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Best "Everything Else" Article of November 2017

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

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Current Entries

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26 Nov 2017Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
A shoot'n'up HTML5 game made with Phaser game framework
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15 Nov 2017Graeme_Grant
A Modern Toggle Switch - From mock concept to a full custom WPF control that you can plug into your own apps
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16 Jun 2021Nick Polyak
Dynamically compile and assemble code snippets into a dynamic assembly
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29 Nov 2017Sacha Barber
Azure Service Fabric Demo + IOC, logging, encryption
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8 Apr 2020Gunnar S
Implementation of the Poisson Cumulative Distribution function for large Lambdas
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8 Dec 2019HHerzl
Scaffolding Dapper with CatFactory
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2 Nov 2017Voevudko A. E., Ph.D.
Understanding and using technique of generating and plotting spirals in plain JavaScript. Offering web-pages demonstrating different kind of spirals.
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27 Nov 2017Miguel Diaz Kusztrich
An infinite set of biological shape fractals in the complex plain
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29 Nov 2017Danny Chu
Learn how to detect if client has JavaScript enabled or disabled at your backend webserver
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22 Jan 2018Dirk Bahle
Implementing text highlighting in a WPF TextBlock control with MVVM
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21 Nov 2017Tobs88
This article is about the Entity-Component-System (ECS). It is a design pattern which allows you great flexibility in designing your overall software architecture.
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22 Nov 2017Nick Polyak
Describes creating a XAML Intellisense Visual Studio 2017 extension
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8 Dec 2017Dirk Bahle, Alaa Ben Fatma
Tips & tricks on visting and searching nodes in WPF TreeViews
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21 Nov 2017Shmuel Safonov
Using Bison/Flex for creation of the code convertor from subset of MATLAB language to C code. The converter is used for building native applications and libraries from MATLAB code.
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3 Nov 2017LostTime76
Presenting the concept of a TreeGrid control that utilizes the DataGrid
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20 Nov 2017Petrov Vladimir
The alternative Quadrics in OpenGL MFC for your Own design and Universal Polyhedron Procedure.
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17 Nov 2017Daniele Fontani
A powershell script that monitors webs sites and trace logs into database.
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22 Nov 2017Graeme_Grant
This is an alternative for "Simplest WPF Dependency Property For Beginners On Background Color"
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5 Nov 2017Chris Maunder, Henry Gabb
A rambling chat about parallelization, vectorization, Intel® Parallel Studio XE and how sometimes you really need to trust the tools you use.
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25 Nov 2017Daniel Liedke
Project to generate Excel Spreadsheet from DataSet with auto size (AutoFit) columns, auto-filter, alternating light blue background color with Open XML using ASP.NET MVC
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29 Nov 2017raddevus
Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 7 Saving journal entries in the file system
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2 Nov 2017Silvia Campo
How to configure Swagger for web services using token authentication
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25 Nov 2017DataBytzAI
Use KubeSpray to remove the pain of setting up a Kubernetes cluster
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21 Nov 2017Tobs88
This article is about a game based on the ECS implementation from the first part of the series.
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7 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
How to run Google Cardboard on an Android Device in Unity
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24 Nov 2017Nikola M. Živković
Common neural network activation functions
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21 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
How to create a VR first person shooter IV - Game over panels
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15 Nov 2017Bahrudin Hrnjica
Once the model is built and Loss and Validation functions satisfy our expectation, we need to validate and test the model using the data which was not part of the training data set (unseen data).
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15 Nov 2017Petru Faurescu
Insights in data aggregations and joining collections with MongoDB and .NET Driver
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27 Nov 2017Jesse Casman
Do developers really need to pay attention to chatbots in a fairly small market of just over a billion dollars?
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18 Nov 2017Norman Paterson
Performance issue using ROW_NUMBER() OVER in a database view for the PK
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2 Dec 2017User 6679439
Library extending the .NET numeric support
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18 Nov 2017Mikhail Semenov
The article explains the recent Modules TS Draft for a future C++ Standard and provides examples based on the modules implementation in Visual C++ 2017
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13 Nov 2017Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan, Iqra Ali
Develop questionnaire site with Node.js, SQLite and Pug
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2 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
How to set up the Google Cardboard in Unity
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8 Nov 2017matthewproctor
How to create a Nuget Package - step by step
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17 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
How to create a VR first person shooter II
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19 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
How to create a VR first person shooter - III
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15 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
Creating a VR first person shooter I
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22 Nov 2017Bahrudin Hrnjica
How to setup learning rate per iteration in CTNK using C#
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9 Nov 2017matthewproctor
How to configure the Azure Traffic manager
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7 Nov 2017IAmJoshChang
How to get our FPS game running in VR
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5 Jan 2018#realJSOP
When you have a customized DbContext constructor.
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4 Mar 2020Łukasz Bownik
The article tries to map a deeper, more generic nature of REST architectural style into HTTP to show protocol deficiencies.
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4 Nov 2017Oleg Shilo
Comparison of plugin development techniques for VSCode, Sublime Text and Notepad++
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25 Nov 2017Dr. Song Li
This is a note on Spring Boot and JAR deployment
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29 Jan 2018Arav Singhal
Representing shapes, worlds, and integrating forces and velocities in a 2D physics engine
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13 Nov 2017techtechie
An Android tutorial to integrate Youtube channel in Android
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14 Nov 2017jgauffin
Save time and effort with the help of codeRR, which finds and analyses errors for you, improving code quality along the way.

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Software Developer (Senior) Paddedwall Software
United States United States
I've been paid as a programmer since 1982 with experience in Pascal, and C++ (both self-taught), and began writing Windows programs in 1991 using Visual C++ and MFC. In the 2nd half of 2007, I started writing C# Windows Forms and ASP.Net applications, and have since done WPF, Silverlight, WCF, web services, and Windows services.

My weakest point is that my moments of clarity are too brief to hold a meaningful conversation that requires more than 30 seconds to complete. Thankfully, grunts of agreement are all that is required to conduct most discussions without committing to any particular belief system.
Chief Technology Officer SocialVoice.AI
Ireland Ireland
Allen is CTO of SocialVoice (https://www.socialvoice.ai), where his company analyses video data at scale and gives Global Brands Knowledge, Insights and Actions never seen before! Allen is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the British Computing Society, a Microsoft mvp and Regional Director, and C-Sharp Corner Community Adviser and MVP. His core technology interests are BigData, IoT and Machine Learning.

When not chained to his desk he can be found fixing broken things, playing music very badly or trying to shape things out of wood. He currently completing a PhD in AI and is also a ball throwing slave for his dogs.
Software Developer
Pakistan Pakistan
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a computer programmer from Rabwah, Pakistan, currently living in The Netherlands, likes .NET Core and Node.js for regular everyday development. Afzaal Ahmad works at Adyen as a Developer Advocate.

He is an expert with Cloud, Mobile, and API development. Afzaal has experience with the Azure platform and likes to build cross-platform libraries/software with .NET Core. Afzaal is an Alibaba Cloud MVP, twice he has been awarded Microsoft MVP status for his community leadership in software development, four times CodeProject MVP status for technical writing and mentoring, and 4 times C# Corner MVP status in the same field.
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Student Evudio
India India
Teen programmer with a great zeal for programming, and interested work on Assets for Unity3D, games in Unity3D and small tools and applications for Windows, Linux and Android under Evudio.
Software Developer (Senior)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bahrudin Hrnjica holds a Ph.D. degree in Technical Science/Engineering from University in Bihać.
Besides teaching at University, he is in the software industry for more than two decades, focusing on development technologies e.g. .NET, Visual Studio, Desktop/Web/Cloud solutions.

He works on the development and application of different ML algorithms. In the development of ML-oriented solutions and modeling, he has more than 10 years of experience. His field of interest is also the development of predictive models with the ML.NET and Keras, but also actively develop two ML-based .NET open source projects: GPdotNET-genetic programming tool and ANNdotNET - deep learning tool on .NET platform. He works in multidisciplinary teams with the mission of optimizing and selecting the ML algorithms to build ML models.

He is the author of several books, and many online articles, writes a blog at http://bhrnjica.net, regularly holds lectures at local and regional conferences, User groups and Code Camp gatherings, and is also the founder of the Bihac Developer Meetup Group. Microsoft recognizes his work and awarded him with the prestigious Microsoft MVP title for the first time in 2011, which he still holds today.
Founder CodeProject
Canada Canada
Chris Maunder is the co-founder of CodeProject and ContentLab.com, and has been a prominent figure in the software development community for nearly 30 years. Hailing from Australia, Chris has a background in Mathematics, Astrophysics, Environmental Engineering and Defence Research. His programming endeavours span everything from FORTRAN on Super Computers, C++/MFC on Windows, through to to high-load .NET web applications and Python AI applications on everything from macOS to a Raspberry Pi. Chris is a full-stack developer who is as comfortable with SQL as he is with CSS.

In the late 1990s, he and his business partner David Cunningham recognized the need for a platform that would facilitate knowledge-sharing among developers, leading to the establishment of CodeProject.com in 1999. Chris's expertise in programming and his passion for fostering a collaborative environment have played a pivotal role in the success of CodeProject.com. Over the years, the website has grown into a vibrant community where programmers worldwide can connect, exchange ideas, and find solutions to coding challenges. Chris is a prolific contributor to the developer community through his articles and tutorials, and his latest passion project, CodeProject.AI.

In addition to his work with CodeProject.com, Chris co-founded ContentLab and DeveloperMedia, two projects focussed on helping companies make their Software Projects a success. Chris's roles included Product Development, Content Creation, Client Satisfaction and Systems Automation.
Architect
Brazil Brazil
I started development 37 years from now, since MSX basic. Started Windows programming with VB 2.0 and Web programming with ASP 3.0. Then I built Windows Forms, Web Applications, NT services and WPF applications using Microsoft.NET. I am MCP in Visual Basic 6.0, MCAD and MCSD.NET in Framework 1.1, MCPD Web in Framework 2.0, MCTS in .NET 3.5 workflow, MCTS in .NET 3.5 communication foundation, windows presentation foundation and MVC applications. Built MVC Web Application and WCF services using Micro Services architecture proposed by me. Working with AI projects to improve the business performance and customer experience. Besides programming I love running, swimming, reading and movies.
Chief Technology Officer
Italy Italy
I'm senior developer and architect specialized on portals, intranets, and others business applications. Particularly interested in Agile developing and open source projects, I worked on some of this as project manager and developer.

My programming experience include:

Frameworks \Technlogies: .NET Framework (C# & VB), ASP.NET, Java, php
Client languages:XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, angular.js, jQuery
Platforms:Sharepoint,Liferay, Drupal
Databases: MSSQL, ORACLE, MYSQL, Postgres
Denmark Denmark
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Germany Germany
The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and C# are among my favorites and so I developed Edi

and a few other projects on GitHub. I am normally an algorithms and structure type but WPF has such interesting UI sides that I cannot help myself but get into it.

https://de.linkedin.com/in/dirkbahle
United States United States
I have been working in the IT industry for some time. It is still exciting and I am still learning. I am a happy and honest person, and I want to be your friend.
Technical Lead
Australia Australia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
Sweden Sweden
I work as Senior Developer mainly in Microsoft environment and my strenghts are SQL, C#, Vue.js, Angular and ReactJS.
Software Developer
El Salvador El Salvador
CatFactory Creator.

Full Stack Developer with Experience in C#, Entity Framework Core, ASP.NET Core and Angular.
United States United States
Joshua is a passionate software developer working in the Seattle area. He also has experience with developing web and mobile applications, having spent years working with them.

Joshua now finds his spare coding time spent deep in the trenches of VR, working with the newest hardware and technologies. He posts about what he learns on his personal site, where he talks mostly about Unity Development, though he also talks about other programming topic that he finds interesting.

When not working with technology, Joshua also enjoys learning about real estate investment, doing physical activities like running, tennis, and kendo, and having a blast with his buddies playing video games.
President Oppkey
United States United States
President of Oppkey, a developer relations firm based in San Francisco that builds online developer communities. Open source loving ice hockey playing New Mexican Japanophile.

See oppkey.com for more details.
Founder 1TCompany AB
Sweden Sweden
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect
Poland Poland
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Instructor / Trainer Alura Cursos Online
Brazil Brazil
CEO Kutamo and ErrLog.IO
Australia Australia
Pluralsight Author, .Net Developer, Writer & Blogger

http://www.kutamo.com/
http://www.errlog.io/
http://www.matthewproctor.com/
http://www.pluralsight.com/author/matthew-proctor

I am an Australian IT professional based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

I'm a polyglot programmer, being proficient in a number of languages and frameworks including C#, VB.Net, F#, Javascript, Perl, Powershell and Z80 & 6502 assembly. Smile | :)
Software Developer (Senior) Free lance
Spain Spain
I'm working with computers since the 80's of the past century, when I received as a present a 48K Spectrum which changed all my life plans, from a scientific career to a technical one. I started working in assembler language, in low lewel systems, mainly in the electromedical field. Today I work as a freelance, mainly in .NET Framework / database solutions, using the C# language.

I'm interested in scientific computer applications, and I,m learning AI and data analytics technics. I also own a technical blog, http://software-tecnico-libre.es/en/stl-index, where I publish some of the practice works of this learning process.
Software Developer (Senior)
United Kingdom United Kingdom
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect AWebPros
United States United States
I am a software architect and a developer with great passion for new engineering solutions and finding and applying design patterns.

I am passionate about learning new ways of building software and sharing my knowledge with others.

I worked with many various languages including C#, Java and C++.

I fell in love with WPF (and later Silverlight) at first sight. After Microsoft killed Silverlight, I was distraught until I found Avalonia - a great multiplatform package for building UI on Windows, Linux, Mac as well as within browsers (using WASM) and for mobile platforms.

I have my Ph.D. from RPI.

here is my linkedin profile
Software Developer (Senior) Vega IT Sourcing
Serbia Serbia
Read more at my blog: https://rubikscode.net
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Program Manager
Australia Australia
I was born in Ukraine. After completing the university degree worked there as a Research Chemist. Last 23 years I live in Australia where I've got my second qualification as a Software Engineer.

"I am the lucky one: I do enjoy what I am doing!"
Russian Federation Russian Federation
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect
Denmark Denmark
My name is Petru Faurescu and I am a solution architect and technical leader. Technical blog: QAppDesign.com
Software Developer (Senior) RADDev Publishing
United States United States
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Software Developer (Senior)
United Kingdom United Kingdom
I currently hold the following qualifications (amongst others, I also studied Music Technology and Electronics, for my sins)

- MSc (Passed with distinctions), in Information Technology for E-Commerce
- BSc Hons (1st class) in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

Both of these at Sussex University UK.

Award(s)

I am lucky enough to have won a few awards for Zany Crazy code articles over the years

  • Microsoft C# MVP 2016
  • Codeproject MVP 2016
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2015
  • Codeproject MVP 2015
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2014
  • Codeproject MVP 2014
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2013
  • Codeproject MVP 2013
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2012
  • Codeproject MVP 2012
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2011
  • Codeproject MVP 2011
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2010
  • Codeproject MVP 2010
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2009
  • Codeproject MVP 2009
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2008
  • Codeproject MVP 2008
  • And numerous codeproject awards which you can see over at my blog
Engineer
Israel Israel
Software Engineer and Control Systems Expert at Digital Feedback Technologies Ltd.
PhD, Tel-Aviv University, 2009
M.S. , Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Lomonosov Moscow State University,1994
Blog page: http://csafonov.blogspot.co.il/
Personal Open-source project: TMC Compiler, MATLAB to C code converter (https://sourceforge.net/projects/tmc-m-files-to-c-compiler)

Canada Canada
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
India India
There is nothing special about me.
Germany Germany
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) Self-employed
Spain Spain
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect
United States United States
I've started programming in a machine code and an assembly language for IBM 370 mainframe, and later programmed in many other languages, including, of course, C/C++/C# and ASP/ASP.net/VB.net.

I've created many system automation tools and websites for companies and universities.
In addition, I've always been a scientist interested in Computer Science, NT, AI, etc.

Now I'm using mainly scripting languages for NT small problems and computer graphics.
 
First Prize Mahsa Hassankashi - 
Prize pool CodeProject Mug - CodeProject
 
Second Prize Sacha Barber - 
Prize pool Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

  1. The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
  2. Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
  3. With the exception of the Everything Else category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
  4. Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
  5. No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
  6. Articles may only be considered for a single category. If an article is eligible for multiple categories (for example, it pertains to both the C# and Web Dev categories), CodeProject editors and judges will decide which category the article shall be entered in.
  7. No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
  8. If an author writes has two separate articles, each article may be considered in their respective categories provided none of the aforementioned rules are broken. For example, if an author wrote two separate articles, one related to C# and one related to VB.NET, the author and articles could be nominated in the C# and VB.NET competitions, respectively.
  9. In the event an author wins multiple competitions, and repeat, identical prizes, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  10. In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  11. In the event of a tie,  the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  12. Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
  13. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  14. Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
  15. Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
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Eligibility

This competition is open to software development professionals & enthusiasts who are of the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence; however, residents of Quebec and of the following countries are ineligible to participate due to legal constraints: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. Employees (or a member of their immediate family) of CodeProject or any of their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies are also ineligible to participate. Void where prohibited by law.

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