CodeProject | Newsletter (25 Nov 2013)

178 articles this week. Monday, November 25, 2013 View online | Switch to the Daily Build Welcome to this week's newsletter from CodeProject. To ensure that future newsletters you receive from The Code Project aren't mistakenly blocked by antispam software, be sure to add the maillist.codeproject.com domain to your list of allowed senders. Site News The Intel AppInnovation Contest 2013 is almost over and judging of the round 2 entries has begun. A huge thanks to everyone who has poured blood, sweat and coffee into their entries and best of luck to everyone who made it over the line. $100,000 in prizes are available so may the best Developer win. Speaking of loot, the best articles in each of our monthly prize categories have been decided by you, with the winners being: Best VB.NET article of October 2013 NewPast - Machine Controller Prizes: Shell MegaPack.Net; SmartOutline 2010; Crypto Logger For .Net; The latest VB.NET ebooks from informIT;   Best Mobile article of October 2013 Dan Colasanti - Invasion Game in MonoGame for Windows Phone 8 Prizes: CodeProject Mug; CodeProject Mousepad; The latest Mobile ebooks from informIT; ComponentOne Studio Enterprise;   Best Web Dev article of October 2013 Shivprasad koirala - Learn MVC (Model view controller) Step by Step in 7 days – Day 4 Prizes: SmartOutline 2010; The latest Web Dev ebooks from informIT; Spread WPF-Silverlight; JArchitect;   Best overall article of October 2013 Igor Ladnik - Anti-Reflector .NET Code Protection Prizes: CodeProject Mug; Hyper Build; Spread .NET;   Best Database article of October 2013 Relly Rivlin - Generic Database Frontend– Filtering, Free Text Search, Sorting & Paging Prizes: CodeProject Mug; CodeProject Mousepad; SQL Prompt from Red Gate Software;   Best C++ article of October 2013 AshakiranBhatter - Writing a boot loader in Assembly and C - Part 1 Prizes: Codejock Xtreme ToolkitPro; SmartOutline 2010; CryptoLicensing For MFC - Enterprise Edition; The latest C++ ebooks from informIT;   Best C# article of October 2013 Igor Ladnik - Anti-Reflector .NET Code Protection Prizes: Shell MegaPack.Net; SmartOutline 2010; Crypto Obfuscator For .Net - Enterprise Edition; The latest C# ebooks from informIT; ActiveReports 7; Plantronics Voyager Legend UC;   Nice work! cheers, Chris Maunder Advertisements See the world as a Database Connect to applications, databases, & WebAPIs through standard database interfaces. RSSBus Drivers give a 'SQL-like' interface to data from Salesforce, QuickBooks, Dynamics CRM, SharePoint, SAP, & more. Available for ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, SSIS, & BizTalk. Download a Trial! Using JavaFX to Implement Multi-touch with Java* on Windows* 8 Desktop JavaFX provides a powerful means of adding multi-touch and gesture support to a Java-based application. Easily design a well-architected, modern user interface with multi-touch support for a Java application. Learn how! SpreadsheetGear 2012 for .NET Now Available! New WPF and Silverlight controls, multithreaded recalc, 64 new Excel compatible functions, save to XPS, improved efficiency and performance, Windows 8 support and more. Download your fully functional SpreadsheetGear trial Today! Take our 3 minute developer survey? Can you help us help you by letting us know about the voodoo that you do so well? Weekly Poll Results If you have used Agile Programming Methodologies, would you say it was a success? Survey period: 18 Nov 2013 to 25 Nov 2013 Beyond the rhetoric, what has been your experience with using Agile Methodologies? Option Votes %   Yes, the projects on which we used Agile methods were more likely to be successful 389 29.07 The projects on which we used Agile methods were as successful as non-Agile projects 286 21.38 No, the projects on which we used Agile methods were less successful than non-Agile projects 120 8.97 I've not used Agile methodoligies 543 40.58 Total 1338   100% This week's survey: What source code control system do you use? Most popular new articles 18 Nov 2013 - 24 Nov 2013 ToDoList 6.8.B5 (Beta) Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g. Time Period Library for .NET - Jani Giannoudis Barcode Image Generation Library - Brad Barnhill Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts (OOP) and More - Nirosh WPF NotifyIcon - Philipp Sumi Research Custom API Management for the Enterprise: Learn how to build a successful API strategy [Webinar] At the Enterprise level, API initiatives must serve a diverse range of needs: hybrid data center models, traffic management & security concerns, complex organizational hierarchies, partner SLAs, public API programs, and legacy system integration. API Management in this context is not a "one solution fits all" approach - it requires a loose coupling of connected systems and development processes to manage APIs at Enterprise scale. In this webinar, Intel and Forrester Research experts explore the key Enterprise categories for B2B, internal, &... Download Now Latest Additions 178 articles overall. 68 new, 110 updated. New articles added Algorithms & Recipes Discrete Haar Wavelet Transformation - Hovhannes Bantikyan Simple application for calculating 2D Haar wavelet on images. Multiobjective Tabu Search for Clustering and the Zoning Problem - arnaldo.skywalker This document describes a tabu Search algorithm embedded in a multiobjective framework capable of finding solutions to the zoning problem by allowing the optimization of multiple objectives. Android Using MVC to Understand ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Development - maxchen666 Using MVC to understand ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Development Applications & Tools Angular: The DOM API You Have Been Waiting For - Brad_Davis Angular: The DOM API You Have Been Waiting For ASP.NET Using Multiple Models in a View in ASP.NET MVC 4 - Snesh Prajapati Using Multiple Models in a View in ASP.NET MVC 4 Hack Proof Your ASP.NET Application Part 3 (Cross Site Request Forgery) - Sarvesh Kushwaha This article describes what CSRF attack is and how to prevent CSRF attacks. ASP.NET Controls Using Controls are Dropdownlist, RadioButtonList, DateTime Calender, FileUpload, Cascading Dropdown - sankarsan parida How to use different controls in MVC application C# CRUD Operations Easy with New Scaffolding Feature of MVC 5 - Srinivasa Dinesh Parupalli CRUD operations made easy with new scaffolding feature of MVC 5 Drawing a Basic 3D Cylinder Chart in WPF - Marco Bertschi, Sandro Lorek A really basic 3D Cylinder chart, drawn on a WPF canvas Client side scripting Would JavaScript Benefit from a Dictionary Object - Dan Ricker Would JavaScript benefit from a Dictionary Object Selecting Multiple Objects with KineticJS - Michelle Higgins (Harmonia.com) The KineticJS libraries make using the HTML5 canvas tag easy and straightforward. This example shows how to Aligning Multiple Objects with KineticJS - Michelle Higgins (Harmonia.com) This article builds on a previous one where we created a selection box by dragging the mouse using the KineticJS library. In this article, we will add functions to allow these objects to be aligned along their left or right edges, tops or bottoms, and middles or centers. Database Simple and fast CSV library in C# - Pascal Ganaye This library allow serialization and deserialization of objects to CSV with very little code. Ansychronous triggers and cursors - h_wiedey Asynchronous processing of triggers using cursors DirectX Image processing as fast as possible in C# - sameh obada Extensible, hardware accelerated image processing library written in HLSL and C#. Grid & Data Controls Guide to WPF DataGrid formatting using bindings - Peter Huber SG Using Style and Binding to control WPF DatagridCell appearance Hardware & System An autonomous roving vehicle Part 1 of n - Mike Hankey A start to finish project outlining the steps and pitfalls of creating an autonomous rover. Interviews Code Project Interview – Amar Kona - CodeProject, Amar Kona Code Project Interview – Amar Kona. Microsoft BizTalk Server Implementing a Leave Application Workflow System using BizTalk Server 2006 and Sharepoint Server 2003 - Naveen Karamchetti This article describes how to design and develop simple workflow systems using BizTalk Server and Sharepoint Server. InfoPath is also used for editing XML documents. OpenGL OpenGL / OpenCL Interoperability : A Case Study Using Autostereograms - martin_bisson How to use OpenCL with OpenGL to implement algorithms on GPU. PHP PHP Flat-file Beginner Log In Script - Jaydman2102 Make a text file log in system for beginners. Product Showcase Finding performance bottlenecks in Android games and apps using Intel GPA - Ashraf Samy Hegab This article will cover the process of debugging and evaluating Android based games and apps for performance hotspots using Intel's Graphics Performance Analyzers. SharePoint Server Using Business Data Connectivity Services in Custom Web Parts with BdcDataSource Objects - Member 10402643 How to initialize, configure and connect BdcDataSource objects to Web Part controls. Support for IN CAML operation in Camlex - sadomovalex Describes support for IN CAML operation in Camlex open source library for Sharepoint developers Testing and QA Unit testing with Mock objects (Rhino Mocks) - Livio Francescucci A basic introduction about how to write unit tests using mock objects (Rhino Mocks) VB.NET Ordermate - TL Wallace Ordermate can be used as a basic example of utilizing the XMLSerializer class to automate the creation of invoice forms. Web Services 12 reasons to consume OData feeds using Simple.OData.Client - Vagif Abilov The article describes limitations of WCF Data Services client and shows how Simple.OData.Client can become a better alternative Win32/64 SDK & OS Programming Without Coding Technology (PWCT) - Mahmoud Samir Fayed Introduction to Programming Without Coding Technology Windows 8 Design How to write a 2 in 1aware application - Stevan Rogers This paper describes a mechanism for detecting mode changes in a Windows* 8 or Windows* 8.1 Desktop application, and provides code examples from a sample application that was enhanced to provide this functionality. Case Study: LinkedPIXEL Wins Intel® Perceptual Computing Challenge with Gesture-based Drawing Application - Karen_Marcus Case Study: LinkedPIXEL Wins Intel® Perceptual Computing Challenge with Gesture-based Drawing Application Windows Runtime Voice Recognition and Synthesis Using the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK - Pete O'Hanlon Voice Recognition and Synthesis Using the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK Using JavaFX to Implement Multi-touch with Java* on Windows* 8 Desktop - meghana-rao This document covers the use of JavaFX to easily add multi-touch support to Windows 8 Desktop applications written in Java*. Articles updated .NET Framework 8 great features in Visual Studio 2013 - Johan Ohlin In an earlier article I wrote about 10 ways to get more productive in Visual Studio. This is a follow up with new neat things coming with Visual Studio 2013. .NET Library to Easily Save Property Data - Brad Joss [RegSave] your property to the Registry, and more. Ajax DayPilot - AJAX Monthly Event Calendar for ASP.NET MVC in 10 Minutes - Dan Letecky Create an AJAX monthly event calendar (with drag and drop support) displaying data from SQL Server database in just 10 minutes (including a coffee break). AJAX file uploader with progress notification in pure HTML5 - Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer An AJAX file uploader with progress notification in pure HTML5 (no iframe, no external library) Algorithms & Recipes A New Parser Generator for C# - Qwertie LLLPG, the Loyc LL(k) Parser Generator: almost done Linear Equation Solver in C# - Bill_Hallahan Solves a large number of simultaneous equations Connected Component Labeling Algorithm - Omar Gameel Salem Implementation of Connected Component Labeling. Jace.NET: Just another calculation engine for .NET - PieterDeRycke The technical architecture of Jace.NET, an OSS framework which I developed in my spare time. A C++ Karnaugh Map Minimizer (Infinite Variables) - A. Asem An explanation of C++ code that implements k-map with infinite variables Multiobjective Tabu Search for Clustering and the Zoning Problem - arnaldo.skywalker This document describes a tabu Search algorithm embedded in a multiobjective framework capable of finding solutions to the zoning problem by allowing the optimization of multiple objectives. Solving Sudoku using Progressive Search - Nasir Darwish The article describes an ASP.NET web application for solving Sudoku puzzles using progressive search algorithm Android MonoAndroid: Using GridView in your mobile application - ThatsAlok Demonstration of Android::GridView MonoAndroid: Using Started Service - ThatsAlok Demonstration of started service. MonoAndroid: Writing custom generic BaseAdapter in C# - ThatsAlok Using generic BaseAdapter to generate ListView MonoAndroid: Calling secondary activity - ThatsAlok Let's understand calling secondary activity and returning data from it. MonoAndroid: Using TabHost in your mobile applications - ThatsAlok TabHost control in MonoAndroid MonoAndroid: Writing ExpandableListView amd BaseExpandableListAdapter in C# - ThatsAlok Creating ExpandableListView and populating it with BaseExpandableListAdapter derived class MonoAndroid: Using Fragments in mobile app - ThatsAlok Using Fragments in your mobile application. MonoAndroid: Using dotnet webservice (ASMX) - ThatsAlok Using ASMX webservices in your mobile application. MonoAndroid: Using AlertDialog - ThatsAlok Article demonstrating use of Alert-Dialog in android universe. Get Photo Albums from Facebook and Twitter in Android - 3PillarLabs Get photo albums from Facebook and Twitter in Android. Applications & Tools ToDoList 6.8.B5 (Beta) Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g. A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting. Push Notifications using RavenDb and SignalR - Omar Gameel Salem A simple email inbox with a NoSQL database that pushes records to the client when a new document is added to the collection. ASP.NET Architecture Guide: ASP.NET MVC Framework + N-tier + Entity Framework and Many More - Nirosh If you want to use ASP.NET MVC framework but is strugling to get things arrange to confidently use for your next business project. This Article is just for you. The article guide you to use ASP.NET MVC framework to architect a small Document Management System. MVC interview questions with answers - Shivprasad koirala The whole purpose of this article is to quickly brush up your MVC knowledge from an MVC interview perspective. CRUD Opearations using AutoMapper in an MVC Application - Akhil_Mittal How to do custom mapping and entity to entity mapping with the help of AutoMapper. Extending Identity Accounts and Implementing Role-Based Authentication in ASP.NET MVC 5 - John Atten Implementing simple role-based identity management and working with identity accounts in ASP.NET MVC 5. Azure YouConf - Your Live Online Conferencing Tool - Phil Lee NZ A site for managing and delivering virtual conferences - complete with embedded live streaming and chat. Showcasing the best Azure has to offer! Service Bus (Queue & Topics) with MVC4 SignalR - AnujKGupta Notification Service Bus (Queue & Topics) with MVC4 SignalR C / C++ Language ANSI C OO Programming: OOP Model Definition, Implementation and Application with ANSI C - Roger GC Truly OO with multiple inheritance and tree-like objects within C. Generic Lazy Evaluation in C++ - Ali AslRousta How to implement a generic lazy evaluation class using C++11 features. Fastest Exact/Fuzzy/Wildcard Full-text Searcher!? - Sanmayce Optimized multi-threaded console full-text searcher C# Comparing String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace and String.IsNullOrEmpty - Shemeer NS Comparing String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace and String.IsNullOrEmpty Using a Plugin-Based Application - Jean-Pierre Bachmann How to create a Plugin Based Shell WPF Secure Messenger - Baxter P WPF Secure Messenger Controlling Drawn Shapes #2 - rld1971 Adding a physics engine and investigating other .NET tools C# Generic List Extensions for Data Output to Formatted String, CSV File, and Excel Worksheet Window - Shenwei Liu Using extension methods to export data from a Generic List to a formatted string, CSV file, or Excel Worksheet window with data field selections. Client side scripting Learn JavaScript: Part 1 - Create a Starfield - Dave Kerr In this article we're going to create a starfield in JavaScript. We'll see how the core langauge features work, how to create classes, and how to use the HTML5 Canvas. Learn JavaScript Part 2 - Space Invaders - Dave Kerr In part two of the learn JavaScript series we'll create the classic space invaders game. Proxy pattern in JavaScript - Ralph Varjabedian With one function call, wrap a class with a proxy in Javascript. A precursor to easy error mocking in node.js using mocha Combo & List Boxes Win32 SDK PropertyGrid Made Easy - David MacDermot This article describes the creation of a non-MFC custom PropertyGrid control. Group Combo Box - Julijan Sribar Easily extensible owner-drawn combo box with items grouping and sorting Database Code First Stored Procedures - aureolin Access Stored Procedures using Code First. Understanding Complex MySQL JOIN - Vijay-Srivastava Fetching complex data from multiple table using nested MySQL queries, JOIN operations, LIKE operator and aggregate functions(eg. GROUP BY, GROUP_CONCAT, etc.) Date and Time Time Period Library for .NET - Jani Giannoudis Extensive time period calculations and individual calendar periods. Design and Architecture Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts (OOP) and More - Nirosh This article helps to understand the OOP concepts focusing on .Net/ C#. This is written in the form of asking questions and writing answers to them, making it easy to understand. Software Architecture - Paulo Zemek A discussion about architecture in the development of applications, also discussing home-made frameworks and why they can be good. "Design, Test, Developement, Test" in-stead of "Test Driven Development" (DTDT over TDD) - Mahmud Hasan The only good thing of Test Driven Development is, it ensures the maximum test coverage but TDD puts you in risk of a week design. DTDT tries to solve this while ensuring maximum test coverage. Files and Folders A Complete Win32 INI File Utility Class - wilsone8 A complete wrapper for the Win32 INI APIs General Graphics Barcode Image Generation Library - Brad Barnhill This library was designed to give an easy class for developers to use when they need to generate barcode images from a string of data. Colorspaces and Conversions - Johannes B. A library for colormodels and spaces, correct color-conversions and color-difference calculation. Hardware & System A USB Library to Detect USB Devices - slelong A USB library to detect USB devices, and manage Attach and Detach events Raspberry Pi as low-cost HD surveillance camera - Christoph Buenger, DaSpors Build a low-cost HD video surveillance cam with worldwide access from any browser Arduino, C#, and serial interface - Marco Bertschi, Sandro Lorek Serial communication with an Arduino Board via C# and the SerialPort class from the System.IO.Ports namespace Create a Windows Service Application Using the Boost.Application Library - Renato Tegon Forti This article presents the Boost.Application library used to build a Windows Service. Lenovo Horizon Striker - Meshack Musundi Detecting a Lenovo Horizon Striker accessory with a WPF application HTML / CSS Allow Users to Zoom In On Any Area of a Google Map using the gomap jQuery Plug-in - B. Clay "The Map Whisperer" Shannon Using the gomap jQuery plugin to instantly zoom to any spot on a Google map. Internet / Network fastJSON - Mehdi Gholam Smallest, fastest polymorphic JSON serializer (with Silverlight4 and MonoDroid support) fastBinaryJSON - Mehdi Gholam A binary JSON serializer based on fastJSON (support for MonoDroid) Libraries An Absolute Beginner's Tutorial for understanding Entity Framework's Code First Approach in ASP.NET MVC - Rahul Rajat Singh In this article we will discuss about entity framework code first approach. Data Acquisition Library - muhammadumairomee Simple, flexible and extensible C# and .Net based Data Acquisition Library which can handle multiple hardware devices and data rate more than 10 mbps List Controls Suppress Flickering Scrollbars in Autosizing CListCtrl - Julijan Sribar How to avoid flickering scrollbars that appear when resizing CListCtrl which has a last column with the LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER value set. Macros and Add-ins Writing a Single-File Generator - Qwertie A technique for installing "Custom Tools" in all VS versions from 2008 to 2013 Miscellaneous Water Distribution System - Saleth Prakash computerized method of water distribution system. MSIL MSIL Decompiler Theory - Maruf Maniruzzaman Try to develop a theory on how to decompile MSIL Parallel Programming Creating a Work Queue (Thread Pool) Application Using Boost.Asio, Boost.Thread, and Boost.Application - Renato Tegon Forti This article present a Boost.Application, Boost.Asio, and Boost.Thread library used to build a Work Queue application. Tablets and All-in-Ones Inflatimeter™ Inflation Calculator - DrABELL Win8/Tablet PC app allows inflation calculation on individual products and basket of goods (AIC-2013) Tabs & Property Pages Easily Add a Ribbon into a WinForms Application (C#) - toATwork, adriancs, Michael Spradlin Easily add ribbon to WinForm Application for .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 & 4.5 Tools and IDE Help Yourself in Debugging (Part-2) using Breakpoint/Tracepoint - Pranay Rana Help Yourself in Debugging (Part-2) using Breakpoint/Tracepoint Programming Xlib with Mono Develop - Part 1: Low-level (proof of concept) - Steffen Ploetz How to call native X11 API from Mono Develop C# ending up in a very little application. Ultrabooks The Intel Ultrabook: 4th Generation - Chris Maunder A first (and second) look at the latest Haswell Ultrabook prototype from Intel. User Controls A PropertyGrid implemented in Ruby on Rails - Marc Clifton Using JQuery UI and minimal Javascript to create a dynamic property grid editor that can be initialized in a fluid programming style or with a minimal DSL. Web Security Thinktecture Identity Server - Configuration, Customization - Azeet Chebrolu Installing, extending Identity Server and implementing session token caching Web Services Improvements and Enhancements of a Data Access Web Service Using WCF and Entity Framework - Shenwei Liu An article with sample application showing how and what we can do to improve and enhance a WCF and EF data access web service. Windows Presentation Foundation WPF NotifyIcon - Philipp Sumi A NotifyIcon for WPF that leverages several features of the platform. My Personal Commander Variant - Doc Lobster A C#/WPF application for displaying folders on a grid and performing combined functions on them. A WPF Template solution using MVVM and Castle Windsor - Peer Adi A WPF application base solution using Castle Windsor and commonly used utilities. XML Introduction to XML and XSLT in C# .NET - Pallavi Wasnik In this article, you will see how to create and read the XML file, how to add new elements, new attributes and replace the value of existing element in/from existing XML file. New Tips and Tricks added .NET Framework Connecting .NET Application to MongoDB - anoopk01 This tip shows how to connect with MongoDB from a .NET application. Named Loggers with MEF - Tomas Takac How to inject named logger using MEF ASP.NET ASP.NET WebApi: MultipartDataMediaFormatter - Alexander Kozlovskiy Used for binding custom types (including files) when sending and receiving multipart encoded form data Azure How to Integrate Office 365 Active Directory to Azure and Authenticate Your Application Using Office 365 User - Shubham556 Authentication ASP application using Office 365 User. C# Wi-Fi Timer - F. ARO Schedule your wifi status Exception Handling Using Custom Attributes and Stacktrace - Bala Chandar Exception handling using custom attributes and stacktrace Database DbSchema 6.4.0 - Donose.Mihai Interact with your database visually Java Dynamic List in LWUIT - philong89it Dynamic list in LWUIT Introduction to Terracotta - VinayakIyer A brief introduction to Terracotta List Controls Detect a DoubleClick to Prevent a Change in Checkstate - sldrog Detects a double-click via an initial and subsequent OnMouseDown event Miscellaneous Easy USB Remover (F10 to remove) - Prabakaran T If you often use removable USB devices like a flash drive, you are probably already familiar with the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon that sits in the system tray. The problem for many people is that the icon is tiny, and clicking it just right to bring up the menu is a pain. Grid/Canvas Lined and Squared - Dietmar Schoder How to produce a dynamic lined or squared background on a canvas/grid How to Create a Less Boring Resume/CV Using HTML and the gomap jQuery Plugin - B. Clay "The Map Whisperer" Shannon Create your resume/CV with HTML, including a Google map of where you've worked Office Development Microsoft Office 365 – An Overview - vivekthangaswamy An overview of Microsoft Office 365 Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools Webix Integration with Online Geographical Maps - sonic_youth This tip will tell you how to add popular web maps such as Google, Nokia, OpenStreet and Yandex maps into a Webix app with just several lines of code. SharePoint Server How to enable "Sign in as different user" option in SharePoint 2013 - shijuse Following the below mentioned steps you can enable this option in SharePoint 2013. SPMetal in Sharepoint 2013 - shijuse SPMetal in Sharepoint 2013 Windows Phone 7/8 Push Notification using Arduino and Windows Phone 8 - HADRICHMEDFRED This article shows you how to push Notification from Arduino to Windows Phone 8 application. Windows Presentation Foundation Disabling ComboboxItem in ComboBox Control using Converter - AnthonyMG WPF ComboBoxItem Disabling A High Quality IconBitmapEncoder for WPF - Herbert Lausmann An IconBitmapEncoder that produces high-quality icons, written in VB.NET, WPF Tips and Tricks updated Android MonoAndroid: Android Notification service - ThatsAlok Code for providing notification using Android notification service. MonoAndroid: Using bound Services - ThatsAlok Demonstration of Bound Service! ASP.NET Generating Many to Many Relations in MVC4 using Entity Framework - Harry Panesar Generating Many to Many Relation in MVC4 using Entity Framework C# How to Convert Excel to CSV using Interop - Tadit Dash This simple Tip will give you the Trick to convert Excel file to CSV file using Interop Services. Console Coloring with ConsolePlus - John_Leitch ConsolePlus aims to build upon the existing System.Console class by offering a styling language for coloring console output. This enables developers to create applications with rich console output, while minimizing boilerplate code. Client side scripting JavaScript Modal Popup Window - Mahesh Bailwal Flexible JavaScript Modal Popup Window JavaScript Sortable List - Kevin Murani Simple example showing how JavaScript can be used to sort (ascending or descending) a data set in JSON format. Reorganisable List with JavaScript - Kevin Murani Example of how to make a list whose items can change positions jQuery enable/disable DOM elements - meula jQuery plugin to enable/disble DOM elements. LINQ to JQuery - meula Extends Arrays in JavaScript, adding the main domain and filtering functions of LINQ Easy error mocking in node.js/mocha - Ralph Varjabedian Easy error mocking in node.js/mocha/istanbul to achieve full code coverage Dialogs and Windows Security Blackout Window - Richard MacCutchan Obscure a window or the screen and show a dialog. Java Matrix in Java (GUI) - A. Asem, Abeer Touny A description for a Java code implementing a Matrix program in a GUI form Mobile Development Get Location Detail from Latitude and Longitude - Avinash6474 By entering latitude and longitude get location details Country, state, city, pin code, etc. How To Detect User Is On A Mobile Device and Display a Lightbox Popup with Link to Mobile Website - Poojanath jQuery, PHP and Fancybox Programming Tips Test if a TreeNode was actually clicked - Gregory.Gadow Test if a TreeNode was expanded or collapsed rather than actually clicked. VB.NET Sunflower Fractal - Practice - dyma Sunflower fractal, so that you can play and create a wonderful image Web Security Working with SecureString - Harry Panesar Handling confidential information using SecureString class. Windows Communication Foundation Send Email using WCF Service - Sujit Bhujbal How to send email using a WCF Service. Windows Presentation Foundation WPF MessageBox Service - Dirkster99 A message box service implementation that is based on WPF. New Technical Blogs added .NET Framework Configuring ASP.NET authentication log - Sebastian Solnica Some time ago I wrote about ASP.NET Health Monitoring – a logging infrastructure provided by the .NET framework, easily configurable through web.config. In that post I was presenting heart beat and error events. Today I would like to show you how to collect ASP.NET authentication audit logs. T Android Building Glassware with the Xamarin Android and Google's GDK - Lewis Benge Within the past 48 hours, Google's Glass Explorer program has gotten a whole lot more interesting. As developers we now have a native development kit (GDK), and a distribution method of deploying and installing APK's on to your device. Before this, Glass was limited to a RESTful timeline based API c UIColor - why hast though forsaken me!? - NSProgrammer In this post, I'm going to take a very short amount of time making everyones color coding lives easier with some UIColor code extensions. Applications & Tools Introduction to Scaling PHP Applications – Part 1 - Keyhole Software This is the first blog in a two-part series on scaling PHP applications. Part one will focus on replacing Apache. Charts, Graphs and Images Emoji and web application - Tharaka MTR Emoji; is the Japanese term for the ideograms or smileys used mostly in Japanese electronic messages and webpages. Database Checking MS SQL Server database files default paths - skydger Checking MS SQL Server database files default paths. Java Simulating C# ref parameter in Java - Andrei Ion Rînea As I was saying a few posts ago (Beginning Java for .NET Developers), on the 8th slide, there are no ref and no out method parameter modifiers. These are rarely used in .NET anyway so you can’t really complain of …Read more » Avoid comparing strings with == in Java - Andrei Ion Rînea Avoid comparing strings with == in Java. Beware of primitive wrappers in Java - Andrei Ion Rînea A .NET developer can be tricked into thinking that, for example, Integer is the same with int in Java. This is dangerous, in particular for a C# developer, because in C# System.Int32 is absolutely equivalent to int. “int” is just …Read more » Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools The Scams of the Software Industry - thomas_jaeger This is about the scams that are happening in the software industry and the victims that have to pay for these scams. String handling Auto-gen a URI string based on a method call - BC3Tech Auto-gen a URI string based on a method call. Tabs & Property Pages Backing Field for Automatically Implemented Property [Field] must be Fully Assigned Before Control is Returned to the Caller - pollirrata Backing Field for Automatically Implemented Property [Field] must be fully assigned before Control is returned to the caller Uncategorised Technical Blogs C++ Const, Volatile Type Qualifiers - pi19404 This article describes basic concepts of C++ const and volatile type qualifiers. Web Security Modifying SharePoint 2007 Web Part Pages with JavaScript - James Carr (Crashcarr) How to modify SharePoint 2007 web part pages with JavaScript Windows API Set process memory limit with Process Governor - Sebastian Solnica I wrote this tool to test my .NET applications (including web applications) for memory leaks. Work Issues Skepticism: A Developer's Sixth Sense - Zac Gery Over time some programmers will start to develop a sixth sense of skepticism. Technical Blogs updated .NET Framework 10 ways to get more productive in Visual Studio - Johan Ohlin 10 ways to get more productive in Visual Studio. Algorithms & Recipes Grammars: theory vs. practice - Qwertie I decided to write this post to help people understand the theoretical representation of grammars. Applications & Tools Keep Nuget Packages Out of Source Control with Nuget Package Manager Restore - John Atten Keep Nuget packages out of source control with Nuget Package Manager Restore. What is Knockout ? - Sampath Lokuge This article explains how to use Knockout with ASP.net MVC ASP.NET Controls Nested GridView in ASP.NET using C# - Debopam Pal This example shows you how to create a nested GridView. C / C++ Language C++ Class Members and Friends - pi19404 This article tells us how to grant access to its non public members by the use of friend mechanism. Game Development So you want to be a Unity3D game developer? - Simon Jackson I've compiled an extensive list of resources at your disposable on your Unity3D journey, split up in to sections to allow you to target what you need. Tools and IDE Preparing the Development Environment for Java – Windows and Ubuntu - Andrei Ion Rînea How to prepare the development environment for Java - Windows and Ubuntu Uncategorised Technical Blogs Visual Studio 2012 – Paste Special Feature - Gordon W Beeming Paste special feature in Visual Studio 2012 Windows Powershell Easily download Ch9 videos - Gordon W Beeming Script to easily download Ch9 videos. Windows Presentation Foundation Quick and dirty (but nice!) ToolTips – revisited and interactive - Philipp Sumi   Download sources, binaries, and sample application (Version: 1.0.0.0, 2013.11.12)   A few years ago, I posted an article that leveraged markup extensions to quickly show localized ToolTips with minimal effort. Fast forward to 2013: I still like ToolTips, but interactive / clickable ones would be n Work Issues Add Work Item Links from Check In Comments - Gordon W Beeming How to add work item links from check in comments © 2013 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click here. CodeProject 503-250 Ferrand Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada +1 416-849-8900 x 100 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use webmaster@codeproject.com