Weekly Newsletter (27 Jul 2020)

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Join us each month for a two-day, live event where your favorites from the cloud native community go in depth on a different topic, featuring a mix of presentations, interactive demos, and panel discussions. Register now! Weekly Poll Results You come across a terminal at a store, gas station, government dept etc that has rebooted and is showing an admin menu. Do you: Survey period: 20 Jul 2020 to 27 Jul 2020 We all know the correct answer, but... Option Votes %   Back away. Clearly this is an admin-only thing and you're not an admin 296 38.95 Investigate a little, but no touching. 161 21.18 Maybe scroll through the menus a little if no one is looking 103 13.55 Dive in and have a good look around, but no changing anything 115 15.13 This terminal is mine. Let's see how deep this rabbit hole goes and no holds barred. 89 11.71 Total 760   100% This week's survey: Which of these recent (or semi-recent) C# operators do you find useful? Latest Additions New articles added .NET Framework How to Use the C# Await Keyword on Anything   (8 votes) by honey the codewitch (updated 2 days ago) Using await in scenarios where you want to await custom items with or without using Task.Run() How to Implement and Use Awaitable Sockets in C# using TAP   (2 votes) by honey the codewitch (updated 3 days ago) Explore adapting Socket's async model to a task based one and adding some awaitable socket operations to your projects Understanding the SynchronizationContext in .NET with C#   (2 votes) by honey the codewitch (updated 20 hours ago) Take control of which thread your code gets executed on, and how it does. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Age Estimation With Deep Learning: Acquiring Dataset   (4 votes) by Sergey L. Gladkiy (updated 6 days ago) In this article we'll talk about the selection and acquisition of the image dataset. Age Estimation With Deep Learning: Designing CNN   (2 votes) by Sergey L. Gladkiy (updated 5 days ago) In this article we'll guide you through one of the most difficult steps in the DL pipeline: the CNN design. Age Estimation With Deep Learning: Building CNN   (1 votes) by Sergey L. Gladkiy (updated 4 days ago) In this article we'll build the network we've designed using the Keras framework. Age Estimation With Deep Learning: Training CNN   (1 votes) by Sergey L. Gladkiy (updated 3 days ago) In this article we train the CNN for age estimation. Age Estimation With Deep Learning: Using CNN to Predict Age   (1 votes) by Sergey L. Gladkiy (updated 2 days ago) In this article we will explain how to use the pre-trained CNN for estimating a person's age from an image. Best Practices Kubernetes Best Practices: Security   (2 votes) by Robert_Brennan (updated 5 days ago) In this article let's look at three common security challenges, and how to overcome them. C# Dependency Injection and IoC Containers in C#   (3 votes) by Akram El Assas (updated yesterday) Dependency Injection and IoC Containers in C# Multiple file renamer   (1 votes) by Marijan Nikic (updated 5 hours ago) A simple, yet powerful and fast Windows Forms app for batch renaming files Client side scripting Implementing Model View Update pattern in typescript   (0 votes) by Volodymyr Kopytin (updated 18 hours ago) The world of applications development is vast and rich. There are small blocks. There are bigger composite abstractions. Different programming languages. Libraries for the programming languages. New trends, fashions. Forgotten treasures. Silent components that have kept unnoticed. Edit Controls StringBox Control with Keystroke Validation   (3 votes) by siliconvideo (updated 4 days ago) This StringBox control implements keystroke validation using regular expressions and a touch of glue logic Game Development Mouse Smoothing   (2 votes) by wqaxs36 (updated 3 days ago) Mouse smoothing feature to your mouse General Graphics Learning Basic Math Used In 3D Graphics Engines   (62 votes) by wqaxs36 (updated 3 days ago) Math explanation and game engine coding. Custom VR Device Driver with OpenVR   (3 votes) by wqaxs36 (updated 3 days ago) Device driver for VR headset/controller compatible on SteamVR Hardware & System How to Communicate with its USB Devices using HID Protocol   (23 votes) by wqaxs36 (updated 3 days ago) This article will help you to understand how to communicate with the USB devices using WinAPI in C#. Product Showcase How to Build Custom Information Management Systems in the Cloud Quickly   (0 votes) by Tomas Fernandez Zavalia (updated 6 days ago) Getting Started with the yuuvis® Ultimate Object Store for Document Management Threads, Processes & IPC Understanding Windows Message Queues for the C# Developer   (19 votes) by honey the codewitch (updated 4 days ago) Diving into some of the core plumbing behind the Windows operating system Windows Presentation Foundation Stylet: A Basic Primer   (2 votes) by Meshack Musundi (updated 5 days ago) An overview of the Stylet MVVM framework Articles updated Algorithms & Recipes Random Number Generator Recommendations for Applications   (81 votes) by Peter Occil (updated 5 days ago) Most apps that use random numbers care about either unpredictability, high quality, or repeatability. This article explains the three kinds of RNGs and gives recommendations on each kind. Audio and Video Bring Your Animations to H264/HEVC Video   (19 votes) by Shao Voon Wong (updated 23 hours ago) Bring your animations to H264/HEVC video using C++ and C# with h/w acceleration C / C++ Language A Game of Life Implementation using Direct2D   (23 votes) by Hans (updated 5 days ago) Just for fun, a Conway's Game of Life application with many features using MFC Direct2D classes Design and Architecture Reverse Decorator in JavaScript, or Chain of Responsibility   (0 votes) by Arlo Weston (updated 6 days ago) Implementation of the Chain of Responsibility Pattern in JavaScript Internet / Network The Bip Buffer - The Circular Buffer with a Twist   (94 votes) by Simon Cooke (updated 6 days ago) A bi-partite circular buffer for high performance buffering, where it comes from, and why you'd want to use it. Programming Tips General Policy Idiom   (6 votes) by Volodymyr Frolov (updated 3 days ago) Idiom to create customizable template libraries in C++ Win32/64 SDK & OS H264/HEVC Video Encoder for OpenGL   (10 votes) by Shao Voon Wong (updated 23 hours ago) H264/HEVC Video Encoder for recording OpenGL rendering New Tips and Tricks added .NET Framework An Improved Stream.CopyToAsync() that Reports Progress   (2 votes) by honey the codewitch (updated 2 days ago) Add progress reporting to your downloading or copying using this code ASP.NET ASP.NET: Using SFTP/FTP in ASP.NET Projects   (3 votes) by DiponRoy (updated 6 days ago) Using SFTP/FTP in ASP.NET projects Azure Building a Telegram Bot with Azure Functions and Node.js   (2 votes) by Roman Akhromieiev (updated 4 days ago) How to build a Telegram Bot using Azure functions and Node.js Cross Platform Simple Enhanced Threading-based PlayStation Controller   (0 votes) by Tareq_Gamal (updated 2 days ago) Multitheading-based Simple way to control a PlayStation Controller with added Events and Naming buttons, and more options HTML / CSS HTML DOM designMode Property   (3 votes) by Sandeep Mewara (updated 3 days ago) How to make any browser a basic html editor. Programming Tips Running Geo Django on ElasticBeanstalk   (0 votes) by Member 14898764 (updated yesterday) Run GeoDjango on Elasticbeanstalk container using Python Uncategorised Tips and Tricks Nested Loop Alternative   (9 votes) by wqaxs36 (updated 3 days ago) A time-saver algorithm to do a number generator tool. Tips and Tricks updated Algorithms & Recipes An Exploration of Alternatives to if-then-else workflows   (33 votes) by Marc Clifton (updated 6 days ago) Alternatives to If-Then-Else with Extension Methods and Functional Programming Techniques Menus Handling Menus and Toolbars Using MDICommandSupport Class Library   (7 votes) by Robert Gustafson (updated 3 days ago) Simplifies working with ToolStrip-type menus and tool bars for MDI-parent and other forms; also works with ToolStrip-type context menus New Technical Blogs added LINQ Look Behind the IQueryable Curtain   (5 votes) by Jeremy Likness (updated 5 days ago) Learn how to parse complex expression trees, and even modify them to alter IQueryable results. © 2020 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Weekly Newsletter 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. 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