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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

.NET and Delphi Inter-Process Communication via Named Pipes

12 Dec 2014 by Yuriy Magurdumov

Calling native methods from .NET application via standard Windows Named Pipes

Delphi

Windows

Win64

VS2013

Win32

.NET Asynchronous Patterns

6 Jan 2014 by Assil

This article describes asynchronous patterns in .NET and how to do them.

.NET Canvas for Network visualization

4 Nov 2016 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

.NET language Canvas control for Interactive visualizing network data.

.NET CORE 1.0, MVC6 & ANGULARJS2 - STARTUP

24 Nov 2016 by Shashangka Shekhar

In this article we are going to explore .Net Core, Know how to use MVC6 & AngularJS2, how to manage client side dependencies with Node package manager (NPM).

.NET Remoting Events Explained for VB.NET

25 Oct 2015 by Greg Nutt

This is a VB.NET Version for ".NET Remoting Events Explained"

.NET to Hadoop Connection using Kerberos Ticket

26 Mar 2016 by Amit Kumar Tiwari

.NET to Hadoop connection using Keytab file

.NET Web API 2.0 Service with a Java Client

9 Oct 2014 by Louie Bacaj

Web API was introduced and was recently streamlined into Web API 2.0. This framework is heaven for C#/.NET services developers. It allows you to get a RESTful API in .NET up and running in less than an hour. As you'll see it's also just as easy to consume that API in another programming language.

.NET Works with Nest - Guide to calling Nest API from C#

14 Sep 2014 by padmore

How to call Nest API from .NET using FirebaseSharp

21st Card Magic in C#.NET

10 Nov 2016 by Mehedi Shams

Coding a simple magic with cards!

3D L-System with C# and WPF

21 Dec 2014 by arussell

How to use C# to create WPF 3D graphics.

3D Plaza in C# with opengl Exploration

15 Jul 2014 by Vasily Tserekh

A simple 3D exploration of a plaza in OpenGL and C#

VS2013

OpenGL

50 OpenGL MFC Projects in One

10 May 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro MFC in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation

A Barebones Implementation of the MVVM Pattern

31 Jul 2015 by Jesse Glover

Breaking down the MVVM pattern

A Beginner's Tutorial For Understanding and Implementing Service Locator Pattern in C#

19 Jan 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will try to understand the service locator pattern.

VS2013

Design

patterns

A Beginner's Tutorial On Understanding and Implementing Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Core

4 Oct 2018 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will look at how Dependency Injection works in ASP.NET Core.

A C# System Tray Application using WPF Forms

17 Mar 2017 by Leif Simon Goodwin

How to create a basic system tray app in C# and WPF

A Class to Combine Slider Control and Progress Bar Windows

23 Jan 2018 by Cem KARACA

An article on how to combine Slider Controls and Progress bar into one class using custom draw

A Class to Print and Print Preview a DataGrid or DataGridView Control

24 Jan 2016 by Duncan Edwards Jones

A class to add to your application to generate nicely formatted prints from a DataGrid.

A Concept for Fast & More Flexible Date Entry

8 Jun 2017 by Clifford Nelson

The DatePicker, in my mind, is a partial fix to many of the problems with a simple TextBox date entry. How would you like to be able to type “66” in a text box that takes a date and have it interpret it as “June 6th”? Or enter “FR” and have it interpreted as the previous Friday. Or enter “thanks” an

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A ContentDialog in a WPF Desktop Application

24 Feb 2017 by Dirk Bahle

In a dialog with WPF

A Convex Hull Algorithm and its implementation in O(n log h)

1 Mar 2018 by Omar Saad (IREQ), Eric Ouellet

A very fast Convex Hull algorithm and its implementation in O (n log h)

A Custom Message Box

2 Aug 2013 by Syed M Hussain

This article explains how to develop a custom message box in C#.

A Custom Model Binder for Passing Complex Objects with Query Strings to Web API Methods

17 Jan 2018 by Shenwei Liu

Custom model binder for passing query strings as nested objects or collections to Web API GET or POST methods, also updated for ASP.NET Core

A Drag and Drop ListLauncher with fold-able Groups

3 Mar 2017 by wim4you

Launch additionally a limited number of hand picked Programs, Documents or Folders from the taskbar

A Format Control String Surprise

12 Jun 2016 by David A. Gray

What happens when you have more items in your list than you have items in your control string?

A Fundamental Lock-Free Building Block - The Lock-Free Stack

31 Jul 2014 by Michael Gazonda

A Fundamental Lock-Free Building Block - The Lock-Free Stack

A generic Collection to DataTable Mapper

27 Apr 2015 by Jörgen Andersson

A high performance extension for creating a DataTable from a Generic collection.

A generic lattice noise algorithm, an evolution of Perlin noise.

20 Nov 2014 by Juan Ignacio Tel

Development of a new generic lattice noise algorithm that advances beyond perlin noise and expands the possibilities of textural noise creation.

A Generic, Fast implementation of a 2dimensional dense array in C#

17 Dec 2015 by webmaster442

A brief explanation of why 2d array is slow, and why not to use jagged array and howto overcome the problems using the dense array storage

VS2013

general

A GUI custom control with JavaScript OOP programming and jQuery

21 Jun 2016 by fede.net

The article describes the basic to build a custom HTML control with JavaScript OOP programming and jQuery

A Handy GPS Class

11 Oct 2016 by #realJSOP

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

A Help Infrastructure For WinRT Phones and Apps

1 Sep 2015 by David Maw

A way to embed help pages within a Windows RT or Phone program

A Highlightable WPF/MVVM TextBlock in C#/VB.Net

22 Jan 2018 by Dirk Bahle

Implementing text highlighting in a WPF TextBlock control with MVVM

A Journey to Factory Method Pattern

12 Oct 2018 by Vikas K Gupta

Illustration of factory method pattern among various approaches

A Lazy Stream Implementation in C++11

25 Jun 2018 by David Serrano Martínez

A lazy stream has been implemented in C++11, so as to highlight the functional capabilities of this new specification

A Lean and Mean Un-opinionated Templating Engine

21 Mar 2016 by Marc Clifton

Based on Razor template engine syntax, a straightforward, extensible, easy to maintain implementation of a templating engine.

A lightweight HTML5 grid from scratch

19 Mar 2017 by marcel heeremans

An introduction as to how to create a semi-advanced extendible HTML5 grid from scratch. This really isn't as daunting a task as many think!

A Lock Free Doubly Linked List With Safe Memory Reclamation

3 Oct 2014 by SarmadAsghar

This is the second lock-free implementation (first is by H°akan Sundell) that only needs the single-word compare-and-swap atomic primitive.

A master-detail view with Entity Framework

22 Jul 2016 by Mohamed Kalmoua

In this article, I will create a master-detail view using the Entity Framework.

A More Efficient AJAX Progress Bar for ASP.NET

27 Jan 2016 by wells cheung

AJAX Progress Bar for ASP.NET.

A Multi-Color, Multi-Font CheckedListBox

7 Dec 2015 by Tim Bomgardner

A CheckedListBox with dynamic foreground, background, and font

A Multiple and Selective Configuration Installer for Business Applications Using Visual Studio and WiX Toolset

14 Oct 2014 by Shenwei Liu

A sample shows approaches of creating WiX installers and a bootstrapper bundle for the deployment of business applications with multiple and selective configurations.

A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.

26 Nov 2014 by Jeremy Falcon

Provides a base to use when programming OpenGL-enabled applications for the real world, rather than a simple hello world.

A n-level Nested Directory Tree WPF Demo

15 May 2015 by Lộc Nguyễn

Example of data binding for nested tree structure, and MVVM pattern.

A New Hash Function - ZobHash

25 Jan 2018 by KristianEkman

Can we write a new better hash function?

.NET

VS2013

A Note on Angular 2 Bootstrap Multiple Apps

7 Mar 2017 by Dr. Song Li

This is a note on how to bootstrap multiple apps in a single HTML page.

A Note on Angular 2 Container Components

16 Jan 2017 by Dr. Song Li

This is a note on Angular 2 container components.

A Note on Angular 2 Deployment and Node_Modules

17 Dec 2016 by Dr. Song Li

This is a note on a stupid, brutal force, terrible, yet not very horrible method to deploy the big Angular 2's 42.8 MB "node_modules" folder.

A Note on Angular 2 Environment in Visual Studio

11 Dec 2016 by Dr. Song Li

This is a note on setting the environment for Angular 2 & Typescript in Visual Studio.

A Note on Owin Hosted Services

18 Jun 2017 by Dr. Song Li

This is a note on Owin (Open Web Interface for .NET) hosted services.

A Note on SignalR

27 Oct 2016 by Dr. Song Li

This is a quick note on SignalR.

A Portable and Efficient Generic Parser for Flat Files

2 Aug 2017 by Andrew Rissing

GenericParser is a C# implementation of a parser for delimited and fixed width format files.

A Problem-Solution Approach to Design Patterns: Extension on Demand with Decorator Pattern

10 Jan 2016 by debashishPaul

This article discusses the Decorator Design Pattern. The approach taken in this series is how a pattern of problem can be identified, analysed and solved with a suitable design pattern.

A Real MVVMLight Example

1 Mar 2017 by Clifford Nelson

This is a more comprehensive example of how to implement a project with MVVMLight

A Responsive Design Technique for WinForms

17 Oct 2016 by Mehedi Shams

Design to scale automatically to different screen resolutions

A Reusable MVC.NET JQuery Modal Popup

6 Apr 2016 by UberGeoff

A reusable jQuery popup message box with Ajax functionality - that can bind to any model

A Robust Solution for FileSystemWatcher Firing Events Multiple Times

18 Sep 2018 by Ben Hall (failingfast.io)

This is a robust solution for FileSystemWatcher firing events multiple times

A Sample Code Submitted for Senior C# Developer Position + Unit Tests

11 Mar 2016 by Masoud Zehtabi Oskuie

A real code assessment for a senior C#.NET role

A Simple Asynchronous Logger in C#

23 May 2020 by Toby Patke

Clearcove.Logging is a very simple logging library designed to meet most logging needs with straight-forward licensing terms.

A simple C# library for graph plotting

4 Sep 2014 by Zimmermann Stephan

An easy to use C# library for quick and simple graph plotting.

A Simple C++ Profiler on x64

5 Aug 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam

A Simple Profiler for C++ apps on x64 platform

A simple Compass

25 Jun 2014 by Philipp Katscher

How to draw a compass and feed it with NMEA device data (i.e. a GPS Compass)

A Simple Dashboard with ASP.NET Core 2.0, SignalR, Angular 5 and Chart.js

10 Apr 2018 by Igor Ladnik

The sample provides Web access to devices status and displays dynamic metrics charts with ASP.NET Core 2.0, SignalR, Angular 5 and Chart.js.

A Simple Dashboard: ASP.NET Web API Services with AngularJS and Angular 2 Clients

25 Apr 2016 by Igor Ladnik

ASP.NET Web API, SignalR and AngularJS / Angular 2 work together

A Simple Pathfinding Laboratory

7 Sep 2018 by Robert Vandenberg Huang

Experiment, run and compare different pathfinding algorithms and heuristic functions

A Simple Tree List View

3 Oct 2014 by kb-boxer

A simple tree list view .NET WinForms control

A Simple Worker Thread

15 Mar 2016 by Satbir S

A worker thread gives you parallel processing power

A simple WPF LineChart control

29 May 2016 by Kenneth Haugland

A simple WPF chart control that draws a 2D line chart.

.NET

VS2013

A Smart Card Framework for .NET

15 May 2015 by orouit

Describes a framework to use the PCSC Smart Card API with .NET.

A Sudoku program with some advanced features

13 Jan 2015 by Jacques Fournier

Sudoku is a program built in C# with a WPF user interface.

A Super Easy DLL Made in VC++ IDE, especially for First Time Tasters

8 Sep 2017 by simonp_ca

Super easy DLL in VC++ IDE

A Text Editor App in Windows Store

8 Feb 2016 by Azim Zahir

This is a Text Editor App for Windows 8.

Win8

VS2013

XAML

A Tool to create N-Layer Architecture Classes v 2.0

6 Jun 2016 by Saleth Prakash

This application is used to create N-Layer Architecture classes with multiple options.

.NET

VS2013

A Universal Enum Editor for WinForms

26 Feb 2016 by Alan Seedhouse

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

A VB.NET Version of the Spider Solitaire Game

14 Jan 2016 by Pat Dooley

In this article I will describe the approach I took in creating a VB.NET implementation of the Spider Solitaire Game.

A Vector Type for C#

11 May 2015 by R Potter

A guide through a Vector type in C# using Cartesian and Euclidian Geometry

A Very Simple Example of HTML 5 OFFLINE Database (indexedDB and WebSql)

18 Sep 2014 by Vinu Sorout

This article explains the basic knowledge about the browser databases that comes in handy when working with the HTML 5 Offline application to create, edit, modify or delete the data of a table in databases (indexedDB and WebSql).

A Walkthrough to Implement 2048 Game

4 Mar 2017 by Robert Vandenberg Huang

An introduction to make a simple 2048 console application in C#

.NET-Core

.NET

VS2013

A Web Game in an Hour

23 Sep 2015 by David Catuhe

I’ll demonstrate building a game from scratch using Web technologies and just two external libraries, and I’ll do it in less than one hour.

A WinRT CollectionView class with Filtering and Sorting

30 Sep 2014 by Bernardo Castilho

The article presents an ICollectionView class that supports filtering and sorting.

A WPF File ListView and ComboBox (Version II)

30 Jul 2014 by Dirk Bahle

This is an alternative for "A WPF File ListView and ComboBox"

A WPF MVVM In-Place-Edit TextBox Control

2 Sep 2017 by Dirk Bahle

Rename an item via textbox overlay as in Rename of Windows Explorer

Absolute Beginner's Tutorial on Understanding and Using Dapper ORM

3 Aug 2018 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article introduces Dapper to absolute beginners.

Abstract of the text rendering with OpenGL/OpenTK in MONO/.NET

27 Oct 2018 by Steffen Ploetz

Give an brief overview of text rendering options for OpenGL/OpenTK especially for MONO/.NET.

Accelerated .NET Types

28 Mar 2016 by Dmitriy Gakh

Intensive Big Data processing and Mobile Applications require fast calculations and compact data storage. Design of new quick and save .NET types with small overhead is not a simple task. This article describes creating of such type without overhead and with advantages only.

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Accepting Bitcoin (BTC) payments with C# ASP.NET. Primer applicable to other crypto currencies: Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP)...

28 Dec 2017 by lepipele

Detailed guide on building C# ASP.NET website checkout that accepts Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH) and other Crypto Currencies.

Accessibility for Universal Windows apps

28 Feb 2015 by Pooja Baraskar

Make your app usable by people who have limitations.

Accessing alternative data-streams of files on an NTFS volume

15 Aug 2016 by Richard Deeming

A pair of classes to encapsulate access to NTFS alternative data streams.

Accessing Backed Up iPhone SMS Messages

27 Oct 2014 by Dominick Marciano

When iPhone SMS messages are backed up to your computer using iTunes, the messages are stored in a SQLite database. This article will show the layout of this database file and how to access all saved message information.

Accessing Windows API with Plain x64 Assembly Language

7 Oct 2016 by digital performance

This article shows how to access Windows API with plain x64 assembly programming language (MASM style). It shall also give an overview, how to apply some programming techniques like OOP and multithreading on a low level.

Acme Photo Resizer is a C# Program for Resizing Images in Bulk

20 Jan 2016 by Pat Dooley

In this article I will show how simple programs can help improve your photography work flow. Acme Photo resizer resizes JPG images in bulk. It can also add a copyright notice and the photograph's file name to each image. It was written to help me resize race photographs so that I could post them to

Active Directory change tracking

9 Jan 2016 by Snorri Kristjansson

Active Directory change auditing solution. A Windows Service that stores selected AD change events from the Security log of all Domain Controllers to an SQL database.