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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Console Enhancements Updated: 2 Jul 2003   This article enhances console support in .NET such as clearing, colored text, and more; enables console support in Windows apps as well as DOS apps; and also eases testing and debugging of .NET applications. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Wesner Moise	4.86
A Comprehensive Logging Package for .NET Updated: 25 Oct 2003   A Comprehensive Logging Package for .NET .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Jeff Varszegi	4.86
FreeCell & Hearts, Behind the scenes Updated: 28 Jan 2003   This article shows the insides of the freecell and hearts games, it uses the a library of reading and writing another process memory. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	arikp	4.82
Minesweeper, Behind the scenes Updated: 13 Jan 2003   This article demonstrates directly reading another processes memory in C# using P/Invoke and Win32 Api's. .NET 1.0, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	arikp	4.81
TraceListeners and Reflection Updated: 3 Mar 2003   This article explains extending TraceListeners using Reflection. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Jerry Dennany	4.79
A Simple TextBox TraceListener Updated: 24 Oct 2007   A tracelistener class that allows you to view the results of the trace in your Windows UI test harness .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Adam Crawford	4.76
DbMon.NET - A simple .NET OutputDebugString capturer Updated: 7 Mar 2006   A .NET port of the VC++ 6.0 sample, 'dbmon'. C++, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Birkl	4.76
Create a Debugger Visualizer in 10 Lines of Code Updated: 20 Feb 2006   An article on debugger visualizers in Visual Studio 2005. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Tomer Noy	4.75
TraceTool 10: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace Updated: 13 Mar 2008   A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, outputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC development (C++ and .NET). VC7.1, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Thierry Parent	4.72
Introduction to NLog Updated: 13 Jul 2006   Introduction to managing diagnostic traces with NLog. VC7.1, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, Mono, C#, Windows, .NET CF, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Jaroslaw Kowalski	4.71
EventLog and resource-only DLL orchestration Updated: 20 Mar 2005   Learn how to create and integrate customized resource-only DLLs into your .NET application for Windows event logging. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Stefan Repas	4.69
Debug Console Window Updated: 1 Sep 2002   A console window class useful for debugging, reporting events during runtime and saving logs on disk. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	dake / calodox	4.69
How to create an SMTP Trace Listener Updated: 28 Jan 2003   This article describes how to create an SMTP Trace Listener for use with .NET diagnostics .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Beginner	Mike McPhail	4.67
Simple Modbus Protocol in C# / .NET 2.0 Updated: 18 Oct 2007   A simple implementation of .NET 2.0's SerialPort class for Modbus communications .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, QA, Intermediate	distantcity	4.58
How to solve "The format of the file 'devenv.exe' is invalid" blank white page exception at design time Updated: 26 May 2003   Shows how to find the exception that kills the designer .NET 1.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, VB, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Richner	4.55
I take exception to that argument! Updated: 30 Dec 2004   Achieve greater consistency in raising argument exceptions with very little effort. This utility class (which is covered by nearly 600 included NUnit test cases!) makes it possible to evaluate and raise exceptions on passed-in parameters, using a single line of code. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Nils Jonsson	4.49
DebugWriter - A simple property value dumper Updated: 5 Sep 2004   A simple class to help dump property values at design-time. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Charlie Williams	4.44
NetTrace - A simple, lightweight, fast debugging tracer Updated: 18 Dec 2006   An extremely easy to use and incredibly fast tracer with lots of options. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	darrellp	4.44
A simple solution to see the inside of your code Updated: 25 May 2006   A simple solution to see the inside of your code. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, .NET CF, Arch, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Maze	4.43
A Treatise on Using Debug and Trace classes, including Exception Handling Updated: 12 Oct 2002   C#'s built in Debug and Trace classes can be confusing and inappropriately used. This article looks at one success story using debug traces and assertions, and presents an improved debug class. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Marc Clifton	4.34
Dll Profiler in C# Updated: 29 Apr 2003   A debugging tool for applications using multiple DLLs. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C++, C#, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ashraf Mohamed	4.23
Debugging NUnit Test Scripts Updated: 24 Feb 2004   Debugging NUnit Test Scripts .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Tomaž Štih, Reto Tschudi	4.22
Execution Timer Updated: 15 Nov 2004   A set of classes to measure your code's execution time. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Charlie Williams	4.12
Article SubZero: CaseBase, A Testing Framework for C# Updated: 10 Feb 2005   Describes a testing framework for use with Visual Studio and C#. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett	4.11
Tracing for Compact Framework apps Updated: 8 Jun 2004   This article proposes a solution that mitigates the lack of debug console, when building Compact Framework-based Pocket PC apps. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, CE .NET 4.0, CE .NET 4.1, CE .NET 4.2, WinMobile2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Jose Luis Balsera	4.04
A Release Mode Breakpoint Using Reflection Emit Updated: 9 Oct 2002   C#'s release mode doesn't allow break points to be set. This function emits an IL break, forcing a breakpoint in the debugger. Win2K, WinXP, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Marc Clifton	4.04
Simple Code Path Testing Updated: 8 Mar 2005   Add code path testing to your unit tests. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Arch, Dev, Intermediate	Marc Clifton	4.00
An Introduction to the log4net logging library, using C# - Part 2 Updated: 12 Sep 2004   An article describing more basic use of the log4net library. NT4, Win2K, WinXP, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David Salter	3.96
Enhancement for the cool Minesweeper Memory Reader Updated: 14 May 2003   This is a little enhancement so you can simply highlight the mines on minesweeper while you play. VC7, .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	jasonee	3.86
Windows Service Test Form Updated: 5 Jul 2006   An article on service debugging in VS2005. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	John Boero	3.73
A Brief Introduction to the log4net logging library, using C# Updated: 10 Sep 2004   An article describing the basic use of the log4net library. VC7, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David Salter	3.73
Traceract Updated: 3 Sep 2005   A prototype debug tracer with an added dimension. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Arch, Dev, QA, XAML, WinForms, Intermediate	Marc Clifton	3.69
NetCase - Automated test case API using metadata programming in .NET Updated: 29 May 2005   NetCase is an API for automation of test cases in .NET. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Ashish Kaila	3.53
Not So Simple Error Log Updated: 24 Apr 2005   Remake of sSimple XML based Error Log, this time more powerful and with more features. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	dnh	3.50
Write Debug/Trace Information to XML Updated: 6 Apr 2005   An article which demonstrates how to direct trace/debug information to an XML file. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, XML, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Josh Smith	3.47
Bug Fix Tracking in C# Executable Files Updated: 1 Mar 2004   Enter bug fix comments in C# source code and explore it from binary files. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C++, C#, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jayababu	3.38
Object Explorer Updated: 16 Feb 2003   Provides a Windows Forms control for viewing an object state during execution. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Leon Langleyben	3.30
Project dependency graph generator Updated: 26 Sep 2004   Tool for generating project dependency graph in VS 2003. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	iLFiS	3.20
A Simple Customizable Windows Event Logger Application Updated: 20 Feb 2005   An article on writing a simple Windows Event Logger. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Pankaj A. Chitriv	2.73
CStopWatch - Stopwatch style code execution speed tests Updated: 8 Dec 2003   A very simple and easy to use stopwatch class for code execution speed tests. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	dzzxyz	2.67
Function Point Analysis GUI Tool to help count FPs for your system Updated: 19 Mar 2006   I have developed a Function Point Analysis GUI Tool to help count FPs for a software system/application. It is not intended to give any introduction to Function Points since a lot of articles talk about that. Here is an attempt to help you understand how it works practically with a Visual Tool. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Prasad N	2.67
Microsoft .NET Release Bug Updated: 14 Jun 2007   This article demonstrates a Microsoft .NET Release bug. Gives tips to solve a Release Bug. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2003, C# 1.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Scott Klawitter	2.46
CHTMLLogFile class in C# Updated: 23 May 2005   The CHTMLLogFile class presented in this article implements an HTML format for a log file with some (useful) features. .NET 1.0, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, HTML, Dev, Intermediate	DUMITRU Guraliuc	1.50
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Title / Updated	Author	Score
CArray pitfall Updated: 27 Sep 2000   This article describes how the CArray class can access deleted memory in certain situations VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Warren Stevens	4.83
C++ XML the easy way! Updated: 10 Jun 2005   A wrapper for the XML DOM for C++. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Hazanov	4.68
CArray: A simple but highly efficient improvement Updated: 24 Jan 2000   A simple derived template class that can boost the efficiency of your programs. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Russell Robinson	4.48
A Beginner's Guide to the Linked List Updated: 31 Jul 2000   An article showing the basics of the linked list, and how the CList class operates VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andrew Peace	4.36
General Purpose Collection Sorter Updated: 4 Aug 2001   An article showing a method to sort any kind of collection (e.g. a CList, a CArray, an standard C array) into a given order. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Andrew Peace	4.13
Ultimate FastMaps! Updated: 19 Jan 2000   A fully featured map class that uses balanced trees to store and retrieve data quickly by key VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dundas Software	4.00
QuickSort enabled CArray template class Updated: 16 Mar 2000   A CArray derived class that provides quick and convenient sorting NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Martin Ziacek	4.00
2D Matrix Container with [][] indexing Updated: 5 Jun 2002   This article presents a 2D Matrix container with [][] indexing. Indexing works as if you had overloaded the mythical operator [][]. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Chirokov	3.87
Extend collections Updated: 11 Dec 1999   Extended Collection classes to provide copy, compare and find operations with 2 dimensional arrays and maps VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Audrius Vasiliauskas	3.79
Using the maps Updated: 23 Jan 2002   The goal of this article is to demonstrate using one of the STL’s associative containers – the map. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Tesic Goran	3.63
Generic Lookaside List Class Updated: 12 Oct 2000   A simple way to keep items such as COM instances 'warm' and available for reuse VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Jim Johnson	3.60
Using qsort on arrays of sequential data Updated: 26 Jan 2000   An introduction to a useful function VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Chris Maunder, Phil McGahan	3.56
Implementing Linked Lists with Double Pointers Updated: 3 Mar 2000   Describes a linked list implementation that uses double pointers. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Becke	3.51
A better memory managed MFC CArray Updated: 17 Mar 2002   A more heap-friendly template CArray using a memory pool VC6, VC7, NT4, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Nguyen Binh	3.45
A Java Style Vector Class in C++ Updated: 17 Dec 2002   An introduction to a vector collection class for typed pointers. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Java, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Craig Muller	3.43
Dynamic Open Hash Table (DOHT) using CPtrList class Updated: 2 Jun 2000   Making assorted hash table of strings and/or other data types. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Douma	3.42
Quick and Dirty Collection Class Notes Updated: 28 Nov 2000   An article describing MFC Collection Classes VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Joe Harleman	3.37
ISArray Updated: 9 May 2000   A simple templated array class. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Losinger	3.20
CVariantArray Updated: 31 Aug 2002   A Two-Dimensional Array of VARIANTs VC6, Win2K, WinXP, eVC 3.0, VS6, eVC 4.0, C++/CLI, WinCE, .NET, PDA, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ancient Dragon	3.09
CList Iterator Updated: 12 Oct 2000   A simple iteration class for MFC's CList linked list VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Craig Henderson	3.08
Creating a Collection Class in C++ Updated: 8 Mar 2004   How to use a template to create a custom collection class and using the C++ std::vector STL library as well as the operator. I will expect you to understand how pointers, classes, templates and the operator works. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	fyrewolfe	2.58
Multi index array Updated: 2 Apr 2002   A class which behaves as a simple array, but additionally supports binary search functionality. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Audrius Vasiliauskas	1.83
ASP.NET - Trace / Logs			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Username logging for ASP.NET & ASP using an ISAPI Filter Updated: 24 May 2003   Provides for IIS logging of usernames to the IIS logs for sites that rely on ASP & ASP.NET. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, ASP.NET, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Shawn Cicoria	4.00
Tracing web application with ASP.NET Updated: 25 Apr 2005   This article explains tracing machanism of .NET. ASP.NET, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Chandrashekhar Kulkarni	4.00
Log JavaScript Errors - Unedited Updated: 18 Feb 2008   Log javascript errors in server using AJAX ASP, ASP.NET, JScript, CSS, HTML, Ajax, Intermediate, Advanced	Kumar Sundaram	4.00
Web Log Analysis Tool Using ASP.Net and C# Updated: 27 Jan 2002   An article on generating web logs and analysing them using C# .NET 1.0, C#, ASP.NET, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Softomatix	3.82
Create Simple Error Log Files using ASP.NET and C# Updated: 27 May 2002   An article on generating text based error log files Win2K, WinXP, C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Ali Ahmad H	3.67
Custom Web Visitor Tracking using C# Updated: 6 Sep 2004   When the IIS log is not sufficient for your web analytics , you can use this simple technique to track the extra data about visitors of your web page .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, SQL 2000, VS.NET2003, C#, ASP.NET, SQL, WinCE, DBA, Dev, Intermediate	Haja	1.64