interview with Lynn Langit

8 Mar 2012 by CodeProject, Lynn Langit

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 Lynn Langit, world traveller and tireless developer evangelist and trainer.

Implementing Auto-tiling Functionality in a Tile Map Editor

7 Sep 2010 by Colin Vella

This article presents an algorithm and data structures to implement auto-tiling as seen in RPG Maker, the Starcraft level editor, etc.

Tip #1: What Every Mentor Should Know

26 May 2009 by CodeProject Mentors

General approach to dealing with first-time authors

A Coder Interview With Abhishek Sur

5 Jun 2013 by CodeProject, Abhishek Sur

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 Abhishek Sur, a herculian CodeProject author and two-time CodeProject MVP.

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Midi: A Windows MIDI Library in C#

6 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Provides a complete managed API for working with MIDI files, sequences and devices

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

Current Bug List

11 Jan 2010 by Chris Maunder

The bug list for the Quick Answers system is now tracked here.I feel the bug list more appropriate belongs to the tip/trick space than it does under Quick Answers for the following reasons:In no way is a bug list a "question". It's not a true tip/trick either but it does more closely...

How to Create a Visual Library of Images in HTML5 Canvas

3 Apr 2012 by David Cathue

As a user interface fan, I could not miss the opportunity to develop with HTML5 Canvas. It unlocks a whole new set of ways to visualize images and data on the web. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to create one for your site.

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A Coder Interview With Dave Ward

8 Feb 2012 by CodeProject

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 Dave Ward, better known to many of his readers and followers as Encosia.

Copy and Paste, A Programmer's Nightmare!

5 May 2016 by Chris Boss

Copy and paste - a programmer's nightmare

Implementing ICustomFormatter in C#

13 Mar 2020 by honey the codewitch

How to provide custom formatters for string.Format() in C#

A Coder Interview with Michael White

26 Jun 2013 by CodeProject

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 Michael White, a Systems Engineer at Visa.

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.

A Tour of the Arduino Mega 2560+WiFi R3

30 Oct 2020 by honey the codewitch

Using this cheap, powerful little device to make magic

SelfServe: A Self-hosting Self-installing Windows Service

14 Jan 2020 by honey the codewitch

Add the ability to run a service in console mode and to control or install your service from the command line

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

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A Coder Interview With Steve Smith

27 Jun 2012 by CodeProject, Steve Smith

Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. Here we talk to Steve Smith, serial software-development entrepreneur and currently an Executive VP of the Services Team for Telerik.

A Coder Interview With Omar Al Zabir

16 May 2013 by CodeProject, Omar Al Zabir

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 Omar Al Zabir, a four time MVP legend on CodeProject.

Why Design is Critical to Software Development

12 Aug 2014 by Dominic Burford

Why design is critical to software development

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

What is a Coroutine?

19 Mar 2020 by honey the codewitch

Learn how to use a powerful programming technique for multitasking in your projects

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

26 Mar 2021 by Southmountain

Some quick configurations to get MFC support for console application

A link to the Guidelines

9 Mar 2011 by Richard MacCutchan

I can never find this when I want it, and it seems (see discussion here[^]) increasingly necessary, so I created the above as a handy link. I just hope I can find it again.BTW if anyone feels the need to improve on it then please feel free, it's a shared resource.

A Coder Interview With Andreas Håkansson

26 Oct 2011 by CodeProject

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 track down Andreas Håkansson.

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

A Coder Interview With Rachel Reese

19 Sep 2012 by CodeProject, Rachel Reese

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 Rachel Reese.

A Coder Interview With Daniel Godson

22 May 2013 by CodeProject, .dan.g.

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 Daniel Godson (aka .dan.g., aka AbstractSpoon), author of perhaps the most popular article on CodeProject: ToDoList.

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

A Remote Pump Monitor over WiFi

5 Nov 2020 by honey the codewitch

Explore an Arduino based IoT web server and UDP multicaster for monitoring a remote water pump

Multi-Threaded Game Server Browser

19 Jun 2009 by Greenhorn999

A project that allows users to query Source and Half-Life-based master servers and individual servers

Article Idea: How Not to Ask a Question

3 Dec 2009 by HimanshuJoshi

One moreCode demand I think this is a great idea but I feel that whatever we do; whatever type of response, be it a lmgtfy link, link to Chris' post on how to ask question, insult, request; we give to them. These kind of questions will always come and will come in a ever increasing...

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...

Add Aspects to Object Using Dynamic Decorator

29 Sep 2010 by Gary H Guo

Discuss how to add aspects to object at runtime and enhance them using Dynamic Decorator

A Coder Interview With Dan Mohl

3 Nov 2011 by CodeProject

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 track down Microsoft F# MVP Dan Mohl.

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

29 Feb 2016 by Chris Boss

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

A Generic Circular Buffer in C#

6 Feb 2020 by honey the codewitch

A circular buffer implementing IList

Binding Passwords

29 Jun 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Binding passwords

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

Efficiently Using Lists as Dictionary Keys in C#

24 Feb 2020 by honey the codewitch

A relatively safe, simple, yet high performance technique for using lists as dictionary keys.

How to Prepare for the Coding Interview

25 Sep 2020 by Sergey Morenko

Guide: How to prepare for a coding interview

jLinq 2.2.0 Released!

13 Aug 2009 by webdev_hb

jLinq is a Javascript query language that makes it easy to work with large arrays of information. Today, jLinq 2.2.0 is released which offers new commands, bug fixes and more!

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.

A Coder Interview With Michael Sync

17 Nov 2011 by CodeProject

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 track down Michael Sync.

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

Find the Pointer

14 Nov 2016 by Peter N Robinson

Press either CTRL key to find out where the mouse pointer is...

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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.

GLR Parsing in C#: How to Use The Most Powerful Parsing Algorithm Known

18 Feb 2020 by honey the codewitch

A crash course in GLR parsing which can be used to parse highly ambiguous grammars

P/Invoke Jujitsu: A Data Kata

11 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Exploit the memory layout of your data to make your P/Invoke code more accessible and maintainable

Automatic Network Configuration of ESP8266 IoT Devices

5 Nov 2020 by honey the codewitch

A walkthrough and source code for automatically configuring your ESP8266 IoT devices

A Coder Interview With Danny Severns

10 Apr 2013 by CodeProject, dseverns5

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 Danny Severns, IT Director for Dunn Tire and knee-deep in COBOL business systems.

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

Introduction to HTML5 Web Workers: The JavaScript Multi-Threading Approach

3 Apr 2012 by David Rousset

In this article we’re going to see that HTML5 offers the Web a better way to handle these new, marvelous processors to help you embrace a new generation of Web applications

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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

A Coder Interview With Julie Lerman

18 Jan 2012 by CodeProject

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 track down Julie Lerman, author, long-time MSDN Magazine columnist writing the Data Points column, and all-around Entity Fram

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.

Mapping Collection of Entities in EF with AutoMapper

26 May 2013 by n.podbielski

Mapping collection of entities in EF with AutoMapper.

Common Approaches to Responsive Design

3 Sep 2013 by Rion Williams

Common approaches to responsive design

A Coder Interview with Amar Kona, Intel Android technical evangelist

25 Nov 2013 by CodeProject, Amar Kona

Amar Kona is a technical evangelist whose primary goal is educating and supporting developers on Intel Android tools and devices. See how Beacon Mountain excites, impresses, and most importantly, benefits Android developers.