Best C# Article of September 2015

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CPS1.NET: A C# Based CPS1 (MAME) Emulator

3 Apr 2021shunninghuang

CPS1 emulator, ROM hacking

XML

.NET

DirectX

text

Still Don’t Get the Difference of “Overloading and Overriding”?

4 Sep 2015Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This post attempts to describe the general difference between overloading and overriding in Object-oriented programming languages.

Making Fast-Paced Multiplayer Networked Games is Hard

31 Aug 2015markmnl

Overview of making fast-paced multiplayer networked games - the challenges and techniques to overcome them.

C#5.0

Dev

Architect

C# Out VS Ref

4 Sep 2015Shivprasad koirala

This blog discusses about C# Out vs Ref keyword.

.NET

Code39 Barcodes in VB.NET and C#

24 Sep 2015Stefano Castelli

The article will illustrate how to create a Code39 barcode in VB.NET and C#

When Lists and data grow up

21 Sep 2015Thomas Nielsen - getCore

This article will take a dive into one of the reasons why code sometimes sands over.

Ask Your Database for that Unique ID

2 Sep 2015Peter Leow

Get your database to generate unique running IDs for your application

SQL

MySQL

PHP

Neat Tricks for Effortlessly Formatting Currency in C#

14 Sep 2015Anton Angelov

The article presents how to create a library of generic extension methods to effortlessly formatting currency in C#.

.NET

All-Topics

Using the Windows Photo Import API - Windows.Media.Import

4 Jun 2017Axel Rietschin

Import photos & videos directly from smart phones and digital cameras using the Windows Photo Import API, for Windows Universal Apps and Classic Win32 applications on Windows 10 and beyond.

WPF Custom Visualization Intermezzo 2: Bindings

24 Aug 2016Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF bindings

A Beginner's Tutorial for Understanding and Implementing a CRUD APP USING Elasticsearch and C# - Part 1

2 Oct 2020Paulo Henrique S.S.

Elasticsearch and C# integration

.NET

Visual-Studio

Entity Framework Dynamic Report

5 Sep 2015Maxim Kurayan

EF Dynamic Report is a small open source project which allows you to use Entity Framework mapping between types and tables as a dynamic report data source

So you enjoy writing boilerplate?

30 Jun 2016Simon Gulliver

Really? Then why is so much effort wasted writing boilerplate which can be more accurately and efficiently automated?

Which Works Faster- Null Coalescing Operator or GetValueOrDefault or Conditional Operator

27 Sep 2015Anton Angelov

Benchmark, which works faster for getting the default value for a nullable type, Null Coalescing Operator or GetValueOrDefault or Conditional Operator.

All-Topics

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

4 Sep 2015Igor Sorokin

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

Programming against the (undocumented) Release Management API

8 Dec 2015KevinPo

How to navigate and program against the Release Management API, even though it does not have official documentation.

TFS

management

release

Android Recycler View with Spinner Item Change Selection and Update UI

25 Sep 2015khanzzirfan

This article helps you to understand how to listen to nested controls inside the recycler view and update the view dynamically.

How to Synchronize Active Directory Users to a SharePoint List

21 Sep 2015Atish Dipongkor

Synchronize Active Directory (AD) users to a SharePoint List. We will create a timer job for that. This timer job will periodically sync AD users to a SharePoint list.

SharePoint2013

SharePoint2010

VS2013

Reading Acrofields from PDF Files

29 Sep 2015DotNetSteve

Variety is the spice of life - rewarding PDF AcroForm reader

Using Integer Instead of Enum in XAML

26 Sep 2015Piyush Manharlal

Using integer instead of Enum for ComboBox and Radio Button in XAML

How to Save Form Data in Google Spreadsheet with Validation

11 Sep 2015Rohit Nanda

The easiest way to send form data to Google Docs/Spreadsheet from your web page, using your own form and AJAX. Nowadays, Google Docs/Drive is a widely used service for data storage and documents sharing.

The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' Provider is Not Registered on the Local Machine

11 Sep 2015Bimaln

How to fix the "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider is not registered on the local machine" error.

Using MySQL as the Model Store with ASP MVC in Azure

19 Sep 2015Kurt Friedrich

I wanted to use MySQL as the database to hold code first models with ASP MVC.

Capture a Text Image on the Tracing Layer and Passing it to a Main Form (Using OCR MODI)

9 Sep 2015Bob Stoom

New drag-and-drop intuitive engine on the OCR MODI base

C#3.5

Visual-Studio

VS2008

PostBack Whole Page Using GridView Itemtemplate Control Inside UpdatePanel

8 Sep 2015Rojalin Sahoo

VS2013

ASP.NET

ActiveX in .NET Applications

9 Sep 2015Vladyslav Chernysh

The goal of this tip is to share knowledge and experience on ActiveX usage in .NET applications (back-end & front-end).

Extension Methods in C# Explained

14 Sep 2015DotNetForAll

Extension methods is a feature which was introduced in C# 3.0. Extension methods in C#

.NET

All-Topics

Unleash the Power of Razor Template

12 Sep 2015Ibrahim ben Salah

This tip talks about a new way of rendering the Razor template (cshtml files) using Xania.AspNet.Simulator.

An Empirical Approach to Data Binding in Universal Windows Applications

24 Sep 2015brain2cpu

The way x:Bind is (not) working in universal Windows applications

Access Office 365 using a Console Application

29 Sep 2015Member 12014821

Create the Security Principal Navigate to your Office 365 tenant. This will be of the format https://{your-domain}.sharepoint.com by default.

enterprise

Incoding Framework - IML TODO MVC (sample application)

10 Sep 2015Wladis

IML on the example of popular app ToDo MVC

Microsoft Azure - Create Cloud Service with specific .NET Framework

27 Sep 2015JoaoSousa23

This is a short manual on how to create and configure cloud service on azure with a specific version of .NET Framework

C#5.0

cloud

Quickstart with Kaliko CMS using ASP.NET MVC

1 Sep 2015Fredrik Schultz

A crash course in how to develop with the free and open source content management system Kaliko CMS.

Best Text Editor Component for .NET WPF Developers

3 Sep 2015Steve Naidamast

Best Text Editor Component for .NET WPF Developers

.NET

WPF

Code Tracing

4 Sep 2015Gerardo Recinto

A Tracer API, simply. :)

NumericalBox - WPF TextBox's subclass that accepts well-formed decimal numbers only

9 Sep 2015Leonid Osmolovski

TextBox that accepts numbers of form [[-+]integer-part][.fractional-part][{eE}[-+]exponent] only

Simple Adorner-Based Bevel Effect

4 Sep 2015ntg123

A simple and elegant way to apply Bevel-Effect in WPF

VS2013

VS2015

WPF

Single Page ASP.NET Application for Splitting and Stitching PDF Documents

18 Sep 2015Frank Rem

This is a single page ASP.NET application for splitting and stitching PDF documents.

Implementation of TheTexting.com HTTP based RESTful API

21 Sep 2015Shajee Afzal

This tip will help you send SMS through API call by integrating TheTexting RESTful API

.NET

VS2013

Adding Support for PasswordDigest to WCF Service References

24 Sep 2015Phil Boyd

Adding support for PasswordDigest to WCF Service References

WCF

Provider Hosted App on Office 365

28 Sep 2015Member 12014821

Lets see how to create and deploy a Provider Hosted App on Office 365 In this series of posts, I will be posting my experience following along to the Microsoft Virtual Academy course on SharePoint Online Development for Office 365.

enterprise

Easily Expose Metadata Information From Web API

28 Sep 2015Bryan O'Connell

How to easily expose metadata information from Web API

ToggleSwitch Winforms Control

11 Sep 2015Johnny J.

A ToggleSwitch that presents on/off values in a more interesting way than a standard CheckBox

How to aggregate various Calendars from different data sources into a single SharePoint Calendar?

1 Sep 2015Imran Abdul Ghani

Article explains about SharePoint Calendars, Overlays and usage of multiple calendars within SharePoint.

FlingOS: Teaching OS dev in C#

16 Sep 2015Ed Nutting

In this article I discuss the innovative approach, taken by FlingOS, to teaching OS and low-level development to high-level developers using C#.

MSIL

Dev

kernel

Understanding MeasureOverride and ArrangeOverride

29 Sep 2015DotNetForAll

The article will take you through the layout process in WPF.

AngularJS RibbonBar

2 Sep 2015Bert O Neill

AngularJS RibbonBar written with HTML & CSS (and a little JQuery)

Web Technologies for Desktop Application Development

24 Apr 2016Maxim Komlev

Example of WebBrowser customization and http/https server on localhost as engine for cross-platform application based on web technologies.

Top 15 Underutilized Features of .NET - Part 2

25 Feb 2016Anton Angelov

List of my favorite underutilized features of .NET. Contains full explanation of what they are doing illustrated by C# code examples.

.NET

Windows

RESTful Day #6: Request logging and Exception handling/logging in Web APIs using Action Filters, Exception Filters and NLog

1 Mar 2016sachin verma, Akhil Mittal

This article of the series will explain how we can handle requests and log them for tracking and for the sake of debugging, how we can handle exceptions and log them. We’ll follow a centralized way of handling exceptions in WebAPI and write our custom classes to be mapped to the type of exception th

Current Participants

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Shivprasad koirala

Architect https://www.questpond.com

India

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Software Developer

Pakistan

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a computer programmer from Rabwah, Pakistan, currently living in The Netherlands, likes .NET Core and Node.js for regular everyday development. Afzaal Ahmad works at Adyen as a Developer Advocate.

He is an expert with Cloud, Mobile, and API development. Afzaal has experience with the Azure platform and likes to build cross-platform libraries/software with .NET Core. Afzaal is an Alibaba Cloud MVP, twice he has been awarded Microsoft MVP status for his community leadership in software development, four times CodeProject MVP status for technical writing and mentoring, and 4 times C# Corner MVP status in the same field.

Anton Angelov

CEO Automate The Planet

Bulgaria

CTO and Co-founder of Automate The Planet Ltd, inventor of BELLATRIX Test Automation Framework, author of "Design Patterns for High-Quality Automated Tests: High-Quality Test Attributes and Best Practices" in C# and Java. Nowadays, he leads a team of passionate engineers helping companies succeed with their test automation. Additionally, he consults companies and leads automated testing trainings, writes books, and gives conference talks. You can find him on LinkedIn every day.

Atish Dipongkor

Instructor / Trainer Jashore University of Science and Technology

Bangladesh

2016 Microsoft MVP

Currently, I am devoted to provide technical and development support to the SharePoint clients and also I am working on angularjs. I am experienced with C#, ASP.NET, SharePoint, SignalR, angularjs, MS SQL, Oracle 11g R2, Windows Phone, Firefox OS and so on. I have fallen in love with many technologies but never got married to any of them. I am evolving myself as full stack developer. I always like to share knowledge as much as to gather from you.

Axel Rietschin

Founder fastpictureviewer.com

Switzerland

I'm the founder of Axel Rietschin Software Developments, based in Geneva, Switzerland and publisher of the FastPictureViewer product line, composed of a hardware-accelerated image viewer and a suite of image codecs for Windows, aimed at digital photographers, photo editors, photo enthusiasts and imaging professionals.

Our family of four is currently based in Redmond, WA, USA, where I work full-time for Microsoft as a Senior Dev, first on the Windows team - taking care of the Microsoft Raw Codec and creating the Photo Import API for Windows 10, then on the OneDrive Media team, where I helped create the next generation cloud-scale image processing and analysis pipelines, before returning to Windows in 2017 to join the Base Kernel team to work on the Windows kernel, specifically on virtualization through Windows Containers and other virtualization-based security technologies. You can follow me on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Bert O Neill

Architect

Ireland

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

Bimaln

Software Developer Mindfire Solutions

India

Software engineer in Mindfire Solutions.

Bob Stoom

Software Developer

Israel

8 years experience working as a Software Developer.
Use C#, Visual Basic, Java.

brain2cpu

Software Developer (Senior)

Romania

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

Bryan O'Connell

Software Developer (Senior) SPR Consulting

United States

Bryan has been solving business problems with software and Agile methodologies for over twelve years. He has experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, having directed multiple projects from client initiation through product delivery, deployment, and growth as a team member, manager or independent contributor. Bryan is also a Certified Scrum Master and Manager.

DotNetForAll

Software Developer (Senior)

India

I have 8 years of experience of mostly developing the .NET windows as well as web applications. Passionate about learning and sharing.

Visit my personal blog to know more about the .NET technology and increase your knowledge about C# and .NET. You can always follow me on twitter @dotnetforall.

DotNetSteve

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Steven Contos

Working in varied settings from small entrepreneurial companies to Fortune 500 companies. Skilled in analyzing client needs and developing solutions that are sound and effective.

Strong analytic capabilities with proven accomplishments in developing programs that exceed or meet stated goals, consistently work well, are easily maintained and fully documented. Versed in a number of SDLC technologies including Agile and Scrum, dedicated to deliver high quality software on time and on budget.

Experienced in helping companies and teams change their culture. Providing clear vision, asking tough questions of both developers and business, leading by example and building trust among all concerned.

Ed Nutting

Student

United Kingdom

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

Frank Rem

Software Developer

Netherlands

Worked for some years as a software engineer, architect and project leader for different software companies. Works at TallComponents, vendor of class libraries for creating, manipulating and rendering PDF documents.

Fredrik Schultz

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

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

Gerardo Recinto

United States

Microsoft Alumnus (Software Design Engineer)
I'm just fresh off from a software eng'g gig & is looking forward to my next.
Pls. do drop me a line @gerardorecinto@yahoo.com if interested or having any question/feedback on these Open Source projects.

I'm excited to help/volunteer my services.
Have a great day!

Ibrahim ben Salah

Netherlands

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

Igor Sorokin

Russian Federation

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

Imran Abdul Ghani

Software Developer (Senior) Emaratech

United Arab Emirates

Imran Abdul Ghani has more than 10 years of experience in designing/developing enterprise level applications. He is Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for .NET(MCSD.NET) since 2005. You can reach his blogging at WCF Tutorials, Web Development, SharePoint for Dummies.

JoaoSousa23

Software Developer (Senior) Devscope

Portugal

I am João Sousa, and since i finish my degree I’m working in software development using Microsoft technologies.

I was awarded

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2015 – .Net

My profissional profile:

Azure Developer
.NET Developer

My Certifications:

MCTS - .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation
MCTS - .NET Framework 2.0 - Windows-based Client Development
MCTS - .NET Framework 3.5 ADO.NET Applications
MCTS - .NET Framework 3.5 ASP.NET Applications
MCSD - Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
MCSD - Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications
MCSD - Developing Windows Azure and Web Services
MCSA Office 365 - Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
MCSA Office 365 - Enabling Office 365 Services
MCSD - Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Johnny J.

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Have been living in Paris, France and L.A., The United States
Now live in Stockholm, Sweden

Started programming when I got my first VIC 20, and a few months later on Commodore 64. Those were the days!

Studied programming at the Copenhagen Engineering Academy

Professional console, winforms and webforms programming in Comal, x86 Assembler, Fortran, Pascal, Delphi, Visual Basic 3 through 6, Classic ASP, C# and VB.NET

I now work as Senior Microsoft Dynamics AX and .Net programmer, and have a number of projects in various states of progress to work on in the spare time...

KevinPo

United States

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

khanzzirfan

Software Developer

New Zealand

I am a professional software developer/Analyst programmer with over 4 years of commercial development experience, focusing on the design, development and testing of software solutions using Microsoft technologies. I have been learning android using Xamarin and visual studio in my free time.

Outside of work , I love playing cricket, volleyball, swimming and adventure , travelling are my hobbies.

Kurt Friedrich

Instructor / Trainer Bellevue College

United States

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

Leonid Osmolovski

Israel

fan of Microsoft technology and Microsoft programming style

markmnl

Zimbabwe

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

Maxim Komlev

Software Developer Netgear Inc

United States

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

Maxim Kurayan

Russian Federation

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

Member 12014821

India

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

ntg123

Software Developer (Senior) self employed

Israel

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

Paulo Henrique S.S.

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

Software developer. I've been working with the design and coding of several .NET solutions over the past 12 years.

Brazilian, living in Australia currently working with non-relational searching engine and BI.

Peter Leow

Instructor / Trainer

Singapore

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

子曰："三人行，必有我师焉；择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之."

Phil Boyd

United States

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

Piyush Manharlal

Mozambique

Trying to create start up...

Rohit Nanda

Software Developer

India

A life-long-learner, Punjabi music fan. Lives in New Delhi and works as a Software Developer using Microsoft .Net Technologies.

Has years of successful records serving mid and large scale .NET applications in domestic and international client environment.
Expertise in different areas of software development life cycles and Database Architecture.

Rojalin Sahoo

Software Developer ComputoIT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

India

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

sachin verma

Technical Lead

India

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

Serge Desmedt

Software Developer (Senior)

Belgium

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

Shajee Afzal

Software Developer

Pakistan

I am a software developer by profession, having worked on .NET technologies for more than 2 years now. I also do freelancing projects.

shunninghuang

China

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

Simon Gulliver

Architect

United Kingdom

Check me out at LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/simon-gulliver/20/303/251

Stefano Castelli

Canada

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

Steve Naidamast

Software Developer (Senior) Black Falcon Software, Inc.

United States

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

Thomas Nielsen - getCore

Software Developer (Senior) getCore.dk

Denmark

Thomas mostly work as staff in multi-annual engagements with companies, but at interval is available as a software contractor.

Thomas as been a professional programmer from 1998 and have been programming .net since v1.1 in 2002

His specialities is C# high throughput systems, dataprocessing and -transformation as well as MSSQL systems from small to VLDB size and the optimization of code on .net and TSQL.

Fullstack Microsoft developer with several pillars and quite some years on the different ones.

He is married, a father of two boys, lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vladyslav Chernysh

Software Developer

Ukraine

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

Wladis

Architect Incoding Software

Russian Federation

I am a Senior developer at Incoding Software in Russian Federation. I created the Incoding Framework for rapid development

First Prize	Anton Angelov - Top 15 Underutilized Features of .NET - Part 2
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Mike (Prof. Chuck) - Cache: A threadsafe, Simple, Efficient, Generic In-memory Cache
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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