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by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

Latest Articles

Simplifying .NET Application Logging: Seamless Integration with Azure Log Analytics and CI/CD Automation

by Daan Acohen

Learn how to simplify .NET application logging by integrating with Azure Log Analytics and automating the process using GitHub Actions.

C# in Browser via WebAssembly (without Blazor)

by Nick Polyak

In this article I describe how to write C# code that runs in Browser.

Small function to replace characters with SQL Server

by Wendelius

A small function utilizing CTE to replace undesired characters from a string

gRPC, .NET 8.0 and Kestrel in Easy Samples

by Nick Polyak

I demonstrate the samples adding gRPC capabilities to Kestrel ASP.NET server and testing gRPC services with various clients.

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Simplifying .NET Application Logging: Seamless Integration with Azure Log Analytics and CI/CD Automation

U 16 May 2024 by Daan Acohen

Learn how to simplify .NET application logging by integrating with Azure Log Analytics and automating the process using GitHub Actions.

.NET

Azure

Dev

DevOps

C# in Browser via WebAssembly (without Blazor)

N 13 May 2024 by Nick Polyak

In this article I describe how to write C# code that runs in Browser.

.NET

Dev

Architect

gRPC, .NET 8.0 and Kestrel in Easy Samples

U 8 May 2024 by Nick Polyak

I demonstrate the samples adding gRPC capabilities to Kestrel ASP.NET server and testing gRPC services with various clients.

SQL Table Dependency Diagram Generator (SSMS 18,19 & 20)

29 Apr 2024 by Bert O Neill

This article provides an overview for developers, on how to quickly generate a dependency Entity Relationship Diagram for a table and its immediately related tables, within SQL Server.

Working with frames in a video using OpenCV and Tkinter.

25 Apr 2024 by Azim Zahir

This article is a demonstration of some of the capabilities of the OpenCV library of Python.

Python

Design

Dev

Tile Grid Control

5 Mar 2024 by PJ Arends

An MFC CWnd derived grid of user definable tiles

NTP/SNTP v4/v3 Server/Client C++

2 Mar 2024 by JadBenAutho

Efficient and standalone library for NTP server/client utilizing pure C++

Composing poésie concrète with AWS Step Function

28 Feb 2024 by Bohdan Stupak

Creating distributed map-reduce workflow with AWS Step Function to write the poem that automatically re-generates itself

Editor for Folder Metadata in C#

23 Feb 2024 by Martin Henke (1971)

Edit Metadata for folders by using desktop.ini features

Introduction to ELENA Programming Language

20 Feb 2024 by Alex Rakov, Alexandre Bencz

ELENA is a general-purpose, object-oriented, polymorphic language with late binding

DbSharpApplication (DAL Generator Tool on .NET6, and released new version on .NET8)

17 Feb 2024 by Higty

A DAL generator that generates StoredProcedure client class and creates Table and Record classes

Xamarin Forms - Validations Made Simple

9 Feb 2024 by Chandru BK

This article will assume you have basic knowledge of C# and Xamarin Forms and shows how to implement the Xamarin Form Validations using simple Data Annotations applied on the models.

HigLabo.Mapper, Creating Fastest Object Mapper in the World with Expression Tree in 10 Days

1 Feb 2024 by Higty

Fastest mapper in the world, easy to Use, ZERO configuration, FULL customization

Implementing a Simple Garbage Collector in C#

30 Jan 2024 by Nicolas DESCARTES

How to implement a simple garbage collector in C#?

Boilerplate Guide to Creating a Source Generator - Part 5

18 Jan 2024 by Dave Elliott

A series of 6 articles to provide you with a boilerplate guide to create Source Generators.

A DIY Web Enabled Water Meter

16 Jan 2024 by deangi

An ESP32 is used to track water usage and serve web pages with water use data

View UPnP Services and also View UPnP DLNA Services

11 Jan 2024 by Rousset de Pina

An application to view UPnP services and also to view UPnP DLNA services

Dev

UPnP

Comparing K-Means and Others Algorithms for Data Clustering

8 Jan 2024 by Nicolas DESCARTES

What clustering algorithm should be selected for the clustering task?

POCO Generator

7 Jan 2024 by yuvalsol

POCO generating application for SQL Server

UniDock - A New Multiplatform UI Docking Framework. UniDock Power Features.

1 Jan 2024 by Nick Polyak

Describes the new powerful features of UniDock, the new multiplatform UI docking framework.

Visual Studio - Auto Generate SQL Server Table Dependency Diagram - User Guide

30 Dec 2023 by Bert O Neill

Visual Studio extension that auto-generates SQL Server ER diagrams based on a single table

Coding Interview with Fibonacci Numbers: Down the Rabbit Hole

27 Dec 2023 by Member 4201813

Imaginary coding interview using Fibonacci numbers as single showcase for a surprising variety of programmers' skills.

Python

Dev

Useful Generic Avalonia Controls located within NP.Ava.Visuals Package

26 Dec 2023 by Nick Polyak

Generic Avalonia controls located within NP.Ava.Visuals open source library

.NET

Dev

Architect

Multiplatform UI Coding with AvaloniaUI in Easy Samples. Part 1 - AvaloniaUI Building Blocks

21 Dec 2023 by Nick Polyak

Avalonia is a great new multiplatform UI package similar but in many respects better than WPF. This is an introductory tutorial article.

Implementing Distributed Transactions with the Saga Pattern on Azure

21 Dec 2023 by Nicolas DESCARTES

How to implement distributed transactions on Azure?

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Basic Concepts in Easy Samples

21 Dec 2023 by Nick Polyak

This article explains the most important and basic concepts of Avalonia WPF-like multiplatform UI package.

AngularJS Interview Questions and Answers

20 Dec 2023 by Shivprasad koirala

This article discusses the top 50 AngularJS interview question with answers.

Use WPF to Create a Day and Night Theme Switch Button

5 Dec 2023 by vickyqu115

How to create a day and night theme switch button using WPF

TDD and Refactoring to Patterns in C#: How to Write a Cron Parser

29 Nov 2023 by Nicolas DESCARTES

How to design a cutting-edge C# application by utilizing best practices?

Understanding Time Complexity on Simple Examples

25 Nov 2023 by Nicolas DESCARTES

What is time complexity in computer science and how do you determine it for a given algorithm?

Dev

Architect

algorithm

Simple POCO Mapper for EPPlus

18 Nov 2023 by Erik Drent

A simple POCO mapper for EPPlus

Web API - Adding Swagger, SQL Server, Logging, CORS, Export to Excel and Docker

7 Nov 2023 by Michael Gledhill

A cheatsheet for getting your Web APIs up and running as quickly and painlessly as possible

ASP.NET-Core

Dev

docker

Pick Your Enumerator & Me.Understand Yield and IEnumerable (VB)

2 Nov 2023 by Mike-MadBadger

This is an alternative for "Pick Your Enumerator & Me.Understand Yield and IEnumerable (C#)"

How to Design a Practical Type System to Maximize Reliability, Maintainability, and Productivity in Software Development Projects / Part 1: What, Why, and How?

19 Oct 2023 by ChristianNeumanns

This is part 1 in a series of articles about designing a practical type system.

Java

Dev

type-system

ESB - Business Process Relations

3 Oct 2023 by Lars Paisley

How an ESB may efficiently support business processes

Dev

Architect

messaging

Hex 2048 - Morph

23 Sep 2023 by Christ Kennedy

A game to waste your hours

The Rise and Fall of Spot Instance Pricing in 2023

21 Sep 2023 by Phil_Andrews

In this article we analyze trends in the pricing strategies of major cloud providers including AWS and GCP.

cloud

Dev

Kubernetes

Reverse-engineering Linear PRNG with Exploratory Seeding

21 Sep 2023 by Member 4201813

How to calculate transition matrix for linear pseudo-random number generator manipulating its internal state

How To Do Math in C++ using morph::vvec

19 Sep 2023 by sebjameswml

morph::vvec allows you to do vector math without any external libraries

ToDoList 8.2 - An Effective and Flexible Way to Keep on Top of Your Tasks

17 Sep 2023 by .dan.g.

A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting

Universal implementation of BFS, DFS, Dijkstra and A-Star algorithms

15 Sep 2023 by optiklab1

I demonstrate with an actual implementation that well-known algorithms BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, and A-Star are essentially variations of the same algorithm.

Exploring Path Finding Algorithms for WallE

15 Sep 2023 by optiklab1

I previously showed a way to unify implementation of graph-traversal algorithms. Now, I make it more visually appealing and look into the performance differences.

SimpleWizardUpdate

27 Aug 2023 by Mike Hankey

An update of a CodeProject article SimpleWizard

.NET

Dev

Using XForms and formsPlayer to Build a Weather Web Services Client

25 Aug 2023 by Mark Birbeck

Easily and quickly build web services clients using XForm

Blazor WASM Hosted App with Cookie-based Authentication and Microsoft Identity

24 Aug 2023 by Michael Kanios

Build Blazor WASM hosted app with Authentication and Authorization

Dev

WASM

WebAssembly

DryWetMIDI: Notes Quantization

19 Aug 2023 by Maxim Dobroselsky

Console application to quantize notes of a MIDI file

.NET

Dev

MIDI

Time Period Library for .NET

17 Aug 2023 by Jani Giannoudis

Extensive time period calculations and individual calendar periods

Cinchoo ETL - JSON Reader

7 Aug 2023 by Cinchoo

Simple JSON reader for .NET

Get the Best of Both Worlds: Command Line and GUI

29 Jul 2023 by Zijian

Rapidly develop a console app with a lot of options and give a command line program a GUI

Fastest b3sum using io_uring, faster than cat to /dev/null

26 Jul 2023 by 1f604

Source code and explanation of my io_uring based implementation of b3sum

Building Blazor Base Components

14 Jul 2023 by Shaun C Curtis

How to build a suite of base components for Blazor

Blazor

Design

Dev

NewtonPlus - A Fast Big Number Square Root Function

1 Jul 2023 by Ryan Scott White

A fast, possibly the fastest, square root function for Big Integers and Floats in C# and Java.

Castle Dynamic Proxy Interceptors to Track Model Changes and Trigger Rules

27 Jun 2023 by Ev Uklad

Add ability to track changes in a model class; use a proxy interceptor to execute a rule attached to a model property

Dynamic Polymorphism: Key Concept to Master OOP

27 Jun 2023 by Bohdan Stupak

A look at what dynamic polymorphism is and how it is crucial to mastering OOP

Intermediate Data Clustering with k-means

7 Jun 2023 by Andy Allinger

Add features to k-means for missing data, mixed data, and choosing the number of clusters

More Unit Testing with Less Code - Combinatorial Unit Testing

7 Jun 2023 by Evgeny N

Combinatorial unit tests

Property-based Tests and Clean Architecture are Perfect Fit

6 Jun 2023 by Bohdan Stupak

The article provides an example of applying property-based testing on a pure functional domain.

.NET

Dev

Implementing Clean Architecture in Go

25 May 2023 by Bohdan Stupak

Clean architecture example implemented in Go

Dev

code-quality

architecture

Sequence Detection With a Finite-State Machine

13 May 2023 by Dmitrii Nemtsov

A way to build a finite-state machine identifying predefined sequences in a stream of characters

Raspberry Pi Pico Library for Working with Servos and RC Receivers

8 May 2023 by Jan Dolinay

Library to work with servos and receivers for radio-controlled models in C

Dev

The Double-Checked Triple Lock Pattern for ReaderWriterLockSlim

4 May 2023 by Paulo Zemek

Using the ReaderWriterLockSlim correctly and avoiding a common mistake

.NET

Dev

Interacting with and Displaying Online Maps

25 Apr 2023 by Mark Olbert

Library for interacting with online map services and a WinUI 3 control for displaying maps

.NET

Dev

.NET7

C++: Windows Toast Notification

25 Apr 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

Windows Toast Notification in C++

C++

Windows

Dev

Cinchoo ETL - CSV Reader

12 Apr 2023 by Cinchoo

Simple CSV file reader for .NET

.NET

Dev

A Simple Property Grid Control

11 Apr 2023 by IssamTP

A .NET XAML user control to get a simple PropertyGrid

TracerX Logger and Viewer for .NET

11 Apr 2023 by MarkLTX

Easy to use logger with a powerful viewer that supports filtering by thread, logger, etc.

Extending Visual Studio Code - The Universally Identifiable Way

4 Apr 2023 by Pete O'Hanlon

Process to create a Visual Studio Code extension that interacts with the editor window

Typescript

VS-Code

Dev

Simon Says, A Child's Game

3 Apr 2023 by Mike Hankey

Project like "Simon Says"

ARM

Dev

game

A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity Framework

2 Apr 2023 by Marc Clifton

Using EntityFramework Core and SQL Server to create a dynamic IQueryable filtering that is not susceptible to SQL injection attacks

A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service

2 Apr 2023 by Marc Clifton

Using a collection to manage caches instead of implementing discrete cache instances

.NET-Standard

.NET

Dev

A Blazor Edit State Tracker

30 Mar 2023 by Shaun C Curtis

This article describes how to build an Edit State Tracker for Blazor that integrates into EditForm and EditContext.

Blazor

Design

Dev

A Simple Blazor Modal Dialog Implementation

25 Mar 2023 by Shaun C Curtis

How to build a Modal Dialog for Blazor

How to Create High Performance (and Publication Quality) 2D Graphs in C++ using Morphologica

14 Mar 2023 by sebjameswml

Walks you through the steps needed to draw high quality 2D graphs in your C++ programs using the header-only library morphologica

Salesforce Apex API Connection to FHIR Server

13 Mar 2023 by Michael Breeden

How to make an API connection (GET, POST) using Salesforce Apex language (very like Java) to a FHIR (Electronic Medical Records) Server

saleforce

Dev

WebAPI

ARM Tutorial Part 2 Timers

12 Mar 2023 by Mike Hankey

A look at the STM32 Timer peripheral

ARM

Dev

Abacus - The Beaded Brain

7 Mar 2023 by Christ Kennedy

A practical Abacus app - calculator and toy

Dev

A Little Update to Picture Slide Puzzle

5 Mar 2023 by spidergeuse

Customize jigsaw (size and picture)

.NET

Win32

Dev

Kigs Framework Introduction (3/8) - Attributes

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi-purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on CoreModifiable attributes.

C++

Dev

Architect

Kigs Framework Introduction (5/8) - CoreItem

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on CoreItem.

C++

Dev

Architect

Kigs Framework Introduction (6/8) - Signal, Slot, Notification

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on Signal/Slot and Notification mechanisms.

C++

Dev

Architect

Kigs Framework Introduction (7/8) - Lua Binding

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. Lua Binding feature

Kigs Framework Introduction (2/8) - CoreModifiable

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

Kigs framework is a multi purpose, cross-platform, free and open source C++ framework. This article will focus on the main base class of the framework: the CoreModifiable class.

Kigs Framework Introduction (4/8) - Methods

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on CoreModifiable methods.

C++

Dev

Architect

Kigs Framework Introduction (1/8)

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo