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Weekly Poll Results

This week's survey: On which OSs do you write code?

Most popular new articles

• ToDoList 6.5.3 Feature Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g.
  
• Multiple face detection and recognition in real time - Sergio Andrés Gutiérrez Rojas
  
• fastJSON - Mehdi Gholam
  
• ASP .NET Plotter - Akram El Assas
  
• NetworkView: A WPF custom control for visualizing and editing networks, graphs and flow-charts - Ashley Davis
  

Latest Additions

96 articles overall. 26 new, 70 updated.

New articles added

Applications & Tools

• OptionLock, a KeePass 2.x Plugin keeps UI disabled while KeePass is Locked - TLHobbes
  Keeps unnecessary UI elements of KeePass disabled while all documents are locked and also while there are no documents.
  
  

ASP.NET

• Dynamically adding controls on a hierarchical structure on MVC - _DanV_
  Today I will briefly go through the complete solution for dynamically adding controls on a hierarchical structure which will maintain the model bindings. Basically I will explain how to create an MVC project which will allow the user to edit (adding different items) a hierarchical structure.
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Code optimization tutorial - Part 3 - Razvan Aguridan
  Beginner optimization tutorial
  
  

C#

• Solving Steiner problem with the help of steel annealing algorithm. - Sergey Vystoropskiy
  Steiner problem solution.
  
  

Interviews

• A Coder Interview With Jeffrey Fritz - The Code Project, Jeffrey T. Fritz
  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 Jeffrey Fritz, a software-as-a-service developer in the education market.
  
  

SharePoint Server

• Impersonation in SharePoint 2010 - Jean Paul V.A
  The methods of Impersonation inside SharePoint 2010.
  
  

Solutions Center

• How to Capture, Edit and Upload Images Through Your Web Browser - Dynamsoft
  In this article, I’ll show you how to capture images from your web browser, edit them, and then upload them to your system.
  
  
• Document Processing SDK for .NET - Dynamsoft
  In this article, I’ll show you how to embed document processing, such as image scanning, editing, and uploading, to your .NET application.
  
  
• Windows 8: The Right Way to Read & Write Files in WinRT - Jerry_Nixon
  Windows 8 Metro development leverages WinRT; and, in WinRT, there are new namespaces – and namespace constriction in the .Net Framework. What you think you know, you may not.
  
  
• Adventures in Windows 8: HTTP Post Helper WinRT Component - FrankLavigne
  Adventures in Windows 8: HTTP Post Helper WinRT Component
  
  

String handling

• C# Universal String Parsing Utility - Sympletech
  A simple utility to help convert strings into other types
  
  

Testing and QA

• Test The Multi-Layers Of A MVC3 Application - Bert ONeill
  Create test project for client, server and GUI layers of a MVC application - so that they can then be incorporated into a continuous integration server build
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Structuring Your XAML Sources - Philip Stuyck
  Structuring your XAML source files by using dictionaries.
  
  

Articles updated

.NET Framework

• A GAC Manager Utility and API - Dave Kerr
  Manage the Global Assembly Cache with this handy tool - or roll your own with the provided API!
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Kalman filtering demo - HoshiKata
  A short demonstration of how to write and use a simple Kalman filter.
  
  
• Connected Component Labeling Algorithm - Omar Gamil
  Implementation of Connected Component Labeling.
  
  
• How to Calculate the Chi-Squared P-Value - Jacob F. W.
  Learn the Secrets of the Universe
  
  
• Runsort: Sorting Data Utilizing Existing Order - RogerGDoss
  The purpose of this article is to provide a practical working implementation in C++ available under the GNU Public License (GPL)
  
  
• Demystifying concurrent lazy load pattern - MVukoje
  Shows what are common mistakes in lazy load implementations and how to implement fast concurrent lazy load cache.
  
  

Android

• Integrating C Subroutines into an OpenGL ES Application with the Android NDK - _beauw_
  The article attempts to provide an accessible but non-trivial example of how C subroutines can be integrated into a Java-based Android OpenGL ES application.
  
  
• Android Custom List Adapter in MonoDevelop (Mono for Android C#) - R S Dodiya
  Some of the Android SDK’s built-in layouts for ListView items, classes for creating list adapters, and ListActivity for displaying a ListView.
  
  

Applications & Tools

• ToDoList 6.5.3 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

• ASP.NET - Password Strength Indicator using jQuery and XML - Bryian Tan
  ASP.NET Password Strength Indicator somewhat similar to AJAX PasswordStrength extender control behavior and implemented by using jQuery and XML.
  
  
• ASP.NET WebAPI: Getting Started with MVC4 and WebAPI - Monjurul Habib
  ASP.NET Web API is a framework for building and consuming HTTP services that can reach a broad range of clients including browsers, phones and tablets.
  
  
• AJAX Event Calendar (Scheduler) for ASP.NET MVC 3 in 80 Lines of Code - Dan Letecky
  How to build an AJAX Event Calendar (Scheduler) using the open-source DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC library (Apache Software License 2.0).
  
  
• Know your application better with visual studio 2010 load testing - Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury
  Configure visual studio load testing tool and utilize to scale application by analyzing testing results
  
  
• MVC 3.0 Code First for Beginners - Logan head
  First part to the three part series of articles describing how to create a information system where teachers can manage there students and classes. This tutorial will go in depth on using MVC's Code First approach and touch on using MvcScaffolding in the Nuget Package Console.
  
  

Audio and Video

• Multiple face detection and recognition in real time - Sergio Andrés Gutiérrez Rojas
  Face detection and recognition with support of multiples faces in the same scene and others interesting features using C# and EmguCV
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Full getopt Port for Unicode and Multibyte Microsoft Visual C, C++, or MFC Projects - Ludvik Jerabek
  Supports getopt, getopt_long, and getopt_long_only and POSIXLY_CORRECT environment flag
  
  
• How to replace recursive functions using stack and while-loop to avoid the stack-overflow - Woong Gyu La
  This article explains 10 rules (steps) for replacing the recursive functions using stack and while-loop to avoid the stack-overflow
  
  
• How to create a Simple Lock Framework for C++ Synchronization - Woong Gyu La
  This article explains how to create your own simple Lock Framework for C++ Synchronization
  
  
• PC-lint 101: What does "Location cited in prior message" mean? - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe
  If you are new to PC-lint, you may have wondered what message 830 ("Location cited in prior message") means, and - given that such messages can add greatly to the overall issue count in your file or project - what (if any) use are they?Quite simply, message 830 identifies a location in the codebase
  
  

C#

• C# and VB.NET Code Searcher - Using Roslyn - woutercx
  A fast C# and VB.NET code searcher using Roslyn.
  
  
• Breaking Changes in Argument List Evaluation in C# 5.0 - Paulo Morgado
  In C# 4.0 there was an error in the C# compiler in the order of the evaluation of the arguments in argument lists.
  
  

Charts, Graphs and Images

• ASP .NET Plotter - Akram El Assas
  Nowadays, There are a plenty of Javascript charting libraries used in organizations such as NASA, Eutelsat, MongoDB, Google. Justly, this article aims to show you how you can easily integrate Javascript charting libraries in ASP .NET and build your own charting controls depending on your needs.
  
  
• ASP.NET Plotter Toolkit - HTML5 Charting for all - Akram El Assas
  ASP.NET Plotter Toolkit makes the process of creating ASP.NET charting controls much simpler and much easier. The toolkit comes with extendable HTML5 charting controls for plotting time series and dense data sets.
  
  

Client side scripting

• First Adventures in Google Closure - Ian Reah
  A Google Closure walkthrough producing a simple stock ticker
  
  

Combo & List Boxes

• Neat Tooltip for ComboBox - simonchen.net
  Details of how to make a tool-tip for a combobox. The enhanced class CTTCombobox is derived from the MFC ComboBox class.
  
  

Custom Controls

• MVC HtmlHelper: Text Posting Dropdown List - Russell Aboobacker
  The HTML Helper that enables the dropdownlist to post the text selected in it along with the value !!!
  
  

Database

• Making Your Own MySQL Backup and Restore Tools in C#/VB.NET/ASP.NET - MySqlBackup.DLL (Supports Unicode, UTF8) - adriancs
  Unicode, UTF8 character backup and restore of MySQL database in C#.
  
  
• AutoRefresh Entity Framework Data Using SQL Server Service Broker - Harry von Borstel
  How to use SqlDependency to refresh Entity Framework Object Sets automatically on DB changes
  
  
• SQL Server governor: - The Unknown hero - Shivprasad koirala
  This article will discuss about SQL Server governer.
  
  
• Defeasible asynchronous Oracle database operations - Emmet M
  Run database updates and selects in a separate thread
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Design Patterns 1 of 3 - Creational Design Patterns - Kanasz Robert
  In this first article about design patterns I will discuss about creational design patterns and I will show on real examples how to implement them.
  
  
• N-Tier Architecture and Tips - Swwsh
  This article tries to clarify many basic concepts in N-Tier architecture from all aspects, and also provide some practical tips
  
  
• Illustrated Design Patterns: More real-life examples in C# - Mahesh Kumar Velayutham
  Design Patterns with more real-time examples in C#
  
  
• Interact Design Pattern for Software Application - Abdul Quader Mamun
  To develop a robust software application a well organized pattern is required.
  
  
• A Graphical Documentation System for C/C++ projects - Alesiani Marco
  A concept-tool to create interactive documentations for C/C++ projects
  
  

Desktop Gadgets

• Screen Capture - Tarun Y Mangukiya
  Capture the parts of the screen while surfing, working with any software and save it automatically
  
  

Dialogs and Windows

• The ProcessCmdKey and how to utilize it - Kenneth Nilsen
  Grab those modifier keys before anyone else. Hotkeys in the making.
  
  

Game Development

• Editor for Mario5 - Florian Rappl
  Adding some spice to the Mario game by providing a Level editor with a social platform.
  
  

Hardware & System

• Scalable Processor Arrays for Cybernetic Control - _beauw_
  Architecture for scalable arrays of PIC processors; each processor is responsible for all aspects of control in a single dimension, using a PID algorithm.
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Getting Started with IndexedDB - Gil Fink
  The article describes the HTML5 IndexedDB API and how to use it.
  
  
• Canvas Control Library - Akshay Srinivasan2
  Canvas Control Library provides highly customizable controls using the HTML5 Canvas element.
  
  

Internet / Network

• fastJSON - Mehdi Gholam
  Smallest, fastest polymorphic JSON serializer (with Silverlight4 support)
  
  
• Reusable multithreaded TCP client and server classes with example project in VB.NET - pdoxtader
  A multithreaded server class that accepts multiple connections from a provided client class. Each client can send and receive files and text (byte data) simultaneously along 250 available channels.
  
  
• How to create a spam filter or automatic category sort algorithm with your mail application - Higty
  This article describe about automatic category filters in mail applications.
  
  

Libraries

• Simple Injector - The .NET Junkie
  The easiest Inversion of Control framework in town.
  
  

Miscellaneous

• ColorBlender - Dynamic Gradient Color Blend Creation Control (VB.NET) - SSDiver2112
  How to create a ColorBlend and two color blending UserControls to make it easier.
  
  
• Symbol Inserter - CraigDJ
  An application allowing you to enter your top ten symbols without your fingers leaving the keyboard.
  
  

Other .NET Languages

• Computational Types in C# and F# - Marc Clifton
  Exploring the concept of Computational Types in both C# and F#
  
  

Solutions Center

• For Ultrabook Developers, with Great Power Comes Great Responsibility - Bob Duffy
  The new breed of Ultrabook™ PCs have pushed battery life and thermal design to a new level.
  
  
• Activating Windows 8 Contracts In Your App - Derek Gebhard
  In this post I’ll walk you through activation, one of the main concepts to think about as you add contracts to your apps.
  
  

SQL Reporting Services

• View SQL Server Job Status using SQL Reporting Services - mgoad99
  Create a SQL Reporting Services report to show the status of all SQL Jobs and drill down to the status of the steps within each job.
  
  

Web Security

• Implementing MVC Two Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator - Rick Bassham
  How to add extra security to your MVC web application, using two factor authentication.
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• WCF Serialization – A Case Study - Ravi Teja Pidaparthi
  A Case Study to explore ways to customize and improve WCF by overriding the default serialization behaviour
  
  

Windows Phone 7

• A Gesture-Driven Windows Phone To-Do List - Colin Eberhardt
  This article describes the development of a Windows Phone to-do list application that eschews buttons and checkboxes in favour of gestures.
  
  
• Cross-cutting concerns via Interception on Windows Phone - Ilya Builuk
  The article describes how to bring the Aspect-Oriented programming practices to the WP7 platform
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• NetworkView: A WPF custom control for visualizing and editing networks, graphs and flow-charts - Ashley Davis
  This article examines the use and implementation of a WPF custom control that is used to display and edit networks, graphs and flow-charts.
  
  
• Save and Restore WPF Window Size, Position, and/or State - Jeremy Hutchinson
  A quick example of how you can save the window size, position, and/or state, and restore your form to that size, position, and state the next time the app is launched.
  
  
• Advanced Text Formatting in WPF - Azim Zahir
  This article describes advanced text formatting in WPF.
  
  
• A MIME Message Viewing Library in WPF - Shuqian Ying
  The source code and a simple demo program for a plug-in in Microsoft Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) that provides visual display of email messages.
  
  
• WPF Dynamic View Model with Enum Support - Steve L. Powell
  A technique to create a Dynamic View Model that handles enums.
  
  
• Convert XAML Vector Graphic to PNG - Dirkster99
  An introduction to the usage of vector graphics as a source of bitmap graphics.
  
  

New Tips and Tricks added

ASP.NET

• Querying DataSet With LINQ in ASP.NET - HemendraSingh88
  Hi, here we will see how to query a DataSet with LINQ(Language Integrated Query).
  
  

Cryptography & Security

• Simple File Encryption using OpenSSL - viprash
  Encrypting/decrypting a file using OpenSSL.
  
  

Database

• Merge two different DataTable columns and bind to a control - Santhosh Kumar J
  How to bind a combobox with different columns from different DataTables.
  
  
• Displaying a Bar Chart using SELECT command in Oracle - Azim Zahir
  This tip demonstrates using the Select command to display a bar chart.
  
  

Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools

• Adding On Row Click to the KendoUI Grid - Sympletech
  Using a little jQuery to add the ability to handle the on row clicked of the KendoUI Grid Control.
  
  

Silverlight

• Custom DomainService metadata properties - Christian Amado
  This brief tutorial pretends to demonstrate How To add a custom properties inside DomainService's metadata class
  
  
• Encrypt & Decrypt Strings in Silverlight - Christian Amado
  A very brief article about the implementation of encryption and decryption of a string in Silverlight Business Application
  
  

Windows Powershell

• Encrypt all Stored Procedures with PowerShell - kennysun
  encrypt all stored procedures in SQL server with powershell
  
  

Tips and Tricks updated

Design and Architecture

• Understanding and Implementing Bridge Pattern in C# - Rahul Rajat Singh
  This article discuss Bridge Pattern and try to demonstrate it using a simple application.
  
  

DLLs & Assemblies

• Loading Win32 DLLs "manually" without LoadLibrary() - pasztorpisti
  How to load DLLs by allocating memory and loading the DLL file and then relocating/importing.
  
  
• The inner working of FindResource() and LoadString() Win32 functions. - pasztorpisti
  A custom implementation of the FindResource() and LoadString() functions with better error indication. Pointing the direction for those who want to learn the binary PE resource format.
  
  

Site & Server Management

• How to create a dummy development environment of your web based project - SChristmas
  How to create a dummy development environment of your web based project.
  
  

String handling

• Resource string table to a CSV convertor - pravinkumar bari
  Extract a string table and save it to a comma separated CSV file.
  
  

New Technical Blogs added

Applications & Tools

• Scenarios of MS Dynamics CRM 2011 Online usage in Windows Azure hosted applications and Silverlight applications with cross domain access - Pavel Korsukov
  Today we will briefly go through the usage of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online data in external applications. The most interesting business case there is the usage of Windows Azure cloud hosting for our application. Windows Azure has some differences comparing to common dedicated server environmen
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Singleton Pattern : Load Balancer Demonstration - PratapReddyP
  
  
  

Metro

• Introduction to Windows Metro Style - Christian Amado
  A brief introduction to Metro Style App Development
  
  

Office Development

• Localization in Excel - Michael Banzon
  Localization in Excel.
  
  

Third Party Products and Tools

• Buildbot Part I - Setting Up - mariangemarcano
  Buildbot a Python-based continuous integration system.
  
  

Technical Blogs updated

C#

• GEDCOM Data Model in C# using BrightstarDB for Persistence - gra_moore
  One request we had for a BrightstarDB data model project was to provide a simple model to represent genealogy information. As well as the core data model the project should be able to consume data in the GEDCOM format.
  
  

Internet / Network

• E-mail queues in MS Dynamics CRM 2011 Online using Exchange Online and Windows Azure - Pavel Korsukov
  E-mail queues in MS Dynamics CRM 2011 Online using Exchange Online and Windows Azure.
  
  

iPhone

• An Introduction and Thoughts on Developing iOS Applications with MonoTouch - Colin Eberhardt
  This blog post describes the creation of a simple Twitter search application for iOS, based on a similar application I wrote for Windows Phone a few months back.
  
  

SharePoint Server

• How to set view level permissions out of the box in SharePoint 2010 - Khurram Punjwani
  How to set view level permissions out of the box in SharePoint 2010.