Design / Graphics

The C4 Software Architecture Model

24 Jan 2017 by Petru Faurescu

Is there an easy way to succinctly and unambiguously communicate the architecture of a software system? Something that could highlight the requirements, and still be brief?

REST in WebApi

3 Feb 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

In "REST - Overview" article, I were introduced the basic rules in RESTful, Can you show me how to implement in WebApi?Ok, in this article, we will learn how to implement those rules in WebApi using C#.Where could I get sourcode was used in this article?Please checkout the code at https://github.com

Why Would You Use Common Table Expressions?

10 Apr 2018 by Gaston Verelst

Why you would use Common Table Expressions

Silverlight MEF: Custom ExportProvider for Attached XAML Exports

2 Dec 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Use the Managed Extensibility Framework to export dictionary resources using custom ExportProvider in Silverlight

Calling Web Service Functions Asynchronously from a Web Page

2 Apr 2010 by Steve Wellens

A user had a problem calling a Web Service from a web page asynchronously. I tried his code on my machine and was able to reproduce the problem. I was able to solve his problem, but only after taking the long scenic route through some of the more perplexing nuances of Web Services and Proxies.

Common Approaches to Responsive Design

3 Sep 2013 by Rion Williams

Common approaches to responsive design

Multi Column Text support in Silverlight 5

17 May 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Learn about Multi Column Text support in Silverlight 5 with a simple example

Aha, Evaluation Order Matters!

16 Feb 2015 by Eric Z (Jing)

Evaluation order matters!

Programming C# on Mac — One post guide

24 Jan 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is an introductory post for Mac developers to get started using C# programming language on Mac environments using Mono Project!

What Windows Runtime Can Teach .NET Developers?

6 Mar 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

What Windows runtime can teach .NET developers

HoloLens Development using Visual Studio 2015 and Unity HoloLens Technical Preview

6 Jan 2017 by Mark Vinod Sinnathamby

This post is a tutorial that is complimentary to the session I did, demonstrating the steps of how a simple holographic application can be built and deployed in the HoloLens emulator.

Pex & Moles - Testing Business Layer

28 Jul 2012 by hoonzis

Pex is a tool which helps generate inputs for unit test. Moles is a stub framework used to isolate the unit tests from code which is not being tested. In this post, I will try to describe an attempt to use Pex and Moles to test a typical business layer.

Introduction to Design Patterns

14 May 2013 by PRANAV SINGH

An introduction to design patterns

Dependency Injected Singletons… What?

2 Aug 2013 by Dev Leader

About dependency injected singletons

Progress Bar in Cell – Excel

18 Mar 2016 by johnniealan

This article describes about adding progress bar in cell.

Grokking the CLI - Part 1: Meta Mayhem

15 Jun 2016 by Allen C. Copeland Jr

Grokking the CLI - Part 1: Meta Mayhem

MemCache++: An example of modern C++ design

23 Sep 2012 by Issam Lahlali

MemCache++ is a light-weight, type-safe, simple to use and full-featured Memcache client. It was developed by Dean Michael Berris who is a C++ fanatic, loves working on network libraries (cpp-netlib.github.com), and currently works at Google Australia.

C++

Quick and Dirty (But Nice!) ToolTips – Revisited and Interactive

21 Nov 2013 by Philipp Sumi

Here are some quick and dirty tooltips - revisited and interactive

Set Up Properties of EmailMessage – Updated

21 Feb 2022 by Illya Reznykov

How to update EmailMessage properties that don't have public setters

Implementing J-Query Model Popup Plug-In and Playing FLV File in a Model Popup

28 Mar 2010 by kiran dangar

How to implement jQuery Model Popup plug-in and playing FLV file in a model popup

DI and Pervasive services

12 Aug 2010 by Qwertie

Dependency Injection aids loose coupling. But there are some services that are pervasive, services that you would have to pass to a hundred different constructors if you want to use DI "properly". Is there an alternative?

Leaving Solution Land

25 Mar 2012 by AlexTatiyants

There is a big difference between figuring out what to do and why to do something.

Full on rainbow spirograph using HTML5 and CoffeeScript

2 Jul 2012 by James Kolpack

Rainbow spirograph using HTML5 and CoffeeScript.

HTML5

Singletons: Why Are They “Bad”?

9 Aug 2013 by Dev Leader

In this post, I’m going to focus on why singletons are “bad”, because for me it means acknowledging one of the two main perspectives–that they are the best thing since cat videos met The Internet or they are the worst thing since Justin Bieber.

Authentication Against CRM Contact using Custom STS

30 Oct 2013 by Manoj.Kumar12

Authentication against CRM contact using custom STS

Overview of DateTime Object Usage in ASP.NET Websites and Web Applications

12 Feb 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article provides an overview of the DateTime object in ASP.NET website, and a source code and example of a few scenarios in which using DateTime would be easy and simple, but tricky.

Guide for Building C# Apps on Ubuntu: Project Files and Output

19 Jan 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This short post is about the project files that are created when a new project is created using a template provided in MonoDevelop.

My Understanding of ArcNet Protocol

3 Aug 2017 by johnniealan

ArcNet Protocol basics

Using LINQ To Filter By Object Type and Then Quantify

15 Apr 2010 by Joe Rattz

Using LINQ To Filter By Object Type and Then Quantify

Advantages of the Domain Model

22 Mar 2011 by Adrian Alexander

Confining object/relational mapping logic to a clearly demarcated Data Access Layer (DAL) within your application facilitates the creation of a single, coherent, object-oriented Domain Model to represent your application’s business objects.

Structural Design Pattern (Part 5)

19 Oct 2011 by zenwalker1985

Structural design pattern

Windows

Structural Design Pattern (Part 3)

13 Oct 2011 by zenwalker1985

Structural Design Pattern (Part 3)

Good Practice in Method Design – TIP (Beginner/Intermediate)

20 Oct 2011 by zenwalker1985

Good practice in method design

Cool CSS 4 Feature: pointer-events

27 Feb 2012 by Steve Wellens

CSS 4? Really? CSS 3 isn't fully released yet! What on earth is going on here?It all started when I was fooling around with GIMP, the extremely powerful free graphics editor. I took a public domain image, re-sized it, gave it a transparent background and then added a perspective shadow.

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CSS

Improve Productivity using Visual Studio 2012 Default Browser Switcher

28 Jun 2012 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to improve productivity using Visual Studio 2012 default browser switcher

Code Analyzing and NDepend

20 Aug 2012 by Morshed Anwar

Code analyzing and NDepend

The Data Access Layer, Part 1 – The Basics (And When Things Aren’t So Basic)

23 Aug 2012 by Keyhole Software

The motivation behind the DAL, the design principles that define a theoretically “good” DAL, and the relationship between the DAL and modern persistence technologies.

Template Method Design Pattern in Delphi. A working example

28 Dec 2012 by User 8984948

A working example of the Template Method design pattern in Delphi

Delphi

Easy 8 Step HTML To SQL Data Transfer in a ASP.NET Web Form using jQuery, JSON, XML, Web Methods, node() Methods and Extension Methods.

patterns

7 Feb 2013 by Patrick Cunningham

This article uses 8 steps to create example of how to read and write from HTML to a SQL database in a .NET web application using jQuery, JSON, and XML.

C#: Scope Your Global State Changes with IDisposable and the Using Statement

5 Jun 2013 by Pragmateek

How to scope your global state changes with IDisposable and the using statement

A Bug in Custom ISAPI Filter Related to Keep-Alive

28 Jun 2013 by Zhuyun Dai

I once implemented my own Basic authentication logic in a custom ISAPI filter on IIS 6 and IIS 7.5 (classic mode).

Keep Your Fields Private

1 Aug 2013 by Dev Leader

Ever since I can remember, I've always been told to keep fields private.

How Do You Structure Your Singletons?

1 Aug 2013 by Dev Leader

How to structure your Singletons.

Enterprise Architect Automation – Save/Export All Diagrams as Pictures

2 Aug 2013 by Sabarinathan A

Enterprise architect automation - save/export all diagrams as pictures

The Designer Developer Divide

16 Oct 2013 by Garry Pilkington

The divide between designer (Digital Barn) and developer (DevDevDev).

enterprise

Anemic data models (ADM) VS Rich Data Models (RDM) in C#

17 Nov 2015 by Shivprasad koirala

Anemic data Models (RDM) VS Rich Data Models ( RDM) in C#

Architect

Composition Over Inheritance

22 Jan 2016 by Mojtaba_Sarooghi

"HAS-A can be better than an IS-A relationship" What do you think about this sentence? Recently, I came across this topic quite a lot and we were discussing that in our team.

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100 Days of TypeScript (Day 8)

26 Apr 2022 by Pete O'Hanlon

A simple web-based calculator shows how to let TypeScript interact with contents of a web page

Using WebControls In ASP.NET MVC Views – Part 3

20 Aug 2009 by webdev_hb

This post continues the WebControls In MVC series. In this post we finally get some code that can be downloaded and tested. This post explains how to use the MvcWebForms methods to add WebControls to your Mvc Views -- and make them talk to your Controllers!

Separating layers and components with constructor injection and Unity

6 Nov 2009 by Giorgio Bozio

Separating layers and components with constructor injection and Unity

Generic Chain of Responsibility Builder

9 May 2010 by User 6619207

The article describes how you can implement the chain of responsility pattern with a generic chain builder method in .net

The Resource in RAII

3 Jul 2010 by WebBiscuit

So far we have concentrated on the 'AII!' part of RAII, so now let's look at the important bit, the R, the Resource.

CacheItemRemovedCallback Example in ASP.NET

12 Oct 2010 by Dinesh K Mandal

Exploring the CacheItemRemovedCallback delegate provided by ASP.NET

Skinning in WPF

8 Feb 2011 by Leom Burke

An approach to skinning in WPF using Merged Resource Dictionaries

jQuery Selector Tester and Cheat Sheet

22 Mar 2011 by Steve Wellens

I've always appreciated these tools: Expresso and XPath Builder. They make designing regular expressions and XPath selectors almost fun! Did I say fun? I meant less painful.

Structural Design Pattern (Part 2)

13 Oct 2011 by zenwalker1985

Structural Design Pattern (Part 2)

Refactoring Hooking and Unhooking Events TIP

4 Jan 2012 by zenwalker1985

Refactoring Hooking and Unhooking Events TIP

Dragging and Dropping onto HTML Image Maps

17 Feb 2012 by James Treworgy

Dragging and dropping onto HTML Image Maps

Custom Widgets on iPhone/iPad

30 Aug 2012 by Zac Gery

The time has come for Apple to embrace the idea of custom widgets on iOS. It should be a a no-brainer but currently there are only three static widgets on iOS; they are Stock, Weather, and Share.

I'm Not a Front-End Person

6 Nov 2012 by Zac Gery

Learning, experiencing, and becoming an expert at web development is not difficult.

Decorator Design Pattern in Delphi. Multiple Decorations

1 Jan 2013 by User 8984948

Decorator design pattern in Delphi - Multiple decorations

Delphi

patterns

Decorator Design Pattern in Delphi. Single Decoration

1 Jan 2013 by User 8984948

Decorator design pattern in Delphi - Single decoration

Delphi

patterns

Concept-oriented Model: Unifying Domain and Relation Modeling

1 Apr 2013 by Alexandr Savinov

In this post, we describe one aspect of the concept-oriented model (COM).

The Sharp Truth About Contour Bias

3 Apr 2013 by Zac Gery

The contour bias only works on objects which are emotionally neutral. Objects which already have an emotional association are not easily swayed.

Abstractness vs. Instability: Neo4j case study

15 Apr 2013 by Issam Lahlali

Let’s discover all these metrics and how they could be very useful to improve the design of applications.

Error ‘Your layout should make use of the available space on tablets’ when Uploading APK to Google Play

Simple Way to Structure Threads for Control

1 Aug 2013 by Dev Leader

I'd like to share the pattern I commonly use when creating threads in C# and discuss some of the highlights.

Façade Pattern: A Beginner’s How-To for Simplified Code

31 Mar 2023 by Dev Leader

A beginner's guide to Façade pattern

7 May 2023 by ToughDev

Solution for ‘Your layout should make use of the available space on tablets’ when uploading APK to Google Play

Converting an Outlook Form Template (OFT) to a .NET Windows Form in Visual Studio

7 May 2023 by ToughDev

How to convert OFT to .NET Windows Form in VS

Tips: Formatting Silverlight TextBlock Control

9 May 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to format Silverlight TextBlock control

Cohesion and Coupling: Principles of Orthogonal, Scalable Design

17 Mar 2017 by Arthur Minduca

Cohesion and coupling: Principles of orthogonal, scalable design

Architect

Python, Visual Studio, and C#… So. Sweet.

23 Sep 2013 by Dev Leader

Python, Visual Studio, and C#

"Quick Find" a better way using Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools

25 Feb 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

"Quick Find" a better way using Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools

Design and Implementation Mistakes - Mostly .NET

11 Nov 2014 by Paulo Zemek

Design and implementation mistakes - mostly .NET

Constrained C#

28 Nov 2014 by Paulo Zemek

What if C# evolved differently?

What is Character Spacing in Silverlight 5 Controls

13 May 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

What is Character spacing in Silverlight 5 controls

Unit of Work Design Pattern with Repository and Session

19 Oct 2014 by adityaswami89

This article will guide you if you want to create your own custom ORM or a wrapper over the ORM. This is only for demo towards the Unit of work pattern with Repository and a singleton Session class.

Fluent interfaces and Method Chaining in C#

21 Aug 2013 by Shivprasad koirala

Humans are lazy and programmers are humans J . We like things which are simplified and clean. So if you see the evolution of programming, we initially started with functional programming, and evolved towards object oriented programming.So as functional programmers where we used to remember methods a

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Strategy Design Pattern - Explained With A Real World Example (C#)

14 Aug 2015 by nirman b doshi

Strategy Design Pattern - Explained with a real world example (C#)

Best Practice in Writing a COM-Visible Assembly (C#)

5 Mar 2014 by Zhuyun Dai

I summarized some best practice rules in writing a COM-visible assembly according to my recent work.

Fragments: Creating a Tabbed Android User Interface

9 Jan 2014 by Dev Leader

Creating a tabbed Android User Interface.

Embedding Font To Resources

7 Sep 2010 by Ernest Poletaev

How to load and use custom font, embedded in assembly resources

ASP.NET date picker control - Part 2

24 Aug 2009 by Salmanzz

In this post, I will explain you how I have embedded JavaScript, images and stylesheet to my previous article.

Tips & Tricks: Styling Caret of a Silverlight TextBox Control

10 Oct 2010 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

In this small tip, I will guide you through changing the Style of Caret of a Silverlight TextBox control.

Logging and Tracing WCF Soap Messages

11 May 2012 by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to log and trace WCF Soap messages?

From Zero to Hero in JSON with C#

21 Jun 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

JSON format of data interchange and its use with C#

Java: Checked Exceptions, Revisited (or, a closer examination of a flawed mechanism)

6 Sep 2013 by John Atten

This post is a re-examination of some topics I discuss in an older post.

Solve IIS 8 Error: Could not load type ‘System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule’

30 Jun 2013 by Zhuyun Dai

How to solve "Could not load type 'System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule’ IIS 8 error

.NET TDD (Test Driven Development) by example - Part 1

11 Mar 2013 by AssemblySoft

A trivial business logic layer from scratch with a TDD approach.

Load And Use Custom Font Without Installing It

7 Sep 2010 by Ernest Poletaev

How to load and use font, not installed in the system?

Mobile Website Expansion Offers Businesses Unlimited Potential

18 Feb 2011 by Won Dong

Mobile website expansion offers business unlimited potential

Getting SignalR-Ready in Visual Studio 2010

10 Oct 2013 by Rion Williams

This post will cover how to get yourself up and running using SignalR within Visual Studio 2010 in a jiffy.

Abstraction Layers of the Human Body

27 Nov 2013 by Paul M Watt

I want to hopefully connect the dots for many to help convince you of the ultimate importance of a well defined and protected interface.

Repository Pattern

22 Sep 2014 by adityaswami89

This blog post discusses the Repository Pattern

Dependency Injection (DI) vs. Inversion of Control (IOC)

31 Dec 2013 by Shivprasad koirala

Dependency Injection (DI) vs. Inversion of Control (IOC).

Welcome to the Family, One ASP.NET

3 Dec 2013 by Rion Williams

When MVC came along however, the water became a bit muddled and developers had a major choice to make when starting up a new project: Web Forms or MVC?

Making your game stand out with Cortana on Windows 10

25 Apr 2016 by Simon Jackson

True speech interaction is something we do not see very often in gaming. Sure, you have recorded audio for NPCs and a few non-silent protagonists, but it is very rare for the player to interact with speech themselves. Check out this awesome opportunity for games

Concepts: S O L I D

11 Dec 2012 by Himanshu DS

SOLID - Object oriented programming principles.