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Introduction to D3DImage

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.

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How to Master Any Programming Language

by Hawkynt

This article provides a clear, structured plan to help you navigate the learning of a new programming language effectively, dividing your knowledge into manageable levels.

Implementing gRPC with C++

by Matt Scarpino

This article explains how to code applications that rely on gRPC to transfer data using protocol buffers.

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.

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The Right Way to Version Your Assemblies

13 Feb 2012 by StevenLJackson1

How you can structure your solution and project files in Visual Studio to make updating your assemblies' version number much easier

XML Serialization Using Generics

3 Apr 2012 by Rui Jarimba

Serialize/deserialize your objects using generics. Customize settings like indentation, encoding, namespaces and others

Popular Misconception: The Override That Was Not

8 Sep 2017 by Joel Ivory Johnson

The override that was not

IDisposable, Finalizer, and SuppressFinalize in C# and C++/CLI

25 Jan 2012 by Sebastian Krysmanski

The help page for IDisposable provides the code for IDisposable's default implementation pattern in C#. This article will explain each part of it step by step and also provide the equivalent C++/CLI code in each step.

Calling ASP.NET WebAPI using HttpClient

24 Jun 2013 by Madhur Kapoor

In this post, we are going to learn how to call an ASP.NET WebAPI using HttpClient libraries.

Integrate Jenkins with MSBuild and NuGet

28 Jan 2016 by Anton Angelov

The next logical step in your build will be to build your solution or projects. I will guide you how to do it via MSBuild as build engine and NuGet for downloading the necessary packages.

5 More Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers

15 Sep 2014 by Ben M Watson

Five more attributes of highly effective programmers

Still Don’t Get the Difference of “Overloading and Overriding”?

4 Sep 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This post attempts to describe the general difference between overloading and overriding in Object-oriented programming languages.

Reflection 101: An Introduction to Reflection in .NET

4 Jun 2011 by MBigglesworth79

An introduction to Reflection in .NET as well as some examples of how it can be used.

WCF Services - Choosing the Appropriate WCF Binding

30 Jul 2012 by Imran Abdul Ghani

Existing bindings available in WCF

IIS 7 deployment: ASP.NET 4.0 Routing and Ext.NET

3 Dec 2011 by Monjurul Habib

How to: ASP.NET 4.0 Routing and Ext.NET.

web_development

Use BCrypt to Hash Your Passwords: Example for C# and SQL Server

12 Oct 2012 by Rob Kraft

Some implementation details

Generate ASCII Art – A Simple How To in C#

21 Oct 2023 by Dev Leader

Change a picture into ASCII art using your own C# program

Detection of Half-Open (Dropped) TCP/IP Socket Connections

20 Jun 2009 by Stephen Cleary

How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection

Using C# from native C++ with the help of C++/CLI

4 Apr 2014 by Pragmateek

Using C# from native C++ with the help of C++/CLI.

Understand Functions in JavaScript

25 Sep 2016 by Dheeraj Kumar Kesri

This article is intended to provide all the basics of JavaScript functions a web developer must know.

Trace SOAP Request/Response XML with TraceExtension

17 Aug 2009 by Arindam Sinha

SOAP Request/Response XML can be logged with TraceExtension

Writing a Proper Wave File

21 Nov 2010 by Joel Ivory Johnson

Playing back data that was recorded from the Microphone, in Windows Phone 7

Windows-Phone-7

Textbox Drag/Drop in WPF

28 Sep 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Textbox Drag/Drop in WPF

Why textbox persists data during postback even if View State set to off

6 Feb 2011 by Brij

Why textbox persists data during postback even if View State set to off

How to Install the Latest Mac OS X Lion Virtual Machine on Windows Server 2008/Windows 7

24 Feb 2012 by Eric Xue (brokensnow)

20 mins installation guide in order to get you with a Mac OS X Lion VM in no time

Strategy Design Pattern in Automation Testing

4 Jan 2016 by Anton Angelov

A detailed overview with examples how to utilize the Strategy Design Pattern in automated tests to create an extendable and decoupled Validators.

Creating a “customizable” personal blog using ASP.NET

15 Dec 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is part 1 of the articles that I want to write for ASP.NET beginners, who want to build their own personal web sites, that mimic characteristics of blog. It covers the ASP.NET web application part.

WoT with Arduino for Beginners: Part 2 - Connecting to the Real World via Sensors

18 Apr 2016 by Mircea Diaconescu, Gerd Wagner

Learn how to develop Arduino-based apps for the Web of Things (WoT). This second part of a series of tutorials shows how to read analog and digital sensors with the help of Arduino.

JavaScript: The Good and The Bad

25 Sep 2016 by Dheeraj Kumar Kesri

A comprehensive post on why JavaScript is an awesome language and why JavaScript is horrible at times

How to sign C++/CLI assemblies with a strong name

20 Apr 2009 by Inaki Ayucar

Learn how to sign C++/CLI assemblies with a strong name.

Single Sign On Between Sub Domains: Forms Authentication

18 Aug 2011 by Brij

Single Sign On Between Sub Domains: Forms Authentication

Specify Assembly References Based On Build Configuration in Visual Studio

20 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

Specify Assembly References Based On Build Configuration in Visual Studio

WoT with Arduino for Beginners: Part 3 - Connecting to the Internet via WiFi

3 May 2016 by Mircea Diaconescu, Gerd Wagner

In this multi-part tutorial we show how to develop Arduino-based apps for the Web of Things (WoT). This third part shows how to set up a connection between an Arduino and the Internet via a WiFi network and use HTTP(S) to send data to a free cloud service like ThingSpeak.

Ribbon with C++, Part 2: First Ribbon Enabled Application

8 Jun 2011 by Arik Poznanski

In this post, we continue our review of the Windows Ribbon Framework feature brought to us in Windows 7. For more information on the ribbon feature in general and Windows Ribbon Framework in particular, make sure you read Part 1.

Reflection in C#: 4 Code Simple But Powerful Code Examples

1 Mar 2024 by Dev Leader

In this article, I’ll provide you with 4 simple code examples illustrating how reflection works in C#.

The C4 Software Architecture Model

24 Jan 2017 by Petru Faurescu

Is there an easy way to succinctly and unambiguously communicate the architecture of a software system? Something that could highlight the requirements, and still be brief?

3 Feb 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

In "REST - Overview" article, I were introduced the basic rules in RESTful, Can you show me how to implement in WebApi?Ok, in this article, we will learn how to implement those rules in WebApi using C#.Where could I get sourcode was used in this article?Please checkout the code at https://github.com

Why Would You Use Common Table Expressions?

10 Apr 2018 by Gaston Verelst

Why you would use Common Table Expressions

Introducing Hiro, the World's Fastest IOC Container, Part I: Design Diary

10 Apr 2009 by Philip Laureano

A look into the design of a statically precompiled IOC container that performs as fast as an application without an IOC container.

ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Part 4 – Advanced Model Binding

7 May 2010 by TheyCallMeMrJames

The 4th post in a series on jQuery and ASP.NET MVC 2 in Visual Studio 2010. In this article, I'm going to look at three more complex examples of real-world model binding and where jQuery might fit in the mix.

Order in Chaos: Dependency Property Value Resolution

27 Dec 2010 by Arik Poznanski

Order in Chaos: Dependency Property Value Resolution

Mutliline String Literals in VB.NET

30 Nov 2011 by Cyborgx37

How to have mutliline string literals in VB.NET.

Define Your Own IoC Container

23 Mar 2012 by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to define a simple IoC Container

How to Fix Orphaned SQL Users

26 May 2013 by Tharaka MTR

This post will show you how to fix orphaned SQL users.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Using a Cookie-Aware WebClient to Persist Authentication in ASP.NET MVC

22 Jul 2013 by Rion Williams

This post will cover how to create a simple “cookie-aware” WebClient class that will authenticate and persist this authentication for the duration of the WebClient to allow access to secure areas of your MVC Application without the need for re-authenticating for each request.

MSTest Rerun Failed Tests Through MSTest.exe Wrapper Application

25 Feb 2016 by Anton Angelov

If you need to rerun Failed Tests (MSTest), you can download the application that I wrote. Examples how to use it and code snippets.

Learn How to Make ES6 Promises with Executable Examples

31 Jan 2017 by Mircea Diaconescu, Gerd Wagner

While many new JavaScript features of ES6 (=ES2015) are still (in 2016!) not available in all important web browsers, the promising new feature of a JavaScript "promise" has arrived. This tutorial shows how to use it.

Knockout Style Observables in XAML

17 Jul 2012 by Daniel Vaughan

Implementing field level change notification in WPF, and how a Lambda Expression can be used to specify a composite property that raises change notifications automatically whenever an associated property changes.

Download Files in ASP.NET

30 Sep 2013 by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to download different types of files in asp.net

How to Use Tessnet2 Library

13 Dec 2013 by saramgsilva

This article aims to show how to use the Tessnet2 library.

Using Windbg to Answer Implementation Questions for Yourself (Can a Delegate Invocation be Inlined?)

4 Sep 2014 by Ben M Watson

Learn how to use the debugger to answer implementation questions for yourself

Silverlight MEF: Custom ExportProvider for Attached XAML Exports

2 Dec 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Use the Managed Extensibility Framework to export dictionary resources using custom ExportProvider in Silverlight

Why it's not crashing?

10 Sep 2010 by Andrey Permamedov

Why an exception raised in timer callback function doesn't leads to process termination.

DirectoryInfo.GetFiles Returns More Files Than Expected

3 Feb 2011 by Inaki Ayucar

How to get exactly what you need using DirectoryInfo.GetFiles, with an exact extension match lookup

Fixing “Unrecognized configuration section userSetting” Errors

1 Mar 2011 by TheyCallMeMrJames

How to handle the “Unrecognized configuration section userSetting” exception

Serialization 101 - Part I: Binary Serialization

26 Sep 2011 by MBigglesworth79

A good primer for getting into serialization

Walking up the StackTrace

11 Mar 2017 by Mehdi Khalili

How to walk up the StackTrace

Make Some Cash Developing for Windows Phone

18 Jan 2012 by Inaki Ayucar

In this post, I’ll try to share my thoughts and experience developing applications for the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Windows-Phone-7

Using Reactive Extensions for Streaming Data from Database

3 Apr 2012 by Giorgi Dalakishvili

This post demonstrates how to use Reactive Extensions for loading data from database asynchronously in chunks.

Developing for .NET 2.0 in 2012

13 Apr 2012 by Michael Banzon

Developing for .NET 2.0 in 2012

REST with WCF and Entity Framework with JSON Serialization

12 Apr 2013 by Dmitriy Kozlov

REST with WCF and Entity Framework with JSON serialization.

Getting Started with AngularJS

9 Jul 2014 by Madhur Kapoor

How to get started with AngularJS

One More Time About Resource vs. EmbeddedResource

1 Nov 2014 by Ivan Krivyakov

Difference between 'Resource' and 'Embedded Resource' Build Actions described

Create Jenkins Job for Creating NuGet Packages

18 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

If you are creating .NET libraries, most probably you need to create NuGet packages to distribute your code. You can make your life easier if you create an automatic Jenkins Job for the purpose.

Guide for building C# apps on Ubuntu: Graphical applications using Windows Forms

20 Mar 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this episode I am going to talk about using graphical applications in Mono. The graphical framework to use would be Windows Forms.

Cross Join Introduction – Create Row Combinations

29 Dec 2016 by essentialSQL

Introduction to cross join - create row combinations

"Secret" Productivity Tips for Visual Studio 2017

7 Apr 2017 by Rion Williams

Here are some "secret" productivity tips for Visual Studio 2017

Calling Web Service Functions Asynchronously from a Web Page

2 Apr 2010 by Steve Wellens

A user had a problem calling a Web Service from a web page asynchronously. I tried his code on my machine and was able to reproduce the problem. I was able to solve his problem, but only after taking the long scenic route through some of the more perplexing nuances of Web Services and Proxies.

Embedding and Using Resources from .NET Assembly

4 Oct 2010 by Dinesh K Mandal

How to embed and use resources from .NET assembly

Calling Method in Parent Page from User Control

4 Oct 2010 by Dinesh K Mandal

Calling method in parent page from user control

UIAutomation, Coded UI Tests, AutomationPeer, and WPF/Silverlight Custom Controls

25 Mar 2011 by jmix90

In this post, we will see how to make a custom control fully useable in a Coded UI Tests scenario.

Styles in Silverlight

14 Apr 2011 by Manas_Patnaik

How to create a Style and attach it to a control in Silverlight.

Creating Visual Web Part Properties

15 May 2011 by Raymund Macaalay

How to create WebPart properties.

Asynchronous Image Download with Abort-on-Timeout for WP7

31 Mar 2017 by Dan Colasanti

AutoResetEvent can be used in place of AsyncWaitHandle and provides a thread-blocking WaitOne signaled timeout function, which can be put on a background thread in order to not block the main UI thread.

Windows-Phone-7

Implement Search Screen using knockoutjs, jQuery, and ASP.NET MVC3

23 Jul 2012 by Neeraj Kaushik1980

This article demonstrates implementation of knockoutjs observable viewmodel with jquery and ASP.NET MVC 3 and how to bind viewmodel with HTML controls.

An Introduction and Thoughts on Developing iOS Applications with MonoTouch

31 Jul 2012 by 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.

Creating a Multi-paged Container Control with Design Time Support

27 Aug 2012 by Richard James Moss

This article describes adding design time support for a TabControl-like component which renders the same way the Project Properties in Visual Studio 2012.

Extending C# ListView with Collapsible Groups (Part I)

3 Sep 2012 by John Atten

Examination of a quick way to create more useful expandable groups in the .NET ListView control.

Authentication vs. Session Timeout – Session Expired Message on Clicking the Login Button

26 Jan 2013 by Brij

Authentication vs. Session timeout

Walkthrough: Using the RequireJS Optimizer

24 Feb 2013 by Joseph (landofjoe.com)

The goal of this post is to provide a brief overview of what it takes to compile your web site using RequireJS optimizer.

An IOC Container using Variadic Template

1 Apr 2013 by jsolutions_uk

An IOC Container using variadic template.

Dynamic Programming with Python and C#

1 Oct 2013 by Dev Leader

With this post, we’re still just scratching the surface of what’s doable when integrating Python and C#.

Design and Document Your RESTful API Using RAML

23 Sep 2014 by Bryan O'Connell

Design and document your RESTful API using RAML

Someday Is a Lie

7 Jan 2015 by Keyhole Software

Someday Is a Lie

Hints For Arranging Usings in Visual Studio Efficiently

21 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

This post gives some hints for arranging usings in Visual Studio efficiently.

Manage TFS Test Suites in Microsoft Test Manager C# VB.NET Code

21 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

Manage TFS Test Suites in Microsoft Test Manager C# VB.NET code

Connect to TFS Team Project C# Code

22 Feb 2015 by Anton Angelov

Code examples how to connect to TFS Team Project using C# and VB .NET. The post - Connect to TFS Team Project C# Code appeared first on Automate The Planet.

Functional C#: Immutability

26 Mar 2015 by Vladimir Khorikov

Functional C#: Immutability

Load Data From Database Using Web API

2 Nov 2015 by Sibeesh Passion

How to load data from database using Web API

Modal dialogs in cross-platform WPF/Silverlight applications

18 Jun 2010 by Colin Eberhardt

This blog post looks at the problem of showing modal dialog windows in applications that target both the Silverlight and WPF platforms. A solution is provided which allows modal dialogs to be written that work well for both technologies.

How to enable HTTPCompression in IIS6

17 Oct 2010 by Brij

Enabling HTTPCompression in IIS6

Kinect and WPF: Complete body tracking

3 Dec 2013 by Vangos Pterneas

Complete body tracking in Kinect.

Multi Column Text support in Silverlight 5

17 May 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Learn about Multi Column Text support in Silverlight 5 with a simple example

Accessing TFS 2010 from Visual Studio 2008

19 May 2011 by ambilykk

How to access TFS 2010 from Visual Studio 2008

How to Categorize Control Properties for XAML View Inside Blend and Visual Studio?

10 Jul 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Organizing custom control properties inside Visual Studio and Expression Blend

Expression-blend

Do You Really Need An ORM?

14 Nov 2011 by garymcleanhall

You would save a lot of effort by starting with the simplest thing that works.

Understanding Covariance and Contravariance in .NET 4.0

12 Sep 2011 by girijaa

A covariant type parameter can be used as the return type of a generic delegate/interface, and contravariant type parameters can be used as input parameter types.

30 Minutes To Grasp ASP. NET jQuery Repeater

26 Dec 2011 by zoyobar

In many cases, we need to show user data, here is how to use JQueryElement Repeater to display and editing data through calling Ajax in ASP. NET.

web_development

How to run NUnit tests in Visual Studio 2010/MSTest

1 Dec 2011 by James Treworgy

Debug tests from directly within your project.

KnockoutJS and Google Maps Binding

19 May 2012 by hoonzis

Integrating Google Maps and KnockoutJS

Writing a Bootloader – Part 2: Interrupts

2 May 2012 by ericevenchick

Interrupts and how to implement them in a bootloader

Improved Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2012 to Improve Productivity

2 Jul 2012 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Improved Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2012 to improve productivity

Creating Advanced Audit Trails using ActionFilters in ASP.NET MVC

10 Oct 2013 by Rion Williams

How to create advanced audit trails using ActionFilters in ASP.NET

12 Jul 2014 by Ronnie Mukherjee

I hate my code