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New Articles, Tech Blogs and Tips Android Android iText Pdf Example   (0 votes) by Val Okafor (updated yesterday) This blog post stems from my recent experience building my soon to be released Invoicing app. I waited until the last minute to integrate PDF hoping that there is a magical boolean I can set to true and voila, my deeply nested view will be converted to PDF. I quickly realized that programmatic PDF i ASP.NET How to Customize the Pager Template   (10 votes) by Rahul VB (updated 16 hours ago) This article shows you how to customize the pager template Using SignalR for communication between two app parts in SharePoint 2013   (0 votes) by shwetaOnCodePro (updated 13 hours ago) Using SignalR for sending real time updates between SharePoint app parts C# Creating presentation objects with PresentationMapper   (0 votes) by HUONG Minh-Luong (updated 13 hours ago) How to use PresentationMapper to generate presentation objects Downloading User Images from Flickr in C#   (0 votes) by Kumar Naveen (updated 12 hours ago) Getting current logged user Images who logged from ASP.NET application Code Generation What Do You Care Most About When Reviewing Someone Else's Code?   (2 votes) by Jamie Munro (updated yesterday) I wrote an article a few months ago called Compelling Interview Questions where buried deep in the middle under several open-ended technical questions I asked the question "What Do You Care Most About When Reviewing Someone Else's Code?"The funny part about this when you read a few lines below I fol Design and Architecture The CodeProject API - Part 1   (4 votes) by Pete O'Hanlon (updated 10 hours ago) In this article, we're going to look at how we can start building a client side CodeProject API that's suitable for all C# developments. Dialogs and Windows IdentityServer v3 and Windows Authentication   (0 votes) by GhalebBadran (updated 16 hours ago) Overview As I was searching for how to use windows authentication with IdentityServer v3 it was very hard to find a result, or a clue how to apply it, there were no OWIN plugins that provide windows authentication easily. Also using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is hard to implement an Game Development I''m hooked on test-driven development (TDD)   (3 votes) by Jamie Munro (updated 22 hours ago) I''ve only been doing TDD for a few weeks, but I''m completely sold.  I don't want to go back!  I''ll be honest though, it hasn''t been easy.  Miscellaneous Visualize a Weighted Average / Composite Color of Multiple Custom Colors Using C#   (0 votes) by B. Clay Shannon (updated 8 hours ago) Combine weighted values of four custom colors to get their visual average Node.js MEAN web development #2: Node.js in the back   (1 votes) by Sander Rossel (updated yesterday) The second in a series on MEAN web development.The post MEAN web development #2: Node.js in the back appeared first on Sander's bits. PHP ServerZilla: FTP Client for Server   (0 votes) by Ajith_Kp560 (updated 12 hours ago) FTP Client for Web server. Product Showcase Introducing TagHelpers with ASP.NET 5 on EverLeap   (0 votes) by Jeffrey T. Fritz (updated 10 hours ago) In this article, we'll introduce the TagHelper, learn about its advantages and disadvantages, explore some sample TagHelpers, and review the deployment experience to a cloud-based hosting provider. Site & Server Management Setting Up CakePHP with IIS   (0 votes) by Jamie Munro (updated 13 hours ago) I've found myself doing this several times over the past little while as I had to switch computers.  Each time I would struggle with a few of the steps, so I thought I would document them this time and share for future me (or you if you like).Install IISThe first thing that needs to be done is to ac SQL Reporting Services SSRS Report Integration With Web Api   (0 votes) by santosh poojari (updated 5 hours ago) The idea is to source SSRS report datasource with web api output. The datasource can take XML input datasource hence we can allow web api to give us desired XML output dataset in defined format or schema. Once we have that it is easy to sourced or housed it into SSRS reports -RDL or Client RDLC in . Third Party Products and Tools Using Kendo UI Grid with ASP.NET MVC5 Web API   (1 votes) by Ly Nguyen - LN (updated 2 hours ago) How to use Kendo UI Grid with Web API Uncategorised Technical Blogs Syntax Highlighter   (0 votes) by GhalebBadran (updated 14 hours ago) The Issue When I wanted to start this blog, I had in mind that this blog will be a technical one, to share what the challenges I face and overcome. So obviously I needed a tool/plugin/script whatever to highlight the code I post. So I’ve started a search to find what the best tools out [… Web Services Call WebAPI's PUT method with complex input type from C#   (1 votes) by Mathi Mani (updated 16 hours ago) In this article we will learn how to call WebAPI's PUT method with complex input type from C# using model input Work Issues Three-month work-life retrospective   (4 votes) by Jamie Munro (updated yesterday) Just over three months ago, I posted a few memorable blogs (for me) in regards to a career change.  The career change has been made and I thought I would share my retrospective on how it has affected me.Following the format of the retrospectives I have been over the past 3 months, I'll start with a Updated Articles, Tech Blogs and Tips ASP.NET Learn MVC Project in 7 days – Day 1   (113 votes) by Shivprasad koirala, Marla Sukesh (updated 17 hours ago) In this article we learn MVC 5 step by step in 7 days – Day 1. Learn MVC Project in 7 days – Day 2   (33 votes) by Marla Sukesh (updated 17 hours ago) In this article we learn MVC 5 step by step in 7 days – Day 2. C# Must Remember: 9 Key Concepts to Keyword 'Static'   (65 votes) by Priyank Modi (updated 15 hours ago) Article summarizes some of the key concepts around the keyword 'Static' which every developer must remember. Windows Communication Foundation Broadcasting Events with a Duplex WCF Service   (32 votes) by Mike_Liu (updated 15 hours ago) Write a duplex WCF service to broadcast events to all connected clients, so all connected clients can get real time notifications whenever an event occurs on any of the clients. © 2015 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Daily Build click Unsubscribe. 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. 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