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Weekly Poll Results

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Most popular new articles

• Best Practices No. 5: Detecting .NET application memory leaks - Shivprasad koirala
  
• Easily Add a Ribbon into a WinForms Application (C#) - toATwork, adriancs, Michael Spradlin
  
• Learn MVC (Model View Controller) step by step in 7 days – Day 1 - Shivprasad koirala
  
• RaptorDB - the Document Store - Mehdi Gholam
  
• TwitterBootstrapMvc - Dmitry A. Efimenko
  

Latest Additions

200 articles overall. 101 new, 99 updated.

New articles added

.NET Framework

• Generic Operators / Numerics in C# - Lee Reid
  How to create 'generic' classes and methods which use operators such as +,-, / and *
  
  

Ajax

• DayPilot 4: Event Calendar/Scheduler with CSS Themes (ASP.NET) - Dan Letecky
  DayPilot Lite 4 (Apache Software License 2.0) brings a new feature: full CSS styling and themes support.
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Another approach to the first order Goerzel algorithm - Mosi_62
  This approach shows a quite easy to be understood way to the first order Goerzel algorithm.
  
  

ASP.NET

• Metadata Class or Data Annotation from EDMX Files - Vikash Kumar
  Metadata class generation according to EDMX for view model or validation
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Another argument parsing function for C and C++ - Bill_Hallahan
  Argument parsing function identifies both optional and positional arguments.
  
  

Client side scripting

• Creating a Basic Overlay Effect in jQuery - Arpit Jain
  This article introduces how to work with overlays in jQuery and how to use them in a proper and user-friendly way.
  
  
• Provide additional user experience with Chromecast - Vyacheslav Voronenko
  First steps on integrating Google Chromecast api into your website code
  
  

Database

• SQL bulk insert with strongly typed data including validation - Vikash Kumar
  SQL bulk copy with strongly typed data including validation.
  
  

DirectX

• Box2D and Direct2D - arussell
  Box2D DebugDraw Implemented using DirectX 2D and win32
  
  

DLLs & Assemblies

• Dynamic Load .NET Assembly - Code Artist
  Example implementation of dynamic assembly loading in C#
  
  

Hardware & System

• Writing a boot loader in Assembly and C - Part1 - AshakiranBhatter
  How to boot a floppy image with your own hand written code in C and Assembly
  
  
• Raspberry Pi as low-cost HD surveillance camera - Christoph Buenger, DaSpors
  Build a low-cost HD video surveillance cam with worldwide access from any browser
  
  

Parallel Programming

• Creating a Work Queue (Thread Pool) Application Using Boost.Asio, Boost.Thread, and Boost.Application - Renato Tegon Forti
  This article present a Boost.Application, Boost.Asio, and Boost.Thread library used to build a Work Queue application.
  
  

PHP

• How to handle appointments and send automated reminder calls using PHP and your MySQL database - Simon Robert VoIP
  This article presents a simple example on how to insert automated reminders about appointments, meetings to MySQL table with the help of PHP
  
  

Product Showcase

• A Summary Review Of Visual Guard - Dirk_Strauss
  Securing Your .NET Applications – A Summary Review Of Visual Guard
  
  

Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools

• Crypto Obfuscator Evaluation - tgrt
  Obfuscation with Crypto Obfuscator by LogicNP
  
  

Ultrabooks

• Intel Haswell Ultrabook Review – Part 3: A Developer’s Best Friend - Alvin Ashcraft
  Intel Haswell Ultrabook Review – Part 3: A Developer’s Best Friend
  
  

Wiki.ASP.NET articles

• Sending Asynchronous Mail - ASP.NET Community
  public void SendAsyncMail(){    MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();    mail.From = new MailAddress("Enter from mail address");    mail.To.Add(new
  
  
• Image Rotator in Javascript - ASP.NET Community
  Image Rotator in Javascript There are many ways to create Image Rotator in JavaScript .I write two simple examples to create an Image rotator in
  
  
• Simple Captcha Code in Javascript - ASP.NET Community
   Here I create a Cptcha Code With JavaScript Step 1:->   In the (.aspx) page we write the following Code:->   <%@ Page Language="C#"
  
  
• Quick Error messages with Global.asax - ASP.NET Community
  Error pages without any effort void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e) {Server.Transfer("/error.aspx"); //Displays the error
  
  
• JQuery: A Quick Start Guide - ASP.NET Community
  This article is an introduction to JQuery. It is for those people who always heard JQuery but never used it or don’t know where to start from.What is
  
  
• AJAX - ASP.NET Community
  Asynchronous JavaScript and XML - It's Ajax and it's everywhere. Start at the ASP.NET Ajax site and work from there...there's a ton of resources at
  
  
• Data Access - ASP.NET Community
  There's a lot of great information on the net about accessing data in common data access patterns with ASP.NET 2.0. VideosSQL Server Videos  -
  
  
• State Management - ASP.NET Community
  ASP.NET offers a number of places to store state, both on the client and server. However, sometimes it's difficult to decide where you should put
  
  
• Performance - ASP.NET Community
  The blogosphere is a wealth of real-world tips and tricks for improving your ASP.NET application's performance.Checklist: ASP.NET Performance 
  
  
• Configuration - ASP.NET Community
  So many aspects of ASP.NET are configurable it can be overwhelming. Things really get interesting when you start adding configuration options for
  
  
• HTML - ASP.NET Community
  Visual Studio 2008 adds dramatically improved HTML and CSS Designer Support.From ScottGu: "VS 2008 now uses the same web designer that ships with
  
  
• Deployment - ASP.NET Community
  Deployment continues to get easier, but there's still a few gotchas here and there. Check out these choice articles for you deployment
  
  
• Forms Authentication - ASP.NET Community
  MSDN How To'sHow To: Create GenericPrincipal Objects with Forms Authentication - This How To shows you how to create and handle GenericPrincipal
  
  
• Windows Authentication - ASP.NET Community
  From MSDN: "The WindowsAuthenticationModule provider relies on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to provide authenticated users, using
  
  
• Membership and Roles - ASP.NET Community
  "ASP.NET Membership builds on the success of the Forms authentication model from ASP.NET 1.x. ASP.NET Forms authentication provides a convenient way
  
  
• Code Access Security - ASP.NET Community
  Code Access Security is one of the least-understood but most valuable aspects of the .NET Framework.WebcastsMSDN Webcast: Using Code Access
  
  
• Communications Security - ASP.NET Community
  Traffic on the wire needs to be secured as well.  Usually this means SSL, but sometimes it means IPSec or certificates.How ToHow To: Call a Web
  
  
• Cryptography - ASP.NET Community
  At A large part of security in any web application is keeping your secrets secret.  Cryptography makes that
  
  
• Authentication and Authorization - ASP.NET Community
  Authentication means figuring out who you are and Authorization means figuring out what you can do. Both are fundamental parts of the ASP.NET
  
  
• Impersonation and Delegation - ASP.NET Community
  Sometimes you'll find it necessary to impersonate the user's identity on a thread with an ASP.NET.  You may also need a delegate access the user to
  
  
• Input and Data Validation - ASP.NET Community
  Garbage in, garbage out. You can avoid data cleanup tasks on the backend by avoiding bad data coming in.  ASP.NET validation controls and third party
  
  
• SQL Server Security - ASP.NET Community
  There's a lot of great information on SQL Server Security covering both SQL Server 2000 and 2005.Blogs/DevCentersSQL Server 2005 Security on
  
  
• Threat Modeling - ASP.NET Community
  It's absolutely necessary if you're serious about security.Whitepapers/Books/BlogsThreat Modeling for ASP.NET (PDF) - an excellent white
  
  
• Security Guidelines and Recommendations - ASP.NET Community
  There's a great deal of good prescriptive security guidance out there in the form of whitepapers and books.Whitepaperspatterns & practices
  
  
• AJAX Extenders - ASP.NET Community
  ASP.NET AJAX can be easily extended to create almost any control you can imagine. Be sure to take a look at the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.Blog
  
  
• Javascript - ASP.NET Community
  JavaScript holds it all together on the client side. There are a number of extensions that have been made to improve and expand base JavaScript
  
  
• Silverlight - ASP.NET Community
  "Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive
  
  
• LINQ - ASP.NET Community
  From MSDN: "The LINQ Project is a codename for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and
  
  
• AJAX Control Toolkit - ASP.NET Community
  Learn how to extend your ASP.NET AJAX applications using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit: Installation and getting
  
  
• Internationalization - ASP.NET Community
  There are three terms around Internationalization that are often used interchangably, however they are distinctions. Here's a good
  
  
• AJAX Localization and Globalization - ASP.NET Community
  Internationalizing AJAX and JavaScript can be a little trickier than just internationalizing a plan HTML page.Guy Smith-Ferrier on
  
  
• Session - ASP.NET Community
  ASP.NET Session state provides a place to store values that will persist across page requests.  Values stored in Session are stored on the server
  
  
• ViewState - ASP.NET Community
  ViewState is the mechanism that allows state values to be preserved across page postbacks.Because of the stateless nature of web pages, regular
  
  
• Application and Cache - ASP.NET Community
  The Cache and Application objects provide broader scope than the Session object and the data is available to all the classes within the ASP.NET
  
  
• ASP.NET 3.5 New Controls - ASP.NET Community
  Check out the Feature Specifications for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. These older documents give you an insight into what features made
  
  
• CSS Friendly Pages - ASP.NET Community
  From CodePlex: "The CSS Friendly Control Adapters kit (for ASP.Net 2.0) provides pre-built control adapters that you can easily use to generate
  
  

Windows 8 Design

• Codemasters GRID 2* on 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors - Game development case study - Paul Lindberg
  Codemasters GRID 2* on 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors - Game development case study
  
  
• An Introduction to the 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor - Meghana S Rao
  An Introduction to the 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor
  
  
• Puppet in Motion Case Study - Geoff Arnold
  Puppet in Motion Case Study
  
  
• Code-Monkeys Case Study - Edward J Correia
  Code-Monkeys Case Study
  
  
• Ultrabook Feature Compatibility Matrix for Windows 8 Development - Gael Holmes Hofemeier
  Ultrabook Feature Compatibility Matrix for Windows 8 Development
  
  

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.
  
  
• Multithreaded Kinect Stream Saver Application - Elham Dolatabadi
  The application allows users to record and store Kinect streams at 30 frames per second to a folder.
  
  
• DotNet Application Framework (Spring.net + ibatis.net) - Changqin Liu
  C# framework integrated with spring.net and ibatis.net
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Building a Programing Language – Part I (Creating BrainLess) - Shakti Misra
  This is the first of a series of articles where we will explore about writing compilers.
  
  
• A New Parser Generator for C# - Qwertie
  LLLPG, the Loyc LL(k) Parser Generator: almost done
  
  
• Building a Programming Language: Part II (Adding Conditions, Loop and Blocks to BrainLess) - Shakti Misra
  In this article, we will discuss implementing conditional statements, loops and blocks.
  
  
• Transmission Line Matrix for Acoustic Simulations - Kenneth Haugland
  Implementation and theory behind TLM modelling for acoustic wave propagation with 2D and 3D view. Also includes a raindrop and boat wake simulation.
  
  
• A simple, portable yet efficient Quicksort implementation in C - Remi Dufour
  A simple, portable yet efficient Quicksort implementation in C.
  
  
• Encapsulated Decision Tables - David Killian
  A mechanism for specifying program control flow via delegated calls from a decision table
  
  
• Recipe Parsing with SharpEntropy - S Hall
  The code samples here are based on SharpNLP's entity extraction algorithm.
  
  

Android

• MonoAndroid: Using GridView in your mobile application - ThatsAlok
  Demonstration of Android::GridView
  
  
• MonoAndroid: Using Started Service - ThatsAlok
  Demonstration of started service.
  
  
• MonoAndroid: Writing custom generic BaseAdapter in C# - ThatsAlok
  Using generic BaseAdapter to generate ListView
  
  
• MonoAndroid: Using TabHost in your mobile applications - ThatsAlok
  TabHost control in MonoAndroid
  
  
• MonoAndroid: Using Fragments in mobile app - ThatsAlok
  Using Fragments in your mobile application.
  
  
• MonoAndroid: Using dotnet webservice (ASMX) - ThatsAlok
  Using ASMX webservices in your mobile application.
  
  
• MonoAndroid: Calling secondary activity - ThatsAlok
  Let's understand calling secondary activity and returning data from it.
  
  
• A GPS Location Plotting Android Application - Raja.D.Singh
  Develop an Android application that plots user location on a map continuously.
  
  

Applications & Tools

• Line Counting Trickery within Visual Studio - Rion Williams
  This post will cover how to get the number of lines of code within your application in both premium and non-premium versions of Visual Studio through either the integrated Code Metrics tools (Premium-versions only) or by leveraging a crafty Regular Expression and without having to resort to USI.
  
  

ASP.NET

• Learn MVC (Model View Controller) step by step in 7 days – Day 1 - Shivprasad koirala
  As the article's name says, learn MVC. Ao the agenda is simple, we are going to learn ASP.NET MVC in 7 days.
  
  
• TwitterBootstrapMvc - Dmitry A. Efimenko
  Fluent implementation of ASP.NET-MVC HTML helpers for Twitter Bootstrap.
  
  
• Learn MVC (Model View Controller) Step by Step in 7 Days – Day 3 - Shivprasad koirala
  This article is Part 3 and continuation to the Learn MVC Step by Step in 7 Days series.
  
  
• Learn MVC (Model view controller) Step by Step in 7 days – Day 2 - Shivprasad koirala
  This article is continuation to Learn MVC step by step in 7 days
  
  
• Unit of Work Design Pattern - Shivprasad koirala
  In this article we will talk about the Unit of Work Design Pattern.
  
  
• Storing images in SQL Server using EF and ASP.NET - Eduard Keilholz
  A lot of people don't know how to add and retrieve binary (images) data from a SQL Server database, it's easy! Read on!
  
  
• Creating a Clean, Minimal-Footprint ASP.NET WebAPI Project with VS 2012 and ASP.NET MVC 4 - John Atten
  Creating a clean, minimal-footprint ASP.NET WebAPI project with VS 2012 and ASP.NET MVC 4.
  
  
• Customizing Routes in ASP.NET MVC - John Atten
  How to customize routes in ASP.NET MVC.
  
  
• Learn MVC (Model view controller) Step by Step in 7 days – Day 4 - Shivprasad koirala
  In day 4 we will look in to JSON ,Jquery ,Aysnch controllers and session management.
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Fastest strstr-like function in C!? - Sanmayce
  Tuned function for searching a needle in a haystack
  
  
• Skills for using C++ smart pointers - Evan Zhao
  I'd like to share my experience dealing with problems about memory allocation and memory leaks.
  
  

C#

• Understanding weak references in .NET - Paulo Zemek
  Understand what is a weak reference and how it can help you in caching scenarios or to avoid memory leaks.
  
  
• Skype Status Changer - savbace
  Change Skype status when user locks Windows.
  
  
• Using the Proxy Pattern to inject the uninjectable - Craig Jewiss
  If you're new to Dependency Injection, you will sometimes have a dependency that cannot be injected. This article covers these scenarios and outlines how the Proxy Pattern can be used to solve this problem.
  
  

Collections

• SortedSplitList - An indexing algorithm in C # - Aurélien BOUDOUX
  A list for managing tens of millions of objects in your application.
  
  

COM / COM+

• How to use .NET C# COM objects in plain C - Qmpel7
  Step-by-step walkthrough to communicate C classes with COM objects created in C#.
  
  

Cross Platform

• Java / Ant Builds on TFS - Jim Roth
  An adventure in building Java software on a TFS build server
  
  

Cryptography & Security

• Encrypting Editor Notepad replacement - Frank T. Clark
  A C# .Net 3.5 (Win7) Windows Forms Application with source code.
  
  

Custom Controls

• A More Efficient AJAX Progress Bar for ASP.NET - wells cheung
  AJAX Progress Bar for ASP.NET.
  
  

Database

• A Comparison on Data Access Methods - Part 1 - Dr. Song Li
  This is the part 1 of a comparison on Data Access methods in the .NET environment.
  
  
• A Comparison of Data Access Methods - Part 2 - Dr. Song Li
  This is part 2 of a comparison on Data Access methods in the .NET environment.
  
  
• A Comparison on Data Access Methods - Part 3 - Dr. Song Li
  This is the part 3 of a comparison on Data Access methods in the .NET environment.
  
  
• Distributed Transaction between Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB - A Myth - BharatRamV
  Distributed transaction between MS SQL Server and MariaDB - A myth.
  
  

Design and Architecture

• The Essence Pattern in C# - Dr Herbie
  An implementation of the Essence Pattern in C#
  
  

Files and Folders

• Generating dynamic PDF documents using the Open Source Scryber library - Richard Hewitson
  An introduction to the capabilities of Scryber for creating dynamic PDF documents with data sources and style.
  
  
• Automatic Zip Extractor - jabit
  Automatically unblocks and extracts Zip files in a monitored folder.
  
  

Game Development

• Game Programming in C - For Beginners - Shine Jacob (Enot)
  A brief introduction to game programming using C/C++.
  
  

GDI+

• Box2D DebugDraw with MFC - arussell
  Implement the Box2D DebugDraw functions in MFC.
  
  

Grid & Data Controls

• Fast custom formulae, filtering and sorting in DataGrids - tcassisi
  Tame the WinForms and WPF inbuilt DataGrids to work with 200,000+ rows by using compiled Linq Expressions
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Canvas Control Library and New Forms Based System for building Web Pages and Websites - Akshay Srinivasan2
  Canvas Control Library provides highly customizable controls using the HTML5 Canvas element. Also includes a new Forms based system which is a new way to build your web pages and websites.
  
  

Internet / Network

• Creating an FTP Server in C# - with IPv6 Support - Rick Bassham
  An introduction into creating a working FTP server in C# using the RFC specification.
  
  
• UniversalSerializer - Christophe Bertrand
  A universal and easy serializer for .NET.
  
  
• Subnetting with IPv6 Part 1/2 - Yucel Guven
  Subnetting with IPv6 Part 1/2
  
  

Java

• Subnetting with IPv6 - Part 2/2 - Yucel Guven
  IPv6 subnetting tool/calculator explained
  
  

NoSQL

• RaptorDB - the Document Store - Mehdi Gholam
  NoSql, JSON based, Document store database with compiled .net map functions and automatic hybrid bitmap indexing and LINQ query filters (now with standalone Server mode, Backup and Active Restore, Transactions, Server side queries, MonoDroid support, HQ-Branch Replication)
  
  
• RaptorDB - The Key Value Store V2 - Mehdi Gholam
  Even faster Key/Value store nosql embedded database engine utilizing the new MGIndex data structure with MurMur2 Hashing and WAH Bitmap indexes for duplicates. (with MonoDroid support)
  
  

Office Development

• Auto Generating Properties for InfoPath 2007 - Dragonranger
  A way to add automatic properties to the FormCode for InfoPath 2007.
  
  

OpenGL

• COLLADA, TinyXML, and OpenGL - Matt Scarpino
  Accessing digital assets in C++ for three-dimensional rendering.
  
  

PHP

• Mysterious Google two step authentication - in debug - Vyacheslav Voronenko
  Steps for how OTP code is obtained, and adding a new level of security to web applications.
  
  
• Simple PHP Chat Script - Emerald kweks
  This is a simple script for chat, made with PHP and JavaScript, using OOP and AJAX.
  
  

Scrapbook

• Developing multi-lingual support as part of the development of Rashumon word processor - Michael Haephrati
  When I have devleoped Rashumon, there was no built in support for multi-lingual / bi-directional text and I had to develop such from scratch
  
  

SharePoint Server

• InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Integration using Custom WCF Service: Part 1 of 2 - Rupesh Tarwade
  Creating SharePoint List and Custom WCF application to read the SharePoint List information using Client Object model
  
  
• InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Integration using Custom WCF Service: Part 2 of 2 - Rupesh Tarwade
  Designing InfoPath Form to read the values from WCF Application. Publish and Deploy InfoPath form and setup site page to use InfoPath Web part to display the form
  
  

Social Network APIs

• Where In The World Are My Facebook Friends? - Marc Clifton
  Locate your Facebook friends on a Google Map - A Ruby on Rails web application.
  
  

Tablets and All-in-Ones

• Virtual 3D-Shopping Malll - Nayan Zawar
  application provides a new way of online Shopping by surfing in a virtual mall in which user can would be able to shop online with a new touch experience owing to 3D-clone of user itself
  
  
• Edumatter M12: Math Calculators and Equation Solvers - DrABELL
  5-in-1 educational software package, including: Fraction Calculator, Prime Factoring, Linear, Quadratic and System of Equation solvers
  
  
• Read For Blind - Member 9732818
  Intel AIC Finalist for Education/Tablet
  
  

Tabs & Property Pages

• Easily Add a Ribbon into a WinForms Application (C#) - toATwork, adriancs, Michael Spradlin
  Easily add ribbon to WinForm Application for .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 & 4.5
  
  

Threads, Processes & IPC

• Internals of Windows Thread - Mahesh Bailwal
  Basics about Windows thread which may help you in understanding how operating system implements threads.
  
  

Wiki.ASP.NET articles

• Strategy - ASP.NET Community
  StrategyThe Strategy design pattern allows you to use multiple algorithms interchangeably.  One reason you might use a Strategy Pattern is to
  
  
• __doPostBack function - ASP.NET Community
  Hi everyone. Today I am going to talk about  __doPostBack function, because there is some confusion in using _dopostback.You can see this
  
  
• Memento Pattern - ASP.NET Community
  The memento design pattern is a pattern that helps to save the object internal state in an external place enabling us to restore the state later when
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• Creating and consuming a simple WCF Service without using configuration files - Praveen Kumar Katiyar
  This article explains how to create a simple WCF Service, and host it according to supplied parameters, and a client to use this service.
  
  
• Understanding Operation types in WCF - Praveen Kumar Katiyar
  This article explains the operaton type supported in WCF
  
  
• Understanding Contracts in WCF - Praveen Kumar Katiyar
  This article explains the Contracts type supported in WCF
  
  
• WCF ServiceSide Ad Hoc Polymorphism - David Killian
  A method of emulating ad hoc polymorphism (operator overloading) in WCF service development
  
  

Windows Phone 7/8

• Invasion Game in MonoGame for Windows Phone 8 - Dan Colasanti
  This article describes my experience porting Invasion from XNA/WP7 to MonoGame/WP8.
  
  

New Tips and Tricks added

Ajax

• Using UpdateProgress and Making Background Inactive - PoojaGahlaut
  To show 'Please wait' text to the user when a button is clicked and some code block needs to be executed. The background should be made disabled, so that user cannot click on other links/buttons before the current execution completes.
  
  

Android

• Android:SharedPreference - Satyam A.
  How to use SharedPreference to store information in key-value pair in Android
  
  
• Adding OnClick Event for button in XML - Praveen Maniyath
  Code for implementing a click event for button in Android.
  
  

ASP.NET

• How to logout in an ASP.NET application with session – abandon, clear or remove - Mangesh V. Devikar
  this article describes the session handling while performing a logout proces in any asp.net application
  
  

C#

• Making internal access specifiers available to other assemblies - Javithkhan A
  We have the attribute named InternalsVisibleTo, which makes the solution for accessing internal types and members of some other assembly easier.
  
  
• Abstract class with static methods - Ajeet 75
  An abstract class can have static methods
  
  
• DRY-ing up your Code with Delegates - Thomas Corey
  Using the Action(T) delegate to reduce repetitive coding
  
  
• Writing a DataTable to a CSV file - Thomas Corey
  A quick way to write the contents of a DataTable to an RFC 4180-compliant CSV file.
  
  
• C#: Display Photo Taken Location on a Map in Windows - Brad Joss
  Smart phones all seem to geo tag (add GPS details) to the photos they take. However, after you copy that photo to your PC it is difficult to see, in human terms, where that photo was taken. This project parses the photo for the GPS data and opens that location on a map.
  
  

Client side scripting

• IE 8 warning – 'Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?' - Mehul M Thakkar
  A warning you see without HTTP URL from IE.
  
  

Database

• Copy Table Schema and Data From One Database to Another Database in SQL Server - Anoop Kr Sharma
  How to copy table and its data in SQL Server using Query as well as graphically
  
  
• SQL Server 2012 Auto Identity column Value Jump Issue - S. M. Ahasan Habib
  From SQL Server 2012 version, When SQL Server instance is restarted then its auto Identity column value is jumped based on identity column datatype.
  
  
• Drop all Triggers belonging to any schema in MS SQL Server - Matthew Taylor
  How to remove Microsoft SQL Server triggers associated with a custom schema.
  
  
• Insert, Update, Delete and View using MongoDB Table Relationships - sankarshan parida
  In this post, I am going to show you usage of MongoDB between two tables relationships
  
  

Grid & Data Controls

• Fire TextBox TextChanged Event from GridView - saurav ray
  Fire TextBox TextChanged event from GridView
  
  

LINQ

• Dynamic Sorting in LINQ - Thomas Corey
  Dynamically sort query results using LINQ expressions and reflection.
  
  
• Dynamic Sorting in LINQ, Part 2 - Thomas Corey
  Dynamically sort query results using LINQ expressions and reflection with sorting
  
  

Miscellaneous

• A First Impression of a clockwork using Simple Gears - wim4you
  We wanted a first impression of a clockwork using simple gear for visual evaluation. A provisory prototype is made.
  
  
• Table with Imbricated ItemsControl in XAML - Ced743
  Imbricated ItemsControl (a list into another list) to make a table
  
  

Office Development

• Use OpenXML to create a Word document from a docx template - PrasadShastri
  Create a Word document from a docx template.
  
  

OpenGL

• OpenGL 3D graphics in MATLAB - roozbehabolpour
  In this article we use OpenGL interface for 3D scientific visualization.
  
  

Printing

• Yet another Windows printing tip - Alexey Shtykov
  How to print an image to a printer within a proper size
  
  

Testing and QA

• Unit Test for Regular Expression Validation - Md.Shamim Hassan
  Unit Test for Regular Expression validation.
  
  

Windows Phone 7/8

• Bitmap to Memory Stream and Vice Versa - Prashant.Tiwari
  Must required functions for any Image manipulation task.
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Passing Command Parameter for Buttons within an ItemTemplate using MVVM Pattern in a WPF Application - Punam.Dhuppad
  Passing a Command Parameter for Buttons within an ItemTemplate using the MVVM Pattern in a WPF application.
  
  

Tips and Tricks updated

.NET Framework

• Interesting facts about fonts in .NET - submit@perpetuumsoft.com
  In this post, we will talk about the wonderful Font class.
  
  
• Specifying Ports When Running Applications in Visual Studio - Rion Williams
  This post will provide a short walk-through for handling and updating these areas of your application to gain more control over debugging, testing and running your applications through Visual Studio.
  
  

ASP.NET

• The Web Developer Checklist : A One-Stop-Shop for Improving the Web - Rion Williams
  A one-stop-shop for improving the web.
  
  
• Using PushSharp to Send Notifications to iOS and Android - Mangesh V. Devikar
  Implementing pushsharp library for sending notifications from ASP.NET application
  
  

Client side scripting

• JavaScript Modal Popup Window - Mahesh Bailwal
  Flexible JavaScript Modal Popup Window
  
  

Database

• T-SQL: Most Practical Split Function - Brad Joss
  A SQL String Split function for the real world.
  
  
• Transaction Log Full Issue in SQL Server - Kareem.S
  This tip discusses about the transaction log full issue in SQL Server
  
  

Design and Architecture

• How to improve the performance of managed code - Paulo Kunzel
  Summarizes some ideas on how to improve code performance
  
  

Edit Controls

• Using Masked TextBox in .NET - heemanshubhalla
  How to use Masked Textbox control in .NET
  
  

HTML / CSS

• HTML5 (and Some CSS) Best Practice - Paulo Kunzel
  A short guide on best practices
  
  

LINQ

• LINQ to JQuery - meula
  Extends Arrays in JavaScript, adding the main domain and filtering functions of LINQ
  
  

String handling

• Porting the Financial Times JavaScript String Compressor - Morgan Estes
  Compress and encode a string to save loading time in the browser
  
  

Tools and IDE

• Research-Inspired Extensions Hit Visual Studio App Store - David C Shepherd
  A peek into the inspiration behind two cutting edge Visual Studio extensions.
  
  

Windows API

• Archive Multiple Files In Zip & Extract Zip Archive - Farhan Ghumra
  Learn how to create zip archive and extract it without any 3rd party library.
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Button Tip - IsDefault / IsCancel (and other usability tips) - _Noctis_
  Quick tip for forms/windows/views where save/insert/cancel buttons are used
  
  

New Technical Blogs added

.NET Framework

• Constructor .NET - SonuKSingh
  Types of Constructors available in C#
  
  

ASP.NET

• Web Forms, MVC, and Web Pages! Oh my! - Rion Williams
  In this blog post, I’ll review over the three main ASP.NET web development technologies to help broadly cover what each of them do and which one might be best for you to get started with.
  
  

C / C++ Language

• C++ Digraphs - David Corne
  The digraphs I am writing about are sequences of characters which act as a stand in for other characters.
  
  

Client side scripting

• Draggable Sorting and Saving Changes using MVC and jQuery UI - Raymund Macaalay
  How to make a sortable list which you can drag and pass that sorted list information back to your server.
  
  

CodeProject FAQs

• WCF Service FAQs - Part 3 - Imran Abdul Ghani
  Part 3 of WCF Service FAQs
  
  

Hardware & System

• Raspberry Pi 2: Installing the Operting System - Sabarinathan Arthanari
  Installing the Raspberry Pi.
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Creating a File Uploader Using JavaScript and HTML 5 - Arpit Jain
  This article explains how to upload a file using HTML 5 and JavaScript.
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Python Basics: Understanding The Flow Control Statements - Arpit Jain
  In this article we will learn about control statements that are available in Python language.
  
  

PHP

• Display Featured Links Randomly Using PHP - Morgan Estes
  Use PHP to read a CSV file and automatically generate links for display
  
  

Product Showcase

• Product Support: The Forgotten Tale - Zac Gery
  A post about how product support is important
  
  

SharePoint Server

• Migrate SharePoint’s SQL Server to another SQL Server (same or new version) - Raymund Macaalay
  This is a step by step guide on how you migrate your SharePoint’s (I used 2010 version in this instance) SQL Server to an new SQL Server host.  In this exercise I tried migrating it in a new version of SQL server which is 2012 from 2008 R2, also had tried it in the same […]
  
  
• Plumsail Org Chart for SharePoint 2013 - Anton Khritonenkov
  Plumsail Org Chart for SharePoint 2013
  
  

Site & Server Management

• WordPress broke my site! - Morgan Estes
  After a quick search, I have found the culprit.
  
  
• Fixing protocol errors in WordPress plugins - Morgan Estes
  Fixing protocol errors in WordPress plugins.
  
  

SQL Reporting Services

• Migrate Team Foundation Server’s SQL Server to another SQL Server (same or new version) - Raymund Macaalay
  Yesterday we migrated SharePoint’s SQL Server to a new instance today we will be migrating Team Foundation Server (TFS) SQL database to new SQL instance. In this example we are migrating it to a new version of SQL Server which is from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012, this will also work on the same [&
  
  

Testing and QA

• A word of advice… - kdmote
  The point is: if you’re slow, there’s a reason.
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• WCF Service FAQs - Part 4 - Imran Abdul Ghani
  This WCF service tutorial is part-4 in series of WCF Service FAQs.
  
  

Work Issues

• Writing Code Like a CEO - Zac Gery
  When too many competing needs arise, seeking guidance on priority is a simple, yet smart decision.
  
  

Technical Blogs updated

.NET Framework

• Remove Slow Startups and Enjoy Less “Suspense” through .NET 4.5.1′s App Suspend Feature - Rion Williams
  This article covers one of the switches that you might be interested in flipping, the App Suspend feature, which is available in .NET 4.5.1 on Windows Server 2012 R2.
  
  

ASP.NET

• Getting SignalR-Ready in Visual Studio 2010 - Rion Williams
  This post will cover how to get yourself up and running using SignalR within Visual Studio 2010 in a jiffy.
  
  
• ASP.NET MVC: Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 Membership with a SQL CE Database - John Atten
  Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 membership with a SQL CE Database
  
  

C#

• Creating Advanced Audit Trails using ActionFilters in ASP.NET MVC - Rion Williams
  As mentioned in my previous article on “Implementing Simple Audit Trails using ActionFilters in ASP.NET MVC”, accountability is such an important factor when working with systems that involve any level of security and confidentiality. In that post, we discussed creating a very basic [Aud
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Python Basics: Understanding the Variables - Arpit Jain
  An introduction to some Python data types and data structures.
  
  

SharePoint Server

• SharePoint 2010 - Export Selected Items to Excel - Rajesh.Sitaraman
  Export custom list items to Excel in SharePoint 2010.
  
  

Site & Server Management

• Can’t Activate iMember360 Plugin in WordPress - Morgan Estes
  Fixing protocol errors in WordPress plugins
  
  

Social Network APIs

• How To Get Your Identity Tokens - Gordon W Beeming
  How to get your identity tokens