Best Article of June 2020

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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.
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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered. The top 50 entries are shown.

Nimbus SDK: A Tiny Framework for C++ Real-Time Volumetric Cloud Rendering, Animation and Morphing

3 Apr 2022Carlos Jiménez de Parga

A reusable Visual C++ framework for real-time volumetric cloud rendering, animation and morphing

CUDA

C++

OpenGL

Architect

Dev

CEO

GLSL

Migrate Windows Desktop Applications to the Web with Wisej

17 Nov 2023Levie Rufenacht

Wisej brings a familiar desktop development experience to the web without losing any of its benefits.

Javascript

Visual-Studio

Wisej.NET

Midi: A Windows MIDI Library in C#

6 Jul 2020honey the codewitch

Provides a complete managed API for working with MIDI files, sequences and devices

How to Write a 3D Modeling Application in JavaScript

29 Jun 2020Gary.Miller.WPF

In this article, I describe how I implemented a 3D subdivision surface modeling application in JavaScript and WebGL.

A Modern Direct2D Color Picker for Plain Win32

2 Jun 2020Michael Chourdakis

C++, Direct2D, one function and you got a nice picker

A Command Line Interface (CLI) Framework

9 Mar 2022Greg Utas

Automating help, validating user input, running scripts...

C++

CLI

usability

GarageWatcher - A Full-Stack IoT Project, from Hardware to App

2 Jun 2020g96b10

Musings, tips, and lessons learned from developing a physical device, serverless back-end, and Android app

Custom Model Object Detection with OpenCV and ImageAI

11 Jun 2020Glenn Prince

This article gives you a good starting point for your own object detection projects.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

OpenCV

RedisProvider for .NET

30 Jan 2024KimJohnson

.NET Redis container and strongly typed data objects

Using Pretrained Models to Detect People With OpenCV and ImageAI

8 Jun 2020Glenn Prince

In this article, we'll have a look at some of the pretrained models we can use in ImageAI to start detecting people in images.

Python

artificial-intelligence

Installing OpenCV and ImageAI for Object Detection

4 Jun 2020Glenn Prince

In this article, we'll set up everything we need to build a hardhat detector with OpenCV.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

Jupyter

OpenCV

Preparing Images for Object Detection With OpenCV and ImageAI

9 Jun 2020Glenn Prince

In this article, we train our own custom model to detect if people are wearing hardhats.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

OpenCV

Good Practices for Starting with Containers

2 Jun 2020Kevin Mack

Few ideas for strengthening micro-services architectures

Training a Custom Model with OpenCV and ImageAI

10 Jun 2020Glenn Prince

In this article, we begin the process of creating a custom object detection model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

OpenCV

Cinchoo ETL - JSON Writer

30 Sep 2022Cinchoo

Simple JSON writer for .NET

Using VS Code for C# Scripts

17 Jun 2020Mehdi Gholam

Using VS Code for C# scripts with execute capability

.NET

Finding Training Data for OpenCV and ImageAI Object Detection

5 Jun 2020Glenn Prince

In this article, we create an object detection model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

OpenCV

Connect ESP32 Board via Browser

7 Apr 2021Member 4206974

Board based automation and environment control

Objective-C

C++

Arduino

Partially-Sampled Random Numbers for Accurate Sampling of Continuous Distributions

16 Mar 2022Peter Occil

Python code for partially-sampled random numbers for accurate arbitrary-precision sampling

Python

random

algorithm

How to Create A GNOME Extension

20 Jun 2020Just Perfection

In this article, you will learn about the GNOME Shell extension basics, schema, gettext and more.

WebView2 for Folder Based Browsing of Animated GIF, PNG, WebP and MP3 - A First Test

8 Dec 2020wim4you

First exploration of the capabilities of Chromium WebView2 Control to display animated .GIF, .PNG, WebP, WebM

.NET-Core

.NET

Chromium

Prevent Brute Force Attacks on SQL Server

1 Jul 2020Trond Lind

Prevent brute-force login attacks on a remotely accessible SQL Server database using T-SQL

SQL-Server

SysAdmin

7 User Interface UI Principles

25 Jun 2020Adrian Pirvu

Basic principles in designing User Interface (UI / UX)

A Data Processing Design Pattern for Intermittent Input Data

30 Jun 2020amar nath chatterjee

Data Processing with RAM and CPU optimization

.NET4.7

.NET

Design

Weather or Not

12 Jun 2020David Crow

The World's Best Weather Forecasting App (That's the Not Part!)

Creating and Playing Sounds using HTML5

9 Jun 2020After2050

How to create and play sounds in HTML5

HTML5

Javascript

audio

The Most Common Topics Involving Randomization

29 Dec 2020Peter Occil

Some of the most common random generation questions based on a Q&A site question analysis.

random

IntoTheCode, the Parser

17 Jun 2020Kristian Møhl

Introduction to a general C# parser library

Dev

Evaluation of Polynomials and Powers

19 Jun 2020Mircea Neacsu

How to efficiently evaluate a polynomial in C++

C++

Cartpole: Tweaking the Options

26 Jun 2020philoxenic

In this article, we will see what’s going on behind the scenes and what options are available for changing the reinforcement learning.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

Introduction to OpenAI Gym: Atari Breakout

29 Jun 2020philoxenic

In this article, we start to look at the OpenAI Gym environment and the Atari game Breakout.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

Learning Breakout More Quickly

30 Jun 2020philoxenic

In this article, we will see how you can use a different learning algorithm (plus more cores and a GPU) to train much faster on the mountain car environment.

Python

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

neural-network

Edit Template or Edit Additional Templates in Visual Studio XAML without all the Bloat

18 Jun 2020SoundersFan

How to edit templates in VS XAML without the bloat

XAML

UWP

Cinchoo ETL - Parquet Reader

4 Jun 2020Cinchoo

Simple Parquet reader for .NET

Anonymity on the Internet

6 Jun 2020Kamal Mahendra Sirisena

Online Anonymity for Penetration Testing

Linux

SysAdmin

An AdjustableSemaphore for .NET

16 Jun 2020Thomas Roll

A .NET equivalent of Java's AdjustableSemaphore

.NET

Dev

Hot Word / Voice Recognition using an ESP8266

20 Jun 2020FiegeU

Add hot word recognition to your smarthome the ESP8266 way using MicroPython

Python

DevOps

DiagnosticsTextBox: Log Window for WinForms

25 Jun 2020Code Artist

A reusable Windows Form text box control for capturing DEBUG and TRACE output

Secure External APIs with API Keys - and Keep the Villains at Bay

26 Jun 2020Lee P Richardson

How to secure external web APIs

ASP.NET-Core

ASP.NET

inheritance

A Simple Excel VBA Development Workflow

29 Jun 2020Member 14874449

Walk-through and source code for an Excel VBA development workflow

VBA

PowerShell

Git

Row Level Data Security in Tableau - Part 1

11 Jun 2020Imran Abdul Ghani

Step by Step Implementation of Row Level Data Security in Tableau

security

Jupyter.net: A Windows Application for Interactive Computation using Jupyter

21 Jun 2020Andreask84

Presentation of the Jupyter.net application

.NET

Merge Excel Files into One Using VB Script

24 Jun 2020Igor Krupitsky

How to merge multiple Excel files into one with the help of VB script

VBScript

VBA

Dynamically Changing Android App Icons, For the Rest of Us (Literally)

1 Jun 2020Mohammad Nasirifar

This is the story of the letters in the date of Google Calendar.

XML

Android

google-calendar

Oracle DB EDMX: Switch Between Prod/Test/Stage Schema Names Dynamically using Entity Framework DB First Approach

5 Jun 2020DiponRoy

Use same EDMX file with different Oracle database schemas

entity-framework

Oracle

TerraForm – Using the New Azure AD Provider

4 Jun 2020Kevin Mack

How to use the new Azure AD provider in Terraform

active-directory

Azure

Use AWS CDK to deploy a S3 bucket and use Route 53 to point DNS to the bucket

15 Jun 2020PaulKukiel

Static sites are common place, often I'll knock something up as a proof of concept and to share that with my friends I'll make a public s3 bucket and send the link, quick and easy.

Windows Sockets Streams Part II - Multi-Threaded TCP Servers

10 Jun 2020Mircea Neacsu

Make a multi-threaded server in 20 lines or less

C++

Windows

Configure Multiple Pipeline in Logstash

19 Jun 2020Mr. Gaurav Singh Rathore

How to create multiple pipeline in logstash with multiple source (filebeats only)

Elasticsearch

LogStash

Kibana

Row Level Data Security in Tableau - Part 2

25 Jun 2020Imran Abdul Ghani

Step by Step implementation of Row Level Data Security in Tableau database approach

data

Current Participants

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

DiponRoy

Bangladesh

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

Adrian Pirvu

IBM

Romania

adrian.pirvu gmail.com

After2050

Software Developer Trigent Software Private Limited

India

I'm a software developer from south tip of India. I spent most of the time in learning new technologies. I've a keen interest in client-side technologies especially JavaScript and admire it is the most beautiful language ever seen.

I like sharing my knowledge and written some non-popular articles. I believe in quality and standards but blames myself for lagging them.

I believe in small things and they makes me happy!

amar nath chatterjee

Architect Paladion Networks

India

An architect, designer and developer. I primarily venture in Java and C#. Working in IT industry for 9 years.

Andreask84

Software Developer

Unknown

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

Carlos Jiménez de Parga

Software Developer

Spain

I obtained my PhD degree in Computer Graphics at the National Distance Education University (UNED) in October 2019. I also hold a Ms. degree in Software Engineering and Computer Systems and a Bs. degree in Computer Science from the National Distance Education University (UNED).
I have been employed as a C++ software developer in several companies since year 2000.
I currently work as a Tutor-Professor of Symbolic Logic, Discrete Math and Java Object-Oriented Programming at UNED-Cartagena (Spain) since 2015.

Cinchoo

United States

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

Code Artist

Technical Lead

Malaysia

Official Page: www.codearteng.com

David Crow

Software Developer (Senior) Pinnacle Business Systems

United States

The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Information Services

FiegeU

Germany

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

g96b10

Engineer

United States

Eugene is a DevOps engineer for Nintendo.
He is a hobbyist tinkerer with a love for combining artistic vision with engineering rigor. His multidisciplinary background means there's enjoyment to be found at all corners of a project.

Gary.Miller.WPF

Software Developer

United States

Gary Miller is a professional software developer whose clients have included Delta Air Lines, Cingular Wireless, and the Center For Disease Control. He has developed advanced graphical user interfaces for traffic control systems and medical call centers. Some animated 3D products he has developed include Field Artist and Calder4D. He has developed a Silverlight powered social networking site for music students called Field Artist Central

Calder4D is a Windows program that allows you to model and animate 3D shapes and then produces the XAML code to include those animated shapes in your own WPF applications.

Glenn Prince

Architect

United States

Hi! I'm a Solution Architect, planning and designing systems based in Denver, Colorado. I also occasionally develop web applications and games, as well as write. My blog has articles, tutorials and general thoughts based on more than twenty years of misadventures in IT.

Greg Utas

Architect

United States

Author of Robust Services Core (GitHub) and Robust Communications Software (Wiley). Formerly Chief Software Architect of the core network servers that handle the calls in AT&T's wireless network.

honey the codewitch

United States

Just a shiny lil monster. Casts spells in C++. Mostly harmless.

Igor Krupitsky

Web Developer

United States

Igor is a business intelligence consultant working in Tampa, Florida. He has a BS in Finance from University of South Carolina and Masters in Information Management System from University of South Florida. He also has following professional certifications: MCSD, MCDBA, MCAD.

Imran Abdul Ghani

Software Developer (Senior) Emaratech

United Arab Emirates

Imran Abdul Ghani has more than 10 years of experience in designing/developing enterprise level applications. He is Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for .NET(MCSD.NET) since 2005. You can reach his blogging at WCF Tutorials, Web Development, SharePoint for Dummies.

Just Perfection

United States

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

Kamal Mahendra Sirisena

Architect

Sri Lanka

An experienced software architect with a B.sc./M.sc

Kevin Mack

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

My name is Kevin Mack, I'm a software developer in the Harrisburg Area. I have been a software developer since 2005, and in that time have worked on a large variety of projects. Everything from small applications, to mobile and Enterprise solutions. I love technology and enjoy my work and am always looking to learn something new. In my spare time I love spending time with my family, and learning new ways to leverage technology to make people's lives better. If you ask me what I do, I'll probably tell you I can paid to solve problems all-day-every-day.

Check out my blog at https://kmack.azurewebsites.net/ and https://totalalm.azurewebsites.net/

KimJohnson

United States

I started my professional career as a mainframe Assembler programmer at a small insurance company. Since then I've developed dozens of enterprise and commercial solutions using a grab bag of technologies. I've been developing with .NET since 2003 and still love it.

Kristian Møhl

Denmark

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

Lee P Richardson

Web Developer

United States

Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .Net and open source topics. Lee is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed ( http://infernoredtech.com). When not coding he enjoys running, mountain biking, smoking brisket, electronics, 3D printing, and woodworking. He is active on twitter where you can reach him @lprichar ( https://twitter.com/lprichar).

Levie Rufenacht

United States

Levie Rufenacht is a software architect at Ice Tea Group LLC heading the development of the Wisej Mobile Integration packages and working on the development of Wisej 3 on .NET 5. Levie is also a student at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in enterprise and line of business web applications. In his free time, Levie enjoys travelling with friends, playing board games with his family, and watching the latest hits on Netflix. Connect with Levie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levie-rufenacht/

Mehdi Gholam

Architect -

United Kingdom

Mehdi first started programming when he was 8 on BBC+128k machine in 6512 processor language, after various hardware and software changes he eventually came across .net and c# which he has been using since v1.0.
He is formally educated as a system analyst Industrial engineer, but his programming passion continues.

* Mehdi is the 5th person to get 6 out of 7 Platinum's on Code-Project (13th Jan'12)
* Mehdi is the 3rd person to get 7 out of 7 Platinum's on Code-Project (26th Aug'16)

Member 14874449

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 Chourdakis

Software Developer

Greece

I'm working in C++, PHP , Java, Windows, iOS, Android and Web (HTML/Javascript/CSS).

I 've a PhD in Digital Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence and I specialize in Pro Audio and AI applications.

My home page: https://www.turbo-play.com

Mircea Neacsu

Canada

Mircea is the embodiment of OOP: Old, Opinionated Programmer. With more years of experience than he likes to admit, he is always opened to new things, but too bruised to follow any passing fad.

Lately, he hangs around here, hoping that some of the things he learned can be useful to others.

Mohammad Nasirifar

Canada

I make things faster.

https://blog.farnasirim.ir

Mr. Gaurav Singh Rathore

Software Developer (Senior)

India

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

PaulKukiel

Australia

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

Peter Occil

United States

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

philoxenic

Web Developer

United Kingdom

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

SoundersFan

United States

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

Thomas Roll

Software Developer

United Kingdom

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

Trond Lind

Software Developer (Senior)

Norway

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

wim4you

Netherlands

Retired hobby programmer.

First Prize	Jeremy Likness - Dynamically Build LINQ Expressions
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	honey the codewitch - Midi: A Windows MIDI Library in C#
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject





Second Prize	g96b10 - GarageWatcher - A Full-Stack IoT Project, from Hardware to App
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.