Weekly Newsletter (4 Dec 2017)

Monday, December 04, 2017 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. Advertisements Start Monetizing Your App Now Gain insights about your users and maximize your app ad revenue with AdMob by Google: the largest source of global advertiser demand that brings best-in-class technology in a single platform, with flexible ad controls and an industry-leading mediation service. Sign up now! Need Excel Controls for Windows Forms, WPF or Silverlight? Use SpreadsheetGear to add powerful, Excel-compatible viewing, editing, formatting, calculating, filtering, sorting, charting, printing and more to your applications with the easy-to-use WorkbookView controls. Try it now! Weekly Poll Results Which devices have you coded against? Survey period: 27 Nov 2017 to 4 Dec 2017 For many of us the days are gone when you could safely focus on one class of computer. Option Votes %   Super computer (Cray, Fujitsu etc 52 5.18 Mainframe 351 34.96 Desktop class 953 94.92 Mobile phone / tablet 488 48.61 Raspberry Pi 212 21.12 Arduino or compatible (eg netduinos, beaglebones) 211 21.02 Hobby Embedded (eg Galileo) 70 6.97 Professional Embedded (eg Eurotech, Advantech) 153 15.24 Other 280 27.89 I've never coded or aren't actually sure 13 1.29 Responses 1,004    Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100% This week's survey: Are you starting new projects or maintaining tried-and-true legacy apps? Latest Additions New articles added .NET Framework Console Logging and Reading Excel Files with .NET Core 2   (4 votes) by Juan G. Carmona (updated 6 days ago) Proper logging in .NET Core 2 Console App Elasticsearch, Kibana and Docker using .NET Standard 2   (3 votes) by Juan G. Carmona (updated 10 hours ago) Advanced logging in modern .NET applications. A sunday-morning-proof-of-concept. Algorithms & Recipes The astounding Pickover's biomorphs   (10 votes) by Miguel Diaz Kusztrich (updated 5 days ago) An infinite set of biological shape fractals in the complex plain A short tale on two patterns that live in .NET   (1 votes) by Eddy Vluggen (updated yesterday) Exploring some patterns that are used in the .NET framework and how they could be usefull Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Sequence Detection With a Finite-State Machine   (5 votes) by Dmitrii Nemtsov (updated 2 days ago) A way to build a finite-state machine identifying predefined sequences in a stream of characters. ASP.NET Angular 4: User Authentication using JWT Token   (0 votes) by Raihan Alam (updated 2 days ago) User authentication in Angular 4 App using ASP.NET Core JWT Token Azure Azure Service Fabric demo   (11 votes) by Sacha Barber (updated 4 days ago) Azure Service Fabric Demo + IOC, logging, encryption C / C++ Language Data Logging using IPC in Windows   (0 votes) by Andy Galluzzi (updated 2 days ago) This is yet another MMF IPC data transfer class, but with the particularities of a logging tool: it has one operative process that simply collects all the logged data and one or more passive process that generate and write the log information. C# Boosting Performance with Dynamic Assemblies   (0 votes) by wmjordan (updated 2 days ago) Circumventing language obstacles and optimizing performance with Dynamic Methods, Dynamic Assemblies. Client side scripting Building SPA with Angular 4 and Redux   (4 votes) by Pankaj Kumar Choudhary (updated 5 days ago) Building SPA with Angular 4 and Redux ES6: Arrow Function   (1 votes) by Aniket Agrawal (updated 2 days ago) Discusses about the usage of arrow function Database Using EF Core with MySQL in DotNet Core 1.0   (0 votes) by Siddharth R Barman (updated 21 hours ago) Interact with MySQL database using EF Core in DotNet Core 1.0. Game Development Game engine using SDL2 and ZetScript   (8 votes) by jespa007 (updated 4 days ago) Example game engine by using SDL2 and ZetScript Unity Graphics Emulator for Native Plugin Development   (2 votes) by EgorYusov (updated 3 days ago) This article describes Unity low-level plugin interface and the Unity graphics interface emulator that facilitates native plugin development. Mobile Development Impression and experience from App Store, Play Store and Windows Store   (2 votes) by Sergey Kizyan (updated 11 hours ago) In this article I'm sharing personal and common experience that were received during last years working with application stores from Google, Apple and Microsoft Node.js ESB - logging and monitoring   (3 votes) by lars paisley (updated 3 days ago) A simple approach to documenting ESB transactions and transformations Programming Tips Four Reasons Developers Need Chatbot Technology Skills   (3 votes) by Jesse Casman (updated 5 days ago) Do developers really need to pay attention to chatbots in a fairly small market of just over a billion dollars? Testing and QA Getting started with Selenium 3.7 using Visual Studio 2017/C#   (1 votes) by Mohammed Faci (updated 3 days ago) This article provides detailed steps for writing test cases using Selenium 3.7.0 and Visual Studio 2017/C#. Universal Windows Platform and Windows Runtime Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (4 of N)   (4 votes) by raddevus (updated 6 days ago) Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 4 Adding Windows Controls (Building the DailyJournal app) Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (7 of N)   (4 votes) by raddevus (updated 4 days ago) Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 7 Saving journal entries in the file system Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (6 of N)   (3 votes) by raddevus (updated 5 days ago) Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 6 Programmatically Adding Tabs (Pivot) for Multiple entries in DailyJournal (includes CommandBar and Menu concepts) Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (5 of N)   (2 votes) by raddevus (updated 5 days ago) Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 5 Adding Tabs (Pivot) For Multiple Journal Entries Programming Windows 10 Desktop: UWP Focus (8 of N)   (2 votes) by raddevus (updated 2 days ago) Get Started in UWP (moving away from WinForm) Chapter 8 Applied OOP, Designing Objects, SoC and going deeper into designing the DailyJournal app. UWP Binding vs. XBind   (0 votes) by urielxy (updated 3 hours ago) Xaml Binding vs. XBind Web Security Siva - A Tool to find vulnerabilities in your website   (2 votes) by VISWESWARAN1998 (updated 5 days ago) Siva is a standalone tool programmed in Python which is cross-platformed, and is capable of scanning your websites and finding vulnerabilities in it. Web Services Creating a Real-time Cryptocurrency Websocket API   (2 votes) by Pierre Nortje (updated 21 hours ago) We do not want to keep asking for information. Let's create an API to send push messages regarding the current cryptocurrency stock market. Windows Presentation Foundation A Highlightable WPF/MVVM TextBlock   (6 votes) by Dirk Bahle (updated 6 days ago) Implementing text highlighting in a WPF TextBlock control with MVVM Articles updated Ajax 4 Ways To Use jQuery Load in Your Website   (25 votes) by Yogi S. (updated yesterday) This article explains how useful the jQuery Load method is for doing AJAX calls in our web projects. I will explain the 4 ways/situtations where you can use this method and create a great feature for the users. Algorithms & Recipes Fast and improved 2D Convex Hull algorithm and its implementation in O(n log h)   (27 votes) by Eric Ouellet (updated 3 days ago) Many improvements over a pretty new and unknown very fast 2D Convex Hull algorithm and much more. ASP.NET Using MongoDB .NET Driver with .NET Core WebAPI   (48 votes) by Petru Faurescu (updated 5 days ago) How to build step by step an ASP.NET Core WebAPI (.NET Core 2.0) with latest MongoDB driver. The project supports all requests to MongoDB asynchronously. ASP.NET Core Identity: Supporting JWT Token for User Authentication   (5 votes) by Raihan Alam (updated 2 days ago) JWT token support in ASP.NET Core Identity Boards / Embedded devices Infrared Remote Control for your Computer   (6 votes) by Elmue (updated 2 days ago) This article describes the easiest way to remote control any computer with any infrared remote control that you already have.The idea is to control your music or video player on the computer from your couch. I have seen serveral projects for this purpose in internet but none of them satisfied me. C# C# BAD PRACTICES: Learn How to Make a Good Code by Bad Example – Part 5   (58 votes) by Radosław Sadowski (updated 6 days ago) What is really the Open Closed Principle about? TCPIP Server and Client example   (39 votes) by ecklerpa (updated 4 days ago) Example of a TCPIP server that listens and can serve multiple client connections. Using Objects Comparer to compare complex objects in C#   (23 votes) by Valerii Tereshchenko (updated 6 days ago) Objects Comparer framework provides mechanism to compare complex objects, allows to override comparison rules for specific properties and types. External Drives Library: Part 1 - Dealing with USB-Connected Devices   (21 votes) by John Torjo (updated 3 days ago) Easily read and write files from/to any Android Phone/Tablet/iPhone/iPad connected via USB. UnitParser   (10 votes) by varocarbas (updated yesterday) Comprehensive unit parsing library NumberParser   (4 votes) by varocarbas (updated yesterday) Library extending the .NET numeric support Database Walkthrough in detail : Create Dataset and Database with two relational tables. An UpdateAll method on the TableAdapterManager.   (10 votes) by Bob Stoom (updated 4 days ago) Walkthrough in detail to create a relational database application using C# .NET without code. Document / View Compiling MuPDF DLL to Render and Edit PDF Documents   (6 votes) by wmjordan (updated 5 days ago) MuPDF is an open-sourced, high performance PDF rendering and editing engine written in C. This article describes how to compile its source code to a DLL for use in other programming languages. HTML / CSS TypeScript for Object Oriented Developers in Easy Samples Part 1   (11 votes) by Nick Polyak (updated 23 hours ago) TypeScript tutorial for object oriented programmers Uncategorised Tips and Tricks ZetScript Programming Language   (15 votes) by jespa007 (updated yesterday) A programming language for C++ projects Windows Presentation Foundation Advanced WPF TreeViews Part 3 of n   (7 votes) by Dirk Bahle, Alaa Ben Fatma (updated 6 days ago) Tips & tricks on visting and searching nodes in WPF TreeViews Advanced WPF TreeViews Part 4 of n   (6 votes) by Dirk Bahle (updated 4 days ago) Tips & Tricks on loading and saving WPF Tree View based content. New Tips and Tricks added Algorithms & Recipes What Controller Is This View For?   (9 votes) by John Simmons / outlaw programmer (updated 5 days ago) ViewBag, ViewBag, three times full... Android How to Create an Android Application Widget using the Apache Cordova Plugin ACE   (0 votes) by Silvia Campo (updated 2 days ago) This post contains steps on how to set up an Android application widget in an hybrid mobile application using Apache Cordova and the plugin ACE from Microsoft. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning C# A-Star, Graph Path-finding implementation.   (2 votes) by Denis Pashkov (updated 9 hours ago) Implementation of A-star algorithm for traversing undirected pre-weighted graph Boards / Embedded devices Fix element14 DIY Pi Desktop   (3 votes) by sbarnes (updated 6 days ago) Tip/trick to fix Pi Desktop C# Convert XML File to Excel File   (5 votes) by Altaf Ansari (updated 6 days ago) Converting XML Data into DataTable and Exporting DataTable into Excel File Client side scripting How to Detect if Client has JavaScript Enabled/Disabled in Backend Server   (11 votes) by Danny Chu (updated 4 days ago) Learn how to detect if client has JavaScript enabled or disabled at your backend webserver Mobile Development Google Login with Ionic Framework   (1 votes) by Rajpeer (updated 5 days ago) This article may help Ionic/Cordova developers to integrate Google login into their Ionic/Cordova projects. SharePoint Server SharePoint 2013: HTML Modal Popup using Sp.js   (0 votes) by Bajirao_ (updated 3 days ago) It's a SharePoint 2013 POC of modal popup in which HTML can be used as content of popup. Tips and Tricks updated C++ / CLI C++/CLI: Storing Lambda in a Delegate   (10 votes) by Jon McKee (updated 2 days ago) How to do it and why it works Database Verify Oracle Client Installation   (8 votes) by WernfriedD (updated 2 days ago) Single .exe to verify if your Oracle Client is properly installed and working. Verify supported technologies for Oracle connection. Edit Controls EXTENDED Version of Extended Rich Text Box (RichTextBoxEx)   (6 votes) by Robert Gustafson (updated 5 hours ago) I've created an enhanced version of the Extended RichTextBox created by Razi Syed. Menus Handling Menus and Toolbars Using MDICommandSupport Class Library   (2 votes) by Robert Gustafson (updated 5 days ago) Simplifies working with ToolStrip-type menus and tool bars for MDI parent forms New Technical Blogs added Applications & Tools Apply Angular Techniques to jQuery Applications – Part 1   (3 votes) by Paul D. Sheriff (updated 4 days ago) Learn to apply some SPA techniques in your jQuery applications Azure Locally debugging an Azure Function triggered by Azure Event Grid   (0 votes) by BC3Tech (updated 3 days ago) Event Grid subscriptions point to an https endpoint. When using Azure Functions as the subscriber, how can you locally debug your events? C# Deploy CNTK Model to Excel using C#   (2 votes) by Bahrudin Hrnjica (updated 5 days ago) How to deploy CNTK model to Excel using C# Client side scripting Implement Validations in Angular 5 App   (1 votes) by Sibeesh Passion (updated yesterday) How to implement validations in Angular 5 app Immutable Updates in React and Redux   (0 votes) by Dave Ceddia (updated 4 days ago) Immutable updates in React and Redux Code Generation Fixing Resource.Designer.cs Generation in .NET Core   (2 votes) by Christian Specht (updated 4 days ago) How to fix Resource.Designer.cs generation in .NET Core Database Behaviour of IDENTITY Columns and SEQUENCES with TRANSACTIONS   (0 votes) by Manjuke Fernando (updated 18 hours ago) Behavior of IDENTITY Columns and SEQUENCES with TRANSACTIONS Game Development Day 43 of 100 Days of VR: Setting up Google Spatial Audio in Unity   (4 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 3 days ago) How to set up Google Spatial Audio in Unity Day 42 of 100 Days of VR: Using the Daydream Controller with our FPS   (3 votes) by IAmJoshChang (updated 3 days ago) How to use the Daydream controller with our FPS Grid & Data Controls Publishing to an Event Grid Topic from .NET   (1 votes) by BC3Tech (updated 2 days ago) Here's a quick helper class to make publishing to a custom topic in an Event Grid instance a one-line operation. © 2017 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. 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