Best C# Article of December 2015

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Lightning-Fast Nested User Groups in C#

5 Dec 2015Daniel Miller

This article describes the C# implementation for a high-performance user/role security principal hierarchy.

Javascript

.NET4.5

.NET

Introduction to FORTRAN Interoperability with .NET

16 May 2016Christ Akkermans

An introduction to the strange world of mixed language programming with FORTRAN and C# .NET code

WPFSpark v1.2

15 Mar 2016Ratish Philip

The next version of the useful WPF controls is here

Hadoop For .Net & AngularJS Developers

29 Dec 2015Bert O Neill

Query Hadoop using Microsoft oriented technologies (C#, SSIS, SQL Server, Excel etc.)

Javascript

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Group Sudoku in AngularJs and SignalR

14 Apr 2021Anurag Gandhi

A group Sudoku game to demonstrate the usage of SignalR in AngularJs application

Real-Time Web App Made Simple with MVVM Pattern over SignalR - Part 1

15 Jul 2017dsuryd

SignalR is great for building real-time web functionality. MVVM is great for developing your front-end. What if they can be used together? This tip will show how to do just that, using as example a simple project to do live chart on a web browser.

OperationResult Class in Support of Multiple Return Values from a Method

14 Dec 2015Darek Danielewski

Sometimes, you just must return multiple values from a method. Instead of specifying out or passing arguments by reference, consider an OperationResult class.

Deployment, because WPF desktop applications aren't dead yet

18 Dec 2015Mohamed Kalmoua

This article describes how you can deploy your application using ClickOnce and Windows Installer technology.

Composite Applications with Prism in WPF - Part 3

5 Dec 2015Snesh Prajapati

In this article we will learn about EventAggregator and IActiveAware interface and its uses in WPF application using Prism. This is continuation of second part of article series having total three parts.

Introduction to Windows 10 IoT

11 Feb 2016Martin Gmuca

A brief introduction to Windows 10 IoT development

Win10

.NET

Dev

Creating a “customizable” personal blog using ASP.NET

15 Dec 2015Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is part 1 of the articles that I want to write for ASP.NET beginners, who want to build their own personal web sites, that mimic characteristics of blog. It covers the ASP.NET web application part.

An Insight into Region Creation and RegionAdapters in Prism based WPF Applications

17 Dec 2015Snesh Prajapati

To work with Regions effectively in a Prism based WPF application, we must understand the relationship between WPF Controls, RegionAdapters and Regions. In this articles, we will learn about process of Region creation and critical role played by RegionAdapters with a demo application.

Apply Google reCAPTCHA into Your Site

9 Dec 2015Andy Feng

This article introduces how to apply Google reCAPTCHA into form submission of your site.

Javascript

HTML

WPF Fundamental Concepts in Easy Samples Part 2 MultiBindings, ControlTemplates, Styles

20 Dec 2015Nick Polyak

continues explanation of basic WPF concepts - multibinding, control templates and styles

C#3.5

VS2013

Centralizing WCF Client Configuration in a Class Libary

3 Dec 2015Nejimon CR

This article describes how to put your WCF client configuration in a class library's config file instead of client application's config file

MDI Case Study Purchasing - Part VIII - Copy & Paste

2 Dec 2015stebo0728

How to Create and Use Custom Control in UWP

1 Dec 2015Umer Qureshi

How to create a Custom Control so it can be used later and how to give access to some of it properties

Integration of MVC to WCF Service

28 Dec 2015Dhruti90

MVC functionalities with web service with simple integration

Simple C# Watchdog

20 Dec 2015roshfsk

This tip will describe the use of a simple watchdog process to monitor and revive another application.

How to Navigate Among Pages in UWP

1 Dec 2015Umer Qureshi

Explains how to navigate among pages with button clicks

MDI Case Study Purchasing - Part X - Smart Saving

14 Dec 2015stebo0728

Ranking Tokens using TF-IDF in C#

16 Dec 2015Jesús Utrera

Using text retrieval TF-IDF technique to rank tokens in a text document

Support Desk Day 3 of n

29 Dec 2015ryanba29

First Draft. This is day three of a multi day project using ASP.NET Web API for the server and WPF MVVM for the client.

ProcessWatcher: Leverage ManagementEventWatcher to Always Know What Is Running on Your System

21 Dec 2015raddevus

This little desktop app gives you an easy way to track processes which start and stop even when your computer is locked. Also, easily save data and view in Excel.

Using JavaScript frameworks from your C#/UWP application

2 Dec 2015David Catuhe

Thanks to Chakra (the JavaScript engine used by Microsoft Edge), it is now possible to host one of the fastest JavaScript engines (and also the one with the highest support of ECMAScript 6) inside any Universal Windows Platform application.

Javascript

WinRT

Win32

A Navigation System for UWP Apps

20 Dec 2015Akash Gutha

This tip is aimed at providing a simple solution for simple page to page navigation system for your UWP apps.

Rules Design Pattern in Automation Testing

20 Dec 2015Anton Angelov

A detailed overview with examples of how to utilize the Rules Design Pattern in automated tests to separate individual rules from rules processing logic. The post Rules Design Pattern in Automation Testing appeared first on Automate The Planet.

.NET

Dev

Architect

Async Await with Web Forms Over Multiple Postbacks

30 Dec 2015Tristan9

Better use async / await in web applications

.NET

SSIS SCD2 Script Lookup

25 Feb 2016Miljan Radovic

C# Script in SSIS which can be used to replace standard (slow) SSIS SCD2 Lookup

SSIS

Linq, Lambda and Expressions

12 Dec 2015aboubkr90

A way around "The LINQ expression node type 'Invoke' is not supported in LINQ to Entities"

Control Arduino Servo By KinectV2 Using C#

14 Dec 2015Tareq_Gamal

Control Arduino ports and servo using C# and Kinect V2

Arduino

VS2013

MDI Case Study Purchasing - Part XI - MigraDoc

29 Dec 2015stebo0728

Telerik RadGridView Selected and Hover Row Colors

19 Dec 2015Clifford Nelson

It is not straight forward to change the row selected and hover colors on the Telerik RadGridView. This is a ControlTemplate that works, and works with the detail pane.

Windows

XAML

Dev

MVC Attribute for License Verification of Office Apps

25 Dec 2015Tim Cadenbach

License Verification Attribute for MVC and Office-Addins

Tip 2 - Using Nlog in Biztalk Orchestration

28 Dec 2015Mohamed Zakarya

Use NLog to log messages in biztalk orchestration and save logs to log file

VS2013

biztalk

Making a Grid of Images

26 Dec 2015MarcusCole6833

A basic way to make a grid of Pictures

An Exploration of TDD Part 2 - A Data Repository for the Location Class

24 Dec 2015Frauke

An Exploration of TDD Part 2 - A Data Repository for the Location Class

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Tackling text-to-speech and generating audio file in Windows Store Apps

26 Dec 2015Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post, you will learn how to perform text-to-speech actions in Windows Runtime for Windows Store applications, also how to store the speech stream in a waveform file format on your machine.

.NET

WinRT

.NET-Compiler-Platform

A Powerful Chart Control

20 Dec 2015Blaž Umek

A control that displays multiple graphs simultaneously and automatically adds different scales

.NET

VS2013

Modular and Extendable Applications Based on ASP.NET 5 and ExtCore Framework

16 Dec 2015Dmitry Sikorsky

Using ExtCore framework to create modular and extendable ASP.NET 5 applications

Data Cache Synchronization using AWS SNS and Lambda

29 Dec 2015Peter Carrasco

This article describes a pub-sub model using AWS Lamdba along with SNS to keep your AWS-hosted RDMB system of record and cache in sync.

Discussing Web API2 Route Constraints

24 Dec 2015Gaurav Aroraa

Discussing Web API2 Route constraints

ASP.NET

WebAPI

security

Entity and Mapping Class Generator for EF

29 Dec 2015Daniel Miller

This tip provides a simple solution to automate the generation of entity and mapping classes for Entity Framework.

DI Resolution for MVC Controllers

28 Dec 2015Purbasha Ghosh

Initialize MVC controllers with multiple instance resolutions of same interface

.NET

dependency

Injection

C# Fluid API DbCommand Creator for use with Stored Procedures

14 Dec 2015dibley1973

As part of my on going Stored Procedure Framework project for .NET I wanted to create a DbCommand creator that is based upon the "builder pattern" and also uses a fluid-API for setting up the various command properties.

.NET

Scheduling in Sitecore using Sitecron

20 Dec 2015Kailash Shastri

Using newly released Sitecron module in Sitecore for scheduling tasks within Sitecore

.NET

Sparsity - A Novel Productivity Measurement in Agile Software Development

16 Jan 2016Prajnan Das

Sparsity is the percentage of "dot" elements (= 0 code check-ins) in a code churn matrix (developers X dates in a sprint)

VS2013

Get Required Property from Complex json string in C# with Newtonsoft

25 Dec 2015Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

In this blog, I will tell you the trick to convert JSON string property to C# Object using Newtonsoft.

COBOL programmers: Skill up and save time…

22 Dec 2015Melissa Burns

These webinars have been created specifically for COBOL programmers who want to learn more about OOP and incorporate it with procedural programming techniques to get the best of both worlds.

Get Started Developing Intel® RealSense™ SDK for Windows 10 Desktop Apps

22 Dec 2015Intel

This guide will get you up and running quickly with the Intel® RealSense™ SDK on your Windows 10 equipped computer.

Windows

VS2015

product-showcase

Current Participants

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

aboubkr90

Software Developer

Sudan

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

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Software Developer

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.

Akash Gutha

Student

India

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

Andy Feng

Software Developer

Canada

Andy Feng is a software analyst/developer based in Toronto, Canada. He has 9+ years experience in software design and development. He specializes in Java/J2EE and .Net solutions, focusing on Spring, Hibernate, JavaFX, ASP.NET MVC, Entity framework, Web services, JQuery, SQL and related technologies.

Follow up with my blogs at: http://andyfengc.github.io/

Anton Angelov

CEO Automate The Planet

Bulgaria

CTO and Co-founder of Automate The Planet Ltd, inventor of BELLATRIX Test Automation Framework, author of "Design Patterns for High-Quality Automated Tests: High-Quality Test Attributes and Best Practices" in C# and Java. Nowadays, he leads a team of passionate engineers helping companies succeed with their test automation. Additionally, he consults companies and leads automated testing trainings, writes books, and gives conference talks. You can find him on LinkedIn every day.

Anurag Gandhi

Architect

India

Anurag Gandhi is a Freelance Developer and Consultant, Architect, Blogger, Speaker, and Ex Microsoft Employee. He is passionate about programming.
He is extensively involved in Asp.Net Core, MVC/Web API, Node/Express, Microsoft Azure/Cloud, web application hosting/architecture, Angular, AngularJs, design, and development. His languages of choice are C#, Node/Express, JavaScript, Asp .NET MVC, Asp, C, C++. He is familiar with many other programming languages as well. He mostly works with MS SQL Server as the preferred database and has worked with Redis, MySQL, Oracle, MS Access, etc. also.
He is active in programming communities and loves to share the knowledge with others whenever he gets the time for it.
He is also a passionate chess player.
Linked in Profile: https://in.linkedin.com/in/anuraggandhi
He can be contacted at soft.gandhi@gmail.com

Bert O Neill

Architect

Ireland

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

Blaž Umek

Software Developer (Senior)

Slovenia

I am a senior software developer and earn for living as an R&D team member in a company that produces gaming machines. I have been using computers since 10 or so and have interest in various programming techniques, from c/asm in microcontrollers, to c# and javascript.

In my free time I am mostly dedicated to cars, motorcycles and machinery in general.

Basically, I like to know how everything works Smile | :)

Christ Akkermans

Netherlands

Developer at AlertA contractbeheer.

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 Miller

Chief Technology Officer Shift iQ

Canada

I have been building software systems for more than 20 years, working for organizations that range from small non-profit associations in my local community to global Fortune 500 enterprises.

I specialize in the design and implementation of online database solutions. My work-related research interests include software design patterns and information architecture.

Darek Danielewski

Architect BI Software, Inc.

United States

A seasoned IT Professional. Programming and data processing artist. Contributor to StackOverflow.

David Catuhe

United States

David Catuhe is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft focusing on web development. He is author of the babylon.js framework for building 3D games with HTML5 and WebGL. Read his blog on MSDN or follow him @deltakosh on Twitter.

Dhruti90

India

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

dibley1973

Software Developer

United Kingdom

Duane has worked in a commercial software development environment for 9 years, with all but three for a global fashion retailer.

He is proficient in ASP.Net, MVC, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL Server TSQL.

Dmitry Sikorsky

CEO Ubrainians

Ukraine

Owner and CEO at Ubrainians, software developer, consultant.

dsuryd

United States

Full-stack s/w engineer, open source author.

Frauke

CEO Creative Cats

United Kingdom

Frauke's love affair with computers started by drooling over the sheer awesomeness of a ZX81 when she was a child. Since then she has owned a Commodore 128, an Amiga, an Acorn RISC PC (would you believe it) and an assortment of more mainstream laptops and PCs.

Her love of computers and technology in general led her to obtain two Bachelor's degrees in engineering. She has worked both as a hardware and a software engineer, and has been the managing director of her own IT consultancy, Creative Cats, for 15 years now. She helps small businesses and entrepreneurs with their IT needs, providing hands-on support where needed and training where required.

She loves being asked why she decided to become an engineer.

To be able to go out wearing a red shirt and survive, of course.

Gaurav Aroraa

Chief Technology Officer

India

Learning never ends.

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

Jesús Utrera

Software Developer (Senior) AtSistemas

Spain

Work at AtSistemas in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)

Kailash Shastri

Technical Lead 3 Pillar Global

India

Working as Technical lead in 3 Pillar Global. Having experience in ASP.NET, C#, Web API, WebServices, SQL Server and other Microsoft technologies.

MarcusCole6833

Software Developer (Junior) ABB

United States

On career 2.0 mainly work in the dot net environment predominantly SQL and SSMS.

Martin Gmuca

Software Developer ...

Slovakia

After study on University of Zilina, I started to work as software developer in this town in Slovakia, I have worked with various technologies, a bit of mobile apps, for android and iOS In latest time I specialize in ASP .NET and .NET C# applications. I like to learn and explore new technologies. Also I like photography and traveling.
I hope with my articles here I could help another developers solve similar problems that I was facing.

Melissa Burns

United States

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

Miljan Radovic

Australia

Business Intelligence Professional passionate about turning data into meaningful information and helping business grow and make better "data-driven" decisions.

Mohamed Kalmoua

Software Developer

Netherlands

Mohamed Kalmoua is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) with over a decade of programming experience. He creates software for the Windows platform using C#, WPF, ASP.NET Core, SQL and C++. Mohamed also loves to build websites using Wordpress and Google analytics.

Mohamed Zakarya

علم ينتفع به

Egypt

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

Nejimon CR

Architect

India

Nejimon CR started coding in early 2000s with classic Visual Basic 6 and later moved to .NET platform. His primary technology stack expertise is around Microsoft technologies, but with the previous and latest areas of functioning to include a wide variety of technologies such as Win32 APIs, AutoIt scripting, UI Automation, ASP.NET MVC and Web API, Node.js, NoSQL, Linq, Entity Framework, AngularJS, etc.

His Articles on CodeProject:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1060520/Centralizing-WCF-Client-Configuration-in-a-Class-L
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/567356/Asynchronous-Access-of-Web-Service-from-WPF-with-B
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/63849/Serial-Foot-Pedal-Device-Server
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/149249/Simplest-way-to-implement-irregular-forms-in-NET
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/564388/Entity-Framework-Code-First-Navigation-Property-is

Nick Polyak

Architect AWebPros

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

Peter Carrasco

Team Leader

United States

I am a senior software engineer and technical lead for a mid-sized technology firm. I have an extensive background in designing, developing, and supporting ASP.NET web-based solutions. I am currently extending my skill-set to the area of application identity management and access control.

Prajnan Das

Architect Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp.

United States

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

Purbasha Ghosh

Software Developer (Senior)

India

Hi, I am Purbasha and I have been into web development, clean code promotion and benchmarking new Azure offerings since quite a while now. I am here to share my learnings and solutions/hacks that I keep collecting with my experience.

raddevus

Software Developer (Senior) RADDev Publishing

United States

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Ratish Philip

Software Developer

United States

An individual with more than a decade of experience in desktop computing and mobile app development primarily on the Microsoft platform. He loves programming in C#, WPF & XAML related technologies.
Current interests include web application development, developing rich user experiences across various platforms and exploring his creative side.

Ratish's personal blog: wpfspark.wordpress.com

roshfsk

Software Developer

Sri Lanka

I am a versatile software engineer. My expertise range from mobile, embedded to server and web solutions. I have experience in a vast array of technologies, platforms and architectures. I am highly devoted on developing optimal solutions and maintaining a high level of attention to detail and testing. I am willing to accept any challenge, innovate and excel beyond expectations.

ryanba29

Software Developer

United States

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

Snesh Prajapati

Software Developer

India

I am a Software Developer working on Microsoft technologies. My interest is exploring and sharing the awesomeness of emerging technologies.

stebo0728

United States

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

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

Architect

India

Awards

DZone Most Valuable Blogger
Microsoft MVP 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Code Project MVP 2014, 2015, 2016
Star Achiever of the Month December 2013
Mindfire Techno Idea Contest 2013 Winner
Star of the Month July 2013

Tareq_Gamal

Team Leader ArabicRobotics.com

Egypt

Tareq Gamal El-din Mohammed,
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Website:
www.ArabicRobotics.com

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Graduated from Modern Academy for Computer science and Information Technology. Egypt,
Then flow Microsoft development track Certificates:
MCAD.NET (Microsoft Certified Application Developer)
MCSD.NET (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer)
Microsoft SharePoint Administration, Configuration and Development.

Robotics fields was a Hobby since 2002,
started to develop some applications for "Robosapien", "RoboSapienV2", "RS Media", RoboMe and WowWee Rovio. from WowWee company,

Started working with robots as a professional way at 2014
By using "NAOqi" Robotics from Aldebaran.

By developing some applications and libraries like :
NAO.NET.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOyy-2XyT-c

OpenCV with NAO Robot:

- NAORobot Vision using OpenCV -TotaRobot P1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcj8463x08

- NAO Robot Vision using OpenCV - P2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93k1usaS-QM

NAO Alarm Clock :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djLlMeGLqOU
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also Robotic Arm Project:

Other Projects Developed by Tareq Gamal El-din Mohammed :

Developed and posted some applications in Code Project web site like :

- Control your Distributed Application using Windows and Web Service
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/101895/Control-your-Distributed-Application-using-Windows

- Quick and dirty directory copy
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12745/Quick-and-dirty-directory-copy

- Program Execute Timer(From the Web)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12743/Program-Executer-Timer

Tim Cadenbach

Software Developer (Senior) Teamwork.com

Ireland

I´m a german software engineer, passionate microsoft fan and working with everything .net framework offers.

While working on Integrating Microsoft and other Tools into our Product suite i´ll keep writing articles and share my knowledge with fellow developers.I published a couple of articles in print mediums and now start to write guides and articles for code project.

We´re hiring! just drop me a line!

Tristan9

Poland

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

Umer Qureshi

Student

Pakistan

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

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