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Next time Google indexes your article your articles and your Google profile will be linked and your article search results will look a little more debonair.

Win One of 125 Windows 8 Tablets or 27" All-in-Ones, and your Share of $100,000 in Prizes

The Intel App Innovation Contest 2013 is coming! The contest page goes live for Phase 1 this Wednesday, July 24. Submit your Big Idea for a Windows 8 Desktop App in one of six categories for your chance at a Tablet or All-in-One. 125 CodeProject finalists will take home a tablet or all-in-one and go on to Phase 2 where they will complete their app and go against finalists from CodeProject and other developer communities in India, China and Russia. The best app from each of the six categories (Entertainment, Games, Education, Healthcare, Finance, Retail) will win $10,000, the best app from each platform (Tablet and All-in-One) will take home $10,000, and the overall grand prize winner will be awarded a $20,000 prize (plus fame and bragging rights…). Stay tuned for more details when the contest launches this Wednesday July 24.

cheers,
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Most popular new articles

• ToDoList 6.7.1 Feature 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
  
• Best Practices No. 5: Detecting .NET application memory leaks - Shivprasad koirala
  
• Changing Your Life and Well-Being - VectorX
  
• PDF File Writer C# Class Library - Uzi Granot
  

Latest Additions

97 articles overall. 40 new, 57 updated.

New articles added

Azure

• DnB Risk Analysis - vvtrish
  Analyzing the risk associated with owning, investing, or collaborating with business by utilizing DnB Marketplace data subset.
  
  

Client side scripting

• Module Pattern in Java Script in Depth - Emon Khan
  Here I covered the Module Pattern in Java Script.
  
  

Custom Controls

• Embed only when you need - Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
  Create an embedded-resource-only DLL.
  
  

Interviews

• CodeProject interviews Anders Hejlsberg and Steve Lucco, Microsoft Technical Fellows - Jeff Hadfield
  CodeProject's brief conversation with Anders Hejlsberg and Steve Lucco, Microsoft Technical Fellows, at Microsoft's Build 2013 conference
  
  
• A Coder Interview With DNN's David Rodriguez - Terrence Dorsey
  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 David Rodriguez, Lead Engineer on the Cloud Team at DNN.
  
  

iPhone

• Non-Standard Way to Get Inaccessible Data from iOS - Kirill Ermakov
  Interesting ways to pick up sensitive information in iOS.
  
  

Articles updated

.NET Framework

• Best Practices No. 5: Detecting .NET application memory leaks - Shivprasad koirala
  In this article we are going to detect .NET application memory leaks.
  
  
• Working with Units and Amounts - Rudi Breedenraedt
  The ultimate Unit and Amount classes for your business and physics applications!
  
  
• Using WebSocket in .NET 4.5 (Part 3) - Zhuyun Dai
  Using WebSocket in WCF service and communicating with the service in client applications or JavaScript on web pages
  
  

Applications & Tools

• ToDoList 6.7.1 Feature 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.
  
  

ASP.NET

• Why(s) and How(s) of ASP.NET MVC: Part 2 - Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib
  ASP.NET MVC model binding approaches, fundamental ideas, advantages, and validating models.
  
  
• Learning MVC - Part 1: Introduction to MVC Architecture and Separation of Concerns - Akhil_Mittal
  Introduction to MVC architecture and Separation of Concerns.
  
  
• Learning MVC - Part 2: Creating MVC Application & Perform CRUD Operations Using LINQ to SQL - Akhil_Mittal
  Creating MVC Application & Perform CRUD operations using LINQ to SQL
  
  
• Running an RDLC (SQL Report) in ASP.NET without SSRS - Tim Golisch
  SSRS and BIDS are nice for making reports, but they don't embed into your ASP.NET project very nicely. This is one way to do it without the requirement for full SSRS (and the security hoops).
  
  
• Using WebSocket in .NET 4.5 (Part 2) - Zhuyun Dai
  Using WebSocket in traditional ASP.NET and MVC 4
  
  

ASP.NET Controls

• MVC Schedule controls - Jos Branders
  MVC Schedule controls
  
  

Azure

• Building A Recommendation Engine - Machine Learning Using Azure, Hadoop And Mahout - Anoop Madhusudanan
  Doing some 'Big Data' and building a Recommendation Engine with Azure, Hadoop and Mahout
  
  
• Umbrazure: Limitless Websites with Umbraco on Azure - AspDotNetDev
  Umbrazure streamlines development and hosting ASP.NET websites atop Umbraco 6 on Azure.
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Environment Variable Compare - SajeeshCheviry
  Compare two system environment variables
  
  
• Fast IPC - New implementation - Kosta Cherry
  New (faster) implementation of shared memory IPC
  
  
• Creating a shortcut programmatically in C++ - Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer
  This illustrate how to create shortcut to objects (both file and non-file like printers, folders, files. Drives, etc) in Win32 C++
  
  
• C++ 11 features in Visual C++ 2013 Preview - Nish Sivakumar
  This is a quick overview of ISO C++ 11 compiler features that are supported in VC++ 2013 Preview
  
  

C#

• Scribble: WPF InkCanvas Application Using PRISM, MVVM - John-ph
  Scribble is a simple WPF InkCanvas sample application built using PRISM framework that follows the MVVM pattern.
  
  
• HiUpdate Tools - Automatic application updates - Josef Andrys
  HiUpdateTools is a easy tools to use publish new version of your application
  
  

Database

• DBTool for Oracle - Part 1 - Espen Harlinn
  Enhance productivity and reliability, write your own tools.
  
  
• SSIS: By coding - ThatsAlok
  Step by Step creation of SSIS package using C#
  
  

Debug Tips

• Bug Finder, a real Win32 extensible passive debugger - Antonio Petricca
  Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger.
  
  

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.
  
  

Dialogs and Windows

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

Files and Folders

• PDF File Writer C# Class Library - Uzi Granot
  PDF File Writer is a C# class library allowing .NET applications to create PDF files.
  
  

Game Development

• Sudoku using Microsoft Solver Foundation - unicorn2
  An example of how to use Microsoft Solver Foundation on a constraint satisfaction problem.
  
  

Macros and Add-ins

• BuildIncrement2012 Add-in for C++ Projects - Franc Morales
  BuildIncrement2012 add-in for C++ projects.
  
  

Menus

• Web Browser Context Menu Ctrl: Load Shortcut From Your App In Any Browser - newton.saber
  Drop this control on your form, add it as a context menu to any control and you can load web links in any installed web browser. The control knows which web browser(s) are installed and only displays relevent choices.
  
  

PHP

• PHP and cURL script data streaming - doug433
  PHP and cURL script to create a secured server connection with data streaming.
  
  

Scrapbook

• Changing Your Life and Well-Being - VectorX
  How to stay healthy and fit, while working a career that requires you to sit for long periods of time.
  
  

SharePoint Server

• Five suggestions to implement a better logging in SharePoint - gandjustas
  How to make better logging in your applications.
  
  

String handling

• Extended string.Format() - Ivan Yakimov
  Here I describe how you can write your own implementation of string.Format method using slightly more readable syntax of format string.
  
  

VB.NET

• A Study of Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility for Automated Measuring Systems using VB.NET - syed shanu
  Gauge R&R using VB.NET.
  
  

Windows API

• Custom Controls in Win32 API: The Painting - Martin Mitáš
  Understanding the basics of custom control painting and avoiding the trap of control flicker.
  
  
• Custom Controls in Win32 API: The Basics - Martin Mitáš
  A quick introduction into the development of custom controls in plain Win32 API.
  
  
• Custom Controls in Win32 API: Visual Styles - Martin Mitáš
  Paint your control consistently with standard/common controls, using the visual styles API.
  
  

Windows Powershell

• PowerShell internals and PowerShell threading - Oliver Kohl D.Sc.
  This article presents you some capabilities of PowerShell like the usage of .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET threading.
  
  

New Tips and Tricks added

Android

• Write Code for Different Android Versions in Your App - Amanpreet Mukker
  Simple approach to handle fragmentation
  
  

ASP.NET

• WebGrid in ASP.NET MVC4 - josh-jw
  This tip will help you to develop a webgrid in ASP.NET MVC application.
  
  
• Uploading multiple files and creating a Zip File in ASP.NET with C# - Mannava Siva Aditya
  Uploading multiple files and creating a Zip file in ASP.NET with C#.
  
  
• Upload a File with the required validation using JQuery - Mannava Siva Aditya
  Uploading a File with the required validation
  
  
• CSS File Caching Problem in Browser - Problem and Solution - Mehul M Thakkar
  Dynamic version number in query string of file reference in link tag for CSS
  
  

C#

• An Inventory Transaction Report - doug433
  C#.NET code for an inventory transaction report.
  
  

C++ / CLI

• Interprocess Communication using System::IO::MemoryMappedFiles in MC++ - ThatsAlok
  IPC using memory mapped file in managed VC++
  
  

Database

• How to Add Page footer in SSRS Report? - Bhushan W. Juare
  This tip shows how to add page footer in SSRS Report
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Some of the Anti Patterns - Atulkumar P Patel
  Anti Patterns are wrong practice followed by Developers. They are opposite to Design Patterns.
  
  

Installation

• Convert VS2008 .msi to WiX project - Amol Kakhandki
  A simple utility to convert VS2008 .msi to WiX project
  
  

Java

• JAVA Implementation of Base26GPS Standard - avi shaby
  This tip describes the JAVA implementation of the Base26GPS
  
  

Miscellaneous

• FileLoadException in InitializeComponent in production PC - Menelaos Vergis
  FileLoadException in InitializeComponent.
  
  

Office Development

• Beginner's Guide to PowerPivot for Excel - KumarM.NET
  This tip explains the features of PowerPivot, a Business Intelligence tool provided by Microsoft. This is integrated with Office 2010 and provides capabilities to represent the data in various formats to business users.
  
  
• Jacob read Excel pivot tables - Mircea Sirghi
  Jacob for Excel, pivot tables, VBA functions, etc.
  
  

SharePoint Server

• Customized Awareness/Notification dialog in SharePoint - rakesh Kolloju SP
  Show the Awareness/Notification Modal dialog based on the cookie and display the content from a list with a single java script file
  
  
• New Site in SharePoint 2013 - MANPREET SINGH
  Working with our new website in SharePoint 2013.
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• WCF Self Hosting with Example - Sujit Bhujbal
  In this article I will tell you how to create WCF Service library and how to host using self-hosting and how to host this service in console Application.
  
  

Tips and Tricks updated

ASP.NET

• Uploading a file and creating a Zip File in ASP.NET with C# - Mannava Siva Aditya
  Uploading a file and creating a Zip file in ASP.NET with C#.
  
  

C#

• Four Ways to Implement Lazy Loading in C# - Francesco Cariaggi
  Analyzing the Lazy Loading design pattern.
  
  
• PoC-ing Domain Events with DotNetRules - Matthias Kainer
  A short evaluation whether Domain Events can be done with DotNetRules
  
  
• Convert Decimal to Fraction and Vice Versa in C# - Patrick Harris
  Class for converting decimals and fractions (allows rounding to a decimal also)
  
  

Client side scripting

• Implementation of Dialog Box using jQuery UI Library - Antariksh Verma
  This tip helps you to implement a dialog box using jQuery.
  
  

Database

• Differences between Stored Procedures and Functions - Sangunni
  Differences between a Stored Procedure and a function.
  
  

DirectX

• Fast Fourier transform using DX11 - Asif Bahrainwala
  FFT using DX11 compute shader
  
  

Game Development

• Encapsulate a memcache for Texas Hold’em - skydirve
  An article about encapsulating a memcache.
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Create Stylish Webpage using CSS3 Custom Font - Anoop Kr Sharma
  Make your website attractive using CSS3 Custom Fonts
  
  

Installation

• Simple SFTP server installation for Windows - Veera Prathap Annem
  The article guides us to install SFTP server in Windows with Freesshd software listing problems we may face.
  
  

iPhone

• iOS Soap Webservice Calling and Parsing the Response - Safak Tarazan
  A simple application that communicates web service (SOAP).
  
  

Libraries

• DNN 7 Features - Kishan Zunjare
  Dotnetnuke 7 features
  
  

Programming Tips

• Generate text file via controller action in MVC => made easy! - Mikhail Tsennykh
  How to convert string to text file and return it back to user as a result of a controller action
  
  

SharePoint Server

• Trick to download dynamic files from a SharePoint WebPart - pravink83
  Create files at runtime and download from a SharePoint WebPart.
  
  

Silverlight

• MultiLevelMultiSelectCombo (Silverlight) - Tharindu Nishad Patikirikorala
  The MultiLevelMultiSelectCombo is an extension of Silverlight combo box having capabilities to display hieratical data and enable selection of multiple items.
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• All-Purpose Message Box in WPF - Maimonides
  Avoiding a cumbersome message box or input box that locks the application in WPF.
  
  

New Technical Blogs added

ASP.NET

• The evil of Eval() in ASP.NET - Tim Golisch
  "Eval is evil". If you have any dignity at all, as a programmer, you are now compelled to banish it forever.
  
  
• OnActionExecuting and OnActionExecuted in MVC unit test - m_kramar
  Here is a simple example of how to automatically call them when the main controller method is called.
  
  

Book Reviews

• Android Native Development Kit Cookbook – A Review - Simon Jackson
  A review of Android Native Development Kit Cookbook
  
  

Client side scripting

• jQueryUI draggable and resizable with knockout.js - m_kramar
  jQueryUI draggable and resizable with knockout.js.
  
  

Database

• TFS database backup job failed with error: TF30040 - Gordon W Beeming
  TFS database backup job failed with error.
  
  
• Diagnosing a collation issue in a MySQL stored procedure - Sebastian Solnica
  Diagnosing a collation issue in a MySQL stored procedure.
  
  
• Database Versioning and Source Control - m_kramar
  Database versioning and source control
  
  
• Hit Highlight for SQL Server Full Text Search - m_kramar
  Hit highlight for SQL Server full text search.
  
  

Internet / Network

• TPL-based TCP server with cancellation support - m_kramar
  TPL-based TCP server with cancellation support.
  
  

Mobile Development

• MongoDB Geo-Spatial Mobile Demo - Keyhole Software
  MongoDB is a scalable NoSQL document-oriented data store that has built-in geo-spatial indexing. Let’s look at its characteristics and then check out a mobile geo-spatial demo application.
  
  

Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools

• Parse the Salt Please - Simon Jackson
  After playing a lot with Parse over the last few weeks, I thought I’d share some of my findings.
  
  

Third Party Products and Tools

• Choosing the Right Data Provider - Simon Jackson
  How to choose the right data provider
  
  

Uncategorised Technical Blogs

• Why Events? Decoupling - Nick Cosentino
  Decoupling
  
  

Windows API

• What Makes a Good API? - Nick Cosentino
  A post about what makes a good API
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• Protecting a WCF Service Over Internet: Authenticating and Authorizing Users by Using the ASP.NET Membership Provider and Role Provider - Sandeep Ramani
  Authenticating and authorizing users by using the ASP.NET Membership Provider and Role Provider.
  
  
• Unit test WCF with serialization - m_kramar
  Unit test WCF with serialization.
  
  

Windows Phone 7/8

• Using the SpiritManager class manages the Spirit in XNA, WPXNA (14) - zoyobar
  Using the SpiritManager class to manage the Spirit in XNA.
  
  

Technical Blogs updated

.NET Framework

• Using WebSocket in .NET 4.5 (Part 1) - Zhuyun Dai
  In this serial of articles, I will share some knowledge I learnt recently in using WebSocket in .NET 4.5.
  
  

ASP.NET

• CSS and JavaScript minify and combine in MVC3 - m_kramar
  CSS and JavaScript minify and combine in MVC3.
  
  

C#

• How can we mark a method as deprecated in c#? - Shivprasad koirala
  How can we mark a method as deprecated?
  
  

Client side scripting

• Latest jQuery interview questions and answers - jQuery By Example
  Below is the list of latest and updated jQuery interview questions and their answers for freshers as well as experienced users. These interview question covers latest version of jQuery which is jQuery 2.0. These interview questions will help you to prepare for the interviews, for quick revision and
  
  

Uncategorised Technical Blogs

• Linq2Sql Delete by Key with Object Tracking - m_kramar
  Linq2Sql delete by key with object tracking