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.

Javascript

Mobile

.NET

Knockout.js

ST Micro-electronics Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU/DfuSe) from C#

12 Mar 2013 by Mark McLean (ExpElec)

ST provide a DFU module for their STM32 micro-controllers for firmware upgrade over USB. This is an example of how to use it from C#.

Windows

hardware

Design

LookAheadEnumerator: Implement Backtracking in Your Parsers

23 Dec 2019 by honey the codewitch

Easily implement efficient backtracking capabilities over any enumeration

How to Debug the Design Time Errors in WPF XAML File?

20 Oct 2015 by Manish Dubeyy

How to debug the design time errors in WPF XAML file?

Copy/Synchronize Table Data between databases

16 Mar 2012 by Anurag Gandhi

A Query to copy an individual table data between databases

Using Font Icons

12 Aug 2013 by Le Sourcier

This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.

Working with Keyboard Events and their Codes in JavaScript

14 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

How to use the keyboard events of the user and use them to dynamically change the User Interface or to perform some actions

Create a Drop Down Calculator Opens like DateTimePicker

24 Jun 2015 by Nadun Liyanage

This tip describes creating a user control to display a drop down calculator that pops out like the DateTimePicker in Visual Studio

Many Questions Answered at Once — Collaboration between Windows Forms or WPF Windows

26 Mar 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Popular question on Forms collaboration, also answered for WPF

Amazon AWS: Setting up FTP on EC2 Windows Instances

15 Jun 2012 by Timothy Svecz

Amazon AWS: Setting up FTP on EC2 Windows Instances

Generate SPA Web App Instantly in Minutes

22 Oct 2014 by Kalvin Lawrence Ernst

Generate a web app instantly, directly from a database(SQL Server)

How to Sort a Table in ASP.NET and MVC

26 Feb 2015 by Shridhar Gowda

This tip will explain how to sort a table / GridView on an ASP.NET or MVC(AngularJs) application. I am demonstrating both client side and server side sorting. I am sure you will have a great knowledge on this topic after reading it.

[tut 8] Hand tool

29 Jun 2016 by The Zakies

we would create Hand_tool to pan through the drawing form, and we would use a custom cursor of open and closed hands

WPF Behavior to Ensure a ToggleButton/CheckBox is Selected

4 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This behavior will require that for any Group of ToggleButton/Checkbox controls that are associated together, the user cannot set all to not IsChecked.

A Generic Circular Buffer in C#

6 Feb 2020 by honey the codewitch

A circular buffer implementing IList

Poor Man's Vector Drawing

2 Mar 2021 by Tomaž Štih

Sometimes you need to draw a simple glyph.

.NET

Design

Dev

How to Check Whether Word is Installed in the System or Not

24 Dec 2013 by Reiss

This is an alternative for "How to Check Whether Word is Installed in the System or Not"

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

24 Jan 2015 by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

The Zen of WinForms Panel Sub-classing

28 Jun 2016 by Tomaž Štih

...without interop!

.NET

Design

Dev

WPF WebBrowser Control Enhancements

28 Nov 2016 by Clifford Nelson

The WPF WebBrower control leaves a lot to be desired.

A suggestion for CodeProject TOC Style Fix

7 Jul 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

An ugly look of a TOC based on ul elements is the only problem preventing full automation of article writing; still, it's easy to fix

CSS3

SysAdmin

Design

Pure HTML5/CSS3/JS Modal Dialog MsgBox in .NET Style

13 Oct 2017 by veen_rp

A small JavaScript module to create a modal dialog box or user input box in the familiar .NET style

Creating Custom WPF Derived Control with Attached XAML File

25 Jun 2018 by Clifford Nelson

A way to create a custom derived control with the XAML file attached like a UserControl

Efficiently Using Lists as Dictionary Keys in C#

24 Feb 2020 by honey the codewitch

A relatively safe, simple, yet high performance technique for using lists as dictionary keys.

Excel Search Tool (Macro)

12 Jun 2017 by LukeCodes

This is a simple macro script to search and retrieve individual cells in an Excel document.

Draggable Popup

5 Jan 2017 by Clifford Nelson

This is a simple popup that includes drag capability. The code should be helpful to anyone looking to create a control drag capability.

Session Expiration Time out Popup using jquery

10 Mar 2017 by Sujeet Bhujbal

In this article, I will tell you how to create a cross-browser session expiration popup box using jQuery easily

Binding WPF TreeView TreeViewNode to Parent ViewModel

2 Aug 2017 by Clifford Nelson

Fairly straight forward way of binding in a HierarchicalDataTemplate or DataTemplate to the parent ViewModel when using the TreeView control.

WPF Behavior to close a Popup with MouseLeave

3 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

Normally a popup will stay open until explicitly closed. The Behavior will close the Popup if the mouse is clicked within or outside the Popup area or leaves the Popup area.

WPF Select All Focus Behavior

20 Jun 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This behavior will select the entire text when a TextBox or PasswordBox gains focus

Prevent code executing at Design Time in Visual Studio for Winforms Apps

28 Apr 2010 by Keith Barrow

If you have a Winforms application that auto loads data, there is no doubt that you’ll have come across the problem of data loading at design time (i.e. when opening the code in the designer). At best, this slows the designer down, at worst it might crash VS and prevent the control from...

How to Check Whether PowerPoint is Installed in the System or Not

3 Dec 2013 by Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

After the tip on Excel and Word, here we will explore the trick to verify whether Powerpoint is installed in the client's system or not by C#.

Pay Attention to SystemTray

2 Apr 2014 by Houssem_Dellai

We'll see how SystemTray properties can help you design nifty apps

Mobile

XAML

Design

Deeply Nested JSON Deserialization Using Recursion and JavaScriptSerializer

28 Apr 2015 by Hassan Alrehamy

JSON Deserialization in depth concept and Dictionary mapping. Special Thanks to Dr. Coral Walker

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

4 Sep 2015 by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

A Pure-CSS Menu Supporting Unlimited Levels of Both Horizontal and Vertical Menus

22 Jan 2016 by Michael D Bray

Use the provided CSS with classed DIVs to build a clean-looking web-based menu that requires no JavaScript, and supports unlimited levels of both horizontal and vertical menus.

Show Gridlines on canvas , With Size Slider ,WPF

29 Jun 2016 by Praveen_Kumar Gupta

with the help of this article developer can add gridlines on canvas , and with slider control resize them easily

Counting Lines of Code

4 Oct 2016 by Zebedee Mason

What is the average number of lines of code in your projects files? Yes, but which average?

WPF Exclusive CheckBox Behavior with GroupName

17 Oct 2017 by Clifford Nelson

A Behavior is presented that will ensure that only one CheckBox (ToggleButton) will be checked with the same GroupName within the visual tree of the control to which this behavior is attached.

Using WPF Behavior to Reduce Loading Time

18 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

I had a situation where a control appearing was significantly affected by the initialization of the UserControls. This behavior fixed my problem.

A tip on glaux.h Header File & glaux.lib in OpenGL Programming

4 Mar 2021 by Southmountain

glaux.h header file & glaux.lib can be replaced by freeglut.h & freeglut.lib

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

20 Nov 2011 by Bernhard Hiller

That's far too obscure.All you need to do is store a reference to the TabPage instance which was removed from the TabPages collection of the TabControl. You may use the form where the TabControl is placed for that purpose.You could also create your own TabControl which has an extra property...

Docking a GridView and add a horizontal scrollbar

16 May 2012 by Chamila Nishantha

Following article describes how to add a gridview and a horizontal scrollbar without depending on the screen resolution

Builder design pattern in Java

30 Sep 2012 by Arpit Mandliya

Explains the Builder design pattern in detail with example.

Java

Design

GenericUpDown Control

7 Sep 2013 by Adam Zgagacz

WinForms extension of NumericUpDown control to allow user provided edit control

Let your users know when Javascript is not enabled

3 Mar 2014 by Gregory Gadow

Does your website need JavaScript to look its best? You can warn users with a very simple JS/CSS trick.

HTML

Javascript

Design

A WPF StackPanel-Surrogate with Shared-sizing Scope Ability

14 Sep 2014 by Mario Vernari

Here is a simple trick for simulating the shared-sizing feature of the WPF Grid even in a StackPanel fashion.

Virtual Cache

10 Oct 2014 by Gerardo Recinto

Virtualization of RAM & Disk for high-speed, low-footprint & scalable data caching

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

2 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Organizing Environment Variables

10 Nov 2015 by R. Erasmus

Successfully organizing your environment variables for multiple projects and for multiple versions of tools.

Dev

Design

Architect

Build Your Own SDN Network

10 Dec 2015 by JinWenQiang

Get started with your own SDN (Software Defined Network) simulation network

WPF ValueConverter to Convert to Correct Type

5 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

Normally, there is no need to ensure that types exactly match when using a Binding. For instance, the Control property double to and int in a ViewModel

Flexible WPF XAML ToggleButton/RadioButton/CheckBox reset behavior

27 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This is a behavior that that will reset ToggleButton derived controls to false (or a specified default value) when the container's visibility becomes false.

VBA Code for Parsing US Address Information

25 May 2018 by Clifford Nelson

VBA Code that will take a string and attempt to pull out the company name, street address, city, state, zip code, phone number, and web address

Office

Design

Dev

Helper Methods for Working with Shares

27 Jun 2018 by Clifford Nelson

These are some methods I created to help with creating and deleting Windows shared directories.

IndexedQueue<T> - A Custom Queue in C#

5 Dec 2019 by honey the codewitch

Fills a gap in Microsoft's Queue offering with an alternative allowing efficient indexed access

Convert Arabic Numbers or Digits to text

18 May 2010 by xprog

Algorithm to convert Arabic Numbers to Arabic Text using C#

Design

algorithm

string

ASP.NET TreeView Sort

11 Sep 2011 by brunofer2007

Easy way to sort nodes in a TreeView using a recursive function.

Duplicate Notifier for a List using ObservableCollection

7 Mar 2012 by Sunil_Sebastian

Duplicate Notifier for a List using ObservableCollection.

How to use ASP.NET AJAX Calender Extender

20 Jun 2012 by Lavish Kumar

How to use ASP.NET AJAX Calender Extender

Traditional Paradigms vs. The Agile Paradigm

3 Aug 2012 by Mary J John, PMP

The major differences between the Traditional and Agile paradigms.

Proxy Design Pattern in Java

1 Oct 2012 by Arpit Mandliya

It provides proxy design pattern in detail with example

Java

Design

Architect

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum Item Using TryParse

14 Feb 2014 by BenScharbach

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum item using TryParse

Display images and videos in a FancyBox gallery

18 Feb 2014 by netfed

This article explains how to display images and videos in the very same Fancybox gallery using Json-data and existing html-tags as data

Code behind JavaScript

18 Apr 2014 by Raju_B

Code behind JavaScript

SharePoint REST API: Get User Id by User Name

22 Jul 2014 by Chintankumar Panchasara

The below tip will help developers retrieving user id by account name using SharePoint REST APIs.

Geert van Horrik's 'Updater' in Visual Studio Community Edition With Small Changes

30 Nov 2014 by David O'Neil

I needed an 'Update' solution for a project, and modified Geert van Horrik's 'Updater' to do so. This is the solution in Visual Studio Community Edition

Drag and Drop Files and Images to ASP.NET MVC App

27 Mar 2015 by Muhammad Rashed Otahbashi

How to implement Drag and drop files and Images feature in ASP.NET MVC App

Cool TrackBar for Windows Forms

3 Apr 2015 by bobishkindaguy

TrackBar that can work with time values, has a nice spotlight for the current value, and won't allow its value to change when the user moves their mousewheel.

5 Things Developers Need To Know About The Future Of The Apps Economy

9 Apr 2015 by Dan Rowinski

What app developers need to know to win in the apps economy in 2015 and beyond.

Creating a SSRS Report With Microsoft Dynamics CRM On-line

12 Jun 2015 by coded007

Designing reports with Dynamics CRM

AngularJs: Add, Remove Directives Dynamically & Save Details

12 Oct 2015 by skondawar

AngularJs: Add, Remove Directives Dynamically & Save Details

AngularJs

Design

Dev

Network Calculus

12 Dec 2015 by JinWenQiang

This tip is a brief introduction of Network Calculus. I used Matlab codes to show you the results and to explain how it works.

Design

mathematics

MatLab

Difference Between Grid and StackPanel

17 Dec 2015 by Umer Qureshi

A tip explaining the difference between Stackpanel and a Grid layout in WPF

Google Map, JQuery, AngularJS Address Form autocomplete and geocoder

24 Jan 2016 by lakhdarr

Control and directives for address form auto completion using Google map V3 and JQuery/AngularJS

WPF Behavior to Set Control Value to DefaultValue on Visibility Changed

2 May 2018 by Clifford Nelson

The tip provides a behavior that will set a control to a default value when the Visibility changes

Simple jQuery Carousel Matrix 2D AJAX

28 Feb 2013 by Dav Zen

Simple and easy to use jQuery matrix 2D.

Create Smart and Stylish Tooltip

2 Jul 2013 by Anoop Kr Sharma

Easy, simple, stylish tooltip created using HTML and CSS.

Test Data in Attribute

28 Jul 2013 by Raja.Krishnasamy

Attached the test data with method for regression testing by declaring ref type in attribute

Introduction to Named Query in Sql Server Analysis Services

29 Sep 2013 by Mubin M. Shaikh

Create Named Query in Data Source View While Designing OLAP Cube in SSAS

Quick and Easy Tooltip

4 Oct 2013 by vandel212

How to add tool tips to your website that are lightweight, and painless

How to Display Image In Picturebox in VC++ from Iplimage and Mat

9 Mar 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

How to convert iplimage and Mat to Picture Box in VC++

Tiled Background for Windows Store Applications

25 Mar 2018 by Matej Pavlů

Creating a replacement for missing TileBrush known from WPF.

How to Use jsfiddle and a jQuery Plugin to Create Sortable HTML Tables

10 Jul 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Use jsfiddle and the jQuery Data Tables plugin to create sortable HMTL tables

Resetting All Other DropDownLists When a Selection of a Particular DropDownList Changes

22 Sep 2014 by Ajith K Gatty

This tip helps you to reset all your DropDownList values to the default one when a DropDownList changes its selection.

Unleashing Path List Box | Expression Blend (WPF )

6 Jan 2015 by Saad_Mahmood

Unleashing Path List Box using Expression Blend

PHP Adapter Pattern in Action

2 Feb 2015 by Chris_Yu

Why and When to Use the Adapter Pattern in PHP Development

PHP

Design

patterns

Session 1: Setup SoftEther L2TP server on Amazon AWS Ubuntu

11 Feb 2015 by WoodyMou

Session 1: Setup SoftEther L2TP server on Amazon AWS Ubuntu

Rendering of Segmented Numbers

31 Jul 2015 by majaak

Explains how numbers can be rendered like segmented numbers (looking like old-school digital clock)

Get Integral Type By Size, Switch By Type ID

18 Sep 2015 by Shvetsov Evgeniy

Type tricks (above described and other)

Interactive Fun with Multidimensional Data

29 Oct 2015 by Asher Barak

A fun interactive way to present multidimensional data, using D3 and Game of Thrones

English Language Convert to Arabic in Windows Application C#

3 Jan 2016 by shouvith hydrose Kerala

This tip will explain how to convert English language to Arabic language in Windows Forms C#.

Gracefully Terminating Threads

1 Mar 2016 by Yogesh Jamkhindikar

This tip will help you achieve a graceful termination of your spawned threads in your ASP.NET application.

Remove Default Background Color of ListBox Item on Selection in Windows Universal App

26 Mar 2016 by Sumit Samediya

Here we will learn how to remove default background color of ListBox item on selection in Windows Universal App

Google Visualization Geomap in AngularJS

1 Jul 2016 by Yaseer Mumtaz

In this small tip, I will explain how we can embed Google Visualization Geomap in the AngularJS with select event getting the selected location and using it to populate other data.

Size to Fit

1 Jul 2016 by Tomaž Štih

Size the child rectangle so that it fits into given parent rectangle, without distorting it

Dev

Design