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TCP Socket Off-the-shelf

by Igor Ladnik

Wrapper to facilitate usage of TCP sockets

WPF: If Carlsberg did MVVM Frameworks: Part 6 of n

by Sacha Barber

It would probably be like Cinch, an MVVM framework for WPF.

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.

Celerity: How it was all done

by Adam David Hill

All the juicy tricks and scandalous shortcuts which helped us ship our competition game on time

Latest Articles

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.

XPence: A WPF Metro Style, Smart Client Expense Tracker

by Siddhartha S.

WPF smart client demo of nitty gritty of MVVM for a real life LOB application

What is the Difference between Reflection and Dynamic Keyword in C#?

by Shivprasad koirala

Understanding two terminologies - reflection and dynamic keyword

All Articles

C# 4.0

"Extension Properties" Revised

23 Mar 2015 by Oleg Shilo

The extremely simple implementation of generic "Extension Properties"

"Hello Amazon!" - Making a first request to the Amazon Product API

24 Jun 2009 by kcs2c

This demo allows you to verify that you have a valid key and can format a request..

.NET 4.0 ASP.NET MVC 3 plug-in architecture with embedded views

8 Jul 2013 by Liviu Ignat

MVC 3 plugin architecture with embedded razor views: steb-by-step description and demo application.

.NET Application Framework (Spring.net + ibatis.net)

17 Oct 2019 by Changqin Liu

C# framework integrated with spring.net and ibatis.net

.NET ASP.NET MVC plug-in architecture with embedded views - Part 2, Plugins server-side logic

8 Jul 2013 by Liviu Ignat

How to handle database operations or any kind of business specific logic inside plugin assemblies.

web_development

.NET Asynchronous Patterns

6 Jan 2014 by Assil

This article describes asynchronous patterns in .NET and how to do them.

.NET Native Multiple File Compression

16 Jan 2012 by Simon Bridge

Multiple-file, searchable, streaming compression library implemented natively in .NET.

.NET technique for converting large text files into XML structures intended for Android objects

5 Jul 2012 by Mario Ghecea

This article describes the technique I used to ingest large text files to create an e-book publishing platform on the Android Market

.NET Type Conversion Utility

14 Jan 2014 by Ron Beyer

Convert what System.Convert can't.

.NET Versioning and Multi-targeting on C# Application and Component

3 May 2016 by Southmountain

this post discussed .NET versioning and multi-targeting of .NET application and component written in C#.

15 Steps to Develop a Product Management System in Only a Day

23 Mar 2010 by Eunge

The article introduces how to easily develop business solutions in RapidWebDev through developing a product management system with the special requirement step by step.

200% Reflective Class Diagram Creation Tool

20 Feb 2014 by Sacha Barber

WPF: Version II of my 100% Reflective class diagram creation tool.

3D Basics Using XNA for Windows 8 Store Apps and Windows Phone Apps

27 Feb 2013 by MetaMapper (Andy Powell)

How to program hardware accelerated 3D graphics for Windows 8 Store apps and Windows Phone apps using XNA.

Windows-Phone-7

3D object Rotation in WPF using Leap Motion

24 Jun 2013 by Meshack Musundi

Rotating a 3D object in a WPF application using hand gestures and Leap Motion

4 Steps to Consume Web Services using Ajax (Includes Video Tutorial)

20 Feb 2010 by Shivprasad koirala

4 steps to consume web services using Ajax (Includes Video tutorial)

6 important uses of Delegates and Events

3 Nov 2014 by Shivprasad koirala

6 important uses of Delegates and Events

A (Mostly) Declarative Framework for Building Simple WPF-based Wizards

7 Mar 2011 by Mark Olbert

A declarative framework for building WPF wizards.

A .NET NT Registry Library and NT Registry Editor

26 May 2012 by Hoang Khanh Nguyen

A .NET wrapper for NT Registry and a .NET NT RegEdit demo

A Barebones Implementation of the MVVM Pattern

31 Jul 2015 by Jesse Glover

Breaking down the MVVM pattern

A basic introduction to the Unity Application Block

23 Sep 2009 by Giorgio Minardi

Unity application block, Inversion of Control, and Dependency Injection.

A Basic Tour To Dynamic Keyword - Dotnet 4.0

27 Oct 2010 by Niladri_Biswas

This short tutorial will give the idea about the usage of Dynamic Keyword in dotnet 4.0

A better WPF-Browser-Control (IE-Wrapper)

16 Aug 2013 by Robert Köpferl

This article provides a better browser control than the one included in WPF

A bit of binding - MVVM'ing bytes/bits based data

12 Oct 2012 by ntg123

Different approaches for implementing MVVM over byte/bit based data.

A Brief Test on the Efficiency of a .NET 4.0 Parallel Code Example

1 Jul 2010 by Wayne Wood

Verify the execution efficiency of a series of short .NET 4.0 parallel programming samples

A C# data import caching solution utilizing Generics and your existing business classes

7 Jul 2010 by Josh Fischer

Leverage your existing classes and the power of Generics to speed up and simplify importing denormalized data into your system.

A C# SMTP server (receiver)

17 Sep 2012 by ObiWan_MCC

A C# SMTP server (receiver).

multi-threading

A C# Threading Reference Manual

10 May 2010 by logicchild

An article that defines managed threading from the basics to the intermediate.

A C# WPF .NET 4.0 NumberBox UserControl

28 Mar 2012 by Christopher Camacho

A user control for entering numeric values

A Calculator via Visual C

13 May 2010 by logicchild

An Article the Demonstrates How to Build a Windows Forms Calculator

A Chained Property Observer

8 Mar 2011 by Sacha Barber

Set of utility classes to observe a chain of INotifyPropertyChanged objects.

A Complex - Yet Quite Intelligible - Pathfinding in C#

30 Aug 2013 by Smart K8

A semi-analytic 2D path-finding for large dynamic scenarios.

A Component and Message-Based Architectural Style C2

10 May 2014 by Emre Ataseven

Description of C2 architectural pattern with sample

A couple of tricks when using the standard WPF .NET 4.0 DatePicker control

9 Mar 2012 by Sacha Barber

Show hows to alter the DatePicker to use keyboard up/down keys for cleverer date selection.

A Crontab Linux like Windows Service

30 Aug 2009 by marcominas

A Windows Service that uses interface to work like the Linux Crontab service

A Developer's First Look at Visual Studio 2010

19 Sep 2009 by jebarson

New features of Visual Studio 2010 discussed

A dynamic Rehosted Workflow Designer for WF 4

29 Jul 2012 by Winfried Ripken

This article presents a framework allowing you to integrate the workflow designer more easily in your own applications

A general-purpose service engine for unattended processing execution

23 Sep 2015 by Alberto Venditti

Using a .NET Windows service as an engine for specialized custom plug-ins execution

SQL-server-2000

A generic .NET NoSQL abstraction layer using an Entity-Framework like Repository pattern

5 Aug 2014 by DannyVarod

This article introduces you to an open source solution for decoupling your data management and query logic from the NoSQL vendor-specific integration logic.

A Generic Class for Wrapping Asynchronous Begin/End Operations, Using Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx)

3 Feb 2010 by User 4677916

This article presents a reusable class and technique for easily doing Asynchronous Programming using the Begin/End Pattern and the new Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx) library.

A generic equality comparer library which will work across types

14 Nov 2013 by shijo joseph

An extension methods library which could do the equality comparison operations easily

A Generic IEqualityComparer for Linq Distinct()

15 Jul 2010 by Seth Dingwell

An implementation of IEqualityComparer that can be used to compare any class by one of its properties

A Glance at C# vNext

12 Jun 2014 by Florian Rappl

A detailed outlook at some of the possible language features of the next version of C#

A Link to LINQ and a Look at the Binary Search Tree

19 Apr 2010 by logicchild

A Comprehensive Look at LINQ and the Binary Search Tree Data Structure

A Look at Fluent APIs

14 Jan 2011 by Sacha Barber

A look at Fluent APIs and an example of one.

A Look At NServiceBus Sagas

23 Feb 2014 by Sacha Barber

A small article on how to use NServiceBus to create workflows

A look inside the ASP.NET Charting conlrol

21 Oct 2010 by Ed Guzman

The Chart control gives you freedom to develop graphic reports.

web_development

A Look under the hood of the .NET Framework

11 Feb 2013 by Sander Rossel

Journey to the center of the .NET Framework with a chance of IL along the way!

A master-detail view with Entity Framework

22 Jul 2016 by Mohamed Kalmoua

In this article, I will create a master-detail view using the Entity Framework.

A Money type for the CLR

18 Mar 2013 by codekaizen

A convenient, high-performance money structure for the CLR which handles arithmetic operations, currency types, formatting, and careful distribution and rounding without loss.

A MultiProgressViewModel to observe progress in complex algorithms

20 Jan 2012 by Dirk Bahle

I have posted a recent article on the ProgressViewModel to show a software design that can be used for background processing in C# 4.0. This article extends that design with the ability to ouput more than one progress.

A New Parser Generator for C#

5 Mar 2016 by Qwertie

LLLPG, the Loyc LL(k) Parser Generator: now parsing C# itself!

A Nice Way to Collect All Input Errors in a Submit and Feedback to the User at a Time

2 Mar 2010 by Eunge

ValidationScope is used to collect all input errors in a context although validation code exists in independent APIs.

A Pendulum and its Corresponding Oscillations Shown in WPF

4 Nov 2010 by logicchild

An article that illustrates how to simulate a pendulum.

A Performance Counters Helper Class

16 Jan 2012 by Ron Sher

A performance counters helper class that makes it easier to use performance counters in your system, especially for measuring duration and total duration

A Phone Like Control

1 Nov 2010 by Sacha Barber

A control that partially emulates a popular phone.

A Pluggable Architecture for Building Silverlight Applications with MVVM

6 Jul 2011 by Weidong Shen

This article describes building a sample Silverlight application with the MVVM Light toolkit, WCF RIA Services, and a pluggable application architecture using MEF.

A Potentially Informative Article about the WPF Engine

4 Nov 2010 by logicchild

An article that describes WPF for the beginner and provides some tips for the intermediate.

A Purely XAML Coded Animated Bezier Curve via WPF

26 Apr 2011 by logicchild

Using animation via XAML code to draw a Bezier curve object.

Expression-blend

A Random Walk Through of the LightSwitch Data Model

10 Sep 2011 by defwebserver

We will create a Silverlight Custom Control called “LightSwitch Explorer” that will display information about the collections of the screen that it is displayed on, raise methods, and switch screens.

A Reusable WPF Autocomplete TextBox (Part 2)

24 Nov 2011 by Dirk Bahle

This article is about a control that can be used to auto-omplete folders that have been typed into a textbox. It shows just how versatile binding and theming in WPF really is.

A Review of Three Natural Language Processors, AlchemyAPI, OpenCalais, and Semantria

28 Jul 2014 by Marc Clifton

In this article, I review three NLP services

artificial-intelligence

A Scrolling Area with Only Scroll Buttons

26 Jun 2011 by jeanlibera

How to create a vertical or horizontal scrolling area with scroll buttons and a hidden ScrollBar.

A Silverlight control to parse Excel data into a flat collection

7 Apr 2014 by I.explore.code

web_development

A Silverlight Expense Report Module using View Model (MVVM)

30 Aug 2010 by defwebserver

This module allows you to easily gather, and process Expense Reports, from users in your DotNetNuke portal

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 1

8 Mar 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 1 of a series describing creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 2

8 Mar 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 2 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 3

8 Mar 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 3 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 4

12 Apr 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 4 of a series describing creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Simple ASP.NET Flickr Application

16 Nov 2010 by Mario Majčica

A simple Flickr application using the Flickr.Net API library and some cool effects.

A Simple Computation API with Progress Tracking

25 Apr 2011 by David Sehnal

A computation wrapper with built-in progress tracking using Reactive Extensions for .NET (and AsyncCTP).

A Simple Example for the SoapBox Framework (WPF, .NET)

10 Aug 2012 by dreamgarden

SoapBox Core uses WPF's MEF to provide a base application framework that is easy to extend. This is a simple example that includes elements of a basic application (toolbar, statusbar, document area, etc.).

A simple example of SQL server admin tools.

13 Sep 2009 by Md. Marufuzzaman

A simple example of SQL server admin tools.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

A Simple Geo Fencing Using Polygon Method

7 Mar 2010 by RajuBhupathi

A Simple Geo fencing using polygon method

A Simple MVC Application using LINQ to SQL

8 Sep 2014 by Sandeep Singh Shekhawat

This article introduces how to create an MVC application using LINQ to SQL. You will create a simple MVC application for Book registration with a Publisher where the Publisher and Book have one-to-many relationships.

A simple Orca clone using Reflection.Emit

16 Aug 2011 by Reto Ravasio

A WPF app that uses dynamic types and databinding for displaying MSI files.

A simple POC using ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework, Autofac, Cross Domain Support

27 Oct 2012 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

The purpose of this article is to create a proof of concept to demonstrate the feasibility of ASP.NET Web API Beta Version.

A simple project to change file permissions on linux using chmod and monodevelop

7 Jan 2018 by charles henington

A simple workaround for FilePermission in monodevelop

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.

A Simple Wait Window

8 Mar 2010 by The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Showing a wait window during a long running process

A Simple Way to Cache Objects and Collections for Greater Performance and Scalability

11 Jun 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

Implement caching in your project using AspectF library that saves you from writing plumbing code for dealing with cached objects and collections and learn how to handle stale objects and collections

A Simple WPF ComobBox based Brush Selector Control

18 Jul 2011 by PeteBarber

This shows a couple of techniques using WPF to create a control to select a SolidColorBrush via a ComboBox and compares and contrasts them.

A small application for downloading website images automatically

30 Jan 2010 by AYK_161

If you see a website with a lot of nice images which you want to store on your computer, this application will help.

A Starting Point for Searching and Sorting Algorithms

1 Jun 2011 by logicchild

The basics of searching and sorting algorithms via C#.

A Sudoku program with some advanced features

13 Jan 2015 by Jacques Fournier

Sudoku is a program built in C# with a WPF user interface.

A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog

14 Sep 2013 by Thomas Willwacher

A WPF Find/Replace Manager, usable with most text editors and both SDI and MDI interfaces

A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog

27 Apr 2012 by FenRunner

This is an alternative for "A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog"

A Versatile MessageBox Replacement

7 Oct 2012 by Andriks

A MessageBox replacement with some much needed extras

A WPF File ListView and ComboBox

28 Mar 2011 by Thomas Willwacher

The article describes a simple folder navigation control.

A WPF File ListView and ComboBox (Version II)

30 Jul 2014 by Dirk Bahle

This is an alternative for "A WPF File ListView and ComboBox"

A WPF Spinner Custom Control

16 Jan 2012 by Barry Lapthorn

A WPF custom spinner control.

A WPF Television Application

30 Apr 2010 by logicchild

An article that presents a TV Player via WPF

A WPF TikZ Editor (TikzEdt)

6 Feb 2011 by Thomas Willwacher, Yet another user

A combined text/WYSIWYG editor for the TikZ vector graphics language.

Abstract Class and its Usage

20 Dec 2013 by SarveshShukla

This article describes the concept of an abstract class in .NET.

Abstract Nonsense in Software Development Outlook

10 Dec 2013 by Petr Ivankov

Multidisciplinary paradigm of software development

Abstract Nonsense in Software Development. Databases

18 Jan 2014 by Petr Ivankov

Application of abstract approach to database domain

Abstract Nonsense in Software Development. Real-time

7 Jan 2014 by Petr Ivankov

Application of abstract approach to real-time.

Access Controls in ViewModel using Attached Properties

12 Sep 2011 by Bhavik Barot

This article shows how we can access controls in the viewmodel using attached properties.

Accessing Hardware in Silverlight using COM

26 May 2010 by esaulsberry

An example of a COM object written in C# that allows access to hardware from Silverlight

Accessing impersonated user’s details from code behind in C#

7 May 2013 by Amogh Natu

This post explains how to access an impersonated user's details from the code-behind using C#.

Actionless Frameworks

14 Jan 2015 by Paulo Zemek

Understand how to create fully configurable frameworks that let your application evolve without creating bottlenecks.