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Design and Strategy - Application Design			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Dynamically Generated User Defined Interfaces (Part 2) Updated: 27 Nov 2008   Further explanation about how we solved the problem of allowing users to define their own data structures and to define their own user interfaces to edit this data. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Peter Wiles	4.78
The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 5 Updated: 18 Jun 2003   A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the fifth installment of what should be several more articles.) C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Gullett	4.65
The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 1 Updated: 10 Jun 2003   A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the first installment of what should be several more articles.) C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Gullett	4.64
The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 2 Updated: 21 Jun 2003   A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the second installment.) C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Gullett	4.63
A Composite UI Application Block CAB MDI application Updated: 2 Feb 2007   An introduction to the world of CAB demonstrated with a sample MDI smart client application C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David M Brooks	4.61
Dude, where's my business logic? Updated: 21 Jun 2005   Over the years we have moved from desktop, to client server, to 3-tier, to n-tier, to service orientation. In the process though many things have changed, but many habits have remained. This article discusses what we are doing wrong, and the possible solutions. Windows, Visual Studio, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, Intermediate	Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu	4.47
Dynamically Generated User Defined Interfaces (Part 1) Updated: 26 Nov 2008   An introduction to how we solved the problem of allowing users to define both data structures and user interfaces to edit this data. C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Peter Wiles	4.40
Is a featureless product in your future? Updated: 30 Apr 2007   Are software developers missing an opportunity to innovate? Windows, Visual Studio, CEO, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Simon Galbraith	4.31
The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 3 Updated: 11 Jun 2003   A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Gullett	4.28
The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 4 Updated: 13 Jun 2003   A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the fourth installment of what should be several more articles.) VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, C++/CLI, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Gullett	4.28
Introduction to Object-Oriented Tiered Application Design Updated: 19 Jul 2004   An introduction to some of the challenges and opportunites of object-oriented design. C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, Advanced	Steven Campbell	4.25
Aspect Oriented Programming / Aspect Oriented Software Design Updated: 29 Apr 2003   Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about AOP/AOSD VC6, VC7, VC7.1, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, C++/CLI, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Marc Clifton	4.22
Use Subversion Revision numbers in your Visual Studio Projects - Unedited Updated: 17 Jul 2008   SVN Keywords are not sufficient for retrieving the highest revision number for your project. This simple method solves this problem. C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev, QA, Design, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, SysAdmin	Paul Betteridge	4.18
Introduction to Iterative, Incremental Framework for building software projects Updated: 29 Oct 2003   Iterative, Incremental Framework using UML C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Dan Bunea	4.14
A Proposed Model for Simulating Human Artificial Intelligence. Updated: 30 Aug 2003   Unique Jungian and MBTI approach to develop Human Artificial Intelligence VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, C++/CLI, .NET, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	JoeSox	4.11
Web Application Vulnerability Assessment Essentials: Your First Step to a Highly Secure Web Site Updated: 21 Jun 2007   Learn How to Properly Execute a Web Application Vulnerability Assessment Windows, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, QA, Beginner	Caleb Sima	4.08
What Is A Framework? Updated: 3 Nov 2003   An attempt to define what the term "framework" means. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++/CLI, C#, VB, ASP.NET, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, ATL, WTL, Dev, Beginner	Marc Clifton	4.05
Writing XAML Friendly Assemblies Updated: 21 Mar 2004   How to write assemblies so that they will work with the various XAML parsers that are starting to emerge. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++/CLI, C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, XAML, Beginner	Marc Clifton	3.97
Agile Sandbox (Part I) - Unedited Updated: 17 Mar 2008   This article covers a selection of best practices related to the internals of the project “sandbox”. The sandbox is understood as a folder with a complete structure containing the source files of a specific product. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#	Victor Nakoryakov	3.94
Agile Sandbox (Part III) - Unedited Updated: 27 Mar 2008   This article covers a selection of best practices related to the internals of the project “sandbox”. The sandbox is understood as a folder with a complete structure containing the source files of a specific product. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#	Victor Nakoryakov	3.91
Agile Sandbox (Part II) - Unedited Updated: 17 Mar 2008   This article covers a selection of best practices related to the internals of the project “sandbox”. The sandbox is understood as a folder with a complete structure containing the source files of a specific product. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#	Victor Nakoryakov	3.90
Composites and Visitors - a Templatised Approach Updated: 13 Oct 2004   An article on a templatised implementation of composite and visitor interaction. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C++/CLI, .NET, Architect, Dev, Advanced	Dave Handley	3.89
Networking, Threading, Event Integration Tutorial with USDTP Updated: 15 Jun 2008   This article is a lengthy ground-up tutorial on Application Design, Networking, Threading, and Event Integration all wrapped into one. C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced	Nathan Sharp	3.82
Designing Application Using Test Driven Development Updated: 1 May 2008   In this article we will take a look at designing application using test driven development. C#, ASP.NET, Architect, Dev, Design	azamsharp	3.80
D-FOM: Yet Another Object Oriented Model Updated: 19 Jul 2004   This paper is an updation to my last paper "D-FOM, Another Model for System Analysis & Design with Object Orientation". The strategy is made more clear, user oriented and application based. C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Deepak Jain	3.76
Simple Gateway - Unedited Updated: 20 Oct 2008   An example of a simple payment gateway Vista, C#, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Johan "BJ" Vorster	3.57
Application framework for enterprise applications - Unedited Updated: 22 Mar 2008   A description of various framework to develop a complete enterprise .NET applications easier VS2005, VS2008, ASP, ASP.NET, Javascript, CSS, Visual Studio, HTML, Architect, Dev, Ajax, Design, Beginner	Alessandro Forte	3.10
Delegate Factory Updated: 11 Jan 2005   A dynamic factory using delegates. VC8.0, .NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Asa Meltzer	2.54
Sharp as C Updated: 13 Jul 2005   This article represents a general architectural and design approach to application development. C++, C, Windows, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	George Shagov	2.46
Heterogenous Environments and Platform Independant Data Access Updated: 11 Jan 2006   An article on designing heterogeneous environments and client independent platforms. XML, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Kyrylo Yatsenko	2.33
Model View Presenter And Its Best Practices - Unedited Updated: 5 May 2008   The article describes Model View Presenter Architecture,its Best practices and advantages. .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Advanced	santosh poojari	2.28
Intercom Pattern Updated: 22 May 2008   Defines many to many relationship between different types of classes. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded, C++, C++/CLI, Windows, Win Mobile, Architect, Design, Intermediate	saiful_vonair	2.00
The rationale of programming - I. Exception or Error Code Updated: 26 Apr 2006   If you are wondering why programming is such a difficult thing, read on. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Bill Gu	1.82
Design and Architecture - Aspect Oriented Programming			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Leveraging .NET Components and IDE Integration: UI AOP in an MVC use case Updated: 28 Jun 2005   An in-depth exploration of the features and the power of .NET Component Model architecture, its integration with the IDE at design-time and the possiblities it opens through extensions at run-time. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, ASP.NET, XML, Windows, HTML, Architect, Dev, WinForms, WebForms, Advanced	Daniel Cazzulino [XML MVP]	4.86
The simplest AOP scenario in C# Updated: 29 Sep 2004   A very simple library that you can use to implement not-so-simple constructs of Aspect Oriented Programming .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Andrea Bioli	4.68
AOP Using Spring.NET - Part 2 Updated: 12 Jun 2008   Part 2 of AOP and Spring.NET. C#, XML, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Niranjan Kumar	4.44
AOP Using Spring.NET - Part 1 Updated: 6 Jun 2008   Aspect Oriented Programming and how Spring.NET supports this. C#, XML, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Niranjan Kumar	4.35
AOP using System.Reflection.Emit - Code Injection IL Updated: 2 Jun 2006   Very often, we need to intercept method calls and enable some code to run before/after a method call of an external type (.NET object). Learn how to do this. .NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, ASP.NET, Dev, Advanced	Roberto Loreto	4.19
Aspect Oriented Programming in .NET Updated: 22 Aug 2005   An introduction to Aspect Oriented Programming in .NET. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Shivprasad koirala	3.28
Aspect oriented programming in .NET - Part II Updated: 22 Aug 2005   An article on Aspect Oriented Programming with a sample implementation. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Shivprasad koirala	3.06
Data Structures			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Easier bitwise operations Updated: 25 Dec 2001   A collection of templates that simplify the comprehension of bitwise operations VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Eddie Velasquez	4.52
The Basics of Linked Lists and Binary Trees Updated: 7 Aug 2005   The basics of creating and using linked lists, and their cousin binary trees, from scratch. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Jaken Veina	4.48
Fast Indexable Stacks Updated: 19 Nov 2005   I provide an implementation of fast-growing indexable stacks which outperforms std::vector and std::deque. VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Christopher Diggins	4.44
KD Tree - Searching in N-dimensions, Part I Updated: 27 Mar 2007   Optimized KD-tree and multidimensional nearest neighbours search C++, SQL, Windows, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev, Intermediate	Anton Milev	4.39
A generic, reusable, and extendable matrix class Updated: 19 Apr 2006   An article describing the use of a generic matrix class and how it is implemented. VC6, VC7, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Yap Chun Wei	4.38
C++ AVL Tree Template Updated: 12 Sep 2002   A C++ AVL Tree Template VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Walt Karas	4.29
Union Lists: Single Value, Multiple Types Updated: 20 Jan 2005   A union list is a simple union style type which can hold one value of any of a fixed number of types. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Christopher Diggins	4.24
A simple class to encapsulate VARIANTs Updated: 27 Mar 2004   Using Variants in your C++ code VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Manderson	4.14
XBitArray - a non-MFC C++ class to manipulate bits in a bit array. Updated: 10 Feb 2004   XBitArray provides functions to set, test, and find bits in an array of bytes. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.02
CABMBitSet and CFlexBitSet - Compact Storage with easy interface Updated: 29 Mar 2005   Creating compact storage for a set of BOOLs, enums, or other sets of limited value data. VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	BuddyLeeJr	4.00
Binary Tree Introduction Updated: 12 Mar 2007   Description of binary trees and fast search in one-dimensional data C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	tonim	3.96
AVL Binary Tree for C++ Updated: 4 Jan 2006   Using the HeightBalancedTree C++ template as an array or as a sorted sequence. VC8.0, VS2005, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Dimiter Georgiev	3.96
CMap How-to Updated: 16 Mar 2006   How to use a CMap. VC7, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Sam NG	3.94
Easy to use data dispatcher Updated: 14 Jul 2001   An easy to use set of classes to dispatch any kind of data. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Matthias Mann	3.85
A Tree Template Class in C++ Updated: 14 Feb 2006   This article presents a Tree class, which lets you assemble any data type in a tree structure and then work with it using depth-first traversal. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C++, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Ahmed Qazi	3.84
Lint: Large Integer Object Library Updated: 15 Dec 2005   Lint is a signed large integer data type class library. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Jeremy A. Wilson	3.82
Tree data class for C++ Updated: 12 Jan 2002   Simple class to represent tree data structures in C++ VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Alexander Kovachev	3.77
Store more than 32 1-bit-flags in a single 'scalar' Updated: 14 Jul 2001   A small class to store more than 32 1-bit flags in a simple class instead of using a DWORD with a maximum of 32 bits VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Patrick Hoffmann	3.67
Stack implementation using templates Updated: 18 Dec 2001   generic implementation of stacks LIFO VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	kin	3.57
Represent sparse matrices by some appropriate form of linked lists Updated: 10 May 2003   Represent sparse matrices by some appropriate form of linked lists. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Tran Van Canh	3.43
Heap Data Structure Updated: 7 Mar 2007   A C++ class that implements the data structure Heap. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Arman Z. Sahakyan	3.24
Large integer class Updated: 23 Dec 2004   A class with multiple precision integer arithmetic operations. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Vagelis Fortunas	2.49
Circular Buffer Made Easy Updated: 6 Nov 2006   A circular buffer with thread safe read/write operations. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Nisamudheen	2.22
A light stack implementation for Win32 Updated: 18 Mar 2004   A simple and very small stack implementation for any type. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, PocketPC 2002, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Junges	1.89
Serializing Your Structs Using XML Updated: 9 May 2003   This article shows how to save a structure into an XML file (using STL), then load the file back using XML VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, ATL, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Bassam Abdul-Baki	1.00
Design and Strategy			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Object-oriented implementation of state-based logic Updated: 19 Jul 2004   This paper addresses the problem of merging object-oriented and automaton-based programming technologies VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, Dev, Beginner	Danil Shopyrin	4.80
Interface Detection Updated: 24 Jul 2007   Detecting the presence of a member in a class VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Alexandre Courpron	4.70
Applying Observer Pattern in C++ Applications Updated: 8 Jan 2001   This article explains how to avoid object dependencies using the Observer Pattern with a simple example. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Dev, Intermediate	T. Kulathu Sarma	4.61
20 issues of porting C++ code on the 64-bit platform Updated: 25 Jun 2007   Program errors occurring while porting C++ code from 32-bit platforms on 64-bit ones are observed. Examples of the incorrect code and the ways to correct it are given. Methods and means of the code analysis which allow to diagnose the errors discussed, are listed. C++, C, Windows, Win64, Visual Studio, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Karpov Andrey	4.60
Designing Robust Objects with Boost Updated: 16 Aug 2004   Tutorial on designing classes using Boost libraries VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS.NET2003, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Jim D'Agostino	4.60
Applying Strategy Pattern in C++ Applications Updated: 8 Jan 2001   When it is possible to have several different algorithms for performing a processa Strategy Pattern can be used to determine the best solution. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Dev, Intermediate	T. Kulathu Sarma	4.58
Architecting .NET Web Applications for Scale & Performance (A Practical Guide) Updated: 23 Oct 2008   A practical guide for NET architects, managers and developers for Scaling, Architecting, Managing and Performance optimising .NET Web applications. .NET 3.5, C#, ASP.NET, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Scott Tattersall	4.50
An easy to use Observer Pattern Implementation (no inheritance required) Updated: 26 Jan 2004   Observer Pattern implemented in a nice template model, easy to use as it does not require the classical inheritance and can easly decouple Subject and Observer. VC7, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Corneliu Tusnea	4.49
Implementing a Subject/Observer pattern with templates Updated: 10 Mar 2003   Using C++ Templates to overcome some of the original Subject/Observer design pattern problems VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Patje	4.44
Intercom: A template-based notification library Updated: 19 Feb 2003   This article introduces a template-based off-shoot of the subject/observer pattern called Intercom. Intercom achieves some advantages over subject-observer designs by using a three component model (Message, Notifier, Observer). VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	compiler	4.40
MFC resources fallback Updated: 11 Jul 2007   A little tip for implementing a fallback resources process with MFC that's useful for localization VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Giuseppe Marazzi	4.38
Traceability in Layered Architecture: A Roadmap Updated: 20 Apr 2008   Traceability in layered architecture lets software architects to define, utilize, reuse, and re-engineer existing, current, and future application architectures in a more structured way. This article provides a roadmap to trace multi-layer architectures easily. .NET, Architect, Dev, QA, Design, Intermediate	Mohammad Ashraful Alam	4.38
Composites-Visitors pattern: the OOP way Updated: 15 Aug 2004   An implementation of the composite-visitors pattern avoiding the use of rescursive generic code. VC7, Win2K, VS.NET2002, Dev, Intermediate	emilio_grv	4.37
State Pattern in C++ Applications Updated: 13 Sep 2001   Small game framework based on the state pattern. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Larocque	4.37
The story about Ninja, Unity Application Block and Contextual Dependency Injection. - Unedited Updated: 30 Nov 2008   Article describes how get contextual dependency injection in application using Unity Application Block C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, Advanced	O1eg Smirnov	4.36
Running State Machine Based Win32/WinCE Programs Updated: 17 May 2006   This article describes how to run state machine application framework based Win32/WinCE programs using the window message hooking technology. (Open source project.) Win2K, C++, Win Mobile, Visual Studio, Mobile, Dev, eVC, Intermediate	Jerome_D	4.33
Singleton Pattern: A review and analysis of existing C++ implementations Updated: 20 Aug 2003   Review existing Singleton Pattern C++ implemenations, and how to come up with an extensible design that has the best of all worlds. VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Lai Shiaw San Kent	4.29
Different ways of implementing factories Updated: 26 Mar 2003   This article presents different ways of implementing factories, each with their own advantages and disadvantages VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Patje	4.27
Generic Class Factory Updated: 20 Apr 2004   Template-based class factory, which can cooperate with almost all object models VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Robert A. T. Káldy	4.26
Factory Method + Reflection : Achieving better extensibility in applications - Unedited Updated: 31 Aug 2008   This article shows how to take advantage of the Factory Method design pattern and Reflection, to add more extensibility to your applications. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Caio Kinzel Filho	4.16
Modeling Enterprise Applications with Entity Framework Updated: 14 Aug 2008   An article on leveraging Entity Framework to create a set of inherited business objects from a single table. Writing code without any conditionals! C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, ADO.NET, Design, LINQ, Intermediate, Advanced	Fakher Halim	3.90
Design by Contract Framework for C++ Updated: 19 Jun 2002   An implementation of Design by Contract in C++ VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Kevin McFarlane	3.89
Generic Notifiers: Message Passing in C++ Updated: 10 May 2004   An article that describes the design and implementation of synchronous/asynchronous communication between objects VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	PlugwareSolutionsLtd	3.83
How to prevent unnecessary compilation of source files Updated: 6 Feb 2004   This article shows techniques to design C++ classes in such a way as to improve independency between files. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	Luuk Weltevreden	3.73
Virtual Machine Opcode Resolution, Performance Tests Updated: 28 Oct 2004   Four common methods of opcode resolution are implemented and tested.