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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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Why Addressing Errors Effectively Lies at the Heart of Team Performance

4 Jul 2020 by Lukasz Szyrmer

Why it is important to address errors effectively for better team performance

Pomodoro Technique – the Good, the Bad and the Tomato

19 Mar 2020 by Nikola M. Živković

Pomodoro is a technique in which you work for twenty-five minutes (which is considered one Pomodoro), after which you take a five-minute break. After four Pomodoros, you take a fifteen-minute break.

How to Choose a Useful Measure of Incremental Progress for Your Team

25 Feb 2020 by Lukasz Szyrmer

How to get a better sense of how team members are doing, both as a functional unit and individually

How I Haven't Become an Amorphous Blob While Working Remotely

12 Feb 2020 by Rion Williams

This post discusses different ways in which one can incorporate fitness while working remotely and outlines the benefits of doing so.

Formatting and Automation

7 Nov 2019 by 10xlearner

Formatting and automation

Exception Safe Assignment

8 Apr 2019 by Martin Vorbrodt

Exception safe assignment operator of resource owning objects

Why Study Information Technology?

26 Mar 2019 by James A. Brannan

What is the need for studying information technology

Import PDF Data in Power BI–Really Excited to See

8 Mar 2019 by Rajat-Indiandotnet

How to import PDF data in Power BI

Day 84 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Adding Power Up Spawn Points

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

Welcome to day 84, today in our Endless Flyer game we’re going to start implementing new features, specifically, we’re going to start implementing a power-up system.

Day 91 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Implementing the Multiplier Power-Up Effect

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

In the previous post, we worked on adding our new score-multiplier power-up into our game. Today we’re going to continue to build upon that. I decided to make some changes, I know I’ve been calling it the score multiplier, but in retrospect, the score doesn’t really do anything for you.

The Real Answer to the FizzBuzz Interview Question

20 May 2018 by John M. Dlugosz

Here is the real answer to the FizzBuzz interview question

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Permutation Puzzle: “send+more=money”

17 May 2018 by John M. Dlugosz

“Know your libraries!” You may already have the code you need.

Design Tip – Write Honest Methods

13 May 2018 by User 1043264

When designing the public interface of our classes and methods, we should try to avoid its misuse. Creating methods with honest signatures is a good technique to hide implementation details, reduce bugs and improve code readability. Continue reading...

Design Tip – Avoid Enum Types in Domain Layer

7 May 2018 by User 1043264

Encapsulation is a fundamental tenant of good software design. Wrapping an enum into an object and providing cohesive behaviour to it would lead you down the path of well encapsulated and designed applications..Continue reading

Body Tracking using Orbbec Astra + Nuitrack (Kinect Alternative)

30 Apr 2018 by Vangos Pterneas

The post Body Tracking using Orbbec Astra + Nuitrack (Kinect alternative) appeared first on Vangos Pterneas..

What is Collection & How to Manage a Collection in PowerApps ?

28 Apr 2018 by Rajat-Indiandotnet

What is collection & how to manage it in PowerApps?

Dissecting Default Flutter App Code

25 Apr 2018 by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore)

Dissecting default Flutter app code

Azure Pricing Models and Service Tiers

23 Apr 2018 by Vivek Johari

Azure Service Tiers Contents Introduction DTU Based Pricing model What is DTU?

The IOC Container Anti-Pattern

14 Apr 2018 by marcusts

Before I receive the Frankenstein-style lantern escort to the gallows, let me assure you: I love dependency injection.... The post The IOC Container Anti-Pattern appeared first on Marcus Technical Services..

The MVVM Framework Anti-Pattern

14 Apr 2018 by marcusts

... propelled MVVM Frameworks to the forefront of Xamarin.Forms development. No one has bothered analyzing these frameworks for their alignment with C# SOLID design philosophy.. The post The MVVM Framework Anti-Pattern appeared first on Marcus Technical Services..

Why Would You Use Common Table Expressions?

10 Apr 2018 by Gaston Verelst

Why you would use Common Table Expressions

A Better Windows Experience for Maker Devices and IOT

6 Apr 2018 by Chris Boss

A better Windows experience for Maker Devices and IOT

Set Which Chrome Profile for Visual Studio to Use

26 Mar 2018 by Gordon Beeming

Set which Chrome profile for Visual Studio to use

Finding a File in a Directory Structure…

14 Mar 2018 by Steve Naidamast

Technique (with source code provided) that provides a variant to the many recursive solutions for retrieving and searching directory structures that are now available to developers over the Internet on technical sites

Setting Wild Card Branch Policies in @VSTS

12 Mar 2018 by Gordon Beeming

How to set wild card branch policies in @VSTS

FluentRealSense – The First Steps to a Simpler RealSense

9 Mar 2018 by Pete O'Hanlon

Those who know me are aware that I have a long term association (nay, let’s say it for what it is, love affair) with the RealSense platforms from Intel.

Kubernetes – Part 2 of n, creating our first POD

19 Feb 2018 by Sacha Barber

So it has taken me a while to do this post,so apologies on that front.

Hidden Markov Models in C#

2 Feb 2018 by César de Souza

Hidden Markov models in C#

Enum – Comparison of Java and .NET

25 Jan 2018 by Andrei Ion Rînea

Comparison of Enum in Java and .NET

A Peek at LinFu.DynamicObject

19 Jan 2018 by Philip Laureano

Although it's been quite a while since my last post, LinFu has been coming along quite nicely with some recent additions. In the past month, I've managed to create two new things for LinFu: A Dynamic Typing System for LinFu.DynamicObject, and.

Continuous Integration & Delivery For GitHub With TeamCity

13 Jan 2018 by Mehdi Khalili

An end to end tutorial for setting up Continuous Integration (AKA CI) and Continuous Delivery (AKA CD) for a GitHub project using TeamCity

Explaining PropertyPaneAsyncChecklist

13 Jan 2018 by Muhammad_Faraz

Explanation about PropertyPaneAsyncChecklist

ElasticSearch Tutorial: Creating an Index and Querying

9 Jan 2018 by Programming Tutorials by Tests4Geeks

ElasticSearch Tutorial: How to create an Index and Querying

BenchmarkDotNet: IsBoolean Method

3 Jan 2018 by Gordon Beeming

This post might seem weird and is slightly. It's really just a pointer as with all my posts to send people to instead of sharing lots of text "on the down low" ..

Knowing When to Reflect With Caller Info Attributes

26 Dec 2017 by Rion Williams

Knowing when to reflect with caller info attributes

Hexagonal Maps – Part V; Designing Contiguous Hexagons

12 Dec 2017 by Steve Naidamast

Introduction Admittedly it has been quite a while since I last released a document on my development adventures in military simulation design. I call it such as I rather dislike the term “war game” as the current capabilities of such software applications are now far beyond that of a “game”.

Common Sense Software Engineering: Letter to a Young Woman (Part I)

5 Dec 2017 by Steve Naidamast

Author Notes: The following is a huge piece of writing. It resulted from a conversation I had with a young woman who showed interest in learning how to program and possibly enter the IT profession.

Muggles Don’t Understand Your Release Notes

21 Nov 2017 by Jeffrey T. Fritz

Muggles don’t understand your release notes

How to Use Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations to Become Better Software Craftsman

10 Nov 2017 by Nikola M. Živković

Using Marcus Aurelius’s meditations to become better software craftsman

Creating a Nuget Package - Step by Step

8 Nov 2017 by matthewproctor

How to create a Nuget Package - step by step

Organizing Service Mocks in Unit Tests

6 Nov 2017 by Bob Crowley

Minimize mocking code while still providing all necessary scenarios to exercise your business logic unit tests

Monitoring Lync 2013 with MRTG

4 Nov 2017 by matthewproctor

Monitoring Lync 2013 WITH MRTG

A Study of the Impact Localized Maximum Temperatures has on the Usage of Business-grade Fixed Line Calls Usage in Australia

4 Nov 2017 by matthewproctor

This is a study of the impact localized maximum temperatures has on the usage of business-grade fixed line calls usage in Australia

Integrating OpenShift and Splunk for Logging

29 Oct 2017 by Dave Kerr

In this article I'm going to show you how to set up OpenShift to integrate with Splunk for logging. The techniques used could easily be applied to a vanilla Kubernetes installation (there are no OpenShift specifics required).

Important Tips While Working on ASP.NET MVC

26 Oct 2017 by Sam_IN

In this post, we will explore some important tips while working on MVC5. These tips are useful while hands on ASP.NET MVC.

MEAN Stack Crash Course – Using MongoDB with Node.js, Express and Angular 4

25 Oct 2017 by Nikola M. Živković

In previois article I explained how to use MongoDB in .NET world. This is probably not the most natural habitat for MongoDB. So, I decided to display how one can use MongoDB in other, debatably, more fitting environment - MEAN Stack.

What Does Redux Do? (And When Should You Use It?)

24 Oct 2017 by Dave Ceddia

What does Redux do and when you should use it

Day 9: Setting up a Weapon

12 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to set up a weapon

10 Oct 2017 by BC3Tech

Get yer Git on

ASP.NET Core Apps in Docker Swarm

29 Sep 2017 by User 1043264

How to deploy a cluster of ASP.NET Core application using Docker Swam mode. Continue reading

Actor Model and Using of Akka.NET

28 Sep 2017 by Nikola M. Živković

Actor model and using of Akka.NET

Deploying Multiple ASP.NET Core Apps to Docker & Azure

26 Sep 2017 by User 1043264

How to containerize multiple ASP.NET Core applications and deploy to Azure. Continue reading

Higher Quality Small Font Size in Libgdx

25 Sep 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Higher quality small font size in Libgdx

Snapshot Testing APIs with Jest

19 Sep 2017 by Dave Ceddia

Snapshot Testing APIs with Jest

Deploying ASP.NET Core 2.0 App to Azure using Docker

19 Sep 2017 by User 1043264

How to containerize ASP.NET Core 2.0 web application and deploy to Azure Web App. Continue reading

Fully Dynamic fluxbox Menu

18 Sep 2017 by C. M. Stephan

I needed the ability to generate a menu dynamically in Fluxbox for various things that change on a regular basis. … Continue reading →

Custom Model Binding in ASP.NET Core 2.0

15 Sep 2017 by User 1043264

How to implement custom model binders in ASP.NET Core. Continue reading

Opening Apps from the Directory You're in as Administrator

12 Sep 2017 by Gordon Beeming

Opening apps from the directory you're in as administrator

Floor Detection using Kinect

9 Sep 2017 by Vangos Pterneas

Floor Detection using Kinect

Symfony LDAP Component AD Authentication

8 Sep 2017 by Alvin Bunk

Symfony LDAP Component AD Authentication

Automated Software Delivery Dataflow

7 Sep 2017 by James Kolpack

As software developers, we are forever scheming on ways to increase the quality of our software...

Programming Language Misuse

7 Sep 2017 by James Kolpack

Programming language misuse

Windows 10 Mixed Reality Devices – The definitive consumer review

6 Sep 2017 by Simon Jackson

Since Microsoft launched its Mixed Reality program, initially with the business focused HoloLens program, a lot of interest has been garnered for the experiences it has generated, especially with most of its game focused demos.

Scrollbars Re-engineered

29 Aug 2017 by Kamran Bilgrami

Scrollbars re-engineered

Do You Really Mind What's Inside Your Computer? (An Introduction to High Performance Computing)

28 Aug 2017 by Ravimal Bandara

An introduction to high performance computing

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.

vi or vim Using Backspace Inserts ^?

23 Aug 2017 by Alvin Bunk

vi or vim Using Backspace Inserts ^?

How AutoHotKey Saved the (Visual Studio) Day

19 Aug 2017 by Joseph (landofjoe.com)

How AutoHotKey saved the (Visual Studio) day

Hadoop Programing with Maven and Netbeans

17 Aug 2017 by Member 13359958

Install Pre-requisites Install hadoop 2.7.3 as detailed in this blog Install Netbeans 8.2, download and install instructions are on netbeans download page - https://netbeans.org/downloads/ Install maven sudo apt-get install maven This post shows how to use netbeans IDE to write hadoop java p

Verification of complex objects in automated tests

16 Aug 2017 by Ivan Yakimov

Sometimes in automation tests we need to validate work of methods, returning very complex objects as a result. We want to be sure, that these objects have correct structure. Common assertion libraries allow us to check our expectation about simple objects (strings, numbers), and collections of objec

Reducing Output of ls -l Using awk

16 Aug 2017 by Alvin Bunk

How to reduce output of ls -l using awk

Breaking in Code for a Specific Class Instance using Conditional Expressions

9 Aug 2017 by Kamran Bilgrami

How to break in code for a specific class instance using conditional expressions

Making a Switch as a Software Developer

8 Aug 2017 by Rion Williams

How to make a switch as a software developer

Using EF 4.1 Code First to Support Multiple Database Vendors

7 Aug 2017 by JasonShort

How to use EF 4.1 Code First to support multiple database vendors

Buffer.BlockCopy Not As Fast As You Think

7 Aug 2017 by JasonShort

Buffer.BlockCopy is not as fast as you think

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 2

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

Genetic Algorithm Framework

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 3

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

The genetic algorithm framework

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 1

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

Genetic Algorithm Framework

Running the GA Framework on a Raspberry Pi using Mono

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

Running the GA Framework on a Raspberry Pi using Mono

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 5

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

The Genetic Algorithm Framework

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 6

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

Introduction The following article describes an approach that develops the Genetic Algorithm design in stages by developing a GA to solve the Binary F6 function. Once the GA has been developed using the Binary F6 it can then be applied and further developed within the problem domain, thereby allowin

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 7

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

Genetic Algorithm Framework

Apple IIe RAM Swap

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

A fairly simple way to swap the eight soldered RAM chips found on many Apple IIe computers

The Genetic Algorithm Framework – Part 9

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

Genetic Algorithm Framework

.Net Core, The Beginning!

6 Aug 2017 by Passion4Code

What is Asp.Net Core Asp.Net Core is completely re-written prior to earlier versions works on .Net framework. Asp.Net was developed with main focus to make it cross-platform! Yes Asp.Net core is now cross platform. It

Searching in VSTS/TFS

6 Aug 2017 by Gordon Beeming

A cool feature of Chrome and how you can be more productive with VSTS search

My Understanding of ArcNet Protocol

3 Aug 2017 by johnniealan

ArcNet Protocol basics

Function Evaluation within Immediate Windows with No Side Effect

30 Jul 2017 by Kamran Bilgrami

Function evaluation within immediate Windows with no side effect

How to use Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy to be better Software Craftsman

26 Jul 2017 by Nikola M. Živković

A while back I wrote an article about how to use “Art of War” to be better Software Craftsman. The idea behind the article is that every craftsman should create a personal mindset in which she is able to create great software.

Bulk Import Git Repositories into VSTS/TFS

25 Jul 2017 by Gordon Beeming

Bulk import git repositories into VSTS/TFS

Entity Framework Generic Repository

25 Jul 2017 by JIN Weijie

Entity Framework generic repository

Doctrine Entity and MySQL Reserved Words

19 Jul 2017 by Alvin Bunk

Doctrine entity and MySQL reserved words

Visual Studio 2017 – Reattach to Process

9 Jul 2017 by Kamran Bilgrami

Visual Studio 2017 - Reattach to process

CDI Magic for Beginners

8 Jul 2017 by Roman Nazarenko

CDI magic for beginners

Using HttpClient As It Was Intended (Because You’re Not)

1 Jul 2017 by Bob Crowley

Using HttpClient as it was intended

Identifying Resources and URI Design

27 Jun 2017 by Pradeep Loganathan

Identifying resources and URI design

Annoying “Enter Substitution Variable” Dialog Box

26 Jun 2017 by Alvin Bunk

Annoying "Enter Substitution Variable" dialog box

Cognitive Loading in UX Design

25 Jun 2017 by Gautham Prabhu K

How "Cognitive Loading" impacts UX designing and what software engineering needs to take into account while developing their products

Debian 7 Wheezy Installation in FreeBSD 10 Jail

9 Jun 2017 by C. M. Stephan

I decided to collapse the multiple systems I have running various flavours of Linux and BSD into a single system. … Continue reading →

Extend Classes using Extension Methods

5 Jun 2017 by Paul D. Sheriff

How to extend classes using extension methods