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Weekly Newsletter (2 Apr 2018)


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The Top Articles of Last Month

The top articles of last month have been chosen by our readers so congratulations to the following authors for some amazing contributions.

C#	Winner:	BenHall_io	Addressing a Simple Yet Common C# Async/Await Misconception
	Runner-up:	Christian Dalle	Wheel-Road couple
C++	Winner:	Chris Boss	The Art of WIN32 Programming – the Elusive Control Spy Utility and More !
	Runner-up:	Petrov Vladimir	Weiler-Atherton algorithm in MFC
Database	Winner:	Ryan G Conrad	SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection: Part 1
	Runner-up:	RahulMittal2018	SQL Unit Testing with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
Web Dev	Winner:	AJSON	Email directly from C# .net on Azure with no mail-server
	Runner-up:	saineshwar bageri	Securing ASP.NET CORE Web API using Custom API Key based Authentication
"Everything Else"	Winner:	Nick Polyak	Software Project Development and Decision Making
	Runner-up:	Sacha Barber	Cake Build Tool

Thank you to everyone who shared their code and articles, and also to everyone who took a moment to vote.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

Weekly Poll Results

Do you attend developer conferences?

Survey period: 26 Mar 2018 to 2 Apr 2018

Option	Votes	%
As often as humanly possible	49	4.14
Often	59	4.98
Occasionally	180	15.20
Rarely	388	32.77
Never	508	42.91
Total	1,184	100%

This week's survey: How much time at work, on average, do you actually spend coding?

Latest Additions

New articles added

.NET Framework

Decibel Units of Measurement with C# Framework

(4 votes) by Sergey L. Gladkiy (updated 6 days ago)

This article introduces an approach of realizing nonlinear units including decibels.

Async Commands with Codon FX

(3 votes) by Daniel Vaughan (updated 12 hours ago)

Learn how to leverage the asynchronous ICommand implementation in Codon FX to support commands that kick-off long-running operations.

Entity Framework Core with multiple DB Contexts, Schemas and Projects

(2 votes) by Milan Stanacev (updated 2 days ago)

How to use EF Core code-first approach when DB schemas are split into multiple projects and DB contexts.

Printing with CodeDom scripts

(0 votes) by giamp_72 (updated yesterday)

Every programmer, soon or late, has the same problem : how can I Print quicky and simply?

Algorithms & Recipes

Simple MLP Backpropagation Artificial Neural Network in C++ (Step by Step)

(12 votes) by AmirAslan Haghrah (updated 3 days ago)

Implementing a very simple Backpropagation Neural Network algorithm to approximate f(x) = sin(x) using C++

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 3)

(3 votes) by William Hey (updated 6 days ago)

Factoring classic integers

Basic Programming Concepts for Beginners

(2 votes) by Mukit, Ataul (updated yesterday)

This is an article for beginners which relates basic programming concepts to how a computer works so that core understanding is strong for those wanting to start programming.

Android

Xamarin TV Scripts

(4 votes) by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira (updated yesterday)

An entertainment app written in C# language for the Xamarin Forms and Android, using a SQLite local database.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Data Scraping from Speech to Text

(3 votes) by Eric M. H. Goh (updated 4 days ago)

Speech to Text Recognition for Data Scraping and Collection in Data Mining

Data Scraping from Image using Tesseract

(0 votes) by Eric M. H. Goh (updated yesterday)

Scrape data from image using Tesseract OCR engine.

ASP.NET

Single Page Application Using ASP.Net Core-AngularJs

(8 votes) by Shashangka Shekhar (updated 3 days ago)

In this post we are going to create a Single Page Application (SPA) with AngularJS and ASP.Net Core. We will use Angular-UI-Router for our application routing instead of MVC routing.

Audio and Video

DryWetMIDI: Notes Quantization

(1 votes) by Maxim Dobroselsky (updated 6 days ago)

Console application to quantize notes of a MIDI file

Azure

Utilizing Azure Redis Cache as backend for chat app

(1 votes) by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan (updated 4 days ago)

In this article, I will walk you through building an app with chat capability using Azure Redis Cache.

C#

LINQ Part 1: A Deep Dive into IEnumerable

(12 votes) by Eric Lynch (updated 3 days ago)

A deep dive into the IEnumerable interface, how the C# language supports it, how to avoid some of its pitfalls, and an introduction to some basic LINQ concepts.

Flexible C# Command Line Parsing via Attributes

(10 votes) by Eric Lynch (updated 2 days ago)

A flexible command line parsing class that uses C# attributes and reflection to discover syntax

Client side scripting

UI-BootStrap Modal Dialog Tutorial

(4 votes) by Han Bo Sun (updated 4 days ago)

This article will discuss the integration of ui-bootstrap with AngularJS 1.6.x, I will show how to popup the modal dialog, how to pass data into the modal dialog, and how to pass data back to the caller.

Collections

SimpleList - A C# to C++ Comparison

(13 votes) by Paulo Zemek (updated 4 days ago)

A beginner article about how to write a simple list class in C# and in C++

Database

SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection: Part 3

(3 votes) by Ryan G Conrad (updated 6 days ago)

More configurations and auditing tools

Pivot Table and dynamic Pivot Table in SQL Server in 10 Mins Best Tips (2018)

(1 votes) by Dinesh Singh Kushwaha (updated 1 hour ago)

General Graphics

Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top

(3 votes) by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov (updated 3 hours ago)

The mystery of Benham’s top invented in 1895, as well as Fechner color effect, remains not fully uncovered so far. WPF and XAML help to accelerate the research greatly.

List Controls

C# WPF listview Drag & Drop a Custom Item

(2 votes) by Massimiliano Brugnerotto (updated 6 days ago)

This article explains how to implement the drag & drop of a custom item within a ListView control with WPF technology.

Miscellaneous

dwl::fractalBrowser

(8 votes) by David O'Neil (updated yesterday)

Everybody Loves the Mandelbrot Set! Here's a browser for it!

Mobile Development

Consuming RESTful API's in Xamarin.Android

(2 votes) by Ahsan Siddique (updated 18 hours ago)

In this episode, i will explain you that how we can consume RESTful API's in Xamarin.Android

Raspberry Pi

PiRex – remote controlled Raspberry Pi based robot

(9 votes) by Andrew Kirillov (updated 3 days ago)

The article describes the PiRex robot controllable from either a web browser or a dedicate client application by using REST API.

Scrapbook

Setting Up Virtual O.S Environment Using Virtual Box

(2 votes) by Moses Wong (updated yesterday)

Setting up virtual o.s (Windows 7 32 Bit, 64 Bit, Windows 8 and Windows 10) using virtual box.

Third Party Products and Tools

SCSI over net

(9 votes) by Member 13737597 (updated 4 days ago)

This article shows you how to share builtin CD-ROM / HDD over network

Articles updated

C#

Validate Your AutoMapper Mappings

(3 votes) by Christiaan van Bergen (updated 6 days ago)

Automatically validate your AutoMapper mapping after each and every build with AutoMapperPostBuild

Google Takeout Image Downloader

(2 votes) by PrafullaVedante (updated 4 days ago)

This utility downloads Google takeout images from the downloaded Json files.

Database

Brief Introduction of a Continuous SQL-stream Sending and Processing System (Part 1: SQLite)

(13 votes) by Yuancai (Charlie) Ye (updated 4 days ago)

Application of SocketPro onto various databases for continuous inline request/result batching and real-time stream processing with bi-directional asynchronous data transferring

General Graphics

Image Processing and Pointers

(29 votes) by napuzba (updated 17 hours ago)

How pointers to the raw memory of bitmap data can improve the image processing speed

HTML / CSS

How to Create Admin Responsive Template using Bootstrap?

(17 votes) by Jeevanandan J (updated 6 days ago)

How to make the admin template by ourselves instead of buying

Libraries

Cinchoo ETL - CSV Writer

(6 votes) by Cinchoo (updated 5 hours ago)

Simple CSV file writer for .NET

Menus

A Simpler MRU for GTKMM C++

(6 votes) by Tim ONeil (updated 4 days ago)

Sometimes you need a hammer for a job, not a bazooka

Windows Presentation Foundation

File System Controls in WPF (Version III)

(13 votes) by Dirk Bahle (updated yesterday)

Lessons Learned on Software Design with WPF

New Tips and Tricks added

ASP.NET

Visual Clues to Website Environment Under IIS

(4 votes) by DerekTP123 (updated 5 days ago)

Detection and reporting of website environment under IIS

Azure

Connecting a serverless function to an event grid custom topic

(0 votes) by Duncan Edwards Jones (updated yesterday)

How to trigger an Azure serverless function from an event grid custom topic

Localisation

How to Use Google Translator in Python?

(4 votes) by ssharads (updated 3 days ago)

This article is about the use of Google Translation package in Python.

MFC

CMFCEditBrowseCtrl Without Flickering

(9 votes) by hofingerandi (updated 5 days ago)

Workaround for a bug in the CMFCEditBrowseCtrl that causes heavy flickering (starting with Windows 7)

Programming Tips

Reducing the string Length of a Guid

(27 votes) by Christiaan van Bergen (updated 3 days ago)

Need a unique identifier that is smaller than 36 characters? Represent a Guid in a 22 character string.

STL

Memory Dump to outstream

(9 votes) by Orjan Westin (updated 4 days ago)

Function and supporting class to write a memory dump with hex values and characters to an output stream

Windows Presentation Foundation

Expander Control with On/Off Content using RadioButton Control

(1 votes) by Clifford Nelson (updated 3 hours ago)

This is a control that is like a Expander Control but there is both Expanded and not Expanded Content. It demonstrates some concepts on how to easily create controls whose functionality can be mostly implemented in the XAML with the code behind being mostly DependencyProperty definitions.

New Technical Blogs added

Android

Flutter With Android Studio Step By Step Installation Guide

(2 votes) by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore) (updated 4 days ago)

In this article, we will setup Flutter development environment in Android Studio and execute the default code generated by the New Flutter Project template.

Client side scripting

.NET Core 2.0, Angular 4 and MySQL. Part 11 Error Handling

(3 votes) by Code Maze (updated 6 days ago)

Error handing in .NET Core 2.0, Angular 4 and MySQL

Macros and Add-ins

Set Which Chrome Profile for Visual Studio to Use

(3 votes) by Gordon Beeming (RSA) (updated 6 days ago)

Set which Chrome profile for Visual Studio to use

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