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Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

24-Aug-10 5:53

Hi Guys:
As a learner point of view; most of the times I search for a very basic level questions and I always wonder that the search results most of the time contain some intermediate or advanced level articles and tips/tricks as well. Is the code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

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Md. Marufuzzaman

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AspDotNetDev24-Aug-10 9:05

AspDotNetDev

24-Aug-10 9:05

Md. Marufuzzaman wrote:
Is the code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

It's for all developers. Articles can be submitted for any level. The author of the article gets to choose the level, so the actual level of the article may not be what the author selected, depending on how the author percieves his/her own work. However, more advanced articles are held in a higher regard and beginner articles are sometimes viewed as "what's the point when this info is on MSDN or in beginner books or can be found already using Google".

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Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

Md. Marufuzzaman24-Aug-10 19:05

Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

24-Aug-10 19:05

somewhat i agree with you.

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Md. Marufuzzaman

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Pete O'Hanlon24-Aug-10 9:19

Pete O'Hanlon

24-Aug-10 9:19

Md. Marufuzzaman wrote:
Is the code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

Of course it isn't. Most of my articles are aimed at a beginner audience - be they beginner in a technology, or in programming in general. I'm a great believer in trying to provide that leg up for developers who haven't got a huge amount of experience - they deserve as much information as somebody who wants to go deep dive into a technology.

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Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

Md. Marufuzzaman24-Aug-10 19:02

Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

24-Aug-10 19:02

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Most of my articles are aimed at a beginner audience - be they beginner in a technology, or in programming in general.

I agree, do you see that most of the article does not have basic information in explanation section / example of code snippets.
For example :

if (HttpContext.Current.User.Identity is FormsIdentity)
              {
                  FormsIdentity id =
                      (FormsIdentity)HttpContext.Current.User.Identity;
                  FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = id.Ticket;

                  // Get the stored user-data, in this case, our roles
                  string userData = ticket.UserData;
                  string[] roles = userData.Split(',');
                  HttpContext.Current.User = new GenericPrincipal(id, roles);
              }

If i consider the above code snippets, How could I know what about FormsIdentity , FormsAuthenticationTicket, HttpContext .
However If you suggest me to buy a book first, So why should I use online resources, my goal is to learn within a very short time & all the resource should be in my hand.

NOTE: The above code snippets taken for the link below:
Authenticate user by roles in asp.net[^]

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Md. Marufuzzaman

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Pete O'Hanlon25-Aug-10 1:52

Pete O'Hanlon

25-Aug-10 1:52

Md. Marufuzzaman wrote:
If i consider the above code snippets, How could I know what about FormsIdentity , FormsAuthenticationTicket, HttpContext .

There comes a point where you are expected to do some research. No book or article, no matter how basic, can cover all the items in depth for you - they'd end up being too big, and would alienate almost everybody because they would be reading a lot of things that they already know.

From this example, you have identified 3 things you don't know about. What about HttpContext? What about GenericPrinicpal? What about the use of is? Where do you draw the line?

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Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

Chris Maunder24-Aug-10 9:44

Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

24-Aug-10 9:44

Probably because the intermediate and advanced get the highest votes, and search results are weighted by rating.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Md. Marufuzzaman24-Aug-10 18:30

Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

24-Aug-10 18:30

Chris Maunder wrote:
intermediate and advanced get the highest votes

yes, probably this may one of the valid reason.

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Md. Marufuzzaman

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Christian Graus24-Aug-10 9:53

Christian Graus

24-Aug-10 9:53

Good for you for searching before you ask. However, if you can't find the answer you need, try posting your question in quick questions, with an example of what you've tried and where you are stuck.

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Re: Is the Code Project only for the intermediate or advanced level developers?

Md. Marufuzzaman24-Aug-10 18:50

How about: General European Topics

24-Aug-10 18:50

Thanks for your valuable suggestion..

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Md. Marufuzzaman

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Moak24-Aug-10 5:24

Moak

24-Aug-10 5:24

Since there is an Indian and a Chinese Forum now, how about a place for the Europeans among us?
Not sure what it could be used for, English football, German cars/beer, Italian coffee, Swedish girls, etc... you know stuff that Europeans engineers talk about. If somebody isn't comfortable writing in English, he could find help and locals there. Just an idea...

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Smithers-Jones24-Aug-10 5:35

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24-Aug-10 5:35

...Swiss chocolate, Wiener Schnitzel, Dutch cheese/tulips?

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Moak24-Aug-10 5:50

Moak

24-Aug-10 5:50

go on, I am listening... Smile | :)

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Luc Pattyn24-Aug-10 5:36

Luc Pattyn

24-Aug-10 5:36

now you want to keep the Europeans out of the regular forums too? Laugh | :laugh:

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Richard MacCutchan24-Aug-10 5:52

Richard MacCutchan

24-Aug-10 5:52

Or we could just replace the technical forums with ones devoted to all the nationalities of the world. D'Oh! | :doh:

It's time for a new signature.

Chris Maunder24-Aug-10 6:48

24-Aug-10 6:48

I didn't realise so many Europeans were having problems assimilating into the main site, or that language barriers were hampering their ability to be understood. I'd also be happy to consider a European forum to help with all the obvious sterotyping and needless and childish bashing that occurs with these poor hapless Europeans.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

0x3c024-Aug-10 6:56

0x3c0

24-Aug-10 6:56

Chris Maunder wrote:
I didn't realise so many Europeans were having problems assimilating into the main site, or that language barriers were hampering their ability to be understood.

Thank you for understanding. It's incredibly difficult to put up with the language the Americans seem so insistent on calling 'English' Wink | ;)

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Facebook Category - 1 million developer - looking for tutorials, articles..etc

Abhinav S24-Aug-10 18:58

Abhinav S

24-Aug-10 18:58

Moak wrote:
Swedish girls

Yes. I'll be spending more time here than the Indian forum then.
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The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.

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Visit the Hindi forum here.

Ola Apata23-Aug-10 9:09

Ola Apata

23-Aug-10 9:09

I am surprised you do not have one, or did I miss it???

I'm a Facebook consultant and developer and I'm baffled why you do not have a Facebook section. Facebook has 1 million developers and 1.5 million apps out there.

I suggest under Platforms, Frameworks and Libraries. I believe this category will do very well with new articles, tutorials, how to and expert suggestions.

I for one will contribute to it.

Can you let me know...

Thanks
Ola

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Re: Facebook Category - 1 million developer - looking for tutorials, articles..etc

Chris Maunder23-Aug-10 9:12

Re: Facebook Category - 1 million developer - looking for tutorials, articles..etc

23-Aug-10 9:12

We add sections based on what people contribute. We'd love facebook (and other) contributions.

How about we jumpstart it with slight variation to your idea:

Platforms/Frameworks > Social Network APIs section? (Inside would be Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Ola Apata23-Aug-10 11:26

Ola Apata

23-Aug-10 11:26

Brilliant! Thanks for the swift response.

Be expecting my tutorials very shortly!

you guys rock

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Inconsistent forum name

dan!sh 23-Aug-10 7:47

dan!sh

23-Aug-10 7:47

The name of General Indian topic forum is changed in the links on the left. But the name in the menu on top is still the old one.

The sticky post in the mentioned forum spells "The" as "THe".

Re: Inconsistent forum name

Chris Maunder23-Aug-10 7:50