CodeProject | Newsletter (9 Dec 2013)

177 articles this week. Monday, December 09, 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 voting forms are up on the homepage for the best articles from last month. Please take a minute to give a vote to the articles that helped you the most lst month - it's important. This month is slightly different in that our Month of Android means we have a new Android category for the contest. shows the top Android articles from last month and this month we're going to sweeten the pot with some hardware prizes for the best Android article. Trying to decide which tasty gadget we settle on is proving to be an enjoyably hard decision. Got a prize you'd like to donate to the prize pool for the Android (or any other) article contest? Please email Sean at submit@codeproject.com and he'll gladly look after you. cheers, Chris Maunder Advertisements Manage your app and get a shirt! New Relic, the leader in SaaS-based web app performance monitoring, is giving everyone who tries their software a Nerd Life shirt. Do you code in .NET, Ruby, PHP, Python, or Java? Then you can use New Relic at no cost! Instant access to thousands of books and videos Technology and business professionals can learn with video tutorials, code samples, books, and certification guides. Start a trial now. SpreadsheetGear 2012 Now for Silverlight! Take your browser based applications beyond the limits of HTML and JavaScript with high performance Excel compatible spreadsheet controls from the leader in .NET spreadsheets. Download your fully functional SpreadsheetGear trial Today! Weekly Poll Results Will you be buying a SmartWatch in the next 12 months? Survey period: 2 Dec 2013 to 9 Dec 2013 ...assuming the SmartWatch of your dreams is on the market in the next 12 months (and: Buy == acquire in whatever manner you see fit). Option Votes %   I already have one 37 2.09 Yes 60 3.38 Maybe 286 16.13 No 1390 78.40 Total 1773   100% This week's survey: Have you, while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, written code intended for production? Most popular new articles 2 Dec 2013 - 8 Dec 2013 ToDoList 6.8.2 Feature Release - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g. Barcode Image Generation Library - Brad Barnhill Versioning Controlled Build - Julijan Sribar Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. - Monjurul Habib RaptorDB - the Document Store - Mehdi Gholam Research Developer's Guide to Protecting Your Brand Against Malware Threats With Code Signing Today malware is big business for cyber criminals. The availability of exploitation kits, malware-as-a-service, rogue anti-malware software (AKA "scareware"), and other tools have made it too easy for unscrupulous individuals and criminal groups to infiltrate home and business computers and networks. Faced with the increasing sophistication of these threats, even the savviest computer users are getting infected. Code signing is an industry-recommended and widely-used defense against tampering, corruption, or malware infection in software... Download Now Latest Additions 177 articles overall. 100 new, 77 updated. New articles added Ajax Creating AJAX enabled web forms - Komal Mangal Benefits of creating AJAX enabled web forms and how to do it. Algorithms & Recipes Best-fitting line, circle and ellipse - Alasdair Craig Library for least-squares best-fitting of lines, circles and rotated ellipses Primality test algorithms - Prime test - The fastest way to check primialty of a number - Shay Margalit Review primality test algorithms and test their preformance in order to find out which is the fastest. Evenly selecting items from a list in a pseudo random manner - Sal Razzaq How to fairly pick items from a list Tigers and Goats: An Interesting AI Game in Javascript and HTML5 - Saman Saeedi A code sample to explore adversarial search algorithms Arabic/English Crossword Generation using Progressive Search - Nasir Darwish The article describes an ASP.NET web application for generating Crossword (Arabic and English) puzzles using progressive search algorithm Android Developing Sensor Applications on Intel® Atom™ Processor-Based Android* Phones and Tablets - Android on Intel This guide provides application developers with an introduction to the Android Sensor framework and discusses how to use some of the sensors that are generally available on phones and tablets based on the Intel® Atom™ processor. How to Enable Intel® Wireless Display Differentiation for Miracast* on Intel® Architecture phone - Android on Intel How to Enable Intel® Wireless Display Differentiation for Miracast* on Intel® Architecture phone What's New Intel Threading Building Blocks 4.2 - Android on Intel What's New Intel Threading Building Blocks 4.2 Intel® HTML5 Tools for developing mobile applications - Android on Intel Intel® HTML5 Tools for developing mobile applications Speeding Up the Android* Emulator on Intel® Architecture - Android on Intel Speeding Up the Android* Emulator on Intel® Architecture Developing Android* Applications with Voice Recognition Features - Android on Intel Developing Android* Applications with Voice Recognition Features Development and Optimization for NDK-based Android Game Application on Platforms based on Intel® Architecture - Android on Intel Development and Optimization for NDK-based Android Game Application on Platforms based on Intel® Architecture Building Android NDK applications with Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel® IPP) - Android on Intel Building Android NDK applications with Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel® IPP) Applications & Tools Responsive Web Design Using Twitter Bootstrap - Sacha Barber A look at how to create a responsive web site using ASP MVC / Twitter Bootstrap / WebAPI and Knockout.js A free "Export to Excel" C# class, using OpenXML - Mike Gledhill How to easily add an "export to Excel" feature to your app ASP.NET Why(s) and How(s) of ASP.NET MVC: Part 3 - Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib ASP.NET MVC controller and routing fundamental ideas, advantages, and validating controllers. Beginner's Guide for Designing ASP.NET MVC Applications using SQL Server and Entity Framework - Rahul Rajat Singh In this article we will discuss how to Design ASP.NET MVC Applications using SqlServer and Entity Framework Bundling and Minification (ASP.NET 4.0) - Kapil Khadgi Implementing Bundling and Minification in a manageable way Using Flexigrid in ASP.NET - Shahid Bhat This article gives a detailed explanation of how to use Flexigrid in ASP.NET All ASP.NET MVC 3 Features - Afazal MD 3104209 All ASP.NET MVC 3 features Validating incoming JSON using Upida.Net - vladimir husnullin This article describes how to implement incoming JSON data validation ASP.NET Controls Lookup Search - ComboBox Multicolumn, Multiselection - Josue Medrano Search control and ComboBox Multi-Column and Multi-Selection C / C++ Language zTrace debugging utility - zapsolution This is a VS2010+ project The SAX Article That Programmers Should (Not) Be Reading! - Wong Shao Voon A new C++11 SAX library to simplify parsing C# C# Project on Database for Beginners - Hasan Habib Surzo Class, Database Connection, Login Winform Omegle4COM Third Party Library - Sicppy Omegle4COM .NET Omegle Interface Html Agility Pack - Massive information extraction from WWW pages - morzel Massive information extraction from WWW pages. XML mapping and validation in .NET - Juan Carlos Recio Abad Carry information easily between xml with a different structure. Database String Aggregation in the World of SQL Server - Sergey Syrovatchenko This article includes examples of T-SQL capabilities that allow to perform string concatenation flexibly and effectively through the use of different constructs. Design and Architecture Requirement, Estimation and Planning in agile software development projects - Monjurul Habib This article is about requirement, estimation and planning in agile software development projects. Everybody in software development has the same goal: Rapid, Reliable, Low Risk delivery of high-quality, valuable functionality to users. So what will help them to achieve their goal ? just coding ? Expandable IoC Container - Paulo Zemek Learn how to create a very small (less than 3kb) yet very expandable IoC container. Design Patterns - I (Introduction) - coded007 A Seriers to understand Design Patterns Completely Evolution of N-Tier Applications - Member 3904612 Evolution of N-Tier applications. Hardware & System Raspberry Pi - [Episode 2] In, Out, that's what it's all about. - DaveAuld Real World Interfacing to the Raspberry-Pi using a Gertboard. Interviews A Coder Interview with Lewis Collins - CodeProject Lewis Collins (Senior Software Consultant at Plantronics) discusses his background, project, interest, pet peeves, and just what you can do with a decent headset. iPhone Interoperation Issues in Mixed C/C++/Objective-C Development - Anna Koneva An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development Java Code Experiment on Integer Validation - Peter Leow Explore the different integer validation methods. Libraries C# - Generate and Deliver PDF Files On-Demand from a Template Using iTextSharp - John Atten In this article, we will examine the specifics of this "Just-In-Time" PDF generation. Office Development C# Export data to Excel, using OpenXML libraries - MikeGledhill Export your data to a real Excel file, using one line of code! PHP Crossing fields of a MySQL table - Member 4206974 CrossData is a PHP object for creating an HTML table or a PHP array, crossing two fields of a MySQL table. Product Showcase Google Cloud Platform: Getting Started with Google App Engine - Ted Neward This is the first of several articles on Google Cloud Platform, in which we'll walk through getting started with Google App Engine (since most new applications start with some kind of code). Google Cloud Platform: Deploying with Google App Engine - Ted Neward A continuation of Part 1, deploying to the cloud. Using jQuery to Embed a Slideshow in a Tumblr Blog - Accusoft Using jQuery to Embed a Slideshow in a Tumblr Blog Choosing the Right Barcode for Your Application - LEADTOOLS Support Choosing the Right Barcode for your Application Programming Tips The C# trickbox - Florian Rappl A close look at some powerful features of C# that are less known but sometimes come in very handy. Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools Dungeons of XAF and Magic 13.2 - Mario Blataric Scared of entering modern dungeon of dev technologies? Meet XAF, your new companion hero. DevExpress – When Only The Best Will Do - Dirk_Strauss DevExpress – December is a month of giving and if you are looking to fill the gift stocking of that special developer someone, have a look at the new release of DevExpress. I have been lucky enough to explore the product for the past while. As usual, DevExpress come out tops with some awesome new fe The Dew Review- DevExpress ASP.NET 2013.2 - Alvin Ashcraft The Dew Review- DevExpress ASP.NET 2013.2 String handling C# String Extensions - Prabu ram Some commonly used operations with string in c# as extension methods Threads, Processes & IPC How to get rid of Dispatcher.Invoke - Niel M.Thomas Using Task to switch context Tools and IDE Post an article on Code Project using Submission Page - Mauro Vezzoli Post an article with code on Code Project choosing Option 1 in Submit New Article Page Win32/64 SDK & OS Using Python inside Programming Without Coding Technology (PWCT) environment. - Mahmoud Samir Fayed Using Python inside Programming Without Coding Technology (PWCT) environment through PythonPWCT. Windows Phone 7/8 Apply Here Map in Windows Phone HTML5 Apps - Khademul Basher Add Nokia Here Map in Windows Phone HTML5 Apps Windows Presentation Foundation WPF and multi-touch - Florian Rappl Exploring WPF capabilities, limitations and work-arounds to create state-of-the-art applications with multi-touch features. Using the Task Parallel Library (TPL) in WPF - Gary Owsiany Keeping a WPF application responsive involves using background processes to handle long running tasks, and the TPL makes this programming task easier than ever. It also provides a way to cancel the task asynchronously and to update the UI (for example, with a progress bar) from the background proces Articles updated .NET Framework Code First Approach using Entity Framework 4.1, Inversion of Control, Unity Framework, Repository & Unit of Work Pattern and MVC3 Razor View - Akhil_Mittal My effort in this article was to put some light on building a generic multilayered architecture using Entity Framework 4.1 and MVC3 razor view engine. All About TransactionScope - S. M. Ahasan Habib In this article, I explain with transaction related theory and code sample, how in various scenarios we can use TransactionScope with various options for managing real life transactions. Kinect for Windows: Find user height accurately - Vangos Pterneas Some people ask me if there is a way to determine the height of a user standing in front of a Kinect device. The answer is defintely positive: We can detect the user's height regardless of her distance from the sensor! We only need some very basic Maths knowledge. Let's find out more...Download the Entity Framework 5 vs. NHibernate 3.3 with Oracle 11g - Alexander Iskhakov A comparison Entity Framework 5 and NHibernate 3.3 on a real-world .NET application with Oracle 11g. RS Focus Component - Rameez Raja (RAJ) Focus Component - change the Background Color and Foreground Color of Textbox and ComboBox when they get focused. Ajax AJAX file uploader with progress notification in pure HTML5 - Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer An AJAX file uploader with progress notification (percentage completed, upload speed, estimated time remaining, remaining bytes to speed, total bytes already sent, and total bytes to be sent) in pure HTML5 (no iframe, no external library) How to Display and Hide Marker Groups in Google Maps using the gomap jQuery Plugin - B. Clay "The Map Whisperer" Shannon Using the gomap jQuery plugin to programmatically add markers, then show and hide them on demand Algorithms & Recipes Building a General Purpose Interpreter, Math Engine and Parser in C# - Kashif_Imran An easy to understand and use language interpreter, run time parser and calculation engine from scratch in C#. Android A Domain Specific Language for Android touch events: Part 1: Description and usage of the DSL - Serge Desmedt A DSL for creating touch gestures in Android. A Domain Specific Language for Android touch events: Part 2: Construction and inner workings - Serge Desmedt Conception of a DSL for creating touch gestures in Android. Applications & Tools ToDoList 6.8.2 Feature 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. ASP Classic ASP and MVC - Emmet M MVC-like for classic ASP. ASP.NET TwitterBootstrapMvc - Dmitry A. Efimenko Fluent implementation of ASP.NET-MVC HTML helpers for Twitter Bootstrap. 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. Learning MVC - Part 1: Introduction to MVC Architecture and Separation of Concerns - Akhil_Mittal Introduction to MVC architecture and Separation of Concerns. Service Based Membership Providers for ASP.NET - Shuqian Ying Service based, multi-application ASP.NET custom membership, role and profile providers with a hierarchical role system. Learning MVC - Part 2: Creating MVC Application and Perform CRUD Operations Using LINQ to SQL - Akhil_Mittal Creating MVC Application & Perform CRUD operations using LINQ to SQL 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. MVVM in Web development with Upida.Net - vladimir husnullin MVVM in web development with Upida.Net. AngularJS Single Page Application with WebAPI and Upida backend - vladimir husnullin This article shows how to create a single page web applciation using AngularJS. It will be helpfull for people willing to study angular and mvvm practices. C / C++ Language How to ensure proper dynamic library boundary crossing for objects using smart pointers' custom deleters - Philippe Cayouette, Sebastien Gibeau Ensuring that objects allocated in one dynamic library are deleted by the same library has always been a challenge. Solutions prior to the advent of C++11 often make the usage of the library cumbersome. This is a solution using smart pointers' custom deleters. C# ADO.NET Entity framework Interview questions - Shivprasad koirala Quick revision of 25 important ADO.NET Entity framework interview questions with answers 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. Dynamic View Model - Bryan Croteau A technique for generating ViewModel objects dynamically. 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. Understanding JavaScript Object Creation Patterns - Colin Eberhardt This article explores the various ways you can create objects with the JavaScript language, and through this exploration finds that there is much to learn about the language! Include JavaScript exceptions in your server side logs with JSNLog - Matt Perdeck JSNLog lets you insert loggers in your client side JavaScript, configure them in your web.config, and store their messages in your server side logs. Cryptography & Security Encrypting Editor Notepad Replacement - Frank T. Clark A C# .NET 3.5 (Win7) Windows Forms Application with source code Database SqlMetalPlus- A VS Add-in to Manage Custom Changes to DBML - Azeet Chebrolu This add-in adds easily accessible context menu commands to your DBML files to either apply custom changes or to refresh the whole DBML file with the latest changes from the database. Using SQL Server 2012 T-SQL New Features - Henry He In this article, I will show some of SQL Server 2012 T-SQL new features and compare them with alternative SQL script in previous version SQL Server. Build Your Own Generic Data Access Layer: Part II - _HOMAY_ In this article, we will discover the power of generics in C# and we talk about "how to using design patterns in Data Access Layer" to the improving performance Service for StackExchange: Implementing a Data Provider - Shuqian Ying Client side data provider for data importing to a relational data service build for StackExchange data dump. Design and Architecture Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. - Monjurul Habib Introduction to Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. It is about how to work together to achieve a common goal. This article focus on how technology team work together well to plan, build and deliver software. Decorator pattern usage on a simplified Pacman game - Petar Brkusanin An example of how Decorator, Dependency Injection, and Composition Root patterns can be used to extend the base game functionality. Desktop Gadgets Anatomy of Hover-Click Controls - gggustafson This article presents a template for the implementation of user drawn Hover-Click controls. Wallpaper changer prank - deoxys An app to periodically change the desktop's wallpaper. 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. Hardware & System Raspberry Pi - [Episode 3] Get Coding With Coder - DaveAuld Google Coder == "A simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi.", well that is what they claim! USB Digital Multimeter Driver Using HIDAPI - moloned This driver program decodes and displays LCD output from a Victor 86B USB DMM data packet that has been accessed using HIDAPI functions. Replacing the default Windows calendar with .NET hooks - Vahid_N Finding another solution to change or alter the native Windows API method calls to replace the default output of the system with our own implementation. LINQ Using LINQ to Calculate Basic Statistics - Don Kackman Extension methods for variance, standard deviation, range, median, and mode. Macros and Add-ins Versioning Controlled Build - Julijan Sribar A Visual Studio add-in and command-line utility that automates versioning of .NET and VC++ projects Miscellaneous Hosting of MFC MDI Applications from Within WinForms and WPF Applications - Alexey Shalnov Demonstrates the concept of how to build an old MFC application in a .NET application, to replace the MFC MDI Framework with the modern WinForms or the WPF Framework and to integrate MFC Views and Dialogs in it. Mobile Development Beyond Mobile Gestures - Yildirim Kocdag What is next for Mobile Gestures? Past and Future of Mobile Gestures NoSQL RaptorDB - the Document Store - Mehdi Gholam NoSql, JSON based, Document store database with compiled .net map functions and automatic hybrid bitmap indexing and LINQ query filters (now with standalone Server mode, Backup and Active Restore, Transactions, Server side queries, MonoDroid support, HQ-Branch Replication) RaptorDB REST - Mehdi Gholam A REST web interface for RaptorDB the document database PHP PHP Flat-file Beginner Log-in Script - Jaydman2102 Make a text file log in system for beginners. Progress Controls Win8ProgressRing Control - gggustafson This article presents a user-drawn control, named Win8ProgressRing that mimics the Windows 8 Progress Ring. Win8MarqueeProgressIndicator Control - gggustafson This article presents a user-drawn control, named Win8MarqueeProgressIndicator. Silverlight Creating a discrete value slider in Silverlight - Kashif_Imran The article shows the proecess of creating and using a discrete value slider for Silverlight. Site & Server Management Production Server Migration Challenges - S. M. Ahasan Habib I explain in this article what type of challenges may face when any one start migrating their production server. Testing and QA Unit testing on tic tac toe example - Petar Brkusanin Minimalistic tic tac toe game implementation with some unit test coverage. Third Party Products and Tools A sales dashboard ASP.NET application - d.johnson.dave Implementing a sales dashboard datavisualization presentation Windows Presentation Foundation MVVM # Episode 1 - _Maxxx_ Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 1 MVVM # Episode 4 - _Maxxx_ Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 4 MVVM # Episode 2 - _Maxxx_ Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 2 MVVM # Episode 3 - _Maxxx_ Using an extended MVVM pattern for real world LOB applications: Part 3 Prism, WPF, and Unity based modular application step by step - Gerald Gomes Starting modular application development using Prism, WPF, and Unity container. Windows Runtime WinRT Apps Exception Logging - Borja Prado WinRT Apps exception logging with WinrtErrLog and Google Spreadsheets. New Tips and Tricks added Ajax Dynamically Add File Upload Control and Insert Text File data to Database With jQuery and PHP - vaaah How to dynamically create file upload control and add text file data to SQL database Applications & Tools Firefox OS Browser Simulator - Siddharth Chandra FireFox OS Browser Simulator ASP.NET How to Fix Missing ContentType-Bug in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 When using XDomainRequest and POST Requests - Floyd dotnet Fixing missing ContentType-Bug in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 when using XDomainRequest and POST requests Simple Way of Using SQL DataTables to JSON in MVC - Sitalkes A simple way to serialize DataTables to JSON and push the data to a browser in MVC Multiple file uploads like in Facebook - cyber_addicted Multiple file uploads using jQuery without loss of file on multiple add and click. ASP.NET Controls Display Selected Value for TextBox Mode=Range - Jitendra_Shri Display selected value for the TextBox when TextMode="Range" without server postback. Audio and Video WMP Playlist Fix - AdventureRider The goal is to clean-up double entries in Windows Media Player playlists because the player doesn't do that itself. For that, a WPL class has been written, and a program that uses that class. Azure Tutorial: Lucene/SOLR on Azure in 5 Minutes - Henry Tan Setiawan Running Lucene/SOLR on Windows Azure in 5 minutes C# Monostate pattern - Darek Danielewski An interesting variation on the Singleton pattern Combo & List Boxes ComboBox ObservableCollection Overkill - Dietmar Schoder RibbonComboBox in MVVM/WPF: the easiest way Cryptography & Security Using SHA1 and MD5 in ASP.NET - Martin Ton SHA1 and MD5 class for net version. Database Query Database From MFC (Database Viewer) - Mahdi Nejadsahbei How to query a database file from an MFC application. Type Preference with UNION in SQL Server - Amey A khedekar A scenario with data type of the resultant select columns with UNION. Design and Architecture How to Refactor a Visual Studio 2012 Solution under Source Control - Infoteam SA Editing a Visual Studio solution file General Graphics Pharmacological office management using products barcode - Said Boularouk This C# code show how to use a barcode reader to manage pharmaceutical sales. It could be adapted to any store or service based on barcode reading. Internet / Network Embedding an Image Inside an HTML Email - Darek Danielewski Clear guide on how to embed an image inside an HTML email Libraries Cinchoo - Consume Configuration Values from any Database - Cinchoo This tip shows how to consume configuration values from any database. Miscellaneous Convert JPG to PNG Format (Bulk or Single) - Tapas Ranjan Singh This tip will help in understanding directory and file dialog box. It will help in understanding progressbar control and image conversion. Office Development How to Check Whether PowerPoint is Installed in the System or Not - Tadit Dash After the tip on Excel and Word, here we will explore the trick to verify whether Powerpoint is installed in the client's system or not by C#. Generate Excel Chart from Data in .NET Applications - LazyCoder0 This tip describes how to generate Excel charts from data in .NET applications using Office Automation. How to Check Whether Outlook is Installed in the System or Not - Tadit Dash After the tip on Excel, Word and Powerpoint, here we will explore the trick to verify whether Outlook is installed in the client's system or not by C#. Site & Server Management Automate PNG and JPG Image Optimization - Tharaka MTR How to automate PNG and JPG image optimization Testing and QA Testing an Application on an iPhone - Gurunath Navale Two methods for testing applications on an iPhone. Web Services How to host a WCF service without IIS in a development and production environment - Infoteam SA Two solutions to host a self-hosted WCF Service IP Location - Dietmar Schoder How to get the location of a specific IP-address Windows API User32.dll - Lock the computer - Marco Bertschi A short example how you can programmatically lock the computer using user32.dll. Windows Phone 7/8 Geolocation in Windows Phone 8 - Hadrich Mohamed This article shows you how to use the Geolocation feature in Windows Phone 8. How to easily retreive your local photos, music, and playlists - Hadrich Mohamed This tip shows you how to easily retrieve your local images, playlists, and music in Windows Phone 8. A simple Bluetooth Application - Hadrich Mohamed This tip enables you to discover the bluetooth features and how we can use its API to develop a simple application. Windows Presentation Foundation WPF Custom Attached Property - Bala Chandar Custom attached property in WPF Tips and Tricks updated 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. Cryptography & Security Steganography: Simple Implementation in C# - Hamzeh soboh Embed/extract a text in/from an image Internet / Network How to embed an image in email body - aspnet -i How to embed an image in email body Java Finding the Closest Latitude and Longitude in an OpenStreetMap CSV File - ExcelledProducts CEO Closest latitude and longitude to a referenced latitude and longitude. Threads, Processes & IPC Implement Thread Safe One-shot Bool Flag with Interlocked.Exchange() - Andreas Gieriet Wrapping Interlocked.Exchange to mimic a thread safe one-shot bool flag Windows Presentation Foundation Simple Validation in WPF - Gerald Gomes A very simple example of displaying validation error next to controls in WPF New Technical Blogs added C# Thinking in Reflection C# - comiscience Thinking in Reflection C#. Custom Controls SharePoint: Getting "This collection already contains an address with scheme HTTP" Error When Creating a Custom WCF Service - Alex Choroshin How to fix this error. SharePoint: Can't Activate Site Collection Feature When Creating New Site From a Custom Web Template - Alex Choroshin In SharePoint, can't activate Site Collection Feature when creating new site from a Custom Web Template Design and Architecture A Beginner's Guide to Various Software Development Methodologies - Manas Bhardwaj A beginners guide to various software development methodologies Java Overriding and overloading in Java and .NET – differences, changes and gotchas - Andrei Ion Rînea Foraying even more in the fundamentals of Java (coming from a .NET background) I’ve come across some interesting things, along with changes in Java SE 5. But first let’s clear up a bit these two notions (overloading and overriding). Overriding …Read more » LINQ THREE Examples of Deferred vs. Immediate Execution in LINQ using C# - Mithun Pattankar Three examples of deferred vs. immediate execution in LINQ using C# Other .NET Languages Building ASP.Net Web API RESTful Service – Part 8 - Taiseer Joudeh This is the eight part of Building ASP.Net Web API RESTful Service Series. The topics we’ll cover are: Building the Database Model using Entity Framework Code First – Part 1. Applying the Repository Pattern for the Data Access Layer – Part 2. Getting started with ASP.Net Web API - Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools The Newest Fiddle Sibling : .NET Fiddle! - Rion Williams Earlier this year, I wrote a short post that covered different tools that you can use from the comfort of your favorite browser to help create examples, prototypes and just tinker in general. This post serves to introduce the newest member of the Fiddle family of tools (which surprisingly are only r SharePoint Server How to Get Login Name and Display Name using SharePoint 2013 REST API - Alex Choroshin How to get login name and display name using SharePoint 2013 REST API. Customization of toolbar buttons and item summary in SharePoint forms - Dmitriy Kozlov The new release of SharePoint Forms Designer 2.8.1 and its main features. Fast Search Pipeline Extensibility for Specific Content Source - Alex Choroshin Fast search pipeline extensibility for specific content source. Uncategorised Technical Blogs Attached and Routed Events outside of WPF - Nick Polyak Code Location CodeProject The code for this blog post can be downloaded from AttachedRoutedEvents.zip. Introduction Here I continue a series of blog posts regarding implementing WPF concepts outside of WPF. In Attached Properties outside of WPF I introduced a notion of AProperty – attached pro Thinking in Easy TryCatch - comiscience How to think in easy trycatch Thinking in Behavior Xaml - comiscience In WPF, it’s a very useful technique that we could add new functions for a UI Control without changing any element in it.  Write a piece of code in Xaml to create a GridControl, then we put our diy UI function code in this piece of code of Xaml, then we got it. I’ll put… Technical Blogs updated Applications & Tools Building ASP.NET Web API RESTful Service – Part 1 - Taiseer Joudeh This is the first part of Building ASP.Net Web API RESTful Service Series. ASP.NET Welcome to the Family, One ASP.NET - Rion Williams When MVC came along however, the water became a bit muddled and developers had a major choice to make when starting up a new project: Web Forms or MVC? ASP.NET MVC: Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 Membership with a SQL CE Database - John Atten Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 membership with a SQL CE database. Detailed Tutorial for Building ASP.NET WebAPI RESTful Service - Taiseer Joudeh A sample eLearning system API which follows best practices for building RESTful API using Microsoft technology stack. C# Applying Conditional Attributes in ASP.NET MVC Views - Rion Williams Applying conditional attributes in ASP.NET MVC Views. Installation How-to: Successfully Install Kinect on Windows (OpenNI and NITE) - Vangos Pterneas How-to: Successfully install Kinect on Windows (OpenNI and NITE). Libraries Kinect and HTML5 using WebSockets and Canvas - Vangos Pterneas Kinect and HTML5 using WebSockets and Canvas VB.NET How to Programmatically Change Network and Computer Settings using VB.NET, netsh, and other Windows Command line programs - Part I - Adding Multiple Addresses using netsh - jeffery c This article will focus on network settings that can be changed using VB.NET and sometimes relies on command line programs included with Windows. Win32/64 SDK & OS Kinect and WPF: Skeleton tracking using the official Microsoft SDK - Vangos Pterneas How to create a WPF application performimg skeleton tracking. Windows Presentation Foundation Kinect and WPF: Complete body tracking - Vangos Pterneas Complete body tracking in Kinect. Kinect and WPF: Getting the raw and depth image using OpenNI - Vangos Pterneas Kinect and WPF: Getting the raw and depth image using OpenNI. Kinect and WPF: Painting with Kinect using OpenNI - Vangos Pterneas Painting with Kinect using OpenNI © 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