Best VB.NET Article of February 2014

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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.

Check out the submission guidelines for information on posting articles.

Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Multicultural Code in VB.net and WPF

18 Feb 2014Shabra

How to use Resx files to internationalize your code

.NET

WPF

Dev

globalization

localization

Update Rules; Don't Miss Emails From Actual People!

14 Feb 2014PopeDarren

Update Rules With Exception on Reply and Forward

VB6

Office

Back and Forward button for MDI Parent form to traverse through opened MDI child forms

27 Feb 2014Sarath Jayachandran

A Look At NServiceBus Sagas

23 Feb 2014Sacha Barber

A small article on how to use NServiceBus to create workflows

Crystal Reports 2008 Dynamic Connection to Embedded Reports

13 Feb 2014Mik Wadstrom

Simple way to use Crystal reports as embedded dynamic printable reports

Tracking Microsoft Solutions (a Newer SCM tool)

13 Feb 2014sbarnes

A small utility that feature-creeped into Yet Another SCM tool - a useful app to examine

Data validation in WPF

5 Feb 2014DonWim

how to implement data validation via regular expressions in a WPF application

LINQ Script: A Universal Object-Oriented Database Query Language

6 Feb 2014Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Using LINQ script to query the Object-Oriented Biological database

CQRS on Windows Azure - The Command Handler

8 Jan 2017Duncan Edwards Jones

Following on from "CQRS on Windows Azure - The command side" this article shows how the commands are processed by the command handler

VB-JSON Parser - Improved Performance

17 Jun 2014Sam Gerené

Factor 2 improved performance on VB-JSON Parser

Simple .Net progress bar using async/await

18 Feb 2014furytrader

Using .Net's Async/Await Framework To Create ProgressBar

.NET

Visual-Studio

Dev

VB6 and VBA: Creating a Variable and an Array that Points to Same Data

10 Mar 2014EiadXP

This is a very fast way to access string (or other) data with minimum memory consumption.

Test Driven Development Example - CUSIP Validation

25 Feb 2014Duncan Edwards Jones

A worked example of test driven development using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting

.NET

Dev

The repository pattern (in VB.Net)

26 Nov 2015Duncan Edwards Jones

A VB.Net implementation of the repository pattern

.NET

Dev

Architect

[Mail Sent]How to Send an Email in ASP.NET Application

7 Feb 2014Subodh Raghav

In this tip, you will learn how to send an email in your ASP.NET application.

.NET

.NET3.5

ASP.NET

Current Participants

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

DonWim

Software Developer (Senior)

Belgium

I've been a developer since the late 90's, going from Mainframe to Object Oriented. I'm in a small team, developing inhouse WPF applications, used for commercial support.

I'll try to share information and tips and tricks for developing in WPF, explain how we solved issues, what we did to meet our goal.

If you have any questions, remarks, suggestions... please let me know !

regs,
Wim

Duncan Edwards Jones

Software Developer

Ireland

C# / SQL Server developer
Microsoft MVP (Azure) 2017
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic) 2006, 2007

EiadXP

Software Developer

Syrian Arab Republic

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

furytrader

Unknown

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

Mik Wadstrom

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

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

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Technical Lead PANOMIX

China

He is good and loves VisualBasic! Senior data scientist at PANOMIX

github: https://github.com/xieguigang

PopeDarren

Software Developer (Senior) MFA Oil

United States

I like puzzles, math, astronomy, books and movies and I read about 3 sci-fi books every month. I also love to laugh. I'm the guy who laughs out loud with headphones on. I know, most of you all hate that guy... but you try to watch this without laughing out loud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1kq6CA_38

Sacha Barber

Software Developer (Senior)

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

Sam Gerené

Systems Engineer RHEA

Netherlands

I am an aerospace engineer with a passion for software engineering. I use my software engineering skills primarily to create solutions for other engineering domains such as the aerospace engineering domain. My focus lies mainly on software solutions to support collaborative Model Based System Engineering (MBSE). I have been involved for the last 20 years in designing space missions, satellites, other complex systems and software to support the design of these systems for organizations such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) as well as commercial companies such as Airbus DS and Thales.

Currently I am employed by RHEA and I spend most of my time, together with my team, to develop the Concurrent Design Platform (https://www.rheagroup.com/services-solutions/system-engineering/concurrent-design/download-cdp4-comet/) as well as life cycle management tools for the Space Industry. I am also an active owner of the Concurrent Design group on linked-in https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3420542 where you can find interesting posts and articles on Concurrent Design.

Sarath Jayachandran

United Arab Emirates

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

sbarnes

CEO

United States

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

Shabra

Software Developer (Senior) Starwise Software Ltd

United Kingdom

Shabra started programming in assembler and has migrated through BCPL to Visual Basic 6. Since 2013 she has been developing a desktop application with VB.Net and WPF.

Subodh Raghav

India

Subodh Raghav, a Software Architect and certified web enthusiast, acquired his formal education and training at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Application and as of the present time; takes pride in working in the I.T. industry.

Subodh’s first article had been featured and published in EzineArticles.com and ArticlesBase.com among many others. As a programming enthusiast and a self-confessed “programming addict”, he has created various software applications to maximize the lifestyles of the modern internet users and other people who share his passion for computer technology. With over 1K+ original posts in his blog, he continues to impart his expertise to others by way of posting new and valuable information that can make a major difference in people’s lives.

Subodh’s hobbies and personal interests include writing informative blogs and surfing the internet; and he also takes inspiration from music and physical sports such as Cricket. Currently, he works for a IT Company in Noida, India; and is the author of his own blog.

First Prize	Sacha Barber - A Look At NServiceBus Sagas
Prize pool	CodeProject Laptop Sleeve - CodeProject


Second Prize	Duncan Edwards Jones - Test Driven Development Example - CUSIP Validation
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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