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Current Entries

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

Some Shocking Facts You Probably Didn't Want to Know about U++ Framework...

12 Nov 2020Miroslav Fidler

...but I will tell you anyway.

C++11

C++

U++

Duplex gPRC

27 Nov 2020Sacha Barber

Small demo on creating C# duplex (streaming) gRPC client/server

.NET-Core

.NET

Secure ASP.NET Core Web API using JWT Authentication

26 Nov 2020Aram Tchekrekjian

JWT is a very common and easy way to protect APIs in a standard, URL safe and cross-platform methodology.

A Remote Pump Monitor over WiFi

5 Nov 2020honey the codewitch

Explore an Arduino based IoT web server and UDP multicaster for monitoring a remote water pump

Corona SEIR Workbench

24 Apr 2022Marcus Müller

Pandemic SEIR and SEIRV modelling software and infrastructure for the Corona SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 disease with data from Johns-Hopkins-University CSSE, Robert Koch-Institute and vaccination data from Our World In Data.

WPF Drag and Drop using Behavior

11 Nov 2020DotNetLead.com

Drag and drop behaviour in WPF

Adding $type to System.Text.Json Serialization like in Newtonsoft for Dynamic Object Properties

5 Nov 2020Ev Uklad

This article describes a technique to serialize models containing dynamic types with System.Text.Json JsonSerializer, that doesn’t support $type.

Public API Events and Breaking Changes

14 Nov 2020Paulo Zemek

Understanding breaking changes caused by event changes and how to avoid them.

.NET

Architect

Converting an ONNX Object Detection Model to iOS Core ML

21 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this series, we’ll use a pretrained model to create an iOS application that will detect multiple persons and objects in a live camera feed rather than in a static picture.

Python

artificial-intelligence

YAML

neural-network

Automatic Network Configuration of ESP8266 IoT Devices

5 Nov 2020honey the codewitch

A walkthrough and source code for automatically configuring your ESP8266 IoT devices

Bring Your MFC Application to the Web

1 Nov 2020Shao Voon Wong

This is a proof of concept (POC) that C++ on desktop and Emscripten can share the same UI code.

C++

Parallel Heterogeneous Programming In C++17/2x0 Using CL/SYCL-Model Specification On Raspberry Pi 4B+ IoT-Boards

10 Dec 2020Arthur V. Ratz

A practical guide for building parallel CL/SYCL-code in, C++17, targeting Arm/AArch64-architectures and running it on Raspberry Pi 4B+ IoT-boards

An IoT Smart Clock Using an ESP32 Development Board

22 Nov 2020honey the codewitch

Revisiting our WiFi enabled smart clock project with more modern hardware

Memory Allocation Tracking for C++ Code

1 Nov 2020Rick York

A Handy Memory Allocation Tracking Macro and Header for Visual Studio C++ Code

VisualC++

C++

Harnessing the ESP8266 in the Arduino Mega 2560+WiFi R3

2 Nov 2020honey the codewitch

Turbocharge your device with a clever way to configure your board

Arduino

All-Topics

Dev

Deep Learning in C#: Understanding Neural Network Architecture

4 Nov 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article we will go over the basics of supervised machine learning and what the training and verification phases consist of.

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

deep-learning

neural-network

Lightning Detection with Deep Learning and Tensorflow on Android: Setting Up a TFLite Model

16 Nov 2020Ruturaj Raval

In this article we’ll set up the TFLite model in the Android environment and create a working demo application.

Java

XML

Android

artificial-intelligence

text

JSON

A Desktop App that Works Unchanged for WPF or WinForms

16 Nov 2020Erik Nagel

Usable demo demonstrating some aspects of application architecture

React Icon Set for CRUD Applications

9 Aug 2022Evoluteur

SVG icon set for CRUD applications packaged as a React component with light & dark themes and tooltip.

Spiffsgen: A Code Generation Based Workaround for Lack of ESP32 SPIFFS Uploader Tool

22 Nov 2020honey the codewitch

This is a very specialized tool that generates source code to upload files into SPIFFS on an ESP32

Efficient HTTP Chunked Transfer Encoding for IoT Devices

26 Nov 2020honey the codewitch

Efficiently send large amounts of data with a tiny amount of memory

Secure ASP.NET Core Web API using API Key Authentication

29 Nov 2020Aram Tchekrekjian

Easily secure ASP.NET Core Web API using API Key Authentication - just follow a few steps and secure your endpoints

Deep Learning in C#: Preprocessing the Coin Detection Dataset

3 Nov 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In the next article, we will preprocess a dataset to be inputted to a machine learning model.

artificial-intelligence

deep-learning

Use oneAPI to Make Your C++ Application GPU Aware

10 Nov 2020Jeremy C. Ong

Accelerate a C++ article with GPU support using Intel's oneAPI

How to Solve Word Ladder Problem?

22 Nov 2020Sandeep Mewara

A look into graph based algorithm

Reusable HTML Editor Control with AngularJS

1 Nov 2020Han Bo Sun

How to design a previewable HTML editor, and how to use this control in your application

Deep Learning in C#: Coin Recognition in Keras.NET, Part I

6 Nov 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article, we will examine a convolutional neural network for the problem of coin recognition, and we will implement one in Keras.NET.

artificial-intelligence

deep-learning

Keras

neural-network

Deep Learning in C#: Coin Recognition in Keras.NET, Part II

6 Nov 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

In this article we will examine the CNN we implemented for coin recognition using Keras.NET.

Python

artificial-intelligence

deep-learning

Keras

neural-network

5 Minutes to Your First oneAPI App on DevCloud

10 Nov 2020Jeremy C. Ong

A quick demonstration of writing an application using DPC++ and oneAPI and deploying to Intel DevCloud

DevCloud

oneAPI

On Fluid Simulation

12 Nov 2020FranciskaR

A new approach to fluid simulation

VB6

Decoding a Core ML YOLO Object Detector

23 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article, we will decode the Core ML YOLO Model by transforming an array of abstract numbers to a human-readable form.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

Building a Core ML Pipeline for the iOS Vision Framework

26 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we’ll create a Core ML pipeline to be our end-to-end model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

ScoopBox

26 Nov 2020H. Hasanov

ScoopBox is a C# library that automates the configuration file building and generates a script which inside contains commands to execute using PowerShell.

Windows Authentication with Angular and .NET Core Web API

8 Nov 2020DotNetLead.com

This article shows you how to add Windows Authentication to Angular and .NET Core Web API projects.

ASP.NET Core Localization with XLocalizer

13 Nov 2020Ziya Mollamahmut

Localizing ASP.NET Core powered by online translation and auto resource creating...

Blazor

ASP.NET-Core

JSON

Backtracking: Solving Magic Squares

1 Nov 2020JorgeLuisOrejel

How to solve magic squares using backtracking

Interactive Imaging Technologies in the Wolfram Mathematica

10 Nov 2020Uladzislau Baryshchyk

Technologies for creating interactive software modules in the Wolfram Mathematica

mathematics

Lightning Detection with Deep Learning and Tensorflow on Android: Building UI with Android Studio

13 Nov 2020Ruturaj Raval

In this article we walk through the basic setup of the model-based app in the Android environment.

Java

XML

Android

artificial-intelligence

text

JSON

Deploying a React app to Azure App Service - Tutorial and Lessons Learned

12 Nov 2020g96b10

In-depth instructions covering several headaches, and personal musings

An Alternative to Routing in Blazor

13 Nov 2020Shaun C Curtis

A Blazor application with no Routing or URLs

Decoding a YOLO Core ML Object Detector Using Array Operations

24 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In the next article, we’ll do the same but with array operations. This will allow us to include the decoding logic directly in the model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

Creating a YOLO Core ML Object Detector with Decoding Logic

25 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this article we are ready to include detection decoding directly in the Core ML model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

iOS Object Detection with Live Camera Preview

27 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In the next article, we’ll start working on the iOS application that will use that model.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

Building an Object Detection iOS App with YOLO Core ML Model

30 Nov 2020Jarek Szczegielniak

In this last article in this series, we’ll extend the application to use our YOLO v2 model for object detection.

Python

artificial-intelligence

neural-network

Holidays Table and GetWorkDays Function in SQL Server

6 Nov 2020Igor Krupitsky

Fast function that excludes weekends and holidays

T-SQL

SQL-Server

Deep Learning in C#: Coin Recognition with a Pre-Trained Model in ML.NET

9 Nov 2020Arnaldo P. Castaño

To end off this series, we will present the alternative of adapting a pre-trained CNN to the coin recognition problem we have been examining all along.

artificial-intelligence

machine-learning

Keras

neural-network

Angular and .NET Core Web API Starter Application

2 Nov 2020DotNetLead.com

Angular/.NET Core Web API application that can be used as the starting point for building your applications.

Create a Code Editor Android Application using CodeView Library

4 Nov 2020AmrDeveloper

How to create a Code Editor Android Application for Go Programming Langauge using CodeView Library

Java

Android

Mobile

Introducing BBC micro:bit and MakeCode blocks .. with a Toy Robot Car and PC

9 Nov 2020wim4you

Introduction micro:bit and hobby example. Several Remote Controls (Infrared, Bluetooth Android App, serial port PC)

Port a CUDA App to oneAPI and DPC++ in 5 Minutes

10 Nov 2020Jeremy C. Ong

A quick 5-minute introduction to porting a CUDA app to Data Parallel C++ (DPC++)

Current Participants

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

AmrDeveloper

Software Developer (Junior)

Egypt

Software Engineer who able to build high-performance maintainable Software tools and applications with a modern and fast UI to provide a great experience for the user, I will be very interested to work on a unique project with new challenges to push my limit and learn new things.

Aram Tchekrekjian

Architect

Jordan

A passionate software developer with 13+ years of overall experience in various development languages including C#/vb.net, java. The technologies I mostly focus on are: ASP.NET Core, Android, Angular

I currently work as a Corporate Technical Manager in the Digital Solutions Team at Aramex International in Amman, Jordan.

Arnaldo P. Castaño

Software Developer

Serbia

Computer Scientist and book author living in Belgrade and working for a German IT company. Author of Practical Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning, Bots, and Agent Solutions Using C# (Apress, 2018) and PrestaShop Recipes (Apress, 2017). Lover of Jazz and cinema Smile | :)

Arthur V. Ratz

Software Developer (Senior) EpsilonDev

Ukraine

I’m software developer, system analyst and network engineer, with over 20 years experience, graduated from L’viv State Polytechnic University and earned my computer science and information technology master’s degree in January 2004. My professional career began as a financial and accounting software developer in EpsilonDev company, located at L’viv, Ukraine. My favorite programming languages - C/C++, C#.NET, Java, ASP.NET, Node.js/JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, SQL, HTML5, etc. While developing applications, I basically use various of IDE’s and development tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio/Code, Eclipse IDE for Linux, IntelliJ/IDEA for writing code in Java. My professional interests basically include data processing and analysis algorithms, artificial intelligence and data mining, system analysis, modern high-performance computing (HPC), development of client-server web-applications using various of libraries, frameworks and tools. I’m also interested in cloud-computing, system security audit, IoT, networking architecture design, hardware engineering, technical writing, etc. Besides of software development, I also admire to write and compose technical articles, walkthroughs and reviews about the new IT- technological trends and industrial content. I published my first article at CodeProject in June 2015.

DotNetLead.com

United States

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

Erik Nagel

Software Developer (Senior)

Germany

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

Ev Uklad

Software Developer (Senior) Pro Coders

Australia

Programming enthusiast and the best practices follower

FranciskaR

Retired

Netherlands

My name is Franciska Ruessink. I studied IT at The Hague Hogeschool (University) and was employed in IT as software developer, database developer, network administrator, and IT project manager for several years.
After an early retirement I continue to write software for the fun of it and to help friends, I also did some web development. I usually work with VB but started again with VC++ recently.

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.

H. Hasanov

Bulgaria

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

Han Bo Sun

Team Leader The Judge Group

United States

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

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.

Jarek Szczegielniak

Architect

Poland

Jarek has two decades of professional experience in software architecture and development, machine learning, business and system analysis, logistics, and business process optimization.
He is passionate about creating software solutions with complex logic, especially with the application of AI.

Jeremy C. Ong

Technical Lead WB Games

United States

Jeremy is a Principal Engineer at WB Games. He's worked throughout the game engine tech stack, touching everything from rendering and animation, to gameplay scripting and virtual machines, to netcode and server code. He's most passionate about the boundary between applied mathematics and computer science, and you'll often find him puzzling over one or the other in roughly equal parts. When he's not coding, Jeremy is probably spending time with his wife and dog, climbing, enjoying a chess game, or some combination of the above.

JorgeLuisOrejel

United States

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

Marcus Müller

Founder LogicLink

Germany

In the early 1980s I stumbled across a Zilog Z80 in the form of a ZX80 and found my programming passion. From Assembler and Basic to Pascal and Turbo Pascal, C, C++ and Java, Javascript and CSS after years of Visual Basic and SQL I ended up with C#, XAML, T-SQL and ASP.Net, coquetting with F#.

I graduated from University of Cologne in molecular biology combining bio science and computer engineering. Since 1996 I founded my own company working on Windows and web-based software for laboratories and other businesses with Microsoft technologies.

My Website:

https://www.logiclink.de

Miroslav Fidler

Czech Republic

Mirek Fidler is C/C++ programmer for more than 20 years. He is a coauthor of U++ framework.

Olivier_Giulieri

United States

I'm a UI engineer with an eye for UX and a passion for model-driven UIs.

I usually build UIs for startups in the San Francisco Bay Area.

My hobby open source project is Evolutility, a minimalist low-code platform with a model-driven UI, a model-driven backend, and a set of models to play with.

More about me on my GitHub page.

Paulo Zemek

Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft

United States

I started to program computers when I was 11 years old, as a hobbyist, programming in AMOS Basic and Blitz Basic for Amiga.
At 12 I had my first try with assembler, but it was too difficult at the time. Then, in the same year, I learned C and, after learning C, I was finally able to learn assembler (for Motorola 680x0).
Not sure, but probably between 12 and 13, I started to learn C++. I always programmed "in an object oriented way", but using function pointers instead of virtual methods.

At 15 I started to learn Pascal at school and to use Delphi. At 16 I started my first internship (using Delphi). At 18 I started to work professionally using C++ and since then I've developed my programming skills as a professional developer in C++ and C#, generally creating libraries that help other developers do their work easier, faster and with less errors.

Want more info or simply want to contact me?
Take a look at: http://paulozemek.azurewebsites.net/
Or e-mail me at: paulozemek@outlook.com

Codeproject MVP 2012, 2015 & 2016
Microsoft MVP 2013-2014 (in October 2014 I started working at Microsoft, so I can't be a Microsoft MVP anymore).

Rick York

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I work on an industrial HPC project that can run on either the CPU or the GPU. I usually use which ever one has the most horsepower on a given machine. It's written with CUDA with very few ifdefs used. My company is quite large, in the top five in our industry in North America, and I work in a small group with just five programmers.

Ruturaj Raval

Technical Writer

Canada

www.ruturaj.me | Technical Specialist & Author

Sacha Barber

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

I currently hold the following qualifications (amongst others, I also studied Music Technology and Electronics, for my sins)

- MSc (Passed with distinctions), in Information Technology for E-Commerce
- BSc Hons (1st class) in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

Both of these at Sussex University UK.

Award(s)

I am lucky enough to have won a few awards for Zany Crazy code articles over the years

Microsoft C# MVP 2016
Codeproject MVP 2016
Microsoft C# MVP 2015
Codeproject MVP 2015
Microsoft C# MVP 2014
Codeproject MVP 2014
Microsoft C# MVP 2013
Codeproject MVP 2013
Microsoft C# MVP 2012
Codeproject MVP 2012
Microsoft C# MVP 2011
Codeproject MVP 2011
Microsoft C# MVP 2010
Codeproject MVP 2010
Microsoft C# MVP 2009
Codeproject MVP 2009
Microsoft C# MVP 2008
Codeproject MVP 2008
And numerous codeproject awards which you can see over at my blog

Sandeep Mewara

Architect Intuit India

India

A software professional for more than 17+ years building solutions for Web and Desktop applications.

Currently working at Intuit India.

Website: Learn By Insight
Github: Sandeep Mewara
LinkedIn: Sandeep Mewara

Strongly believe in learning and sharing knowledge.

Shao Voon Wong

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Shao Voon is from Singapore. His interest lies primarily in computer graphics, software optimization, concurrency, security, and Agile methodologies.

In recent years, he shifted focus to software safety research. His hobby is writing a free C++ DirectX photo slideshow application which can be viewed here.

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.

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.

wim4you

Netherlands

Retired hobby programmer.

Ziya Mollamahmut

Turkey

computer engineer, asp.net developer, 3Ds designer, regional training expert

http://ziyad.info
http://demo.ziyad.info
https://docs.ziyad.info
http://github.com/lazziya

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Second Prize	Paulo Zemek - Public API Events and Breaking Changes
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Second Prize	Shao Voon Wong - C++: Windows Toast Notification
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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.