Best Web Dev Article of July 2017

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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered. The top 50 entries are shown.

Self-Hosting Multiple HTTPS Websites in IIS with SNI and LetsEncrypt Certificates

4 Jul 2017Marc Clifton

Ability to self-host multiple HTTPS websites without having to pay for hosting and certificates

.NET

IIS8

Dev

A Simple Windows Vista/7 Gadget to Preview CodeProject's Featured Articles

1 Aug 2017Arthur V. Ratz

Use HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax for creating a simple lightweight Windows Vista/7 sidebar desktop gadget

Demystifying and Simplifying MVC Frameworks

25 Jul 2017Sharp Ninja

MVC as a design pattern has been strongly defined by the Gang of Four, but in recent years it's been hijacked as a marketing term more than a design pattern. This article aims to simplify and define what the MVC design pattern is and present a simple MVC framework that you can reuse in your project

MVC

Dev

Architect

Angular 4 Data Grid with Sorting, Filtering & Export to CSV

10 Jul 2017Yaseer Mumtaz

This article helps to understand the architecture and use of simple data grid developed in Angular 4.

Reverse Tunneling / Port Forwarding with Node.js

8 Jul 2017_m0n

Connect to PC with no public IP using Node.js app for reverse port forwarding / tunneling

Javascript

Node.js

sockets

Developing Non-ASP.NET Websites running under IIS

9 Jul 2017Marc Clifton

Discovering some of the nuances of IIS and looking under the hood at how Katana/Owin does its initialization.

Cache headers for MVC File Action Result (ASP.NET Core 2.0 Preview 2)

20 Jul 2017Fiyaz Hasan

This article shows you how to configure the ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC File action result to write file to response with cache headers.

Create ASP.NET Control for Image Resizer and Cropper Keeping Aspect Ratio

29 Jul 2017Debashis 10433656

How to create an ASP.NET control for image resizer and cropper keeping aspect ratio

ASP.NET Disable Request Validation for Single Control

5 Jul 2017Atlapure Ambrish

Solution to disable request validation for single control - clean approach and without much effort

ASP.NET

Pure CSS Salesforce-like progressbar Control

9 Jul 2017Bohdan Stupak

This simple salesforce-like progressbar control will guide you through some useful CSS techniques

HTML

CSS

Dev

Setting up Environment for Angular 2 Development

23 Jul 2017Snesh Prajapati

In this article we will learn how to setup development environment for Angular 2 using Visual Studio Code and Windows OS.

Serverless Experiments with Google Cloud Platform: Part 3

15 Jul 2017Tibor Blazko

Connecting Functions with other web services

LiteApi internals (or how to build your own WebAPI middleware)

1 Jul 2017Milan Stanacev

This article covers internal workings of LiteApi and explains aspects of creating MVC-like WebAPI middleware running on ASP.NET Core .

A Note on RxJS Subjects

2 Jul 2017Dr. Song Li

This is a note on RxJS subjects.

ASP.NET Core API Versioning in Simple Words (Update 1.2.0)

20 Jul 2017Fiyaz Hasan

This article shows you how to enable API versioning for ASP.NET Core Web API following three different techniques.

Lazy-loading NgModules in ASP.NET Core AngularSPA

20 Jul 2017Fiyaz Hasan

This article shows you how configure ASP.NET Core AngularSPA starter project to serve a lazy-loaded angular module.

Connecting to AT&T M2X IoT using MQTT

21 Jul 2017Intel

Connecting to AT&T M2X IoT using MQTT

Drag and Drop with DevExpress MVC Controls

11 Jul 2017asutreja

Dragging List items within DevExpress MVC FormLayout control to re-arrange/order by end users

Connecting to SAP Cloud Platform Internet of Things

24 Jul 2017Intel

Connecting to SAP Cloud Platform

cloud

SAP

IoT

Directives in Angular (Part 1)

3 Jul 2017Karthik Chintala

Basics of directives in Angular

AngularJs

Directives in Angular (Part 2)

25 Jul 2017Karthik Chintala

In this post, I'll just explain what each directive does

AngularJs

WebRTC using Angular and AngularFire2

1 Jul 2017mengwangk

WebRTC video conferencing using Angular and AngularFire2.

Javascript

WebRTC

Filtering Data with DHTMLX Grid: Complex Filter and Performance

16 Jul 2017Khrystyna Popadyuk

Provides tips for implementation of complex filter with DHTMLX grid and the approach to improve performance of filtering

Javascript

Zion China uses Azure IoT, Stream Analytics, and Machine Learning to evolve its Intelligent Diabetes Management solution

5 Jul 2017Microsoft

Zion China has developed innovative health monitoring and analysis tools that collect data on blood sugar, diet, exercise, and medication for each patient and resulting personalized advice to help patients manage their health.

cloud

Azure

product-showcase

Developers use cloud power to boost the quality of automotive parts manufacturing

12 Jul 2017Microsoft

With this project, Microsoft and Fagor Ederlan demonstrate that sending data to the cloud using secure and reliable services doesn’t have to be overly complex.

Wind River Helix Device Cloud Getting Started Guide

21 Jul 2017Intel

This guide contains steps to set up your Wind River Helix device with Device Cloud

cloud

product-showcase

IoT

Managing Amazon Greengrass Core Devices Remotely with Wind River Helix Device Cloud

21 Jul 2017Intel

This tutorial will show you a method to restart your Amazon Greengrass Core Device remotely using HDC.

Sencha ExtReact: The Most Complete Set of React Components

18 Jul 2017adwankar

ExtReact gives you the most complete set of components for your React apps in a single, commercially supported, and professionally maintained package. Let’s take a look at what’s inside.

SimpleThreading Makes Threading Easy!

4 Aug 2017Sharp Ninja

Threading can be a daunting topic. This library takes much of the worry (and mistakes) out of multi-threaded application programming.

Integrating the Angular 4 CLI With Visual Studio Professional & Visual Studio Code

9 Jul 2017Mark J. Caplin

ASP.NET MVC Tooltip using Web API, Bootstrap Popover and jQuery UI dialog

20 Jul 2017Bryian Tan

The author is sharing an article on how to create a help tooltip for a HTML element using Web API, Bootstrap Popover and jQuery UI dialog

Visual Studio Box Selection with Alt Key

24 Jun 2023Vadim Loboda

This is an alternative for "VS2010 Box Selection with Copy and Paste"

Client side Grid display, Editing, Paging, Resizing, Filtering and Sorting using Knockout and JQuery

28 Jul 2017israrali

A client side grid display, editing, paging, resizing, filtering and sorting using Knockout and JQuery

Using HttpClient As It Was Intended (Because You’re Not)

1 Jul 2017Bob Crowley

Using HttpClient as it was intended

Learn Angular in 10 Days – Day 1 – Part 1

23 Jun 2020 Marla Sukesh

Basics of latest version of Angular JavaScript and TypeScript

Configuration Settings for Angular Applications

17 Jul 2017Paul D. Sheriff

Just like in .NET applications, you might want to have configuration settings in your Angular applications that you can access from any component or service class.

AngularJs

Learn Angular in 10 days – Day 1 – Part 2

24 Oct 2017 Marla Sukesh

A 10 Days series on Latest version of Angular - In this part 2 we explore some more fundamental concepts of TypeScript.

CRUD Operation using ASP.NET CORE 2 and Angular 4 with EntityFramework Core, primeng Component and toastr-ng2

1 Aug 2017PrashantRamteke

CRUD Operation using ASP.NET CORE 2 and Angular 4 with EntityFramework Core, primeng component and toastr-ng2

HTML

ASP.NET-Core

VS2013

Serverless Experiments with Google Cloud Platform: Part 2

1 Jul 2017Tibor Blazko

Sending and receiving emails in cloud Functions

Storing JSON Objects in BLOBS in Oracle

20 Jul 2017JimS12

Storing Data in Oracle

Oracle

JSON

Model a Logic Puzzle in JavaScript

13 Jul 2017MysteryMaster

How to model logic grid puzzle in JavaScript

Javascript

PHP

Location Converter

18 Jul 2017David Crow

How to convert latitude and longitude coordinates between popular formats, and an accompanying app

Angular JS CRUD Application with ASP.NET Webforms

23 Jul 2017Srinivasan Sankaranarayanan

A Simple CRUD application for ASP.NET Webforms using Angular JS

.NET

AngularJs

WebForms

Entity Framework Core Triggers in Action (Unofficial Package)

18 Apr 2018Fiyaz Hasan

This article shows you how to work with database triggers in entity framework core using a third party library.

.NET-Core

ASP.NET-Core

entity-framework

Setting up Angular 2 in ASP.NET Core using Webpack

23 Jul 2017Navin_Kamalapur

In this tip, we can see how to set up Angular 2 application in ASP.NET core using webpack, a JavaScript library, so that we can start focusing on writing Angular features rather than spending time in setting up an environment to run.

ASP.NET

How to Implement OPTIONS Response in ASP.NET Web API 2

13 Nov 2017Andrey Rodin

Automation of OPTIONS response in REST-service

Excel Files in JavaScript, the Simple Way

25 Jul 2017Jose Segarra

A front-end library to create Excel files, including formatting and styling cells

Android Parsing JSON

14 Jul 2017hexgear

In this article, I will share how to parse JSON using JSON-Java in Android, however the snippet is not limited to Android only.

Showing loading image in the client side whenever a server postback / Background server operation is in progress

7 Aug 2017Rinoy Ashokan

Showing loading image in the client side whenever a server postback / Background server operation is in progress

.NET4.6

jQuery

ASP.NET

Pagination in asp.net mvc core, entity framework and simplePagination.js

27 Jul 2017Makhesh TG

Sample application to demonstrate pagination using simplePagination.js in asp.net mvc core, targeting entity framework.

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

_m0n

Software Developer

Ukraine

I'm a fan of javascript, love Node.js and Vue.js that allow me to build complex applications easily. Like to play with Arduino. Also have experience and worked/working with c#, java, groovy, python, bash, batch.

Marla Sukesh

Founder Just Compile

India

Learning is fun but teaching is awesome.

Who I am? Trainer + consultant + Developer/Architect + Director of Just Compile

My Company - Just Compile

I can be seen in, @sukeshmarla or Facebook

adwankar

Product Manager Sencha

United States

Sandeep is a Sr. Product Manager at Sencha and is passionate about innovations in mobile and web technologies. He has experience working for startups in Silicon Valley as well as large companies including Motorola and Time Warner Cable. He has an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago and a Masters in Technology from IIT Bombay.

Andrey Rodin

Russian Federation

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Arthur V. Ratz

Software Developer (Senior) EpsilonDev

Ukraine

I’m software developer, system analyst and network engineer, with over 20 years experience, graduated from L’viv State Polytechnic University and earned my computer science and information technology master’s degree in January 2004. My professional career began as a financial and accounting software developer in EpsilonDev company, located at L’viv, Ukraine. My favorite programming languages - C/C++, C#.NET, Java, ASP.NET, Node.js/JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, SQL, HTML5, etc. While developing applications, I basically use various of IDE’s and development tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio/Code, Eclipse IDE for Linux, IntelliJ/IDEA for writing code in Java. My professional interests basically include data processing and analysis algorithms, artificial intelligence and data mining, system analysis, modern high-performance computing (HPC), development of client-server web-applications using various of libraries, frameworks and tools. I’m also interested in cloud-computing, system security audit, IoT, networking architecture design, hardware engineering, technical writing, etc. Besides of software development, I also admire to write and compose technical articles, walkthroughs and reviews about the new IT- technological trends and industrial content. I published my first article at CodeProject in June 2015.

asutreja

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Atlapure Ambrish

Technical Lead

India

My name is Ambrish, I am a passionate software developer with rich experience in .Net technologies including vb.net, c#, MVC, Angular JS, jQuery, Windows Services, Asp.net Web Forms, Asp.net Web Api, javascript, entity framework, WCF, windows forms, SQL server.

Currently I am working as a Technical Lead and handling the project from Design, development and mentoring perspectives.

Bob Crowley

Software Developer (Senior) EVO Payments International

United States

Full stack developer on .Net and related technologies with heavy emphasis on back-end API development and integrations.

Bohdan Stupak

Team Leader

Ukraine

Team leader with 8 years of experience in the industry. Applying interest to a various range of topics such as .NET, Go, Typescript and software architecture.

Bryian Tan

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I have over 10 years of experience working with Microsoft technologies. I have earned my Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification. I'm a highly motivated self-starter with an aptitude for learning new skills quickly.

David Crow

Software Developer (Senior) Pinnacle Business Systems

United States

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HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Information Services

Debashis 10433656

Software Developer (Senior) NEXA, Dubai

United Arab Emirates

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Dr. Song Li

United States

I have been working in the IT industry for some time. It is still exciting and I am still learning. I am a happy and honest person, and I want to be your friend.

Fiyaz Hasan

Architect Geek Hour

Bangladesh

Tech Enthusiast | Contributing Author on Microsoft Docs | Github Country Leader (C# and Typescript)

A .NET and JavaScript enthusiast. Likes to work with different technologies on different platforms. Loves the logic and structure of coding and always strives to write more elegant and efficient code. Passionate about design patterns and applying Software Engineering best practices.

I'm a young coder who did exceedingly well in my education and was offered an internship by Microsoft. I've tried a range of things and realized that what I need is a super creative challenge. I'm hungry for a real role in a challenging startup, something I can stick with for years

hexgear

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Intel

United States

You may know us for our processors. But we do so much more. Intel invents at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business and society, and for every person on Earth.

Harnessing the capability of the cloud, the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, the latest advances in memory and programmable solutions, and the promise of always-on 5G connectivity, Intel is disrupting industries and solving global challenges. Leading on policy, diversity, inclusion, education and sustainability, we create value for our stockholders, customers and society.

This is a Organisation

42 members

israrali

Pakistan

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

JimS12

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Jose Segarra

Spain

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Karthik Chintala

Software Developer (Senior)

India

Developer. Blogger.

Follow me on Code Rethinked

Khrystyna Popadyuk

Software Developer

Ukraine

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Makhesh TG

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Marc Clifton

Architect Interacx

United States

Blog: https://marcclifton.wordpress.com/
Home Page: http://www.marcclifton.com
Research: http://www.higherorderprogramming.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/cliftonm

All my life I have been passionate about architecture / software design, as this is the cornerstone to a maintainable and extensible application. As such, I have enjoyed exploring some crazy ideas and discovering that they are not so crazy after all. I also love writing about my ideas and seeing the community response. As a consultant, I've enjoyed working in a wide range of industries such as aerospace, boatyard management, remote sensing, emergency services / data management, and casino operations. I've done a variety of pro-bono work non-profit organizations related to nature conservancy, drug recovery and women's health.

Mark J. Caplin

Software Developer Joey Software Solutions

United States

Mark Caplin has specialized in Information Technology solutions for the past 30 years. Specializing in full life-cycle development projects for both enterprise-wide systems and Internet/Intranet based solutions.

For the past fifteen years, Mark has specialized in the Microsoft .NET framework using C# as his tool of choice. For the past four years Mark has been implementing Single Page Applications using the Angular platform.

When not coding, Mark enjoys playing tennis, listening to U2 music, watching Miami Dolphins football and watching movies in Blu-Ray technology.

In between all this, his wife of over 25 years, feeds him well with some great home cooked meals.

You can contact Mark at mark.caplin@gmail.com

...

mengwangk

Software Developer (Senior)

Malaysia

A programmer for a long time, and still learning everyday.

A supporter for open source solutions, and have written quite a few open source software both in .NET and Java.

https://mengwangk.github.io/

Microsoft

Web Developer

United States

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

This is a Organisation

1 members

Milan Stanacev

Serbia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

MysteryMaster

Software Developer (Senior) mysterymaster.com

United States

My name is Michael Benson, and I am the zookeeper of the Mystery Master website at http://www.mysterymaster.com.
My favorite languages are C#, Java, and JavaScript.
When I'm not at my computer, I am travelling far more than I like to places far more exciting than I can handle.

Navin_Kamalapur

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Paul D. Sheriff

Employed (other) PDS Consulting

United States

Paul has been in the IT industry over 35 years. In that time he has successfully assisted hundreds of companies architect software applications to solve their toughest business problems. Paul has been a teacher and mentor through various mediums such as video courses, blogs, articles and speaking engagements at user groups and conferences around the world. Paul has 28+ courses in the www.pluralsight.com library (https://www.pluralsight.com/author/paul-sheriff) on topics ranging from LINQ, JavaScript, Angular, MVC, WPF, XML, jQuery and Bootstrap. Contact Paul at psheriff@pdsa.com.

PrashantRamteke

Technical Lead

India

My name is Prashant Ramteke. I have 11+ years of experience in Microsoft technologies. Currently working as a Senior Team Lead.
Currently focusing on C#, ASP.NET Core, EntityFramework core, JavaScript, Angular,React.js,Redux and Microservices.

Rinoy Ashokan

Software Developer (Senior) Finastra

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Sharp Ninja

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Snesh Prajapati

Software Developer

India

I am a Software Developer working on Microsoft technologies. My interest is exploring and sharing the awesomeness of emerging technologies.

Srinivasan Sankaranarayanan

Unknown

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Tibor Blazko

Software Developer (Senior)

Slovakia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Vadim Loboda

Russian Federation

"It is best to erase all personal history, because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people."

Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda

Yaseer Mumtaz

Architect

United States

A Solutions Architect with more than fourteen years of experience in application development. I mostly work in .NET, Angular, MEAN stack technologies and love to share what I do and learn during my day to day job. Please check my tutorials and blog:
https://fullstackhub.io
https://fullstackhubblog.com

First Prize	Marc Clifton - Self-Hosting Multiple HTTPS Websites in IIS with SNI and LetsEncrypt Certificates
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject


Second Prize	Mark J. Caplin - Integrating the Angular 4 CLI With Visual Studio Professional & Visual Studio Code
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
With the exception of the Everything Else category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
Articles may only be considered for a single category. If an article is eligible for multiple categories (for example, it pertains to both the C# and Web Dev categories), CodeProject editors and judges will decide which category the article shall be entered in.
No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
If an author writes has two separate articles, each article may be considered in their respective categories provided none of the aforementioned rules are broken. For example, if an author wrote two separate articles, one related to C# and one related to VB.NET, the author and articles could be nominated in the C# and VB.NET competitions, respectively.
In the event an author wins multiple competitions, and repeat, identical prizes, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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