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Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

Understanding the Insides of the SMTP Mail Protocol: Part 1

by Higty

This article describes the mail sending process using the SMTP mail protocol.

by David Rogers Dev

Learn how to load related entities using the Entity Framework with simple examples

The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates, Fixed

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Derived work based on the article by Sergey Ryazanov "The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates": this good solution is fixed and further developed using C++11.

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FingerPrintf: A Small Library for Quick Usage of the Biometric API, Fingerprint and Camera

by Michael Chourdakis

Use your sensors for identification and verification

Pathfinding Algorithms in C#

by KristianEkman

A comparison of Dijkstra and Astar

Visual Studio Extensibility (Day 2): Deploying Visual Studio Extension on Staging Server and GIT via Continuous Integration

by Akhil Mittal

Directly check in VS extension to Git repo and automatically deploy to staging server via continuous integration

Making HTTP REST Request in C++

by Shao Voon Wong

Example of making HTTP REST Request in C++

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Visual Studio 2013

Rudimentary ViewModel Class Generator

16 Dec 2014 by #realJSOP

Eliminate the tedium of generating model and viewmodel classes for your WPF projects, and save a butt-load of time in the process.

VS2013

WPF

reflection

Converting Text Numbers to Numeric Values

27 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP

Spell it out! No! Wait!

VS2013

conversion

string

CSV File Parser

7 Apr 2018 by #realJSOP

Parse CSV files.

Fun With Attributes

25 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP

Abusing attributes, and loving it.

A Handy GPS Class

11 Oct 2016 by #realJSOP

A GPS class with a coordinate parser, distance calculation, and bearing calculation.

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 1 of 6

27 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Users Guide

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 2 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Architecture and design decisions

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 3 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - The CSV and Excel Importer Code

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 4 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Job Scheduling Code

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 5 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - How Packages Are Run

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 6 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Interesting Coding

Hosting 8bf Plugins in a .NET Application

27 Dec 2015 by 0xC0000054

A C# library to host Photoshop-compatible filters in .NET 2.0 and later

Swanky Encryption/Decryption in C#

26 Jan 2015 by 1337Architect

Handy classes to use the .NET Encryption/Decryption

ReCaptcha Solution in C#, No External JavaScript Plugins

26 Aug 2017 by @Shiv

Easy and simple ReCptcha tool for Web Application in pure C# code, no JavaScript external plugin required

How to NLog (2.1 & 3.1) with VisualStudio 2013

6 Oct 2014 by _Noctis_

This will let you start logging quickly with VS2013 and NLog.

The Big MVVM Template

20 Apr 2016 by _Noctis_

To save you from doing this every time you want a WPF/MVVM project, here it is, all rolled into one.

Introduction to Unit Testing with: MS tests, NUnit and Fluent Assertions.

12 Jun 2014 by _Noctis_

Different ways of achieving unit testing for your projects

Know your collections: from IEnumerable to List and beyond

27 Oct 2014 by _Noctis_

Sorting out the confusion behind collections

Enhanced CollectionEditor Framework

21 Jul 2014 by _Plutonix

An easy to use, customizable Collection Editor; with inheritance support

Explorer Shell Extensions in .NET (Revised)

16 Sep 2015 by _Plutonix

Framework for NET based Shell Context Menus using VB, C#

Explorer Context Menu Manager

16 Sep 2015 by _Plutonix

Helper class to add, change and delete Registry based Explorer Context Menus from your app

Frontend design for ASP.NET web applications

3 Sep 2014 by _yaRus_

Frontend design for ASP.NET web applications

Object Oriented Way of Writing Business Rules

22 Oct 2016 by A. Raees

Decouple business rules in an Object Oriented way

.NET

VS2013

Dev

Working with database one more time

5 Aug 2014 by a.alghabban

using ADO.net

SQL

VS2013

ADO

WPF RichTextBox containing Hyperlinks

21 Jan 2017 by Aaron Francis Dias

Creating a custom RichTextBox that supports Hyperlinks

Automatic Code Generation from Database Model Diagram

21 Feb 2016 by Abdullah Al-Muzahid

This is a RAD tool which can be used to generate codes for CRUD operation in ASP.NET and C# automatically based on Database Model Diagram.

Generic Data Access Helper using Entity Framework 6.1 (Code First)

19 Apr 2015 by Abdulrahman Emad

Generic Data Access Helper

Generic WPF CRUD Control (Solution Design)

22 Dec 2016 by Abdulrahman Emad, Muhammad Magdi

A generic CRUD control implemented based on the MVVM pattern

Generic WPF CRUD Control (Getting Started)

22 Dec 2016 by Abdulrahman Emad, Muhammad Magdi

A generic CRUD control implemented based on the MVVM pattern.

Reflection with Example

18 Feb 2015 by Abhinaw Kumar

Process of runtime type discovery is called reflection. Using reflection, we are able to obtain the metadata information, dynamically.

.NET

VS2013

ASP.NET

Working with Azure Storage Tables using C#

2 Jul 2016 by Abhishek Mishra - Dotnet and Azure PAAS Architect

This article demonstrates how to create a new Azure storage table and perform CRUD operations on the table.

Building a Bot using C# and Debugging using Bot Framework Emulator

7 Jul 2016 by Abhishek Mishra - Dotnet and Azure PAAS Architect

This article demonstrates how to build a basic Bot using C# and debug the Bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Agumented Reality for IoTs

22 Mar 2015 by Aby Mammen Mathew

IoT devices needs the capability to augment the environment around them, even when sensors utilized by them break down

SQL Server Database Cloning Tool using C#

25 May 2015 by Acharya Raja Sekhar

This tool helps in cloning/copying the database from a source environment/server to a target server (usually developers can use it for setting up local DB with production code)

.NET

VS2013

SQL-Server

Intro to Postulate ORM

13 Jun 2017 by Adam O'Neil (Travelers Rest, SC)

Introduction to Postulate, a code-first ORM for SQL Server made with Dapper

VS2013

SQL-Server

ORM

AoTestDataGen: A Random Test Data Generator Library for .NET

25 Jun 2017 by Adam O'Neil (Travelers Rest, SC)

Walkthrough on using AoTestDataGen library in a plausible scenario

.NET

VS2013

Dev

Create a Simple MVC Application using ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0

15 Aug 2016 by Adi_Mag

Step by step guide to create a simple MVC application using ASP.NET Core

HTML

.NET

VS2013

Microsoft Band- Basic App for Understanding

28 Jun 2015 by adityasahver

In this article we will learn how to use Microsoft Band to connect to your Device.

Controlling Installed Services via ServiceController in WinForms

18 Feb 2016 by Admir Tershalla

Learn how to control Windows services via ServiceController in Windows Forms Application

Introducing Layouts - Xaml for the Web

19 Oct 2015 by adospace.NET

Layouts is a Javascript library that let you create web applications with complex UI using Xaml

Unknown Class Dynamically Generated at runtime for Entity Framework, WCF OData and dynamic client consumption

7 Nov 2014 by Adriaan Booysen

An example of a nearly complete unknown type being used accross EF, WCF and consumed client side

C# AES 256 bits Encryption Library with Salt

9 May 2014 by adriancs

A C# universal AES Encryption Library.

VS2013

encryption

AngularJS With MVC Web API (ASP.NET MVC RESTful Service)

6 Oct 2014 by Afazal MD 3104209

AngularJS integration with Web API explained with a product list and added new product with get and post method.

Understanding DateTime struct in .NET Framework (using C#)

13 Aug 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Understanding the DateTime struct and using it inside your software to display Date and Time and to do the DateTime mathematics

Creating a custom Web Browser using .NET's WebBrowser Control

16 Aug 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

How to use the .NET's WebBrowser control in your application to create a custom Web Browser for Windows OS

Working with Files (Using C# and .NET Framework)

16 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article explains the basic knowledge about the File class in .NET Framework that comes handy when working with the file system, to create, edit, modify or delete the files or directories.

How to Connect SQL Database to your C# Program - Beginner's Tutorial

30 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article tells the beginners the basic concepts about connecting to the SQL Server database using C#.

Creating a Web Service to be consumed by connected Devices via Internet

12 Nov 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article provides an overview for creating a .NET WCF Web Service project that can be used by web applications or devices connected to it through the internet connection.

Complex numbers library in multiple languages

8 Mar 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article contains a basic overview of the complex numbers, and their creation and functions most specifically the operator overloading for arithmetic functions. Programming languages include Java, C++, C# and VB.NET at the moment.

Reading and writing Unicode data in .NET

11 Apr 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article is for beginners about writing and reading Unicode data from different data sources; including text files, user input, databases. It also demonstrates how to display that data in .NET applications, including ASP.NET web applications.

An app that reads out text for you

17 Jun 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I would explain the steps to create a simple WPF application that can read out text for you; using .NET framework's Speech API and Installed voices.

Hello Windows 10; a pre-release guide for developers

9 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

I would talk about Windows 10 from a developer's perspective. Windows 10 has not yet been released, but it is better to know the tool to get your hands ready to develop applications.

Creating a server/client application using native .NET TCP library

13 Jul 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I will go through different stages of programming a server/client application framework in native .NET framework using TCP protocol library of System.Net.Sockets namespace.

ASP.NET 5 Web API RESTful CRUDs and Windows 10 native application

26 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article I will explain the steps to create a full featured standalone ASP.NET 5's Web API that can be used by Windows 10's native Universal Windows Runtime application.

Building camera app with library in Windows 10

25 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article I will explain Windows.Media.Capture namespace's MediaCapture element and how it can be used in Windows Runtime to create applications that make use of camera, for capturing photos and videos. Plus, the article shows how to capture the list of photos or videos that are recorded for p

Universal SMTP Code to Send Emails in .NET Apps

8 Aug 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan, Iqra Ali

Since I wrote an article previously, I had been asked on various occasions to share the code on Yahoo! or Bing, etc. I wanted to write an article, with the code, which covers all of those vendors as well.

Utilizing Azure Redis Cache as Backend for Chat App

28 Mar 2018 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

How to build an app with chat capability using Azure Redis cache

Facial biometric authentication on your connected devices

22 Jul 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post, I am going to walk you through creating your own central hub to allow your connected devices to authenticate people using facial recognition system.

HTML

CUDA

.NET

artificial-intelligence

Kick Start with AngularJS 2.0 and Visual Studio

10 Jan 2017 by AHMAD ANAS

This article is intended to deliver a kick start understanding about AngularJs 2.0 and Visual Studio.

Kickstart with .NET Core and MongoDB - Console App

19 Jan 2017 by AHMAD ANAS

In this article, you will learn how to create console application in .NET Core with NoSQL- MongoDB.

jParser PCL .NET Json Parser

15 Feb 2016 by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data

Optimizing Push Framework for the Web: Use of Websocket, SSL, Json, AngularJs and MySQL

29 Nov 2014 by Ahmed Charfeddine

Websocket, SSL, Json, MySQL are all combined together with Push Framework to produce a C++ server that interacts with an Angularjs web front-end. The application shows the ease of implementing CRUD.

Chromium (CefSharp) Tor Browser

28 Jan 2016 by ahmet_uzun

An alternative Tor Browser built with C# using CefSharp and Tor.NET.

Detect SAM File Corruption under Windows 7 (Part 1)

10 Apr 2016 by AIT SALEM BOUSSAD

This first part of the article presents how to inject a DLL inside lsass process by using Windows service

MessageBox using MVVM Patterns

8 Sep 2014 by ajalilqarshi

Displaying a Message Box (similar to the MessageBox) using MVVM patterns in WPF

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

Introduction to Knockout.js and CRUD Operations in ASP.Net Web Forms Using Knockout.JS

26 Nov 2014 by Akhil Mittal

This article is an introduction to Knockout.js and CRUD Operations in ASP.NET Web Forms using Knockout.JS.

Visual Studio Extensibility (Day 2): Deploying Visual Studio Extension on Staging Server and GIT via Continuous Integration

13 Dec 2022 by Akhil Mittal

Directly check in VS extension to Git repo and automatically deploy to staging server via continuous integration

VS2013

Visual-Studio

Git

Learning C#: Custom Collection Classes in C#

4 Apr 2017 by Akhil Mittal

This article will explain how one can create their own custom collection class that can be iterated through.

Windows

VS2013

VS2010

Create API with ASP.NET Core (Day 1): Getting Started and ASP.NET Core Request Pipeline

12 May 2017 by Akhil Mittal

This tutorial series on learning API with ASP.NET Core will focus on ASP.NET Corefeatures, request pipeline, how to create ASP.NET core API and how to use EntityFramework Core.

Create API with ASP.NET Core (Day2): Creating API in ASP.NET Core

8 May 2017 by Akhil Mittal

How to create API with ASP.NET Core

Create API with ASP.NET Core (Day 3): Working with HTTP Status Codes, Serializer Settings and Content Negotiation in ASP.NET Core API

6 Jun 2017 by Akhil Mittal

In this article, we’ll continue to explore the importance of statuscodes and practical examples as well. We’ll also explore resource creation andreturning the child resources as well.

Singleton Design Pattern in C#: Part 2

9 Jan 2018 by Akhil Mittal

In this article, we’ll discuss Lazy initialization, the lazy keyword, why you make singleton class a sealed class and what are the differences between singleton and static class.

VS2013

singleton

Learning Entity Framework (Day 1) : Data Access Approaches of Entity Framework in .NET

27 Sep 2018 by Akhil Mittal

In this article, we look at how we can leverage Entity Framework approaches and, as per need, use those.

Learning Entity Framework (Day 2): Code First Approach and Migrations in Microsoft .NET Entity Framework

28 Sep 2018 by Akhil Mittal

Code First Approach and Migrations in Microsoft .NET Entity Framework

Learning Entity Framework (Day 3): ASP.NET Web API 2 with Entity Framework 6 Code First Migrations

1 Oct 2018 by Akhil Mittal

ASP.NET Web API 2 with Entity Framework 6 Code First Migrations

Singleton Design Pattern in C#: Part 1

8 Jan 2018 by Akhil Mittal

This article covers Singleton Pattern in the most simplistic and easy to understand. The article will also talk about Static classes and the differences between singleton design pattern and static classes.

Repository Pattern using Dependency Injection (Autofac) in MVC application

19 Nov 2014 by Akshit Rana

In this article, I will explain how to implement Respository pattern and how to enable dependency injection feature to your MVC Application.

AutoBracketsTextBox for brackets auto-completion

16 Apr 2016 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Enable brackets & symbols autocompletion

.NET-Compiler-Platform

.NET

VS2013

Dev

Transform between IEEE, IBM or VAX floating point number formats and bytes expressions

16 Dec 2012 by Alan Churchill

This is an alternative for "Transform between IEEE, IBM or VAX floating point number formats and bytes expressions"

A Universal Enum Editor for WinForms

26 Feb 2016 by Alan Seedhouse

An Editor Control to edit both Flags and non-Flags Enums

Calculating the Probability of Related Events Based on Bayes' Theorem Using MongoDB Aggregation Framework in C#

29 Jan 2016 by Alazar 9860585

Calculating the Probability of Related Events Based on Bayes' Theorem Using MongoDB Aggregation Framework in C#

Mock & Inject your Service with Moq and Ninject

10 Aug 2016 by Aless Alessio

Design your solution and code your classes as loosely-coupled objects. Learn how to use MOQ and Ninject for mocking your Service and injecting it at runtime with Ninject.

Create Your Own Private NuGet Server in Windows Azure

5 Feb 2015 by Alex Sanséau

As an introduction to Windows Azure, this article will guide you step by step to create your own private NuGet server in Windows Azure.

Passing Parameters to a Running Application in WPF

5 Jan 2018 by Alex Schunk

Passing Parameters to a running application in WPF

Windows

VS2013

WPF

AOP - Method and property interception in C#

3 Jan 2018 by Alex Schunk

This how-to shows the usage of Cauldron.Interception.Fody and its capabilities.

Simple 3-layer App Based on MVC, EF and Fluent Validation

23 Oct 2015 by alex_lviv

In this article, I will try to describe my vision on creation of simple 3-layer application based on .NET technologies.

Chess PGN-Viewer (JavaScript)

21 Jan 2015 by Alexander Chernosvitov

Object-oriented approach to Web Application developing using JavaScript

Yet another Web Camera control

5 Nov 2017 by Alexander Iacobciuc

In this article you will find yet another implementation of a web camera control.

Formula Compiler using C++ BNF-like EDSL

13 Nov 2017 by Alexander Semjonov

The paper presents simplest byte-code formula compiler using C++ BNF-like embedded domain specific language (EDSL). It introduces BNFLite template library and implements byte-code for parallel computations.

Library Commander

19 Jun 2017 by Alexander Sharykin

LibraryCommander is a personal desktop application to manage my texts (e-book) collection, classify and search them by categories and tags.

DotNetPeLib: A Library to Read and Generate .NET Assemblies in C++11

2 Jan 2020 by Alexandre Bencz

DotNetPELib is a library which abstracts managed information such as namespaces, classes, fields, methods, and instructions. The information can then be used to generate assembly language source files, or PE executables or DLLs.

Universal System.Data.Sqlite binary for .NET and Mono

21 Sep 2014 by Alexei Shcherbakov

How to make almost universal NuGet 'System.Data.Sqlite' package for .NET and Mono

Date and Time Source Interface and its Implementations

10 Dec 2016 by Alexey Chernobaev

Date and time source interface allows to use different actual date and time sources (e.g. current system time or accelerated system time) in your C# code to simplify debugging, simulation, etc.

Calendar - calendar with notes using the Qt framework

12 May 2017 by alexey_t

A simple calendar with notes support

Sprache.Calc: Building Yet Another Expression Evaluator

9 Mar 2019 by AlexeyYakovlev

This paper demonstrates a technique of building Sprache parsers using grammar inheritance.

Creating detail grid template at runtime using devexpress gridview

28 Aug 2016 by Ali Adly

A simple example that shows how to create detail grid template at runtime using ASPxGridView

MFC PowerShells Easily

24 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A very easy way to drive PowerShell console application through MFC

Manage, monitor, and control all your IoT devices with Overlord

23 Mar 2015 by Allister Beharry

Overlord is an open-source .NET IoT management platform written in C# and running on Microsoft Azure.

HostMe - Hosting Static Web Pages Has Never Been Easier

18 Jun 2017 by Alon Lek

HostMe is a simple one EXE application that can host your static web pages easily. It can run either as a console or as a Windows service with the minimal amount of effort from your side.