Best Article of November 2021

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The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Advanced Concepts in Easy Samples

17 Nov 2021Nick Polyak

This article covers important concepts of Avalonia/WPF needed for programming and software design

.NET

XAML

Avalonia

Why Do We Need MediatR?

15 Nov 2021Ivan Yakimov

This article contains a discussion of MediatR NuGet package.

.NET

Dev

Render Professional Screens on IoT

27 Nov 2021honey the codewitch

How to take your IoT graphical interface from the mid-1990s into the present

Theming and Localization Functionality for Multiplatform Avalonia UI Framework

18 Nov 2021Nick Polyak

New simple and flexible package for Theming and Localizing multiplatform Avalonia applications is described here with samples

ptr_to_unique<T>, extending std::unique_ptr to support weak secondary smart pointers

15 Dec 2021john morrison leon

A smart pointer to an object already owned by a unique_ptr. It doesn't own the object but it self zeroes when the object is deleted so that it can never dangle.

C++

SortedBucketCollection: A memory efficient SortedList accepting multiple items with the same key

12 Nov 2021Peter Huber SG

A detailed guide how to write your own collection.

.NET

Design

Dev

4db: A Dynamic File-based NoSQL Database for C++

22 Nov 2021Michael Sydney Balloni

Wanna add basic database functionality to your C++ app? Too lazy to use SQLite directly? Read on!

100 Days of TypeScript (Day 5)

1 Nov 2021Pete O'Hanlon

How to use interfaces to set up types so they have certain behaviors

CPM - A C/C++ Package Manager

27 Nov 2021Mircea Neacsu

Effective management tool for multiple libraries

C++

JSON

CSS in WPF

1 Nov 2021Ilija Poznić

Adding class selector to WPF

EF6 Migrations and TimeStamp Bug with CodeFirst

2 Nov 2021Herman<T>.Instance

Migrations does not apply to T-SQL rules for ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN

Dismantling Reggie

8 Nov 2021honey the codewitch

Deep dive some advanced source generation in a real world application

QUDP - A Reliable UDP Protocol

13 Nov 2021Mark Beharrell

A queue based UDP protocol

C++

Dev

UDP

Merging TIFF Images

22 Nov 2021Allegra Angelo

Create a multipage TIFF image from images

.NET

Windows

TIFF

Strive for Short-Lived Synchronous Communication

1 Nov 2021Bohdan Stupak

Short tip explaining the importance of asynchronous communication

Image class which contains an array of unique colors with counts used to sort by color and find duplicates.

19 Nov 2021

Image class which contains an array of unique colors with counts used to sort by color and find duplicates.

image

thumbnail

color

Choose the Right Model: Comparing Relational, Document, and Graph Databases

24 Nov 2021Arctype SQL

There are three major types of database models in use today. Learn about their differences and what applications they are good for.

Split grapheme in C#

8 Nov 2021DebugST

Use [Unicode 14.0.0] version. Can support automatic code generation according to the latest version.

Unicode

Layered Application Architecture with a Homogeneous Layer Structure

15 Nov 2021Alexey Skripka

The architecture of a multilayer application with homogeneous layer structure is described.

Architect

architecture

Create .NET MVC Web Application Using Visual Studio on Mac OS [Part 1]

29 Nov 2021Uladzislau Baryshchyk

This series of articles consists of three articles, in which I will demonstrate step by step how to create a .NET core MVC project

ASP.NET Cannot Load a Reference Assembly

22 Nov 2021Herman<T>.Instance

Short route to fix this issue

.NET

ASP.NET

Don’t Build Games from Scratch Part 1: Creating and Deploying Multiplayer Servers on Azure PlayFab

23 Nov 2021Raphael Mun

In this article, we explore packaging then deploying a game to Azure PlayFab servers.

Azure

PowerShell

game

Multiple Models In a MVC View

5 Nov 2021#realJSOP

One way to allow access to multiple model entities within a ASP.NET MVC view.

Delete Stale Feature Branches in a Kubernetes Cluster

29 Nov 2021Dmytro Striletskyi

Delete namespaces as namespace equals all resources belonging to feature branch in Kubernetes cluster

Kubernetes

UniDock - A New Multiplatform UI Docking Framework. UniDock Power Features.

23 Feb 2022Nick Polyak

Describes the new powerful features of UniDock, the new multiplatform UI docking framework.

Sharded Multi-Tenant Database using SQL Server Row-Level Security

24 Nov 2021Rick Drizin

An overview of how to design a scalable Multi-Tenant Database using Row-Level Security Predicate Functions and DDL triggers to enforce that all shared tables are always restricted according to the tenant.

SQL

SQL-Server

Creating Your Very Own x64 PE Packer/Protector from Scratch using C++

13 Nov 2021The Ænema

This article brings you a very detailed but easy to learn experience on creating your own x64 PE packer/protector using only VC++!

One More Solution to Calling PowerShell from C#

26 Nov 2021Tomasz Malicki

Basic PowerShell handler C# class with an explanation

SetComparers: A variety of comparers for collections of objects in C#

23 Nov 2021honey the codewitch

Easily compare collections for equality

.NET

Comparable

collections

100 Days of TypeScript (Day 6)

7 Nov 2021Pete O'Hanlon

How to implement interfaces in TypeScript, inherit from classes and a whole lot more.

Typescript

.NET Configuration File Corrupts On Write

9 Nov 2021Member 12660776

Programmatically Adding New ConfigurationSectionGroup Corrupts Declaration Section With Multiple Group Declarations.

Using Asynchrony Methods in Foreach Sentences

1 Nov 2021freedeveloper

The foreach loop and in any case, the for loop in C# can get a great benefit in performance by using await and Task instruction. But this is not always possible.

.NET

Dev

Win32:C++ Add Icon to Right Side of Button Text

21 Nov 2021REALTBU

Easy to use class which supports displaying icons on button controls

Insight.Database - .NET Micro ORM, Part 1 - Write Less Code in Data Access layer using Auto Interface Implementation

6 Nov 2021keerthi raja

An overview of Insight.Database, micro-orm for .NET

Cinchoo ETL - Merge Different CSV Files into One Large CSV File

28 Sep 2022Cinchoo

Tip to merge different CSV files into one CSV file using Cinchoo ETL

.NET

ETL

CSV

Cinchoo ETL - Deserialize Selective XML Nodes from Large XML File

7 Nov 2021Cinchoo

Use Cinchoo ETL to deserialize selective XML nodes from large XML file

State Machine Framework in C

30 Nov 2021Nandkishor Biradar

A minimalist UML State machine framework for finite state machine and hierarchical state machine in C

Why I Targeted T-SQL: A Confession

11 Nov 2021honey the codewitch

Silly SQL Tricks, Mistakes and Other Nonsense

SQL

parsing

regular-expression

How to create a simple UI library using decorators

27 Nov 2021After2050

In this article, I would like to share some of the learnings I got in the process of building an UI library using typescript decorators

Typescript

decorator

Using Cursors and for Loops in MySQL

19 Nov 2021Arctype SQL

Learn how to write a MySQL cursor or a MySQL loop

SQL

MySQL

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

#realJSOP

Software Developer (Senior) Paddedwall Software

United States

I've been paid as a programmer since 1982 with experience in Pascal, and C++ (both self-taught), and began writing Windows programs in 1991 using Visual C++ and MFC. In the 2nd half of 2007, I started writing C# Windows Forms and ASP.Net applications, and have since done WPF, Silverlight, WCF, web services, and Windows services.

My weakest point is that my moments of clarity are too brief to hold a meaningful conversation that requires more than 30 seconds to complete. Thankfully, grunts of agreement are all that is required to conduct most discussions without committing to any particular belief system.

After2050

Software Developer Trigent Software Private Limited

India

I'm a software developer from south tip of India. I spent most of the time in learning new technologies. I've a keen interest in client-side technologies especially JavaScript and admire it is the most beautiful language ever seen.

I like sharing my knowledge and written some non-popular articles. I believe in quality and standards but blames myself for lagging them.

I believe in small things and they makes me happy!

Alexey Skripka

Ukraine

Algorithm / java / c# / sql developer

Allegra Angelo

Systems / Hardware Administrator

Italy

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Arctype SQL

Technical Writer Arctype

United States

Download our free SQL editor at https://www.arctype.com

This is a Organisation

3 members

Bohdan Stupak

Team Leader

Ukraine

Team leader with 8 years of experience in the industry. Applying interest to a various range of topics such as .NET, Go, Typescript and software architecture.

Cinchoo

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

DebugST

China

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Dmytro Striletskyi

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

freedeveloper

Software Developer (Senior) Avalon Development

United States

Jose A. Garcia Guirado, Electronic Engineer, graduated in Havana/Cuba 1982, MCTS, MCSD.NET, MCAD.NET, MCSE. Worked in the Institute for Cybernetics and Mathematics of Academy of Science of Cuba for 8 years; since 1995 working as free software architect, developer and adviser, first in Argentina and from 2003 to 2010, in Germany as External consultant in DWS Luxembourg, AIXTRON AG and Shell Deutschland GmbH and from 2010 to 2012 in Mexico working for Twenty Century Fox, and Mexico Stock Exchange (BMV). From 2013 to now in USA, Florida, First in FAME Inc. and now as Senior Software Engineer in Spirit Airlines.

Herman<T>.Instance

Software Developer (Senior)

Netherlands

I started in the eightees with Basic and QuickBasic. When the ninetees started dBase was my thing. Close to the millenium years I swapped to C++ and since 2003 it is only programming in c#.

There is one thing about me.
Not that kind of OO guy and definately not an ORM-fan. I know a database to well to give the importance of data out in the hands of a tool.

honey the codewitch

United States

Just a shiny lil monster. Casts spells in C++. Mostly harmless.

Ilija Poznić

Software Developer (Senior) Ilija Poznić PR PI Elektronika

Serbia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Ivan Yakimov

Software Developer (Senior) Finstek

China

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

john morrison leon

Retired

Spain

Software Author with engineering, science and mathematical background.

Many years using C++ to develop responsive visualisations of fine grained dynamic information largely in the fields of public transport and supply logistics. Currently interested in what can be done to make the use of C++ cleaner, safer, and more comfortable.

keerthi raja

Technical Lead HCL Technologies LTD

India

Full stack developer with over 10.1 years of IT industry experience in Microsoft .Net & SQL on application Design, Development & Production supportProficient in building Web Applications using Microsoft .Net Core & Framework, C#, ASP.NET MVC & Web API, SQL Server, Micro ORM, Entity Framework, jQuery, Bootstrap, WCF and Dependency Injection.

• Strong knowledge in N-Tier architecture applications and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) based services.

• Architecting applications with industry best practices, using SOLID DRY SOC design principles, Dependency Injection, Onion Architecture, and Aspect Oriented Programming for Logging and Repository Pattern for Database Communication.

• Expertise on developing MVC Application with best practices using Areas, Attribute based Routing, Responsive Web Design and jQuery with modular pattern.

• Expertise on using Tuples and DTO (Data Transfer Objects) for efficient and quick data transfer.

• Strong hands experience in writing test cases faster using Specflow (BDD), MSTest, Nbuilder, Faker and MOQ frameworks to achieve best code coverage.

• Worked on Security features using form and windows Authentication for web applications and token-based for Web API and role-based Authorization.

• Expertise on writing honest methods, refactoring code using Resharper/StyleCop to create clean, reusable, scalable code and improve performance.

Mark Beharrell

New Zealand

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Member 12660776

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Michael Sydney Balloni

Software Developer

United States

Michael Balloni is a manager of software development at a cybersecurity software and services provider.

Check out https://www.michaelballoni.com for all the programming fun he's done over the years.

He has been developing software since 1994, back when Mosaic was the web browser of choice. IE 4.0 changed the world, and Michael rode that wave for five years at a .com that was a cloud storage system before the term "cloud" meant anything. He moved on to a medical imaging gig for seven years, working up and down the architecture of a million-lines-code C++ system.

Michael has been at his current cybersecurity gig since then, making his way into management. He still loves to code, so he sneaks in as much as he can at work and at home.

Mircea Neacsu

Canada

Mircea is an OOP (old, opinionated programmer) with more years of experience than he likes to admit. Always opened to new things, he is however too bruised to follow any passing fad.

Lately, he hangs around here, hoping that some of the things he learned can be useful to others.

Nandkishor Biradar

Software Developer (Senior)

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Nick Polyak

Architect AWebPros

United States

I am a software architect and a developer with great passion for new engineering solutions and finding and applying design patterns.

I am passionate about learning new ways of building software and sharing my knowledge with others.

I worked with many various languages including C#, Java and C++.

I fell in love with WPF (and later Silverlight) at first sight. After Microsoft killed Silverlight, I was distraught until I found Avalonia - a great multiplatform package for building UI on Windows, Linux, Mac as well as within browsers (using WASM) and for mobile platforms.

I have my Ph.D. from RPI.

here is my linkedin profile

Pete O'Hanlon

CEO

United Kingdom

A developer for over 30 years, I've been lucky enough to write articles and applications for Code Project as well as the Intel Ultimate Coder - Going Perceptual challenge. I live in the North East of England with 2 wonderful daughters and a wonderful wife.

I am not the Stig, but I do wish I had Lotus Tuned Suspension.

Peter Huber SG

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Retired SW Developer from Switzerland living in Singapore

Interested in WPF projects.

Raphael Mun

United States

Raphael Mun is a tech entrepreneur and educator who has been developing software professionally for over 20 years. He currently runs Lemmino, Inc and teaches and entertains through his Instafluff livestreams on Twitch building open source projects with his community.

REALTBU

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Rick Drizin

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I'm passionate about building things since I was born and passionate about computers and programming since I was a kid. I taught myself programming when I was 12 by reading some BASIC programming books and never stopped since then, having played and worked with dozens of technologies.

I have more than 20 years of work experience, having played both technical and management roles, and having worked for companies in many different sectors, including Financial Institutions, Healthcare, and Startups.

I have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University of São Paulo, and an MBA degree from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, both top-ranked universities in Latam. Born and raised in Brazil, lived in Chile for a while, now living in Florida (Fort Lauderdale Area).

If you like my articles please check and follow me on https://github.com/Drizin

The Ænema

Engineer MemarDesign™ LLC.

France

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. - Matrix

Hamid.Memar

Tomasz Malicki

Retired

Poland

Retired administrator of Microsoft systems, such as corporate AD and corporate Echange e-mail, creator of their on-prem implementation, assembling programs for his own use since 1982 (then in machine code 8080, today most often C #)

Uladzislau Baryshchyk

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

First Prize	Nick Polyak - UniDock - A New Multiplatform UI Docking Framework. UniDock Power Features.
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	honey the codewitch - Render Professional Screens on IoT
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Rick Drizin - Sharded Multi-Tenant Database using SQL Server Row-Level Security
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Peter Huber SG - SortedBucketCollection: A memory efficient SortedList accepting multiple items with the same key
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
No author can be nominated twice.
In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
By entering the contest you agree to the rules, conditions of entry, and agree that your member alias and any submitted material can be used for promotional purposes by CodeProject.
Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry unless clearly indicated otherwise. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.