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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

UniDock - New Multiplatform Docking Framework (Introduction)

29 Aug 2021Nick Polyak

This article describes a new multiplatform Docking framework - UniDock

macOS

Ubuntu

.NET

WPF

XAML

Database Explorer

1 Feb 2022_Flaviu

A basic database explorer using ODBC

C++

Real-time Web Updates from Your PostgreSQL Database

4 Aug 2021dsuryd

Combine PostgreSQL logical replication feature with dotNetify to broadcast data changes to your website in real-time

Understanding Synchronization Context; Task.ConfigureAwait in Action

28 Aug 2021Mohammad Elsheimy

SynchronizationContext class and how it affects code behavior in action, and a look at Task.ConfigureAwait()

.NET

TPL

threads

A True Random Number Generator in Arduino (AVR ATmega in that case)

23 Aug 2021umar.techBOY

A hardware-based random number generator that exploits the line capacitance and natural frequency of the circuitry of a micro controller to generate a truly random number.

Arduino

Dev

Arduino Kitchen Timer & Thermometer

22 Aug 2021Christ Kennedy

How to keep your KD from burning in the pot

C++

Arduino

Dev

Customized Onscreen Keyboard in C#

11 Aug 2021Kourosh K Tari

Customized onscreen keyboard in C# for Windows

The Elements of Software Development

18 Aug 2021Rob Kraft

Choose wisely how we spend our limited time on creating software and improving processes

TDD

architecture

Completely Selfconfigurating Service with .NET 5

30 Aug 2021GerVenson

Why do we need to register all services with service.AddService?

Running Face Recognition on Kubernetes

3 Aug 2021Sergey L. Gladkiy

In this next article of the series, we’ll show how to run the face recognition servers on Kubernetes.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Kubernetes

docker

ANTLR Parsing and C++, Part 2: Building a Python Parser

1 Aug 2021Matt Scarpino

Explains how to generate Python parsing code with ANTLR and use the code to create a Python parser in C++

Reusable Pagination in ASP.NET MVC

5 Aug 2021Stepan Markakov

How to set up pagination to reuse code without third party libraries

Javascript

ASP.NET

metastrings: A Simple File-based Dynamic NoSQL Database

9 Aug 2021Michael Sydney Balloni

Learn about the inner workings of a dynamic database, and how SQLite is a great fit

.NET Core Microservices in the Enterprise: Logger as Microservice

21 Aug 2021freedeveloper

Use the logger system as other Microservices in your eco-system

Building a Native Windows on Arm App with WinForms

24 Aug 2021Thomas Daniels

This article will show how to create a simple but complete WoA-native Windows Forms application.

.NET

ARM

x86

Dynamically Loading a JavaScript File

13 Aug 2021Mohammad Elsheimy

A look at different ways to dynamically load JavaScript files after the page is fully loaded

Javascript

Excelsior! Building Applications Without a Safety Net - Part 4

2 Aug 2021Pete O'Hanlon

Fourth part of a series of articles where we build an application showing the entire thought process when writing it

Mkdoc over Confluence for Indie Project Documentation

31 Jul 2021Jason Sultana

An argument for using mkdoc to store local docs instead of using a tool like confluence

Python

documentation

Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) with .NET 5: Streaming and Replacement for WCF

14 Aug 2021Igor Ladnik

Remote Procedure Call on .NET5

Getting Started with WebDriver-Selenium for Java in Eclipse

24 Aug 2021Matthew_Heusser

In this post, you will learn a bit about the various components that make up Selenium WebDriver.

How to Run Docker Container using AWS Elastic Container Service

30 Aug 2021Uladzislau Baryshchyk

An overview of AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR) and Elastic Container Service (ECS)

A Matlab - Octave Form Generator

30 Aug 2021Member 4206974

The article is about Matlab - Octave scripts for easy create forms with the most useful controls (texts field, lists, radio buttons, check boxes, sliders, ...)

Dev

form

MatLab

Analyzing Python with the AST Package

22 Aug 2021Matt Scarpino

This article explains how to analyze Python code using the open-source ast package

Python

Dev

syntax

How to Design a Robust C# Cloud Id in the New Nullable Context with Generics?

4 Sep 2021Code Fan

An overview of nulls and generics with id designs.

.NET

Explaining C# Code to Non-Programmers

1 Aug 2021Marc Clifton

How I explain code to non-programmers using C# as the programming language

How I Start any .NET Core Web API Project

1 Aug 2021Marc Clifton

This is the typical process that I go through when creating a new Web API project in .NET Core 3.1.

.NET-Core3.1

.NET

Dev

ANTLR Parsing and C++, Part 1: Introduction

1 Aug 2021Matt Scarpino

Explains how to generate parsing code with ANTLR and access the code in a C++ application

ASP.NET Web API Parameter vs Model Binding

16 Aug 2021James Walsh Jr

The differences between parameter and model binding with ASP.NET WebAPI

.NET

ASP.NET

Dev

So You've Got 10M Particles to Simulate

8 Sep 2021Michael Sydney Balloni

Performance of data structures in C++ vs. C#

Blazor UI Events and Rendering

17 Aug 2021Shaun C Curtis

Demystifying the Blazor UI Event and Rendering

Blazor

Dev

Wild West Coding: MACROs

22 Aug 2021RegularJoe5150

An alternative solution to a standard macro that aims to make macros, just a little bit less evil

Wild West Coding: E.B.C.O. Compression

28 Aug 2021RegularJoe5150

A reformulation of compressed pair into a type list

My Media Search: Find and Enjoy the Media Files on your PC

30 Aug 2021Michael Sydney Balloni

Looking for that great Killers track about being in a Rut? Just enter "Killers Rut" and it'll come right up

XML

Markdown

Why Use State Management in Front End Code?

16 Jan 2022Gunnar S

Good reasons for using State Management in Front End Code

ASP.NET Core Microservices With Angular 11 Front End

3 Aug 2021Yaseer Mumtaz

ASP.NET Core Microservices With Angular 11 Front End, API Gateway, Redis and SQL Server

How to Close Window with PowerShell Core

5 Aug 2021Illya Reznykov

PowerShell script that runs command and confirms operation by closing confirmation window

ASP.NET-Core

PowerShell

SysAdmin

Generating Web Application Code from JSON Sample Data

9 Aug 2021Gábor Angyal

A code generator that helps you create ASP.NET 5 and Vue 3 applications much faster

ASP.NET

Hybrid Edge AI for Facial Recognition: Next Steps

4 Aug 2021Sergey L. Gladkiy

In this article, we’ll discuss some aspects of developing a facial recognition system from scratch.

artificial-intelligence

face-detection

Kubernetes

neural-network

How to Implement a Robust C# IAsyncDisposable in the New Nullable Context with Generics?

10 Aug 2021Code Fan

An overview of nulls and generics with IAsyncDisposable.

.NET

Advanced Guide to WPF ScrollBar or How to Display Millions of Colour Combinations

3 Aug 2021Peter Huber SG

Deep dive into the intricacies of combining scrolling and zooming in your control

The C# 9 init-only Setters

15 Aug 2021Vlad Neculai Vizitiu

A discussion of "init" keyword introduced in C# 9

.NET

reference

reflection

Cron Expression Parser in AWS Lambda

29 Aug 2021Marijan Nikic

Cron expression parser written in Node.js on AWS Lambda

Javascript

AWS

Node.js

Why "Store Everything in UTC" is Bad Advice

4 Aug 2021Ondra Spilka

Let's explain the basics so developers understand weak spots of date and time handling

SQL

Javascript

Install SharePoint 2013 Foundation on Windows Server 2016 or 2019

3 Aug 2021Marko Beleuca

Steps to install SharePoint 2013 Foundation on Windows Server 2016 or 2019

SharePoint

Windows-Server

foundation

My Own Serializer and Deserializer on Python for Machine Learning Goals

25 Aug 2021kosta2222

Create serializer and deserializer to save machine learning parameters

Python

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

_Flaviu

Romania

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Christ Kennedy

CEO unemployable

Canada

Christ Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Montreal and is a bilingual Quebecois with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from McGill University. He is unemployable and currently living in Moncton, N.B. writing his next novel.

Code Fan

Software Developer

Canada

Montreal is the second largest French city in the world, next to Paris. I like the fact that real estate is dirt cheap here, so cheap that software development alone enables a financial capacity to afford a nearly 2,000-square-foot luxurious condo right in the middle of Downtown Montreal, a 5-minute walk from my office, beside the largest and oldest art museum in Canada with visitors and tourists from all over the planet, including Hollywood stars. I've chosen C# as my first language at Code Project, because it is the only garbage-collected language and platform meeting the performance requirements for real-time game programming, proven by Unity. Code must be perfect, providing safety, security, performance, scalability, availability, reliability, maintainability, extensibility, portability, compatibility, interoperability, readability, productivity, just to name a few. C# is the only language that comes close, with Rust second to it. That being said, even C# is far from being perfect. I dream my own programming language, while on my journey to it. We will see how it goes!

dsuryd

United States

Full-stack s/w engineer, open source author.

freedeveloper

Software Developer (Senior) Avalon Development

United States

Jose A. Garcia Guirado, Electronic Engineer, graduated in Havana/Cuba 1982, MCTS, MCSD.NET, MCAD.NET, MCSE. Worked in the Institute for Cybernetics and Mathematics of Academy of Science of Cuba for 8 years; since 1995 working as free software architect, developer and adviser, first in Argentina and from 2003 to 2010, in Germany as External consultant in DWS Luxembourg, AIXTRON AG and Shell Deutschland GmbH and from 2010 to 2012 in Mexico working for Twenty Century Fox, and Mexico Stock Exchange (BMV). From 2013 to now in USA, Florida, First in FAME Inc. and now as Senior Software Engineer in Spirit Airlines.

Gábor Angyal

Software Developer Code Sharp Kft.

Hungary

Making webshops faster at codesharp.dev

GerVenson

Software Developer Freelancer

Germany

A nice guy.
And WPF Developer.
And asp.net.

like everything I can get my hand on in .net.
But never java.

Gunnar S

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

I work as Senior Developer mainly in Microsoft environment and my strenghts are SQL, C#, Vue.js, Angular and ReactJS.

Igor Ladnik

Software Developer (Senior)

Israel

Nov 2010: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Winner
Feb 2011: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Grand Prize Winner

Illya Reznykov

Software Developer (Senior)

Ukraine

• Have more than 25 years of the architecting, implementing, and supporting various applications from small desktop and web utilities up to full-fledged cloud SaaS systems using mainly Microsoft technology stack and implementing the best practices.
• Have significant experience in the architecting applications starting from the scratch and from the existent application (aka “legacy”) where it is required to review, refactor, optimise the codebase and data structure, migrate to new technologies, implement new features, best practices, create tests and write documentation.
• Have experience in project management, collecting business requirements, creating MVP, working with stakeholders and end users, and tasks and backlog management.
• Have hands-on experience in the setting up CI/CD pipelines, the deploying on-premise and cloud systems both in Azure and AWS, support several environments.
• As Mathematician, I interested much in the theory of automata and computer algebra.

James Walsh Jr

Software Developer (Senior) Paycor, Inc

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Jason Sultana

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

G'day guys! My name is Jason, and I'm a backend software engineer living in Sydney, Australia. I enjoy blogging, playing chess and travelling.

kosta2222

Russian Federation

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Kourosh K Tari

Chief Technology Officer

United States

I sold my beloved racing bicycle to buy my first computer, a Sinclair home computer! That was over 30 years ago and I am still in love with what became my profession, and quite honestly my calling! I have received my BS and MS in Mathematics and Computer science and have been working in so many fields of software development, system architecture, and design and I have most enjoyed teaching and writing about programming languages and fiddling with new technologies!
I believe life is too short to ignore learning a programming language!

Marc Clifton

Architect Interacx

United States

Blog: https://marcclifton.wordpress.com/
Home Page: http://www.marcclifton.com
Research: http://www.higherorderprogramming.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/cliftonm

All my life I have been passionate about architecture / software design, as this is the cornerstone to a maintainable and extensible application. As such, I have enjoyed exploring some crazy ideas and discovering that they are not so crazy after all. I also love writing about my ideas and seeing the community response. As a consultant, I've enjoyed working in a wide range of industries such as aerospace, boatyard management, remote sensing, emergency services / data management, and casino operations. I've done a variety of pro-bono work non-profit organizations related to nature conservancy, drug recovery and women's health.

Marijan Nikic

User Interface Analyst Raiffeisenbank Austria

Croatia

I acquired Masters degree in computing science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia in 2009. Following my studies, I got a job in a Croatian branch of Austrian-based CEE Raiffeisen Bank as an MIS (Management information system) analyst.
I have been working there since 2010, as an IT expert within the Controlling department, maintaining the Oracle's OFSA system, underlying interfaces and databases.
Throughout that time, I have worked with several different technologies, which include SQL & PL/SQL (mostly), postgres, Cognos BI, Apparo, Datastage, ODI, Jenkins, Qlik, ...
I am doing a lot of automation with scripting in batch / shell and VBscript (mostly) - data analysis and processing, automated DB imports and exports, Jenkins automation etc.
Privately, I was mostly doing Windows Forms and Console app tools in Visual Studio, C#.

Marko Beleuca

Software Developer

Serbia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Matt Scarpino

United States

I've been a programmer, engineer, and author for over 20 years.

Matthew_Heusser

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Member 4206974

Software Developer Condor Informatique

Italy

Computer literacy (software) : Languages: PHP, Javascript, SQL Autoit,Basic4Android; Frameworks: JOOMLA!
Teaching/Training skills on Office, WEB site development and programming languages.
Others : WEB site development.
UNDP Missions
feb – may 2003 Congo DR Bukavu: ground IT computer course
nov 2003 Burundi Bujumbura: Oracle Data Base course
feb 2005 Burundi Bujumbura: JAVA course
mar 2005 Mali Kati: MS Office course
oct 2006 Mali Kati: MS Office course
jun 2006 Burkina Faso Bobo Dioulasso: MS Office course
jun 2007 Burkina Faso Bobo Dioulasso: MS Office course
may 2007 Argentina Olavarria hospital: Internet application for access to medical records
apr 2008 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou: MS ACCESS and dynamic Internet applications
jun 2008 Niger Niamey: analysis of the computing needs of the Niamey hospital
may 2009 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou: MS ACCESS and dynamic Internet applications
oct 2010 Niger Niamey: analysis of the computing needs of the Niamey hospital (following)
Region Piedmont project Evaluation
mar 2006 Burkina Faso, Niger
mar 2007 Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
sep 2008 Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
Others
feb 2010 Burundi Kiremba hospital: MS Office course
feb 2011 Congo DR Kampene hospital: MS Office course

Michael Sydney Balloni

Software Developer

United States

Michael Balloni is a manager of software development at a cybersecurity software and services provider.

Check out https://www.michaelballoni.com for all the programming fun he's done over the years.

He has been developing software since 1994, back when Mosaic was the web browser of choice. IE 4.0 changed the world, and Michael rode that wave for five years at a .com that was a cloud storage system before the term "cloud" meant anything. He moved on to a medical imaging gig for seven years, working up and down the architecture of a million-lines-code C++ system.

Michael has been at his current cybersecurity gig since then, making his way into management. He still loves to code, so he sneaks in as much as he can at work and at home.

Mohammad Elsheimy

Technical Lead

Egypt

Mohammad Elsheimy is a developer, trainer, and technical writer currently hired by one of the leading fintech companies in Middle East, as a technical lead.

Mohammad is a MCP, MCTS, MCPD, MCSA, MCSE, and MCT expertized in Microsoft technologies, data management, analytics, Azure and DevOps solutions. He is also a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Quranic Readings college (Al-Azhar) graduate specialized in Quranic readings, Islamic legislation, and the Arabic language.

Mohammad was born in Egypt. He loves his machine and his code more than anything else!

Currently, Mohammad runs two blogs: "Just Like [a] Magic" (http://JustLikeAMagic.com) and "مع الدوت نت" (http://WithdDotNet.net), both dedicated for programming and Microsoft technologies.

You can reach Mohammad at elsheimy[at]live[dot]com

Nick Polyak

Architect AWebPros

United States

I am a software architect and a developer with great passion for new engineering solutions and finding and applying design patterns.

I am passionate about learning new ways of building software and sharing my knowledge with others.

I worked with many various languages including C#, Java and C++.

I fell in love with WPF (and later Silverlight) at first sight. After Microsoft killed Silverlight, I was distraught until I found Avalonia - a great multiplatform package for building UI on Windows, Linux, Mac as well as within browsers (using WASM) and for mobile platforms.

I have my Ph.D. from RPI.

here is my linkedin profile

Ondra Spilka

Architect ABB

Czech Republic

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Pete O'Hanlon

CEO

United Kingdom

A developer for over 30 years, I've been lucky enough to write articles and applications for Code Project as well as the Intel Ultimate Coder - Going Perceptual challenge. I live in the North East of England with 2 wonderful daughters and a wonderful wife.

I am not the Stig, but I do wish I had Lotus Tuned Suspension.

Peter Huber SG

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Retired SW Developer from Switzerland living in Singapore

Interested in WPF projects.

RegularJoe5150

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Rob Kraft

Software Developer (Senior) Kraft Software LLC

United States

Rob Kraft is an independent software developer for Kraft Software LLC. He has been a software developer since the mid 80s and has a Master's Degree in Project Management. Rob lives near Kansas City, Missouri.

Sergey L. Gladkiy

Team Leader VIPAKS

Russian Federation

EDUCATION:

Master’s degree in Mechanics.

PhD degree in Mathematics and Physics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

15 years’ experience in developing scientific programs
(C#, C++, Delphi, Java, Fortran).

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

Mathematical modeling, symbolic computer algebra, numerical methods, 3D geometry modeling, artificial intelligence, differential equations, boundary value problems.

Shaun C Curtis

Retired Cold Elm

United Kingdom

Ex Geologist, Project Manager, Web Hoster, Business Owner and IT Consultant. Now, a traveller to places less travelled. And part time developer trying to keep up!

If you feel like saying thanks, the next time you see a charity request, DONATE. No matter how small, no matter who, it'll count. If you have a choice in the UK, Barnados.

Stepan Markakov

Russian Federation

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Thomas Daniels

Europe

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Uladzislau Baryshchyk

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

umar.techBOY

Engineer techCREATIONS

Pakistan

Developer, Programmer, Beta Tester; technically, i'm none of these. I'm a mechanical engineer, programming is my passion, my hobby and my amateur non profit profession. I program when ii need and innovate whenever, wherever i want.

Learned:
C#

Mixed:
C#+Applied Mathematicss-Robotics+C++

Developed:
C# OMR Reader
Monopoly (Urdu language)
HybridAutomation Framework
SMS Bomber (Windows Mobile 6 Professional)
Hard disk watch tower
Farmville Super Clicker
Games Profile selector
Windows mobile salat reminder
Windows mobile SMS Pole Host
and alot of other small apps

Vlad Neculai Vizitiu

Software Developer

Romania

When asked, I always see myself as a .Net Developer because of my affinity for the Microsoft platform, though I do pride myself by constantly learning new languages, paradigms, methodologies, and topics. I try to learn as much as I can from a wide breadth of topics from automation to mobile platforms, from gaming technologies to application security.

If there is one thing I wish to impart, that that is this "Always respect your craft, your tests and your QA"

Yaseer Mumtaz

Architect

United States

A Solutions Architect with more than fourteen years of experience in application development. I mostly work in .NET, Angular, MEAN stack technologies and love to share what I do and learn during my day to day job. Please check my tutorials and blog:
https://fullstackhub.io
https://fullstackhubblog.com

First Prize	Marc Clifton - Explaining C# Code to Non-Programmers
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	Nick Polyak - UniDock - New Multiplatform Docking Framework (Introduction)
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Mohammad Elsheimy - Understanding Synchronization Context; Task.ConfigureAwait in Action
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	_Flaviu - Database Explorer
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
No author can be nominated twice.
In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
By entering the contest you agree to the rules, conditions of entry, and agree that your member alias and any submitted material can be used for promotional purposes by CodeProject.
Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry unless clearly indicated otherwise. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.