Best Article of March 2022

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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.

Internals of How the await Keyword Works

15 Mar 2022David Deley

Internal working of the await keyword

Await

Fluent Interface Pattern in C# - With Inheritance Problem

5 Mar 2022Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Fluent Interface Pattern in C#

text

patterns

MVVM-B - B from Business logic

14 Mar 2022Paulo Zemek

Mistakes that can be made while using MVVM and how to overcome them

Swift

MVVM

Complex Math Parser and Evaluator in VB.NET

15 Aug 2023Xavier Junqué i de Fortuny

Reduces/evaluates a real/complex math expression

.NET

Parser

mathematics

Simple Fast Adaptive Grid to Accelerate Collision Detection between AABB of Particles

16 Apr 2022tugrulGtx

A walkthrough for a grid implementation of "particle in cell" problem to improve performance of axis-aligned bounding-box (AABB) collision checking in various scenarios

Create a Digital Ocean Droplet for .NET Core Web API with a real SSL Certificate on a Domain

1 Mar 2022Marc Clifton

I want to host some simple applications under a real HTTPS domain. This article describes my foray into doing exactly this with a Digital Ocean Droplet.

Observer Pattern in C#

11 Sep 2022Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Observer pattern in C#

multi-threading

patterns

Blazor Communicates with Win Desktop App through SignalR

17 Mar 2022Ladware.Net

Blazor and Windows Form desktop application

.NET4.8

.NET6

NewtonPlus - A Fast Big Number Square Root Function

1 Jul 2023Ryan Scott White

A fast, possibly the fastest, square root function for Big Integers and Floats in C# and Java.

Airspace Solution

28 Feb 2022Saurabh Singh _

A simple approach to handle Airspace problem

WPF

An Introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC through an Example (Part 1)

9 Mar 2022Coding Notes

An introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC

Must Read for WPF Developers: WPF Control Test Bench

21 Mar 2022Peter Huber SG

WpfTestbench helps you to write sophisticated test windows for your WPF controls with few lines of code

On How to Mix Two Signals by using Spectral Forecast

20 Mar 2022Paul Aurelian Gagniuc

This article shows how to mix two signals into a third, in variable proportions.

Javascript

Java

VB6

Using GFX in PlatformIO

21 Apr 2022honey the codewitch

Take advantage of the PlatformIO repository to easily add GFX to your projects

Big Stuff on Little Widgets: An Exploration of Doing More With Less

25 Mar 2022honey the codewitch

On PC platforms, just getting it done is king. On IoT, the trick is doing it in the first place.

C++

Arduino

ESP32

TypeStatic - Utility for Saving Text

21 Mar 2022Roger65

How to type text into a static control, change the font used and then save it into a bitmap

Order of Execution in SQL Explained

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this blog entry we do an overview of the order if execution in SQL.

SQL

database

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). Console Application to Share Internet Connection to Other Network Interface

9 Mar 2022SiretT

Console app to share internet connection with other network interface

What is a Database Cursor?

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

Learn about a database cursor with an example and when to use it in a SP

SQL

database

How to Use SQL Variables in Queries

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this video and the following article, we’ll take you step-by-step through the process of changing a query’s filter criteria into a SQL variable, then ultimately into a stored procedure.

SQL

database

mscript - Version 2.0 Adds Error Handling, New Functions, and DLL Integration

2 Apr 2022Michael Sydney Balloni

If you were on the fence about adding mscript to your arsenal of system tools, have another look.

Creating Custom Draw Targets in GFX

25 Mar 2022honey the codewitch

A more in-depth guide to creating drivers and other custom draw targets for GFX

Exploring GraphQL with Node.js APIs

30 Mar 2022Vigneshwaran Balasubramani

How to implement a GraphQL server with Node.js and Express

Node.js

graphql

Top 5 Stored Procedure Performance Tips You Can Use

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

Top five performance tips for Stored Procedures

SQL

database

SQL Data Types

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this article we’re going to cover the seven data types you’ll most frequently encounter in your everyday use of SQL.

SQL

Build an Ionic App for Searching gifs using Giphy API

15 Mar 2022Nikola Breznjak

This blog entry covers what we learned at the first Ionic framework meetup in Čakovec.

HTML

Javascript

ionic

Introduction to TDD in Ionic Framework

15 Mar 2022Nikola Breznjak

An introduction to Test Driven Development in Ionic

An Introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC through an Example (Part 3)

17 Mar 2022Coding Notes

An introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC

ggGraph - Quick, Lightweight JavaScript Graphing

23 Mar 2022HoshiKata

This is a JavaScript / Canvas driven data graphing library. It's designed for speed, big data and simplicity.

Javascript

web

Tutorial: Compare JSON Documents and Apply Patches in TerminusDB and MongoDB

2 Mar 2022Oliver Smith 2022

Save time comparing JSON docs and build collaboration features into your applications

SQL GROUP BY Guide

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

How to use SQL GROUP BY Clause is to consolidate like values into a single row

SQL

SQL FULL Join Tutorial

6 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this article we look at SQL FULL JOIN examples and make a few notes of things to look for.

SQL

database

SQL Data Conversions

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

Learn about implicit data conversion and explicit type conversions with CAST AND CONVERT

SQL

database

SQL Bill of Materials Example

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

Puzzle to explore a SQL BOM example

SQL

database

SQL DATEDIFF Function

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this blog entry we do an overview of the SQL DATEDIFF function

SQL

An Ultimate Guide to Write an SQL Query

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this article we’ve collected all the essential information about writing SQL queries into one ultimate guide to help you gain and practice this knowledge more effectively.

SQL

SQL Window Functions

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

The purpose of this article is to introduce you to SQL window functions and some of the high-level concepts.

SQL

Left Join versus Right Join Comparison

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

In this blog entry we discuss the difference between left join versus right join operators.

SQL

database

Executing SQL Code within EntityFrameworkCore Migration in Correct Order (SQLite)

10 Mar 2022Master DJon

New MigrationSqlGenerator to generate SQL from MigrationOperations having attribute "ExecuteAfter" or "ExecuteBefore"

entity-framework

SQLite

Raneto Google OAuth login

15 Mar 2022Nikola Breznjak

Adding Google OAuth support to Raneto as the latter allows only basic username/password authentication

OAuth2

OAuth

A C# Library to Generate and Display Digital Signals

3 Mar 2022JorgeLuisOrejel

C# library that generates and displays various digital signals in Windows Forms

Thread-safe Events in C#

11 Mar 2022Mark Pelf

Discussion on proper method to check for null-value and raise Event in C#

text

multi-threading

How to Easily Map EntityFramework/EntityFrameworkCore Entities from/to DTOs

22 Oct 2023David_Cui

To introduce a free library to save some tedious work for writing mapping code between entities and DTOs

EF-Core

entity-framework

JSON

Multithreading in C#

1 Mar 2022Uladzislau Baryshchyk

An overview of multithreading in C#

A Small Vector and Hash Table Implementation w/ No STL Dependencies

16 Mar 2022honey the codewitch

Get your data on, even on platforms without a reliable STL implementation using these simple but critical classes.

Joins vs Subqueries SQL Puzzle

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

Puzzle to teach joins vs subqueries in SQL

SQL

database

Rewrite Subquery as a Join

7 Mar 2022essentialSQL

How to rewrite a subquery as a join

SQL

database

An Introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC through an Example (Part 2)

12 Mar 2022Coding Notes

An introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC

Lightweight Implementation of Autocomplete

4 Mar 2022gggustafson

Autocomplete, or word completion, is a feature in which an application predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. This article describes a lightweight implementation.

How to do an Impossible Join with String Split

4 Mar 2022essentialSQL

Use STRING_SPLIT() to join two tables

SQL

Current Participants

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

David Deley

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

1987 M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
1985 B.S., Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

David_Cui

Singapore

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

essentialSQL

Easy Computer Academy, LLC

United States

Hello my name is Kris. I’m here because I am passionate about helping non-techie people to overcome their fear of learning SQL.

I know what it is like to not know where to start or whether the time spent learning is worth the effort. That is why I am here to help you to:
- Get started in an easy to follow step-by-step manner.
- Use your time wisely so you focus on what is important to learn to get the most value from your time.
- Answer your questions. Really! Just post a comment and I’ll respond. I’m here to help.

It wasn’t long ago that I was helping a colleague with some reporting. She didn’t know where to start and soon got overwhelmed and lost as she didn’t know SQL.

I felt really bad, as she was under pressure to get some summary information to her boss, the built-in reports were falling short, and to make them better would require her to know SQL. At that time that seemed impossible! It in dawned on me, it doesn’t have to be that way.

Then I discovered a way for anyone with the desire to easily learn SQL. I worked with my co-worker, started to teach her what I learned and soon she was able to write reports and answer her boss’ questions without getting stressed or ploughing hours into manipulating data in Excel.

It hasn’t always been easy. Sometimes the information seems abstract or too conceptual. In this case I’ve found out that a visual explanation is best. I really like to use diagrams or videos to explain hard-to-grasp ideas.

Having video, pictures, and text really help to reinforce the point and enable learning.

And now I want to help you get the same results.

The first step is simple, click here http://www.essentialsql.com/get-started-with-sql-server/

gggustafson

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

In 1964, I was in the US Coast Guard when I wrote my first program. It was written in RPG (note no suffixing numbers). Programs and data were entered using punched cards. Turnaround was about 3 hours. So much for the "good old days!"

In 1970, when assigned to Washington DC, I started my MS in Mechanical Engineering. I specialized in Transportation. Untold hours in statistical theory and practice were required, forcing me to use the university computer and learn the FORTRAN language, still using punched cards!

In 1973, I was employed by the Norfolk VA Police Department as a crime analyst for the High Intensity Target program. There, I was still using punched cards!

In 1973, I joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). There, for the first time, I was introduced to a terminal with the ability to edit, compile, link, and test my programs on-line. CSC also gave me the opportunity to discuss technical issues with some of the brightest minds I've encountered during my career.

In 1975, I moved to San Diego to head up an IR&D project, BIODAB. I returned to school (UCSD) and took up Software Engineering at the graduate level. After BIODAB, I headed up a team that fixed a stalled project. I then headed up one of the two most satisfying projects of my career, the Automated Flight Operations Center at Ft. Irwin, CA.

I left Anteon Corporation (the successor to CSC on a major contract) and moved to Pensacola, FL. For a small company I built their firewall, given free to the company's customers. An opportunity to build an air traffic controller trainer arose. This was the other most satisfying project of my career.

Today, I consider myself capable.

honey the codewitch

United States

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

HoshiKata

Technical Lead

United States

Phil is a Principal Software developer focusing on weird yet practical algorithms that run the gamut of embedded and desktop (PID loops, Kalman filters, FFTs, client-server SOAP bindings, ASIC design, communication protocols, game engines, robotics).

In his personal life he is a part time mad scientist, full time dad, and studies small circle jujitsu, plays guitar and piano.

JorgeLuisOrejel

United States

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

Ladware.Net

Software Developer (Senior) Ladware.Net

Italy

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

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.

Mark Pelf

Software Developer

Serbia

Mark Pelf is the pen name of just another Software Engineer from Belgrade, Serbia.
My Blog https://markpelf.com/

Master DJon

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

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

Michael Sydney Balloni

Software Developer

United States

Michael Balloni is a manager of software development at a cybersecurity software and services provider.

Check out https://www.michaelballoni.com for all the programming fun he's done over the years.

He has been developing software since 1994, back when Mosaic was the web browser of choice. IE 4.0 changed the world, and Michael rode that wave for five years at a .com that was a cloud storage system before the term "cloud" meant anything. He moved on to a medical imaging gig for seven years, working up and down the architecture of a million-lines-code C++ system.

Michael has been at his current cybersecurity gig since then, making his way into management. He still loves to code, so he sneaks in as much as he can at work and at home.

Ngọc Minh Trần

Software Developer

Vietnam

I am a teacher, a software developer. I love reading, travelling and I am also blogging on ngocminhtran.com (in VietNamese).

Nikola Breznjak

Software Developer (Senior)

Croatia

I’m an engineer at heart and a jack of all trades kind of guy.

For those who care about titles, I hold a masters degree in computing from FER (and a black belt in karate, but that’s another story…).

During the last years, worked in a betting software industry where I made use of my knowledge in areas ranging from full-stack (web & desktop) development to game development through Linux and database administration and use of various languages (C#, PHP, JavaScript to name just a few).

Currently, I’m a senior software engineer at TelTech, where we make innovative communications apps, and I <3 it.

Lately, I’m very passionate about Ionic framework and am currently in the top 3 answerers on StackOverflow in Ionic framework. I wrote a book about Ionic framework which you can get for free on Leanpub: Ionic framework – step by step from idea through prototyping to the app stores.

Other technical writing:

+ wrote a book Getting MEAN with MEMEs
was a technical reviewer for a book Deploying Node published by Packt
was a technical reviewer for a book Getting started with Ionic published by Packt
After writing 300 posts, this is why I think you should start blogging too

Come and see what I write about on my blog.

Oliver Smith 2022

United States

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

Paul Aurelian Gagniuc

Romania

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

Paulo Zemek

Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft

United States

I started to program computers when I was 11 years old, as a hobbyist, programming in AMOS Basic and Blitz Basic for Amiga.
At 12 I had my first try with assembler, but it was too difficult at the time. Then, in the same year, I learned C and, after learning C, I was finally able to learn assembler (for Motorola 680x0).
Not sure, but probably between 12 and 13, I started to learn C++. I always programmed "in an object oriented way", but using function pointers instead of virtual methods.

At 15 I started to learn Pascal at school and to use Delphi. At 16 I started my first internship (using Delphi). At 18 I started to work professionally using C++ and since then I've developed my programming skills as a professional developer in C++ and C#, generally creating libraries that help other developers do their work easier, faster and with less errors.

Want more info or simply want to contact me?
Take a look at: http://paulozemek.azurewebsites.net/
Or e-mail me at: paulozemek@outlook.com

Codeproject MVP 2012, 2015 & 2016
Microsoft MVP 2013-2014 (in October 2014 I started working at Microsoft, so I can't be a Microsoft MVP anymore).

Peter Huber SG

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Retired SW Developer from Switzerland living in Singapore

Interested in WPF projects.

Roger65

United States

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

Ryan Scott White

Help desk / Support

United States

Ryan White is an IT Coordinator, currently living in Pleasanton, California.

He earned his B.S. in Computer Science at California State University East Bay in 2012. Ryan has been writing lines of code since the age of 7 and continues to enjoy programming in his free time.

You can contact Ryan at s u n s e t q u e s t -A-T- h o t m a i l DOT com if you have any questions he can help out with.

Saurabh Singh _

Software Developer (Senior)

India

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

SiretT

Engineer

Cuba

Telecommunications and Electronics Engineer

tugrulGtx

Turkey

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

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.

Vigneshwaran Balasubramani

United States

Vigneshwaran Balasubramani is an experienced software engineer and an author at ContentLab. He is skilled in Angular, React, React Native, JavaScript, NodeJS, Docker, and following programming best practices.

Xavier Junqué i de Fortuny

Spain

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

First Prize	David Deley - Internals of How the await Keyword Works
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	tugrulGtx - Simple Fast Adaptive Grid to Accelerate Collision Detection between AABB of Particles
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	JorgeLuisOrejel - A C# Library to Generate and Display Digital Signals
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Mark Pelf - Fluent Interface Pattern in C# - With Inheritance Problem
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.