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Best "Everything Else" Article of December 2015

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Current Entries

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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.
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24 Dec 2015Frauke
An Exploration of TDD Part 2 - A Data Repository for the Location Class
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1 Dec 2015Camilo Reyes
Build ASP.NET MVC from source code
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14 Dec 2015Member 12014821
PowerShell for Office 365
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16 Dec 2015Bill Wagner
Lambda Syntax and Performance
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21 Dec 2015M.Hussain.
How to broadcast website data using SignalR in MVC
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2 Dec 2015Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga
Explore your Genymotion Device folders
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14 Dec 2015Member 12014821
Using CSOM in PowerShell for Office 365
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16 Dec 2015Bill Wagner
Exceptional edge cases
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18 Dec 2015rahulsahay20
Extending Interfaces
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18 Dec 2015rahulsahay20
Interfaces
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14 Dec 2015CdnSecurityEngineer
Earlier this spring became aware of a new cyber attack (Smishing) spreading across the US after migrating it’s way through Asia. This new attack as you may have already guessed was SMiShing and subsequently it’s close cousin Vishing.
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18 Dec 2015Adam Zuckerman
MVC 4.5 Authentication Differences - Individual User Accounts and Windows Authentication (Part 1)
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21 Dec 2015MarkPearlCoZa
Creating Great Teams, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
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16 Dec 2015Intel
On October 14th, I had the great honor of leading my first workshop at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC 2015) titled “Inspiring Women to Join the Maker Community Through Hackathon Participation”, a topic that I am very passionate about.
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16 Dec 2015Intel
If hackathon participation is not on your to-do list, here is a list of the top 10 benefits of hackathon participation, which I am sure, will put hackathons on your radar.
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16 Dec 2015Bill Wagner
Here are some of my thoughts on yesterday's issue surrounding the GitHub for Visual Studio Extension.
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16 Dec 2015Bill Wagner
I forgot to fork before I started working and how to fix it
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30 Dec 2015Hamid Mosalla
How to retrieve email from Google, Microsoft And Facebook External Login Provider
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10 Dec 2015sbarnes
To barrow an idiom, even bad Mandelbrot is good
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15 Dec 2015dibley1973
Calling a Stored Procedure without Parameters using the StoredProcedureFrameworkThis article is the second in a series of how to use my stronglytyped stored procedure framework to call stored procedures from .Net code in atype safe way.
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16 Dec 2015Bill Wagner
Here are my favourite Visual Studio 2015 extensions
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15 Dec 2015Steve Naidamast
“Agile” and the Problem with Estimates  In today’s increasingly fast paced development environments much is discussed on how to develop applications more quickly and what efficiencies can be implemented towards getting them into production.
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17 Dec 2015Lee P Richardson
Xamarin: 5 reasons I'd do it again in a heartbeat
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14 Dec 2015Gaurav5582
This is an introduction to software architecture.
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17 Dec 2015Talking Dotnet
Gulp is gaining popularity and it has become part of every web application these days. In this post, find list of latest and updated gulp js interview questions and their answers for freshers as well as experienced users.
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16 Dec 2015Gaurav5582
This is part 1 of developer guide to Entity Framework.
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23 Dec 2015PeteBarber
Git Remote Repos with OneDrive
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8 Dec 2015Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
I was compiling a few things I would recommend to every beginner in computer programming. Here it is.
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10 Jan 2016adityaswami89
Data Migration from TFS to SVN via GIT with History
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2 Dec 2015FrancoisViljoen
We often end up having code that evaluates various states on a class, just to figure out what other code needs to execute. This little tip is something that we have implemented and we have been able to get noticeable improvements in execution time.
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15 Dec 2015Jamie Munro
I recently blogged about setting up my Raspberry Pi to use the GPIO on my OpenELEC operating system. Once I got it set up, it was time to create my first project. The basic project that is demonstrated on the official Raspberry Pi site is to light up an LED (light emitting diode).
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28 Dec 2015In28Minutes
Understand various Spring Concepts in Questions and Answers format. Useful for getting a quick refresher for interviews too.
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17 Dec 2015Bill Wagner
Lessons from .NET Bootcamp 2.0
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11 Dec 2015lissacoffey
Technology is evolving faster than the speed of light and most likely by the time I finish writing this tip, it will be already outdated.

Current Participants

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Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
Long time software engineer who rambles occasionally about coding, best practices, and other random things.
Software Developer (Senior)
India India
Passionate about Microsoft Technologies like WPF, Windows Azure, ASP.NET, Win Phone and also on Cross platform Mobile Apps, Mongo DB's, IOT & WOT. I love learning and working with (or) Creating Design Patterns . Writer | Technology Evangelist | Technology Lover | Microsoft Developer Guidance Advisory Council Member | Cisco Champion | Speaker |

Blog : http://adityaswami89.wordpress.com/
Software Developer
Pakistan 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.
Software Developer SITHASO HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD
South Africa South Africa
I'm a Bachelor of Commerce graduate, fell inlove with ICT years back with VB5. Used Pick & System Builder to create a windows app. Very curious, developed my first web database app called Project.Show using ExtJS. Published on Google Play Store, learned JQuery Mobile, a project manager at best. My first intranet app eFas with MySQL.

Fear closes people to a lot of things and we hold ourselves back being held by it. Thus the sooner you believe you can't do something, the sooner everything will work towards that belief. Believe in yourself at all times because you can do anything you set your mind to it!

I have a very beautiful woman and four kids, the best joys in the world. East London, South Africa is currently home.

Awards:

Best Mobile Article of February 2015 (First Prize)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/880508/Create-a-CRUD-web-app-using-JQuery-Mobile-and-Loca

Best Mobile Article of May 2015 (Second Prize)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/991974/Creating-JQuery-Mobile-CRUD-Apps-using-JQM-Show-Ge

Apps
Bible.Show (Android Store App)
https://www.facebook.com/bibleshow
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.b4a.BibleShow

JQM.Show (Android Store App)
https://www.facebook.com/jqmshow
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.b4a.JQMShow

CodeProject.Show (An offline CodeProject Article writer)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/993453/CodeProject-Show-A-CodeProject-offline-article-wri
Architect Bill Wagner Software LLC
United States United States
Bill Wagner is one of the world's foremost C# developers and a member of the ECMA C# Standards Committee. He is President of the Humanitarian Toolbox, has been awarded Microsoft Regional Director and .NET MVP for 10+years, and was recently appointed to the .NET Foundation Advisory Council. Wagner currently works with companies ranging from start-ups to enterprises improving the software development process and growing their software development teams.
Engineer
United States United States
Husband, father, and software engineer living in Houston Texas. Passionate about JavaScript, C#, and webbing all the things.
Engineer
Canada Canada
I am a Sr Engineer for a major security firm; I have been developing software professionally for 8 years now; I've worked for start ups, small companies, large companies, myself, education. Currently the company I work for has 7,000+ employees worldwide. I am responsible for our platform security, I write code, implement features, educate other engineers about security, I perform security reviews, threat modeling, continue to educate myself on the latest software. By night, I actively work to educate other developers about security and security issues. I also founded a local chapter of OWASP which I organize and run.

I cut my teeth developing in C++ and it's still where my heart is with development, lately I've been writing a lot of C# code & some java, but I do have a project or two coming out in C++ /DiectX 11 whenever I get the time.

When I am not developing code I am spending my time with my wife and daughter or I am lost deep in the woods some where on a camping trip with friends. If you can't find me with a GPS and a SPOT device then chances are I am on the Rugby pitch playing Rugby and having a great time doing so.


You can find more about me and My thoughts on security
Software Developer
United Kingdom 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.
Architect
United Kingdom United Kingdom
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
CEO Creative Cats
United Kingdom 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.
Business Analyst Luce & Morker
India India
I am an Entrepreneur, co-founder of Luce & Morker, a tech enthusiast, car lover, movie buff and foodie. I write posts for our company blog which are mostly about providing helpful tips, advice, and insights related to web design, web development, web technologies etc.

I love reading articles and I like to keep myself updated with latest tech and business related news.
Software Developer
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Programming is my passion, because I find it so intellectually rewarding. I currently work as a back-end web developer, using Microsoft technology stack, I also blog about my experiences and contribute to open source projects on my free time.
India India
Ranga Karanam is a Programmer for 15 Years. He is creator of in28Minutes. in28Minutes has 10 Courses with 16,000 Students in Udemy.

We also have a YouTube Channel with more than 24 Courses and 14000 Subscribers - YouTube channel.

Good Luck with your learning.
United States 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.
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Software Developer (Senior)
Canada Canada
I am the author of five books: ASP.NET MVC 5 with Bootstrap and Knockout.js, Knockout.js: Building Dynamic Client-Side Web Applications, 20 Recipes for Programming PhoneGap, 20 Recipes for Programming MVC 3, and Rapid Application Development with CakePHP.

I enjoy reading and writing and I like to blog as much as I can on my personal blog EndYourIf.

I'm a father of three kids, twins (boy and a girl) and another baby girl.
Web Developer
United States United States
Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .Net and open source topics. Lee is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed ( http://infernoredtech.com). When not coding he enjoys running, mountain biking, smoking brisket, electronics, 3D printing, and woodworking. He is active on twitter where you can reach him @lprichar ( https://twitter.com/lprichar).
Web Developer Buzzfeed
United States United States
I have developed software over the past 20 years. My main expertise is in protocol development. I started with the OSI protocol stack and I then developed a CDPD (an early generation wireless protocol) product from conception to delivery.

I am fluent in C and Assembly languages. The past 6 years I have been developing PHP scripts in a LAMP environment for job tracking software. I am Comptia Linux+ certified.
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Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
My name is Muhammad Hussain. I'm a Software Engineer.
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Instructor / Trainer
South Africa South Africa
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Team Leader
United Kingdom United Kingdom
My day job is mostly working in C++ with a bit of C#. I write a fair amount of command line based tools and really wish they could have a GUI front-end to them hence why I spend my spare time working with WPF.

I started a blog few years back but didn't do a lot with it. I've started describing some of the interesting programming things I come across on it. Please take a look.
Architect Publicis Sapient
India India
Hey there, it's Rahul Sahay! I'm thrilled to be a platform specialist at Publicis Sapient, where I get to work on some exciting projects. I've been honing my skills in various aspects of the software development life cycle for more than 15 years, with a primary focus on web stack development. I've been fortunate to have contributed to numerous software development initiatives, ranging from client applications to web services and websites. Additionally, I enjoy crafting application architecture from scratch, and I've spent most of my time writing platform agnostic and cloud agnostic code. As a self-proclaimed code junkie, software development is more than just a job to me; it's a passion! And I consider myself lucky to have worked with an array of cutting-edge technologies, from .NetCore to SpringBoot 3, from Angular to React, and from Azure to AWS and many more cousin technologies...

- 🔭 I’m currently working @ below tech stacks
- Microservices,
- Distributed Systems,
- Spring Boot
- Spring Cloud
- System Design,
- Docker,
- Kubernetes,
- Message Queues,
- ELK Stack
- DotNetCore,
- Angular,
- Azure

- 💬 Ask me anything about my articles [My View](https://myview.rahulnivi.net/)
- 📫 How to reach me: [@rahulsahay19](https://twitter.com/rahulsahay19)
- 📫 Github: [@rahulsahay19](https://github.com/rahulsahay19)
CEO
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) Black Falcon Software, Inc.
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Technical Lead
India India
I am an experienced Software Developer with 11+ years of hands-on experience working with Microsoft.NET technology (ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, C#, SQL Server, Angular).

Visit Talking Dotnet
For ASP.NET Core, read ASP.NET Core Articles

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  1. 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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