Best "Everything Else" Article of April 2018

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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered. The top 50 entries are shown.

How I Hacked Bitcoin Mining Pool

3 May 2018Ernie M. Bonilla

Overview of potential vulnerabilities and threats

Bitcoin

Chess Console Game in C++

5 Oct 2022Jerome Vonk

Simple chess game, written in C++, that runs in a console. Made for didactic purposes and fun :)

C++

cross-platform

Evolution of Polymorphic Malware

14 Apr 2018Kewin Rausch

An introduction on how these applications self-defend themselves against scanning techniques, and how they could have evolved from simple and naive forms to more sophisticated ones.

WPF MVVM View Binding to a Singleton and WeakReference

25 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

Concept to create a Singleton for WPF MVVM Binding, and using Weak reference for the property that is bound to.

LINQ Part 3: An Introduction to IQueryable

20 Apr 2018Eric Lynch

Part 3 in the LINQ series, this provides an introduction to IQueryable, IQueryProvider, and LINQ expression trees.

Why Would You Use Common Table Expressions?

10 Apr 2018Gaston Verelst

Why you would use Common Table Expressions

Tracking Objects with Pixy Visual Sensor on Raspberry Pi using Windows 10 IoT Core

26 May 2018Victor Dashevsky

Processing the positioning information of visual objects detected by Pixy camera and received on Raspberry Pi via I2C, and using common design patterns in a C# program parsing robotics sensor data

WPF Behavior to Ensure a ToggleButton/CheckBox is Selected

4 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This behavior will require that for any Group of ToggleButton/Checkbox controls that are associated together, the user cannot set all to not IsChecked.

Create a ML Classification Pipeline in .NET with ClassifyBot

8 Apr 2018Allister Beharry

We'll use the ClassifyBot program to put together an ML pipeline to solve a text classification problem using open-source ML components

artificial-intelligence

Dev

How to Hide <close> Menu in CDockablePane

13 Apr 2018_Flaviu

A method of how to get rid of "close" menu from multiple CDockablePane panels

The New Era Of Clustering: CLOPE Algorithm in C#.NET

27 Apr 2018Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, we will formulate and discuss CLOPE data mining clustering algorithm that allows to drastically increase the quality and efficiency of categorized data clustering and can be easily used for recommendation-specific purposes

WPF Behavior to close a Popup with MouseLeave

3 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

Normally a popup will stay open until explicitly closed. The Behavior will close the Popup if the mouse is clicked within or outside the Popup area or leaves the Popup area.

CSV/Excel File Parser - A Revisit

7 Apr 2018#realJSOP

An example of evolving code to fit new demands

Colouring DataGridView Cells According to their Content in WinForms

23 Apr 2018OriginalGriff

How to colour the individual cells of a DataGridView according to their content. For example, negative values can be Red, positive values Green to show "Up"s and "Down"s more easily.

.NET

Windows

Dev

A DOS One-Liner: Running a Program Against a List of Files

24 Apr 2018David A. Gray

Run many (hundreds, even) files through a program or script, using nothing but CMD.EXE.

Windows

Dev

Using WPF Behavior to Reduce Loading Time

18 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

I had a situation where a control appearing was significantly affected by the initialization of the UserControls. This behavior fixed my problem.

Writing Distributable .NET Application with x2net

5 Apr 2018Jay Kang

Introduction to a new approach to distribution

WPF ValueConverter to Convert to Correct Type

5 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

Normally, there is no need to ensure that types exactly match when using a Binding. For instance, the Control property double to and int in a ViewModel

Flexible WPF XAML ToggleButton/RadioButton/CheckBox reset behavior

27 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This is a behavior that that will reset ToggleButton derived controls to false (or a specified default value) when the container's visibility becomes false.

WPF Behavior to Reset RadioButtons on VisibilityChanged

2 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

This tip provides a behavior that will reset all RadioButton controls within a Control that has this behavior when the Visibility changes.

Two Ways to Implement LSTM Network using Python – with TensorFlow and Keras

2 Apr 2018Nikola M. Živković

In the previous article, we talked about the way that powerful type of Recurrent Neural Networks - Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Networks function. Now, we will see how to implement this kind of network.

All-Topics

Selenium Series Part 4: Killing Laying Around Browser Processes for More Consistent Selenium Testing

25 Jun 2018Sean Rand

This is an article to help you clean up browser processes during automated Selenium testing.

Testing ASP.NET Core MVC Application with NUnit and Moq

8 Apr 2018Sem Shekhovtsov

The how-to article that summarises best practices for unit testing ASP NET Core MVC controller using NUnit and Moq framework

Aurelia and .NET Core 2.0

20 Jun 2018vnmatt

How to take advantage of ASP .NET Core's Razor (.cshtml) views and have dynamic routes for Aurelia

Blockchain and the Hyperledger Sawtooth Implementation

26 Apr 2018Intel

IoT Developer Show

blockchain

IoT

Customized Casting With ObjectCaster

24 Apr 2018Yisrael Lax

Library that provides custom casting functionality from one type to another between properties with disparate names and types

Async Commands with Codon FX

1 Apr 2018Daniel Vaughan

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

Expander Control with On/Off Content using RadioButton Control

1 Apr 2018Clifford Nelson

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.

Single Page Apps with Flask and Angular 4|5 Tutorial Series

8 Apr 2018Ahmed Bouchefra

Single page apps with Flask and Angular 4|5 tutorial series

Python

Linux

AngularJs

A Better Windows Experience for Maker Devices and IOT

6 Apr 2018Chris Boss

A better Windows experience for Maker Devices and IOT

All-Topics

Python Concurrency Programming: 6 Python Synchronization Primitives You Should Know

11 Apr 2018Packt Publishing

This is an excerpt from Learning Concurrency in Python, by Elliot Forbes. Published by Packt Publishing.

Python

AWS Serverless API using .NET Core 2.0

19 Apr 2018Sudip Bhakta

How to create AWS Serverless API (API Gateway + Lambda Function) in .NET Core, C# using AWS SDK for Visual Studio

How to Convert Right-Handed to Left-Handed Coordinates and Quaternions In Unity

19 Apr 2018Kamran Bigdely-Shamloo

Formulas to Convert Right-Handed Vectors and Quaternions to Left-Handed Equivalents

Unity3D

SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection: Part 4

30 Apr 2018Ryan G Conrad

Using Powershell and Windows Task Scheduler API to detect malicious login attempts on a remotely accessible SQL Server database

AngularJS and REST API - Part 2

19 Apr 2018charles922

AngularJS and REST API Tutorial - Part 2

Xamarin Questions & Answers

28 Apr 2018MilanGohil

This article contains possible basic questions along with their answers to help you to understand or gain basic knowledge about Xamarin.

Multi Gateway Payment Processing for Java

17 Apr 2018Member 9840324

J2pay is a multi-gateway payment library for Java.

Java

payment-gateway

payment

Case Insensitive XPath Queries

3 Apr 2018Christiaan van Bergen

How to perform XPath queries on all lower case elements

XML

.NET

XPath

A Note on Unit Test Spring MVC Applications

3 Apr 2018Dr. Song Li

This is a note on unit test Spring MVC applications.

A Note on Webpack & Maven

15 Apr 2018Dr. Song Li

Note on Webpack & Maven

AngularJS and REST API: Part 3

27 Apr 2018charles922

AngularJS and REST API Tutorial: Part 3

Java & Struct/Value Type Benefits & How to Obtain Them

27 Apr 2018Member 13797506

Introduction to structs (value types) in Java

Levaux’s SenseAgent Delivers End-to-End IoT Insight for Smart Building Management

26 Apr 2018Intel

With the Levaux SenseAgent and Intel-based IoT gateway, building managers have the insight to maximize efficiency, proactively address maintenance, optimize environments, and improve occupant wellness and productivity.

cloud

IoT

Send SMS Messages Using Twilio on UP Squared with Ubuntu

26 Apr 2018Intel

This document demonstrates how to send Short Message Service (SMS) messages to your phone using a Twilio phone number on the UP Squared board with Ubuntu when the light sensor indicates it is getting dark.

Ubuntu

SMS

What is Collection & How to Manage a Collection in PowerApps ?

28 Apr 2018Rajat-Indiandotnet

What is collection & how to manage it in PowerApps?

All-Topics

Turing: Another Take on Algorithm and Python Development

1 May 2018zdimension

A cross-platform algorithm/pseudocode and Python development environment with debugging features

Python

Your Own Word Bookmark Editor

15 Apr 2018Petrov Vladimir

Word Bookmark Editor for Word Reports easy handling

Ever Try to Retrieve Relying Party Application Authenticated Under ACS (an Identity and Access Management Middleware) or the RP Identity Provider Name

26 Apr 2018Girish Kalamati

RETRIEVE RELYING PARTY APPLICATION name and RP IDP Names

MQTT Publication with Microsoft Azure

26 Apr 2018Intel

This tutorial takes you from setting up a device in Microsoft Azure* all the way to viewing your data (sent via MQTT).

Azure

Publish RDL Files To SSRS using C#

8 Apr 2018Sameh Abdel Mongy

Deploy Reports rdl files to SSRS using C# script

.NET

SSRS

SQL-Server

Current Participants

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

#realJSOP

Software Developer (Senior) Paddedwall Software

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.

_Flaviu

Romania

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Ahmed Bouchefra

Software Developer

Morocco

Ahmed is a web developer.

Allister Beharry

Software Developer

Trinidad and Tobago

I've been programming computers as a hobby and professionally for more than 20 years. I like both Windows and Linux. My current areas of interest are computer security, machine learning, conversational user interfaces, and .NET HPC.

Arthur V. Ratz

Software Developer (Senior) EpsilonDev

Ukraine

I’m software developer, system analyst and network engineer, with over 20 years experience, graduated from L’viv State Polytechnic University and earned my computer science and information technology master’s degree in January 2004. My professional career began as a financial and accounting software developer in EpsilonDev company, located at L’viv, Ukraine. My favorite programming languages - C/C++, C#.NET, Java, ASP.NET, Node.js/JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, SQL, HTML5, etc. While developing applications, I basically use various of IDE’s and development tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio/Code, Eclipse IDE for Linux, IntelliJ/IDEA for writing code in Java. My professional interests basically include data processing and analysis algorithms, artificial intelligence and data mining, system analysis, modern high-performance computing (HPC), development of client-server web-applications using various of libraries, frameworks and tools. I’m also interested in cloud-computing, system security audit, IoT, networking architecture design, hardware engineering, technical writing, etc. Besides of software development, I also admire to write and compose technical articles, walkthroughs and reviews about the new IT- technological trends and industrial content. I published my first article at CodeProject in June 2015.

charles922

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Chuck Peasley is a developer in Orange County, CA

Chris Boss

Software Developer Computer Workshop

United States

Chris Boss is the owner (and programmer) of a small software development business in rural Virginia, called the Computer Workshop. For the last ten years or so he has been developing tools for use by Powerbasic programmers (see: http://powerbasic.com ). His main product called EZGUI (Easy GUI) is a high level GUI engine with Visual Designer and code generator. It is in its fifth generation now. He is an experienced Windows API programmer (more low level) and has experience in writing GUI engines (forms/controls), drag and drop Visual Designers, Graphics engines (printing and to the screen) and one of his favorites is a Sprite engine (2D animated movable images). His current project is version 5.0 of his main product EZGUI, adding such features as multi-monitor support, component engine, custom control engine, superclass engine and the latest project a 3D OpenGL based custom control. One of the goals he has is to push the limits of Windows software development, while making it easy, fast execution speed, small footprint (size of executables) and code reusability while providing a more graphic experience in user interfaces, while still being able to write software which can fit on a floppy disk (small footprint), use minimal amount of memory and able to run on multiple versions of Windows from 95 to Win8.

Christiaan van Bergen

Software Developer (Senior) NoNerds

Netherlands

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Clifford Nelson

Software Developer (Senior) Clifford Nelson Consulting

United States

Has been working as a C# developer on contract for the last several years, including 3 years at Microsoft. Previously worked with Visual Basic and Microsoft Access VBA, and have developed code for Word, Excel and Outlook. Started working with WPF in 2007 when part of the Microsoft WPF team. For the last eight years has been working primarily as a senior WPF/C# and Silverlight/C# developer. Currently working as WPF developer with BioNano Genomics in San Diego, CA redesigning their UI for their camera system. he can be reached at qck1@hotmail.com.

Daniel Vaughan

Engineer

Switzerland

Daniel is a former senior engineer in Technology and Research at the Office of the CTO at Microsoft, working on next generation systems.

Previously Daniel was a nine-time Microsoft MVP and co-founder of Outcoder, a Swiss software and consulting company.

Daniel is the author of Windows Phone 8 Unleashed and Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed, both published by SAMS.

Daniel is the developer behind several acclaimed mobile apps including Surfy Browser for Android and Windows Phone. Daniel is the creator of a number of popular open-source projects, most notably Codon.

Would you like Daniel to bring value to your organisation? Please contact

Blog | Twitter

Xamarin Experts
Windows 10 Experts

David A. Gray

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I deliver robust, clean, adaptable, future-ready applications that are properly documented for users and maintainers. I have deep knowledge in multiple technologies and broad familiarity with computer and software technologies of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

While it isn't perceived as sexy, my focus has always been the back end of the application stack, where data arrives from a multitude of sources, and is converted into reports that express my interpretation of The Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting, and are the most visible aspect of the system to senior executives who approve the projects and sign the checks.

While I can design a front end, I prefer to work at the back end, getting data into the system from outside sources, such as other computers, electronic sensors, and so forth, and getting it out of the system, as reports to IDENTIFY and SOLVE problems.

When presented with a problem, I focus on identifying and solving the root problem for the long term.

Specialties: Design: Relational data base design, focusing on reporting; organization and presentation of large document collections such as MSDS libraries

Development: Powerful, imaginative utility programs and scripts for automated systems management and maintenance

Industries: Property management, Employee Health and Safety, Services

Languages: C#, C++, C, Python, VBA, Visual Basic, Perl, WinBatch, SQL, XML, HTML, Javascript

Outside Interests: Great music (mostly, but by no means limited to, classical), viewing and photographing sunsets and clouds, traveling by car on small country roads, attending museum exhibits (fine art, history, science, technology), long walks, especially where there is little or no motor traffic, reading, especially nonfiction and thoughtfully written, thought provoking science fiction

Dr. Song Li

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.

Eric Lynch

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Eric is a Senior Software Engineer with 30+ years of experience working with enterprise systems, both in the US and internationally. Over the years, he’s worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies (current and past), including Thomson Reuters, Verizon, MCI WorldCom, Unidata Incorporated, Digital Equipment Corporation, and IBM. While working for Northeastern University, he received co-author credit for six papers published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. Currently, he’s enjoying a little time off to work on some of his own software projects, explore new technologies, travel, and write the occasional article for CodeProject or ContentLab.

Ernie M. Bonilla

Belarus

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Gaston Verelst

Architect Faq.be bvba

Belgium

Gaston Verelst is the owner of Faq.be, an IT consultancy company based in Belgium (the land of beer and chocolate!) He went through a variety of projects during his career so far. Starting with Clipper - the Summer '87 edition, he moved on to C and mainly C++ during the first 15 years of his career.

He quickly realized that teaching others is very rewarding. In 1995, he became one of the first MCT's in Belgium. He teaches courses on various topics:
• C, C++, MFC, ATL, VB6, JavaScript
• SQL Server (he is also an MSDBA)
• Object Oriented Analysis and Development
• He created courses on OMT and UML and trained hundreds of students in OO
• C# (from the first beta versions)
• Web development (from ASP, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC)
• Windows development (WPF, Windows Forms, WCF, Entity Framework, …)
• Much more

Of course, this is only possible with hands-on experience. Gaston worked on many large scale projects for the biggest banks in Belgium, Automotive, Printing, Government, NGOs. His latest and greatest project is all about extending an IoT gateway built in MS Azure.

"Everything should be as simple as it can be but not simpler!" – Albert Einstein

Gaston applies this in all his projects. Using frameworks in the best ways possible he manages to make code shorter, more stable and much more elegant. Obviously, he refuses to be paid by lines of code!

This led to the blog at https://msdev.pro. The articles of this blog are also available on https://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/MemberArticles.aspx?amid=4423636, happy reading!

When he is not working or studying, Gaston can be found on the tatami in his dojo. He is the chief instructor of Ju-Jitsu club Zanshin near Antwerp and holds high degrees in many martial arts as well.

Gaston can best be reached via https://www.linkedin.com/in/gverelst/.

Girish Kalamati

Software Developer (Senior) Mindtree

India

I am a person who thinks in varied directions rather than sticking or thinking the usual way and has tendency to learn new things........ always

Intel

United States

You may know us for our processors. But we do so much more. Intel invents at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business and society, and for every person on Earth.

Harnessing the capability of the cloud, the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, the latest advances in memory and programmable solutions, and the promise of always-on 5G connectivity, Intel is disrupting industries and solving global challenges. Leading on policy, diversity, inclusion, education and sustainability, we create value for our stockholders, customers and society.

This is a Organisation

42 members

Jay Kang

Korea (Republic of)

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Jerome Vonk

Systems Engineer

Brazil

Team lead | Developer | Localization
https://jeromevonk.github.io/

Kamran Bigdely-Shamloo

Engineer

Canada

I develop virtual reality applications.

Kewin Rausch

Software Developer

Italy

I'm a Software Engineer with deep and extended knowledge in Computer Networks and low level environments as kernels and drivers. My core competencies are C/C++ and Assembly programming languages, in both user- and kernel-space, together with an problem-solving oriented mindset and huge imagination to develop alternative approach to deal with them.

Member 13797506

Malta

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Member 9840324

Pakistan

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

MilanGohil

Technical Lead

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Nikola M. Živković

Software Developer (Senior) Vega IT Sourcing

Serbia

Read more at my blog: https://rubikscode.net

OriginalGriff

CEO

Wales

Born at an early age, he grew older. At the same time, his hair grew longer, and was tied up behind his head.
Has problems spelling the word "the".
Invented the portable cat-flap.
Currently, has not died yet. Or has he?

Packt Publishing

United Kingdom

Founded in 2004 in Birmingham, UK, Packt's mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals.

Working towards that vision, we have published over 5000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done - whether that's specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.

Petrov Vladimir

Russian Federation

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Rajat-Indiandotnet

Team Leader

India

I am Rajat Jaiswal from India. I am working as a Technology specialist in one of the reputed company in India with 12+ years of experience. I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP & Alibaba Cloud MVP.
I have always had an affinity to learn something new in technology. Database, Web development, Cloud computing are the areas of my interests always.
I have been a regular contributor to technologies with more than 300+ tips. Learning & Sharing is one of my aims always. Writing blogs, delivering sessions, helping on forums is my hobby.

Ryan G Conrad

Database Developer

United States

I am a database developer working for a SaaS company providing health benefits management software. I have about 8 years of experience working in several SQL database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite and possibly others. I particularly enjoy database and query performance tuning.

Sameh Abdel Mongy

Software Developer ATI Systems

Egypt

I'm passionate ,motivated , interested in Software Engineering Mainly Microsoft technologies
I enjoy Solving complex challenges in addition to optimal solutions that meets users satisfaction with less resources .

Sean Rand

Tester / Quality Assurance

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Sem Shekhovtsov

Software Developer (Senior)

Ukraine

Individual software developer, good experience with PHP, Java, .Net, NodeJs, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, LESS, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, CoffeeScript, ExtJS, Backbone, AngularJS, AJAX, Amazon s3 services, Azure. Programming is not just my work, but more like a hobby. I'm glad to learn new pattern and technologies, making research and study new things. I work remotely for couple of years. More than nine years I'm writing commercial projects.

Sudip Bhakta

Software Developer Koch Technology Center

India

I am a .Net developer having almost 3 years of experience. I love learning new technologies and build cool stuffs. Currently I am working on IoT projects. I am open for communication and freelancing jobs. Current I am working as Software Engineer.

Victor Dashevsky

United States

Columbus, OH

vnmatt

Software Developer (Senior) Freelancer

Australia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Yisrael Lax

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

zdimension

France

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

First Prize	Kewin Rausch - Evolution of Polymorphic Malware
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Mahsa Hassankashi - Big Data
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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