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Weekly Newsletter (16 Oct 2017)
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Weekly Poll Results

Third party UI components: do you use them?

Survey period: 9 Oct 2017 to 16 Oct 2017

UI controls range from standard system controls to advanced commercial UI frameworks. Where on this spectrum do you typically sit?

OptionVotes% 
We use commercial third party UI components34319.68
We use free and/or open-source UI components45526.10
We use UI components we build ourselves44625.59
We use the components offered by our IDE (eg Visual Studio, Android studio)51729.66
We use the UI components available as standard on our platform (eg Windows Common Controls, Standard HTML controls etc)41723.92
I don't write applications that have UI controls.92252.90
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

This week's survey: How many hours of sleep do you get a night?

Latest Additions

New articles added

.NET Framework

  (5 votes) by Alexandre Bencz (updated 3 days ago)
With this new OrangeC/C++ compiler back-end, you can compile your C code to .NET.

Algorithms & Recipes

  (1 votes) by Eric Ouellet (updated 2 days ago)
Many improvements over a pretty new and unknown very fast 2D Convex Hull algorithm and much more.

ASP.NET

  (9 votes) by Vincent Maverick Durano (updated 4 days ago)
This article is the first part of the series on Getting Started with Entity Framework Core. In this post, we will build an ASP.NET Core MVC application that performs basic data access using Entity Framework Core.

Boards / Embedded devices

  (2 votes) by Intel Corporation (updated 5 days ago)
The Face Access Control application is one of a series of IoT reference implementations aimed at instructing users on how to develop a working solution for a particular problem.

Client side scripting

  (4 votes) by Yahya Mohammed Ammouri (updated 3 days ago)
This article describes how to add a fully client side Multiple File Upload functionality to your page. Include select multiple files at a time, Select from different folders, Apply validation, show files in thumbnails and remove files from the list.

Database

  (8 votes) by Dirk Bahle (updated 3 days ago)
A quick guide to managing 100000'ish records efficiently with SQLite and C#/.Net.
  (5 votes) by Rudi Breedenraedt (updated 3 days ago)
How to mix relational and document oriented data in SQL Server and query it with Entity Framework? Including pitfalls, limitations and performance notes.

Grid & Data Controls

  (3 votes) by mahmood kabi (updated 3 days ago)
extract overlapped polygons and calculate the overlapped area and write an API for it

Shell and IE programming

  (7 votes) by Michael Haephrati (updated 3 days ago)
When you need encrypt/obfuscate strings in your program so that they don't just show up with a strings or hex tool when your executable is examined, this tool can be useful.

Testing and QA

  (0 votes) by Andrey Fedorov (updated 4 days ago)
Designing of the integration testing infrastructure

Web Services

  (0 votes) by Darko Jurić (updated 9 hours ago)
WebSocketRPC - RPC over WebSockets for .NET

Articles updated

.NET Framework

  (62 votes) by Alexandre Bencz (updated 3 days ago)
With this new OrangeC/C++ compiler back-end, you can compile your C code to .NET

Algorithms & Recipes

  (37 votes) by Steve Hageman (updated 13 hours ago)
DSPLib is an complete DSP Library that is an end to end solution for performing FFT's with .NET 4
  (20 votes) by Mr.PoorEnglish (updated 4 days ago)
"TextAffinity": human-like ranking of similar texts

Applications & Tools

  (10 votes) by Zijian (updated 2 days ago)
Overview of TraceHub, and the design concepts/contexts behind this open source project

Audio and Video

  (22 votes) by DaveMathews (updated 6 days ago)
Speaker independent speech recognition in Mono and .NET C#

C#

  (112 votes) by Akram El Assas (updated 14 hours ago)
An open source extensible workflow engine written in C# with a cross platform manager app that works on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
  (21 votes) by DaveMathews (updated 6 days ago)
Integration of a Chatbot in a C# application using SIML (Synthetic Intelligence Markup Language)
  (16 votes) by edge9421 (updated 6 days ago)
This technique makes defining custom exceptions so easy you'll never be lazy and use System.Exception.

Client side scripting

  (0 votes) by Ramu Sangabathula Original (updated 5 days ago)
How to create a simple responsive website using Node, Express, Bootstrap and Jade - Part 2

Design and Architecture

  (19 votes) by Satprem Pamudurthy (updated 2 days ago)
This article describes a C++ technique called type erasure and shows that it can be used to write generic algorithms on runtime types. It then examines the relationship between type erasure and other forms of polymorphism through the notion of type compatibility.

Internet / Network

  (5 votes) by Kewin Rausch (updated 16 hours ago)
Design and development of a TOR-like protocol to keep your communication secure and your identity unknown.

Java

  (13 votes) by Yucel Guven (updated 11 hours ago)
IPv6 subnetting tool/calculator explained

Libraries

  (7 votes) by Patrick P. Frey (updated 10 hours ago)
This tutorial based on a docker image will guide through the development of a simple search engine based on Strus (project-strus.net), a collection of libraries and line tools for building a search engine.

Other .NET Languages

  (3 votes) by Ramu Sangabathula Original (updated 5 days ago)
Create a simple responsive website using Node, Express, Bootstrap and Jade - Part 1

Usability

  (53 votes) by Garry Lowther (updated 2 days ago)
Why Javascript/JQuery/HTML/CSS/DOM is creating an awful mess

New Tips and Tricks added

ASP.NET

  (1 votes) by Sabarinathan A (updated 5 days ago)
Run .NET Core 2.0 SDK from Corporate Proxy

C#

  (3 votes) by Member 12161319 (updated 4 days ago)
A game written in C# Windows Form

C++ / CLI

  (7 votes) by Doug Langston (updated 4 days ago)
The Add New Project wizard in Visual Studio (since 2015) is missing an option for Windows Form App - only for C++. Windows Forms are still available for C# and VB.

HTML / CSS

  (6 votes) by veen_rp (updated yesterday)
A small JavaScript module to create a modal dialog box or user input box in the familiar .NET style

Windows Presentation Foundation

  (4 votes) by Clifford Nelson (updated 3 days ago)
A Behavior is presented that will ensure that only one Checkbox will be checked within the visual tree of the control to which this behavior is attached
  (3 votes) by Clifford Nelson (updated 4 days ago)
This tip presents a way to display checkboxes for selection of ListBox Items instead of the default highlighting
  (0 votes) by Mr.PoorEnglish (updated yesterday)
This is an alternative for "SelectedItems Behavior for ListBox and MultiSelector"

Tips and Tricks updated

Libraries

  (11 votes) by Krzysiek Wiśniewski (updated yesterday)
Nice solution for easy load data from files with extensions: .csv, .xls, .xlsx

STL

  (10 votes) by trident99 (updated 6 days ago)
The HPC Template Library is a supplement to the Standard Template Library providing threadsafe containers.

Universal Windows Platform and Windows Runtime

  (7 votes) by George mns (updated 6 days ago)
Adding sliding functionality to UWP XAML SplitView

New Technical Blogs added

Android

  (2 votes) by Right Handed Monkey (updated 5 days ago)
How to programmatically register system broadcast receiver at runtime in Android

ASP.NET

  (4 votes) by Tahir Naushad (updated 5 days ago)
How to use ASP.NET Core Identity to authenticate users and manage their accounts. Continue reading...

C#

  (8 votes) by matt warren (updated 2 days ago)
Analyzing C# code on GitHub with BigQuery

Clipboard

  (0 votes) by Dave Kerr (updated 5 days ago)
In this article, I'll show you how you can use the shell as an efficient tool to compliment how you use the clipboard.

Database

  (0 votes) by Nikola M. Živković (updated 9 hours ago)
Serverless and playing around with MongoDB Atlas

Game Development

  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to create the Game End state and Game Over animation
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to create a spawning system for enemies in Unity
  (1 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 3 days ago)
How to create waves for spawning system in Unity
  (1 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 2 days ago)
How to create Victory state after we defeat all enemies
  (1 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated yesterday)
How to add missing audio, UI, and create enemy victory state
  (0 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 2 days ago)
How to create game over UI in Unity
  (0 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 2 days ago)
How to fix Game Object Collider in Unity
  (0 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 2 days ago)
How to create Player Health System and Health UI in Unity

Java

  (1 votes) by Roman Nazarenko (updated 4 days ago)
Spring Context Internals: Bean sources

Uncategorised Technical Blogs

  (0 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 2 days ago)
How to set up a weapon

Blogs updated

C#

  (8 votes) by Nikola M. Živković (updated 3 days ago)
Learn how to use MongoDB in C# following implementation of simple repository class

Game Development

  (8 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
Attacking enemies, health system and death animation in Unity
  (5 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to create weapon ammo in Unity
  (5 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
Creating Player Health System and Health UI in Unity
  (5 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
Going through the Unity Ball tutorial
  (4 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
How to create a VERY simple first person shooter
  (4 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
How to create an enemy
  (4 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to use Real enemy asset from the Unity Asset Store
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to create AI movements for enemies in Unity
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
Survival shooter - tutorial II
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
Survival Shooter - tutorial I
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
Going through the Unity Space Shooter
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
Fixing Game Object Collider in Unity
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to create game over UI in Unity
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
Finish attacking the enemy and walking sounds in Unity
  (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
Going through the Unity space shooter tutorial
  (2 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
How to set up a weapon
  (2 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
How to create a character in a first person shooter
  (2 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to use a real gun model in Unity
  (2 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
How to shoot with a gun in Unity
  (2 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 5 days ago)
Going through the Unity Space Shooter - tutorial II
  (1 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 4 days ago)
Adding shooting, hit, and more walking sound effects!

Grid & Data Controls

  (2 votes) by Andy Feng (updated 3 days ago)
This article introduces how to use Selenium WebDriver to simulate browser operations such as load a page, manipulate DOM, extract data and provides ready-to-go sample code in Java and C#.

Node.js

  (6 votes) by Nikola M. Živković (updated 2 days ago)
In previois article I explained how to use MongoDB in .NET world. This is probably not the most natural habitat for MongoDB. So, I decided to display how one can use MongoDB in other, debatably, more fitting environment - MEAN Stack.

Tools and IDE

  (5 votes) by BC3Tech (updated 4 days ago)
Get yer Git on



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