Weekly Newsletter (31 May 2021)

Monday, May 31, 2021 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 Application monitoring for customer-centric teams Raygun makes it easy to monitor the impact of your performance improvements, quickly identify and resolve issues, and see how your code performs in the hands of your customers — saving you time, money, and sanity. Try Raygun for free today! $250k+ in prizes for the Future of Fintech Rapyd is inviting you to join a global Fintech Hackathon: build a new eCommerce or Fintech app using Rapyd APIs and compete for a chance to grab $250K in prizes, judged by an all-star panel of VCs and fintech leaders. Sign up, team up, and build the world's next paypal. Weekly Poll Results Are we, as developers, getting better or worse at writing good code? Survey period: 24 May 2021 to 31 May 2021 A very loaded question, sure, but try and think about when you first started writing code and the examples you read and the code you worked on, and compare it to what you see now. Option Votes %   In general I think we as a profession are definitely writing better code 758 39.42 I think developers these days are generally writing better code 391 20.33 I can't see much of a change from years past 395 20.54 I think the quality of code is going down 137 7.12 I think the quality of code is definitely getting worse 82 4.26 Unanswerable: Code quality is in the eye of the beholder 88 4.58 Wrong question: it's not about quality. it's about whether it does the job and how much it cost to write 72 3.74 Total 1,923   100% This week's survey: How important is learning AI to you for job security? Latest Additions New articles added ADB A Guide to Oracle's Self-driving Database for Startups   (1 votes) by Vikas Raina (updated 5 days ago) Wondering how autonomous databases can work for your startup? Here's what you need to know. Artificial Intelligence Deploying AI Docker Containers to the Cloud   (2 votes) by Jarek Szczegielniak (updated 5 days ago) In this article, we publish our NLP API service to Azure using Azure Container Instances. Internet of Things Power reduction and wake up techniques on ESP32 board   (0 votes) by Member 4206974 (updated 11 hours ago) A C++ script with functions for manage the power reduction and wake up techniques on ESP32 board Programming Languages Writing Compiler Front-Ends for LLVM with Lua using Mewa   (3 votes) by Patrick P. Frey (updated 4 days ago) In this article we see how a very primitive compiler is written in Lua using Mewa and how to compile and run a simple demo program in the shell. Security A Simple 32bit Ret2libc Attack in Linux   (4 votes) by Oscar-Tark (updated 3 days ago) In this article, we will be looking at a more advanced version of a buffer overflow attack. Articles updated Articles "The Surgical Team" in XXI Century   (10 votes) by Łukasz Bownik (updated 2 days ago) Updated concept of "The Surgical Team" Database Development Vector: A Concept-Driven Approach to SQL UDT   (30 votes) by Giovanni Bejarasco (updated 4 days ago) A walkthrough in UDT programming with primary focus on database concepts Desktop Programming Multiselect Combobox in WPF   (6 votes) by Nilay M Joshi (updated 4 days ago) Multiselect Combobox - Custom control for WPF Internet of Things GFX Forever: The Complete Guide to GFX for IoT   (14 votes) by honey the codewitch (updated yesterday) GFX is a fast and full featured replacement for standard IoT drawing libraries that is optimized to reduce bus I/O Mobile Apps Advanced JSON Form Specification - Chapter 1: Introduction   (11 votes) by Don Fizachi (updated yesterday) A JSON form specification Programming Languages VRCalc++ Object Oriented Scripting Language :: Vincent Radio {Adrix.NT}   (26 votes) by Vincent Radio (updated 3 days ago) VRCalc++ OOSL Engine is embeddable in any Delphi Application using Dynamic Packages Random Random Number Generator Recommendations for Applications   (90 votes) by Peter Occil (updated 3 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. New Tips and Tricks added Programming Languages Easy Trace of Function Entry and All Exits   (4 votes) by PaltryProgrammer (updated 5 days ago) A simple struct is presented which permits the automatic display to the console of function entry and all exits STL: Amazing Speed Differences between std::vector and std::set (Observed with an UndoRedoAction).   (3 votes) by Steffen Ploetz (updated 5 days ago) Why replacing std::vector with std::set sped up my UndoRedoAction class by about 20x Tips and Tricks updated Programming Languages Unexpected Side Effect from async   (7 votes) by Member 270861 (updated yesterday) Prepending the signature of a function with async produces a brand new Promise with potentially and unexpected side effect Web Development Scrollable & Sortable Table with Fixed Header and Ellipses   (11 votes) by Member 270861 (updated 3 days ago) Pure CSS scrollable table with fixed header and ellipses. 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