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Developer Challenge: $40,000 in prizes.

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Azure Challenge

Our Azure Developer Challenge is over and voting is continuing. The winners of Stage 5 are:

• Enrique Albert - LiteDispatch - Logistic solution on the cloud
• Phil Lee - YouConf - Your Live Online Conferencing Tool
• Ranjan.D, - HealthReunion - A Windows Azure based healthcare product

The grand prize winner will be announced this later week.

Gone Canooing

Happy Canada Day, eh! Over a decade here and I still don't think I have a handle on the complicated and subtle use of the "eh" but I'll keep trying. In the meantime our Toronto office is closed while we all find a lake, soak up the sunshine and burn things on the BBQ.

cheers,
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Most popular new articles

• ToDoList 6.7.B7 Beta Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g.
  
• Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. - Monjurul Habib
  
• A Windows Forms based text editor with HTML output - kevin delafield
  
• TwitterBootstrapMvc - Dmitry A. Efimenko
  
• LINQ for JavaScript - Kamyar Nazeri
  

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Latest Additions

73 articles overall. 25 new, 48 updated.

New articles added

Audio and Video

• Low-Level Control of *.wav Data (Part II) - suendisra
  How to use waveIn* functions to record audio data, low-level
  
  

Azure

• Web API and Windows Azure. Part 1. History, a bit about REST, examples. - Alexandr Belotserkovskiy
  This series will be about Web API and its use in Windows Azure
  
  

C#

• Lazy Object Initialization with System.Lazy class - S. M. Ahasan Habib
  I will explain how to use System.Lazy class with support of lazy initialization of object
  
  
• HiUpdate Tools - Automatic application updates - Josef Andrys
  HiUpdateTools is a easy tools to use publish new version of your application
  
  
• Your first program using MVC pattern with C#/WinForms - Nagarajan Krishna
  A simple example to use MVC pattern with C#/Winforms
  
  

Database

• SSIS: By coding Part 2 - ThatsAlok
  Step by Step creation of SSIS package using C# with Conditional Split
  
  

Dialogs and Windows

• Barcode Label Designer C# in Windows Forms - syedshanu
  Design your own Label ,Barcode, Picture at runtime using Barcode Label Designer
  
  

Game Development

• Make realtime multiplayer AndEngine games - daljeet Mehta
  Adding realtime multiplayer game play and virtual rooms logic to your AndEngine games.
  
  

General Graphics

• Colorspaces and Conversions - Johannes B.
  A library for colorspaces and colorconversions with taking account of reference whites and different RGB colorspaces.
  
  

Interviews

• A Coder Interview with Michael White - 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.
  
  

OpenGL

• A Customizable Architecture for 3D Graphics Applications - Carlos Jiménez de Parga
  Explanation of a consistent 3D graphics software architecture through a basic OpenGL application
  
  

PHP

• PHP A to Z - Gazmend Jakupi
  Tutorial for developing in PHP
  
  

Articles updated

.NET Framework

• Working with Units and Amounts - Rudi Breedenraedt
  The ultimate Unit and Amount classes for your business and physics applications!
  
  
• Visual Studio Visualizer: Part 2 - Entity Framework - Frederico Regateiro
  This project creates a Visual Studio visualizer for entity framework queries, view edit and run the generated SQL.
  
  

Ajax

• XML Data to JSON - Pål Thingbø
  How to get SQL Server XML data to JSON objects in your browser via webservice
  
  

Android

• EPUB Viewer for Android with Text to Speech - dteviot
  This is an Android application that shows the basics of building an EPUB file viewer for Android.
  
  

Applications & Tools

• ToDoList 6.7.B7 Beta Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g.
  A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting.
  
  
• Calculate Age / Duration Between Two Dates using JavaScript - Aarti Meswania
  Duration between two dates in Year-month-day format
  
  

ASP.NET

• TwitterBootstrapMvc - Dmitry A. Efimenko
  Fluent implementation of ASP.NET-MVC HTML helpers for Twitter Bootstrap.
  
  
• Caching Images in ASP.NET - Karin Huber
  One of the simplest but most effective methods to improve performance in web applications is to cache images on the client.
  
  
• sBlog.Net - A Minimalistic Blog Engine - Using ASP.Net MVC 3 - Karthik. A
  sBlog.Net is a minimalistic blog engine created using the ASP.Net MVC 3 framework
  
  

Azure

• HealthReunion - A Windows Azure based healthcare product - Ranjan.D
  HealthReunion is a complete solution for medium , large scale healthcare providers and patients. It's a Azure based hosted solution
  
  
• What's On Global: Facebook events can be so much more - Patrick McCurley, Rachel Davey
  An Azure based software solution allowing users to discover events around them on a massive scale. Features ASP.net MVC4, Entity Framework and a large importing backend utilizing Azure virtual machines
  
  
• LiteDispatch - Logistic solution on the cloud - Enrique Albert
  Azure WebSite and W8 Store App using SQL-CE, Azure SQL, Mobile Services, SignalR, EF, WebAPI and integration to Bing Maps
  
  

Bugs & Workarounds

• How to Inspect the Content of a Program Database (PDB) File - marc ochsenmeier
  Get to know the files you use on a daily basis when debugging your application with Visual Studio or WinDbg.
  
  

Client side scripting

• LINQ for JavaScript - Kamyar Nazeri
  Implementation of .NET Enumerable methods in JavaScript, including Aggregations, Iterations, Predicators, and Selectors.
  
  

Code Generation

• Mo+ - A model oriented programming language and IDE for model driven development - Dave Clemmer
  Introducing the Mo+ language and the Mo+ Solution Builder IDE.
  
  

Cryptography & Security

• XCrypt - Encryption and decryption class wrapper - Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
  This is an alternative for "XCrypt - Encryption and decryption class wrapper".
  
  

Database

• SQL Server's built-in scalar Logical Functions (IIF() and CHOOSE()) - Shemeer NS
  SQL Server's Logical Functions (IIF() and CHOOSE()), New functions in SQL Server, Examples for IIF and CHOOSE, Comparison
  
  
• Check that Sql Server exists prior to connection - Greg Osborne
  Validate existence of Sql Server
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. - Monjurul Habib
  Introduction to Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. It is about how to work together to achieve a common goal. This article focus on how technology team work together well to plan, build and deliver software.
  
  
• Modeling Supertypes and Subtypes: Part 1 - Scott Burkow
  Background Theory and Process Modeling (BPMN).
  
  
• SOLID Principles: Single Responsibility Principle -> What, Why and How. - Christian Vos
  SOLID principles: Single Responsibility Principle, a simple example in C#
  
  
• Modeling Supertypes and Subtypes: Part 2 - Scott Burkow
  Conceptual and logical designs.
  
  
• Modeling Supertypes and Subtypes: Part 3 - Scott Burkow
  We build the physical design from the logical design.
  
  
• SOLID Principles: The Open Closed Principle -> What, Why and How. - Christian Vos
  SOLID principles: The Open Closed Principle, a simple example in C#
  
  

Dialogs and Windows

• FlexibleMessageBox – A flexible replacement for the .NET MessageBox - JReichert
  FlexibleMessageBox – A flexible replacement for the .NET MessageBox.
  
  

Edit Controls

• A Windows Forms based text editor with HTML output - kevin delafield
  A Windows Forms based text editor with HTML output, implemented with a browser control in edit mode.
  
  

Exception Handling

• Verify - Jacob F. W.
  A Practical Alternative to Assert in C++
  
  

Hardware & System

• Windows Indexing Service Basics - Nirmal Singh Bhary
  This article describes how to manage and use the Windows Indexing Service.
  
  

Libraries

• AngleSharp - Florian Rappl
  Bringing the DOM to C# with a HTML5/CSS3 parser written in C#.
  
  
• Scripting .NET Applications with IronPython - Jerome Terry
  Extending .NET applications by adding scripting support via IronPython
  
  

OpenGL

• Getting started with Volume Rendering using OpenGL - dvnOye
  Step by step explanation of 3D image rendering using OpenGL.
  
  

Web Services

• Gett.NET - A library for Ge.tt Web Services - Kim Togo
  Use Ge.tt Web Services for real-time file publishing and sharing.
  
  
• Asynchronous web services call in ASP.NET - K K Kodoth
  This document describes how to use the web service method calls efficiently and effectively, by making use of Asynchronous calling Mechanism.
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Scroll Synchronization - Karin Huber
  Synchronizing the scroll position of multiple controls.
  
  
• 3D object Rotation in WPF using Leap Motion - Meshack Musundi
  Rotating a 3D object in a WPF application using hand gestures and Leap Motion
  
  
• Bindable Converter Parameter - ntg123
  A simple technique to achieve Bindable-ConverterParameter in WPF's XAML.
  
  

New Tips and Tricks added

Database

• Dynamically Creating User Schema with User Supplied Password using Batch Programming - Syed Asif Iqbal
  This tip helps in creating User schema with fresh password on the fly
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Creating Smart and Stylish Button - Anoop Kr Sharma
  Easy, simple, stylish button created using HTML and CSS
  
  

Internet / Network

• Generate a quick and easy custom pcap file using Python - RPGillespie
  Generate a quick pcap file with a custom packet
  
  

Silverlight

• How to Get Full File Path in Silverlight - Ivan Signore
  A workaround to SecurityException while getting file's full path in Silverlight
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• Developing RESTful Service with WCF 4.0 using ASP.NET - munagalasantosh
  Create your first RESTful service with WCF 4.0 using ASP.NET
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• MediaPlayer in WPF - josh-jw
  This tip will give you a better idea about creating custom media player in WPF. This tip is based on http://articlesforprogramming.blogspot.in/2013/06/create-media-player-in-wpf.html blog.
  
  

Tips and Tricks updated

Algorithms & Recipes

• Weighted Generic Lottery in C# - Hossein Montazeri
  A class to conduct a lottery, based on different chances of winning for every participant
  
  

C#

• Simple Variable Dump - Pascal Ganaye
  This class dumps any .NET object properties to your output window.
  
  
• A simple application to notify the caps lock status - Kaushik S Murthy
  This application allows you to know the status of caps lock whenever the caps status is toggled
  
  

Client side scripting

• Applying a Custom Mask on an Image using Raphael - yiangos
  How to apply a clipping mask to an image using the raphael vector library
  
  

Programming Tips

• How to make a callback to C# from C/C++ code - Tecfield
  This post shows how to make a callback to C# from C/C++
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Video Brush in WPF - josh-jw
  This tip explains how to use video brush and visual property as a media element.
  
  

New Technical Blogs added

.NET Framework

• Implementing .NET MVC applications with Entity Framework Code-First Nice and Easy - Part 1 - Eduardo Fonseca
  The purpose of the current post is to show a nice and easy way to implement quick solutions using MVC and Entity Framework while keeping the code clean, having database accessibility not tied to objects, and still taking advantages of powerful features of MVC and Entity Framework together.For this w
  
  

Amazon Web Services

• SPA Authentication in a .NET world - nathans.dropbox@googlemail.com
  SPA authentication in a .NET world
  
  

Exception Handling

• Handling Exceptions in Plugins Hosted in an AppDomain - Ivan Krivyakov
  How to handle exceptions in plugins hosted in an AppDomain
  
  

Mobile Development

• Writing Games With Unity 3D, Part 3 – Mobile! - Keyhole Software
  Part 3 of this blog series is going to be a fun one because we’re going beyond PC/Mac and beginning to support iOS and Android! Unity 4 made this possible by altering the basic version of the license for these platforms to be free (THANK YOU!). I learned a lot through this process and wanted [
  
  

SQL Reporting Services

• TF400324: Team Foundation services are not available from server… - Gordon W Beeming
  Categories: Team Foundation ServerTags: #TFS, TF400324, TFS-Error-CodesFull Error TF400324: Team Foundation services are not available from server . Technical information (for administrator):   Page not found. Problem This error could occur if you have moved a collection from one server to another a
  
  

Uncategorised Technical Blogs

• Another Number Theory Problem - rtybase
  Another number theory problem
  
  

Work Issues

• TF237165: Team Foundation could not update the work item because… - Gordon W Beeming
  Categories: Team Foundation ServerTags: #TFS, Solution, TF237165Full Error Message TF237165: Team Foundation could not update the work item because of a validation error on the server. This may happen because the work item type has been modified or destroyed, or you do not have permission to update
  
  

Technical Blogs updated

Desktop Gadgets

• Build a Desktop Online Translator with Bing - Victor Rene
  How to build a desktop online translator with Bing
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Five Essential Front-End Tools That Should be Used with Modern MVC Projects - Adam Tibi
  VS 2012 web templates come preloaded with standard front-end libraries. This post is meant to complete the list with other essential and productive libraries that should be used in modern public-facing MVC and webform projects.
  
  

Office Development

• Extend your VBA code with C#, VB.NET, or C++/CLI - Pragmateek
  Interfacing VBA and .NET is a relatively straightforward process.
  
  

Windows Phone 7/8

• Using Button Class to Create Graphic Buttons in XNA, WPXNA (9) - zoyobar
  How to use the Button class to create Graphic buttons in XNA, WPXNA
  
  

Work Issues

• How to Work with Lists and Collections of Knockout ? - Sampath Lokuge
  How to Work with Lists and Collections of Knockout