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Weekly Newsletter (8 Oct 2018)
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Weekly Poll Results

When new, bleeding edge tech is announced how do you feel?

Survey period: 1 Oct 2018 to 8 Oct 2018

That feeling you have every second day...

OptionVotes% 
Excited: I can wait to dive in and see what it's all about858.01
Interested: I'll take a look and see if it's something we can use36734.59
Optimistic: I'm sure there will be some business opportunities in there somewhere13412.63
Ambivalent: There's new tech every second day. If it's important I'll end up knowing about it40337.98
Bored: There's a never ending stream of "new tech". Whatever17416.40
Frustrated: Why can't we just make the current tech stable and supported?21520.26
Disinterested: I have no interest in new tech383.58
Disillusioned. It's either stuff from 5 years ago rebranded, or will cause more problems than it claims to solve15214.33
Other454.24
Responses1,061  
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

This week's survey: Do you trust Voice-Activated Assistants enough to have them in your home or office?

Latest Additions

New articles added

Applications & Tools

Example of Microsoft Flow usage or Flowers for my Wife
  (3 votes) by Ivan Yakimov (updated 6 days ago)
Here, I'll show you not so simple example of usage of Microsoft Flow for one practical task.
ASP.NET Core and Blazor on Mac: Dockerizing Applications
  (2 votes) by Vincent Maverick Durano (updated yesterday)
A steb-by-step demo on how to build and dockerize ASP.NET Core and Blazor apps on MacOS.
Building Docker Intuition
  (0 votes) by Dub Andrei Manuel (updated yesterday)
How to build Docker intuition

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

CNTK Model Concurrency Demonstration
  (1 votes) by asiwel (updated 6 days ago)
How to Deploy Trained Models Concurrently

ASP.NET

Learning Entity Framework (Day 3): ASP.NET Web API 2 with Entity Framework 6 Code First Migrations
  (5 votes) by Akhil Mittal (updated 6 days ago)
ASP.NET Web API 2 with Entity Framework 6 Code First Migrations
A Beginner's Tutorial On Understanding and Implementing Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Core
  (5 votes) by Rahul Rajat Singh (updated 3 days ago)
In this article we will look at how Dependency Injection works in ASP.NET Core.

C / C++ Language

Mhook Enhancements: 10x Speed Improvement and Other Fixes
  (2 votes) by Apriorit Inc (updated 2 days ago)
Learn how was increased mhook’s performance, enhanced its capabilities and eliminated certain bugs.

Design and Architecture

Enterprise is dead, long live Agile!
  (2 votes) by TheCodeKing (updated 18 hours ago)
This article considers what is needed for traditional corporations to transform from an enterprise mindset and become agile.

Product Showcase

Versioning an existing database using SQL Source Control
  (0 votes) by Redgate Software (updated 6 days ago)
This article describes a few of the important planning considerations, and then provides a simple walkthrough of how our team brings an existing database under version control using SQL Source Control.
Achieving Smaller Apps and Simpler Releases with Android App Bundle
  (0 votes) by Bruno Edoh (updated 6 days ago)
In this article I explain how Android App Bundles can help you, and demonstrate how to use them.
Challenge your Inner Hybrid Creativity with Cisco and Google Cloud
  (0 votes) by Cisco (updated 3 days ago)
The Cisco Container Platform automates the repetitive functions and simplifies the complex ones so everyone can go back to enjoying the magic of containers.

Programming Tips

App for CPU Temps, Fan Speeds, etc., Part II
  (0 votes) by JL Doty (updated 6 hours ago)
App to monitor a system's sensors, with added features

Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools

Cleaning Up Address Data with TomTom Online Search
  (2 votes) by Scott_Fitzpatrick (updated 3 days ago)
This article explains how to get started with the TomTom Online Search API for address validation and data cleanup.
TomTom Online Search API: Implementing Fuzzy Search
  (1 votes) by Scott_Fitzpatrick (updated 4 days ago)
In this article, we will take an in-depth look at the Fuzzy Search API call, defining some ways in which this API call can be leveraged to bolster an application’s functionality.

Windows Security

The *AdES Collection, Part 3: PAdES for Windows in C++
  (1 votes) by Michael Chourdakis (updated yesterday)
PDF signing with AdES

Work Issues

In Defence of Agile
  (6 votes) by Jacek M Glen (updated 5 days ago)
A short summary of why we chose to go Agile way

Articles updated

Algorithms & Recipes

Random Number Generation and Sampling Methods
  (49 votes) by Peter Occil (updated 2 days ago)
Discusses many ways applications can do random number generation and sampling from an underlying random number generator (RNG) and includes pseudocode for many of them.

Applications & Tools

A JavaScript Form Generator
  (5 votes) by Member 4206974 (updated 5 days ago)
A JavaScript Form Generator

Author Resources

Docker Tutorial — Getting Started with Python, Redis, and NGINX
  (6 votes) by django_stars (updated 6 days ago)
This is an introductory tutorial on Docker containers which will show you how to use Docker on your local machine.

Boards / Embedded devices

Rodney - A long time coming autonomous robot (Part 2)
  (8 votes) by Phil Hopley (updated 11 hours ago)
Second part in a series on a ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot.

Bugs & Workarounds

Zeta Long Paths
  (41 votes) by Uwe Keim (updated 5 days ago)
A .NET library to access files and directories with more than 260 characters length

C#

Entity Framework Core 2 for Enterprise
  (102 votes) by HHerzl (updated 4 days ago)
Entity Framework Core 2 for Enterprise

DirectX

Diligent Engine: A Modern Cross-Platform Low-Level Graphics Library
  (42 votes) by EgorYusov (updated 6 hours ago)
This article introduces Diligent Engine, a modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction library

Edit Controls

A Full Featured Editor Based on the Richtext Box
  (16 votes) by Howard 9448490 (updated 6 days ago)
Creating a reusable editor for C# Applications using the RichTextBox Control

GDI

TransparentSplash Control
  (8 votes) by TwinLane (updated 3 days ago)
A non rectangular/transparent splash screen control that starts life before the Application Form

GDI+

Graphical BinaryTrees
  (42 votes) by Mojtaba Hosseini (updated 11 hours ago)
A graphical binary tree. Features: add, remove, or search for a node. Recursive algorithm has been used

NoSQL

RaptorDB - The Document Store
  (258 votes) by Mehdi Gholam (updated 2 days ago)
NoSql, JSON based, Document store database with compiled .net map functions and automatic hybrid bitmap indexing and LINQ query filters (now with standalone Server mode, Backup and Active Restore, Transactions, Server side queries, MonoDroid support, HQ-Branch Replication, working in Linux, .net

OpenGL

Abstract of the text rendering with OpenGL/OpenTK in MONO/.NET
  (11 votes) by Steffen Ploetz (updated 4 days ago)
Give an brief overview of text rendering options for OpenGL/OpenTK especially for MONO/.NET.

Web Services

Speed Up ASP.NET Core WEB API Application: Part 1
  (36 votes) by Eduard Silantiev (updated 6 days ago)
Create fast RESTful WEB API service using ASP.NET Core 2.1

Windows Security

The *AdES Collection, Part 1: CAdES implementation for Windows in C++
  (9 votes) by Michael Chourdakis (updated 4 days ago)
A standard-compliant library for secure signing

New Tips and Tricks added

ASP.NET

A Recap about Creating Maps for AutoMapper in .NET Core
  (3 votes) by Silvia Campo (updated 5 days ago)
Different options to create the maps

C / C++ Language

Gmock Enhancements: Mocking Global Functions and Methods with more than 10 Arguments
  (1 votes) by Apriorit Inc (updated 2 days ago)
Use of Gmock makes unit testing much faster and less resource intensive. Mock objects mimic real objects, but provide specific responses.

C#

Solving 2-D Groundwater Head: In Unsteady State Condition Of Confined Aquifer Using C#
  (3 votes) by Rechter (updated 4 days ago)
This code solves time dependent 2-D groundwater head (Confined Aquifer) using finite difference with a schematic that combined three methods (Explicit, Implicit and Crank Nicholson)

Database

Improving Backup Performance
  (4 votes) by Satnam Singh SQL DBA India (updated 5 days ago)
Improving backup performance

Win32/64 SDK & OS

Work around Windows 10 WiFi reconnection failing
  (1 votes) by Antagony (updated 2 days ago)
Schedule a task to run this script, which checks whether Windows has [re]connected to the specified router after startup, sleep, or hibernation – and attempt to connect if not.

Tips and Tricks updated

.NET Framework

DLL Registry Control Easier
  (6 votes) by DX90 (updated 20 hours ago)
A simple library to control registry easier

C#

.NET Performance Tip – Know Your Garbage Collection Options
  (4 votes) by BenHall_io (updated 11 hours ago)
An under-utilised setting that can offer substantial performance gains

Database

EntityWorker.Core - An Alternative to Entity Framework
  (58 votes) by Alen Toma (updated 4 days ago)
EntityWorker.Core - an alternative to entity Framework

Desktop Gadgets

Updating Database from DataGridView Using a Class Two-Tier Architecture
  (7 votes) by Awesh Vishwakarma (updated 2 days ago)
By reading this trick, you will be able to update your database from DataGridView through external class instead of writing code on each page.

Grid & Data Controls

Gridview Paging with Number and Custom First and Last Button
  (0 votes) by gaurav_rwt (updated 2 days ago)
Gridview paging with numeric with first and last button using jquery and code behind

Threads, Processes & IPC

Abstract Lock Pattern To Selectively Synchronize An Implementation ("IOC" and DRY)
  (7 votes) by Steven Coco (updated 6 days ago)
This illustrates a simple pattern that provides a lock that can always be invoked; and may be a no-op for a non-synchronized implementation.

Blogs updated

C#

Camera Face Detection in C# using Emgu CV and WPF
  (36 votes) by Junian Triajianto (updated 3 days ago)
How to perform Face Detection using your camera / Webcam


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