Best Article of September 2020

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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.
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Current Entries

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

Getting Started with U++ 2022.2

26 May 2022Miroslav Fidler

Installation and the first look at U++ platform

C++

Linux

macOS

POSIX

Windows

Raspberry-Pi

Synchronization with Visual C++ and the Windows API

23 Mar 2021Espen Harlinn

Choosing the right synchronization mechanisms when working with threads, thread-pools, and I/O Completion ports to create high performance asynchronous servers in C++

Hello C#! C++ at Your Service

23 Mar 2021Espen Harlinn

A .NET Core client implemented in C# using TcpClient and a multi-threaded server implemented in C++

Arduino Nano Project Displaying Clock, Calendar and Internal and External Temperatures (Ver 1.2)

4 Sep 2020Uzi Granot

Arduino Nano micro controller breadboard project with wiring diagram and source code. Development software by PlatformIO and Arduino Studio.

C++

Arduino

Data Visualization – Insights with Matplotlib

3 Oct 2020Sandeep Mewara

A detailed look at how to deduce insights using Matplotlib with real world examples.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

Physical Simulations in Vanilla JS

29 Sep 2020practicalDeveloper

JavaScript, HTML based physical computer models on canvas

Hex 2048 - A Numbers Game - C#2022

6 Oct 2020Christ Kennedy

A graphically bouncy and colorful version of the popular numbers tile-sliding game

Bernoulli Factory Algorithms

2 Sep 2021Peter Occil

Algorithms to turn biased "coin flips" into biased "coin flips", and how to code them.

Python

random

algorithm

Thread Safe Quantized Temporal Frame Ring Buffer

6 Sep 2020Marc Clifton

Ring buffer to track count of events within a temporal frame

.NET

Dev

How to Prepare for the Coding Interview

25 Sep 2020Sergey Morenko

Guide: How to prepare for a coding interview

All-Topics

Dev

Getting Started with Mesh Shaders in Diligent Engine

23 Sep 2020EgorYusov

Introduction to amplification and mesh shaders, the new programmable stages available in modern GPUs, and how to use them to implement view frustum culling and object LOD selection on the GPU using the Diligent Engine API

Portable Neural Networks with ONNX

3 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

This article is the first in a series of seven articles in which we will explore the value of ONNX with respect to three popular frameworks and three popular programming languages.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Keras

machine-learning

Building a Database Application in Blazor - Part 5 - View Components - CRUD List Operations in the UI

7 Apr 2021Shaun C Curtis

How to build the CRUD List Presentation/UI Layer in a Blazor Database Application

Building an AI Image Classification Model for iOS Using Create ML and Core ML

1 Sep 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we can proceed to train our custom hot dog detection model using Apple’s Create ML.

Python

iOS

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

An Introduction to Parallel Computation and the building of data pipelines with Dataflow Blocks

11 Sep 2020George Swan

How to take advantage of the multi-cored architecture of modern processors by using Dataflow blocks

.NET

Design

Architect

“vshost32.exe has stopped working”

4 Sep 2020Sandeep Mewara

This is another one of the common errors developers get and ask about: vshost32.exe has stopped working.

Arduino - Exercise Reps Counter with Analog Voltage Divider Button Controller

25 Sep 2020Christ Kennedy

An Arduino project that keeps track of your best Workout times and rep-counts

Arduino

hardware

DevOps

Setting Up an Android AI Development Environment

16 Sep 2020Joel Ivory Johnson

This is the first in a series of articles on using TensorFlow Lite on Android to bring the power of machine learning and deep neural networks to mobile application

Python

Android

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

neural-network

How to Create Calling a Complex Function from Visual Studio to Wolfram Mathematica

21 Sep 2020Uladzislau Baryshchyk

Integration of VS and Wolfram Mathematica

.NET

Building a Database Application in Blazor - Part 4 - UI Controls

7 Apr 2021Shaun C Curtis

How to build the UI Controls in a Blazor Database Application

Lyrics Archiver

10 Nov 2020Alexander Chernosvitov

Windows Forms .NET Core app enables to show, search, edit and store lyrics within 7z-archive

.NET-Core

Windows

Using Portable ONNX AI Models in C#

10 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

In this article, I provided a brief overview of the ONNX Runtime and the ONNX format.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Keras

ES6 New Array Methods

11 Oct 2020Jin Vincent Necesario

Discussion of different Array methods of ES6

Teaching a Robot to Walk with AI - Introduction to Continuous Control Environments

25 Sep 2020philoxenic

In this article, we set up with the Bullet physics simulator as a basis for doing some reinforcement learning in continuous control environments.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

Direct2D Tutorial Part 4: Gradient Brush

17 Sep 2020Shao Voon Wong

Direct2D Tutorial on Linear and Radial Gradient Brush

C++

AI Digital Assistant Customization via a Plugin Interface

7 Sep 2020DaveMathews

Customizing and building a Plugin for an AI Voice Assistant platform for PC in C#

.NET

artificial-intelligence

bot

PySide vs PyQt | Understanding the Difference

1 Sep 2020CodingKnight

An examination of PySide and PyQt to help find out which one to use

Python

Mobile

JavaScript Primitive & Reference Types

8 Oct 2020Jin Vincent Necesario

Builtin types of JavaScript and difference between primitive and reference types

Javascript

Dev

Creating an Android AI App With Tensorflow Lite

18 Sep 2020Joel Ivory Johnson

In this article we will create an Android application and import our TensorFlow Lite model into it.

HTML

Java

Android

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

neural-network

qTimeLineEditor - A flexible graphical time line editor for your animations

19 Sep 2020sdancer75

A graphical time line editor to help you create and prototype animations. It is useful for adjusting variables and checking out how the effects change over time with keyframing and easing/twining functions.

Training a Humanoid AI Robot to Walk Using Proximal Policy Optimisation (PPO)

29 Sep 2020philoxenic

In this article in the series we start to focus on one particular, more complex environment that PyBullet makes available: Humanoid, in which we must train a human-like agent to walk on two legs.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

Making TensorFlow Models Portable Using ONNX

9 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

In this article, I provided a brief overview of TensorFlow 1.0 and TensorFlow 2.0 for those looking for a deep learning framework for building and training neural networks.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Keras

tensorflow

A Line Chart in Plain PHP

16 Sep 2020mislc

Explanation of a class that you can use to add a line chart to your PHP page

PHP

Unit Testing with C#, including MVC

20 Sep 2020F-ES Sitecore

A discussion of what to unit test in your C# code and how to test it, including a section covering MVC

.NET

Dev

unit-testing

Slang and the CodeDOM Go! Kit: A C# Based Subset for Code Analysis and Code Generation

5 Sep 2020honey the codewitch

Parse, analyze, and transform your code with Slang

Making Keras Models Portable Using ONNX

4 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

In this article I provide a brief overview of Keras for those looking for a deep learning framework for building and training neural networks

Python

artificial-intelligence

Keras

machine-learning

Making PyTorch AI Models Portable Using ONNX

8 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

In this article I provide a brief overview of PyTorch for those looking for a deep learning framework for building and training neural networks.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Keras

Using Portable ONNX AI Models in Java

11 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

In this article, I provided a brief overview of the ONNX Runtime and the ONNX format.

Java

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

Demystifying Behavior Driven Development with Cucumber-JVM

4 Sep 2020Iqra Ali

This article targets the needs of users who want to get a kick start with BDD practices and Cucumber-JVM in particular.

Java

Gherkin

Removing Comments from JSON with Python

4 Sep 2020Ahmed Bouchefra

How to remove comments from JSON using Python

Sanity Testing with TestNG

8 Sep 2020Iqra Ali

The article explains the concept of Sanity Testing and the implementation using TestNG features.

Training Your Own TensorFlow Neural Network For Android

23 Sep 2020Joel Ivory Johnson

In this article we will generate output from a program will provide a TensorFlow freeze graph ready to be used or converted to TensorFlow Lite.

Python

Android

artificial-intelligence

tensorflow

neural-network

Training a Humanoid AI Robot to Walk With Soft Actor Critic (SAC)

30 Sep 2020philoxenic

In this article we will adapt our code to train the Humanoid environment using a different algorithm: Soft Actor-Critic (SAC).

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

Regex+ - Extended Regular Expression Engine

17 Feb 2021Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Description of the newly available Regex+ engine for Java

Java

JVM

Using the Q42 HueApi Library

1 Oct 2020andriks@home

Windows Forms demonstration of using the Q42 HueApi library

.NET

Dev

Why You Really Need a Private Nuget Feed

1 Sep 2020Kevin Mack

What's the need for a private Nuget feed

continuous-delivery

NuGet

CDS Data Binding using Knockout

1 Sep 2020YawerIqbal

Query data from a CDS entity and use Knockout to bind it in a model-driven app web resource

bootstrap

Knockout.js

Using C++ to Simplify the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) API - Part 2

1 Sep 2020Espen Harlinn

An Implementation of a Database layer using my C++ wrapper classes for the ESE C API

Converting Column Numbers to Range Headers and Vice Versa

2 Sep 2020Darren G441

Two functions to help manipulate Excel sheets with VBA by converting Column Header letters to 1 based numbers and back

Using Portable ONNX AI Models in Python

14 Sep 2020Keith Pijanowski

In this article, I provided a brief overview of the ONNX Runtime and the ONNX format.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

Current Participants

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

Ahmed Bouchefra

Software Developer

Morocco

Ahmed is a web developer.

Alexander Chernosvitov

Instructor / Trainer Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic Universi

Russian Federation

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University professor,
Microsoft Authorized Educational Center trainer,
Microsoft Certified Professional (C# Desktop Apps and MFC)
Lectures on OOP, C# and C++, Windows programming with C# and C++.
Have long practice and experience in finding the right way to formulate and numerically solve differential equations.

andriks@home

Software Developer retired

Netherlands

Previously employed as a software developer/consultant in watermanagement. Now retired due to health problems. But I still like creating a bit of software more than solving cross-word puzzles.

Christ Kennedy

CEO unemployable

Canada

Christ Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Montreal and is a bilingual Quebecois with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from McGill University. He is unemployable and currently living in Moncton, N.B. writing his next novel.

CodingKnight

Pakistan

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

Darren G441

Database Developer self interested

United Kingdom

I have been a software developer for about 20 years, mostly in small IT department that means you do all the roles all the time from 1st line support to 3rd line diagnostics and help authoring. To be fair, I don't do enough of the later which in turn causes way too much of the former with new staff always ready to show you how unintuitive your interfaces are!

I generally consider myself a "data plumber" with the majority of my work in back end SQL. If I could rule the world by writing a SPROC I would....

New definition of Stoicism: Someone who start a career in I.T. and still has a career in I.T. after 20 years!

DaveMathews

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

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

EgorYusov

United States

Being a 3D graphics enthusiast for many years, I have worked on various rendering technologies including deformable terrain, physically-based water, shadows, volumetric and post-processing effects and other. I run Diligent Graphics as a place where I can experiment, learn new technologies, try new algorithms and share my ideas.

Espen Harlinn

Architect Sea Surveillance AS

Norway

Chief Architect - Sea Surveillance AS.

Specializing in integrated operations and high performance computing solutions.

I’ve been fooling around with computers since the early eighties, I’ve even done work on CP/M and MP/M.

Wrote my first “real” program on a BBC micro model B based on a series in a magazine at that time. It was fun and I got hooked on this thing called programming ...

A few Highlights:

High performance application server development
Model Driven Architecture and Code generators
Real-Time Distributed Solutions
C, C++, C#, Java, TSQL, PL/SQL, Delphi, ActionScript, Perl, Rexx
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, IBM DB2, PostGreSQL
AMQP, Apache qpid, RabbitMQ, Microsoft Message Queuing, IBM WebSphereMQ, Oracle TuxidoMQ
Oracle WebLogic, IBM WebSphere
Corba, COM, DCE, WCF
AspenTech InfoPlus.21(IP21), OsiSoft PI

More information about what I do for a living can be found at: harlinn.com or LinkedIn

You can contact me at espen@harlinn.no

F-ES Sitecore

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

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

George Swan

Student

Wales

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

honey the codewitch

United States

Just a shiny lil monster. Casts spells in C++. Mostly harmless.

Iqra Ali

Software Developer StackFinity

United Kingdom

I'm a Test Automation Engineer with a mindset of sharing my knowledge with the community around because helping others drives our success in the long run. My main programming languages are Python, Java, and C#; however, I have written code in many other languages and can pick up new languages and frameworks quickly.

I always keep a goal to reach and currently working on bridging the gap between my thoughts to solve a problem and shaping it into a good code so the computer could get it. I love coffee, night walk, fruits.

Jarek Szczegielniak

Architect

Poland

Jarek has two decades of professional experience in software architecture and development, machine learning, business and system analysis, logistics, and business process optimization.
He is passionate about creating software solutions with complex logic, especially with the application of AI.

Jin Vincent Necesario

Software Developer

Philippines

Jin humbles himself as a C# programmer and a web developer, who loves backend and middleware development and still improving his skills at the front-end arena. He loves what he does, but far from perfect, here is a list of what he loves to do: read, write and code.

This is a Social Group

2 members

Joel Ivory Johnson

Software Developer

United States

I attended Southern Polytechnic State University and earned a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and later returned to earn a Masters of Science in Software Engineering. I've largely developed solutions that are based on a mix of Microsoft technologies with open source technologies mixed in. I've got an interest in astronomy and you'll see that interest overflow into some of my code project articles from time to time.

J2i.net

Twitter:@j2inet

Instagram: j2inet

Keith Pijanowski

Technical Lead Bank of New York Mellon

United States

Keith is a sojourner in the software industry. He has over 30 years of experience building and bringing applications to market. He has worked for startups and large enterprises in roles ranging from tech lead to business development manager. He is currently a senior engineer on BNY Mellon's Distribution Analytics team where he is building data pipelines from on-premise data sources to the cloud.

Kevin Mack

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

My name is Kevin Mack, I'm a software developer in the Harrisburg Area. I have been a software developer since 2005, and in that time have worked on a large variety of projects. Everything from small applications, to mobile and Enterprise solutions. I love technology and enjoy my work and am always looking to learn something new. In my spare time I love spending time with my family, and learning new ways to leverage technology to make people's lives better. If you ask me what I do, I'll probably tell you I can paid to solve problems all-day-every-day.

Check out my blog at https://kmack.azurewebsites.net/ and https://totalalm.azurewebsites.net/

Marc Clifton

Architect Interacx

United States

Blog: https://marcclifton.wordpress.com/
Home Page: http://www.marcclifton.com
Research: http://www.higherorderprogramming.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/cliftonm

All my life I have been passionate about architecture / software design, as this is the cornerstone to a maintainable and extensible application. As such, I have enjoyed exploring some crazy ideas and discovering that they are not so crazy after all. I also love writing about my ideas and seeing the community response. As a consultant, I've enjoyed working in a wide range of industries such as aerospace, boatyard management, remote sensing, emergency services / data management, and casino operations. I've done a variety of pro-bono work non-profit organizations related to nature conservancy, drug recovery and women's health.

Miroslav Fidler

Czech Republic

Mirek Fidler is C/C++ programmer for more than 20 years. He is a coauthor of U++ framework.

Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Architect Solely

Kazakstan

Born 11/09/84, a student of Kazakh National Technical University graduating with a badge as a notable graduate, holding the academic role in Institute of Problems in Informatics and Control (title - academician)

mislc

Netherlands

I am a retired software developer, living near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I have been coding since 1977 and still enjoy doing so.

Peter Occil

United States

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

philoxenic

Web Developer

United Kingdom

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

practicalDeveloper

Software Developer

Other

.NET, Web developer
MSc in Computer Science

Sandeep Mewara

Architect Intuit India

India

A software professional for more than 17+ years building solutions for Web and Desktop applications.

Currently working at Intuit India.

Website: Learn By Insight
Github: Sandeep Mewara
LinkedIn: Sandeep Mewara

Strongly believe in learning and sharing knowledge.

sdancer75

Web Developer Paradox Interactive

Greece

George Papaioannou, Greece
Application & Multimedia Programmer
http://www.paradoxinteractive.gr

Sergey Morenko

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

B.Sc. in Computer Science.

Shao Voon Wong

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Shao Voon is from Singapore. His interest lies primarily in computer graphics, software optimization, concurrency, security, and Agile methodologies.

In recent years, he shifted focus to software safety research. His hobby is writing a free C++ DirectX photo slideshow application which can be viewed here.

Shaun C Curtis

Retired Cold Elm

United Kingdom

Ex Geologist, Project Manager, Web Hoster, Business Owner and IT Consultant. Now, a traveller to places less travelled. And part time developer trying to keep up!

If you feel like saying thanks, the next time you see a charity request, DONATE. No matter how small, no matter who, it'll count. If you have a choice in the UK, Barnados.

Uladzislau Baryshchyk

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

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

Uzi Granot

Canada

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

YawerIqbal

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

Developer

First Prize	Espen Harlinn - Synchronization with Visual C++ and the Windows API
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	practicalDeveloper - Physical Simulations in Vanilla JS
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Miroslav Fidler - Getting Started with U++ 2022.2
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

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.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
No author can be nominated twice.
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.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
By entering the contest you agree to the rules, conditions of entry, and agree that your member alias and any submitted material can be used for promotional purposes by CodeProject.
Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry unless clearly indicated otherwise. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.