Programming Tips

JavascriptArchitectDevDesignIntermediatedatabasescriptingtipsCloud

Programming Tips - Design and Strategy

NodeJS REST server trials to validate effective scripting

7 May 2012

Jason Rudland

Trial of popular REST implimentations for NodeJS including the measuring of MongoDB insertion rates.

Refresh your cached data asynchronously

18 Apr 2013

Guirec

A pattern for an always available cache using asynchronous refresh.

C#.NETArchitectDevBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedCache

Violating Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)

6 Sep 2013

Ryszard Dżegan

How to not damage yourself when using inheritance.

C#.NETArchitectDevBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedPatterns

AspectF Fluent Way to Add Aspects for Cleaner Maintainable Code

11 Jun 2011

Omar Al Zabir

AspectF is a simple way to do Aspect Oriented Programming style coding which makes your code a lot cleaner and more maintainable.

.NET3.5C#.NETArchitectDevDesignIntermediateAdvanced.NET4

10 Golden Rules Of Good OOP

8 May 2014

Giovanni Scerra

A good architecture means money saved in learning, maintaining, testing, fixing, extending and scaling source code. The following guidelines are not exhaustive and are meant to be applied on top of the SOLID principles and proper use of OO Design Patterns.

ArchitectDevDesignIntermediatePatternsOOP

A Simple State Machine

23 Jan 2014

morgi_a

Create loose coupled States using a Finite State Automation (FSM) model.

C#Windows.NETDevDesignIntermediate

Unlimited baselines for any class

11 Jun 2009

Alex Perepletov

Using the ComponentModel namespace to implement unlimited baselines.

.NET3.0C#3.0WindowsArchitectDevLINQAdvanced

Reducing Code Complexity on Switch-blocks

7 Oct 2008

Timmy Kokke

Using a Dictionary instead of a switch-case construction to reduce complexity and increase testability

C#WindowsBeginnerIntermediate

Debugging Windows Service Without Deploying It

10 Dec 2007

Eric De Carufel

This article decribes an easy way to debug Windows Services without having to deploy it.

.NET2.0C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0.NET3.5C#.NETDevBeginner

An IoC Container in 15 min

3 Jun 2011

Erich Ledesma

How to create a very simple and very basic IoC container from scratch

C#ArchitectDevBeginner

Event traffic calming

26 Jan 2013

Erich Ledesma

How to build an object to calm down event traffic.

C#.NETDevIntermediateGeneral

Using the Chain Of Command Design Pattern Concepts to Perform Validation and Processing of Complex Data

3 Mar 2011

Curt C

An article demonstrating the usage of Chain of Command Design Pattern concepts to perform validation and processing of complex data.

.NET2.0C#3.0WindowsDevIntermediate

The Power of a POC

26 Apr 2011

Dave Elliott

The importance of creating a POC as the first step to your next adventure

.NET3.5C#.NETArchitectDevWCFDesignAdvancedGeneralDevelopment

Why Learn Assembly Language?

28 Jun 2010

bjames02

An article explaining the benefits of learning assembly language

ArchitectLinuxASMBeginner

Controlling Multiple Forms with a Finite State Machine

26 Mar 2014

gggustafson

This article presents a method for controlling multiple Forms with a finite state machine

C#WindowsDevBeginnerIntermediate

The Power of Perl OO

14 Mar 2008

Helbrax

Using Perl's object oriented interface to extend existing types

PerlDevIntermediate

Refactoring Copy/Paste Pattern with Data-Structures

20 Jan 2011

Carlos Conceição

Using data-structures to do away with boiler plate code.

.NET3.5C#DevADO.NETIntermediate

Collapsing Multiple Progress Bars

15 Nov 2007

Danny Ruijters

An article on how to collapse the progress feedback given by multiple routines in a single progress bar

C#SQL-ServerDevADO.NETDesignBeginnerSQL-Server-2008

How Do I: Use SQL File Stream

18 Nov 2010

gaurav_verma_mca

An end to end article describing how to use file stream data type in SQL Server. This article discusses both SQL Server and .NET side of things.

PomDemo 1.0 - an object model construction demonstration

29 May 2003

PeterAnsell

A pattern for simplifying the building of applications supporting undo/redo, applications with complex dialogs and distributed applications

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPMFCDevIntermediate

Execute Stored Procedure in SQL Server using nHibernate

20 Aug 2009

ziaulh

Useful tips to excecute stored procedure using nHibernate

.NET2.0C#2.0.NET3.0.NET3.5C#.NETBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedAll-Topics

Generate an XML parser automatically

31 May 2004

Albert Wang

An article on XML parser or code generation automatically.

VC6VC7VC7.1.NET1.0.NET1.1Win2KWinXPWin2003XMLVisual-Studio

Another way for RETRY logic without using GOTO keyword

28 Apr 2014

TonyTonyQ

Alternative way for implementing Abort/Retry/Ignore logic

.NETVisual-StudioDevDesignBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedC#3.5C#5

When To Use Interfaces

27 Jan 2010

Fred Westrom

A suggestion for when to use or not use interfaces

C#2.0C#3.0C#ArchitectDevDesignBeginnerAll-TopicsC#4.0

Object Composition Over Inheritance

1 May 2011

RakeshGunijan

Why to prefer object composition over inheritance

.NET3.0C#3.0.NET3.5C#ASP.NETWindows.NETDevWPFIntermediate

A 21 KB Datalayer For All Your Data Transfer Needs

31 Dec 2010

Joe Sweeney

How to build a single datalayer DLL that can be used by any application

VBWindowsDevADO.NETIntermediate

Another use of SEH

17 Jun 2004

valdok

How to use SEH to supply a parameter to a function.

WindowsVisual-StudioDevAdvanced

Simple Example of MVC (Model View Controller) Design Pattern for Abstraction

8 Apr 2008

rj45

Simple example of MVC (Model View Controller) design pattern for abstraction

Some Easy Ways to Send Emails (via SMTP) and SMS Text Messages

30 Dec 2007

daluu

A beginner's guide on how to send emails (via SMTP) and SMS text messages when you don't have adequate access to the necessary resources

VC7.NET1.1.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003VS2005C++/CLIC

Developing applications that always decease gracefully.

9 Sep 2003

Jagadeesh VN

An article that describes how to write applications that always quit gracefully.

VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003Visual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Reliable Floating Point Equality Comparison

4 Dec 2006

John Simmons / outlaw programmer

Compare floating point numbers for equality at programmer-specified precision.

Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate

Defense against the dreaded Klingon Battlecruiser

15 Apr 2004

Bamaco2

An article about application users and their perception.

Naming Conventions: Grouping within a Class

25 Jul 2008

ShofarNexus

We provide a challenge to conventional wisdom of verb first to aid in grouping of names.

Windows.NETArchitectDevBeginner

CRM Integration to Outlook (Exchange) Using WebDav

11 Sep 2011

Efe Erdogru

In this article, an integration between a CRM and an Exchange will be explained by using WebDav

C#WindowsDevIntermediate

C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner

Programming Tips - General

FIXME - A Smart FIXME Macro

25 May 2009

Jochen Baier

Using this smart 'FIXME' macro will help you not to forget to fix your code.

Benchmarking Lessons Learned the Hard Way

29 Mar 2011

alex turner

Having spent far too much time benchmarking different code recently, here are some lessons learned!

Windows

Software Development and the Bitness Challenge

3 Jun 2013

citrin

About the bitness challenge in software development

JavaWindows.NETWin32Win64Visual-StudioArchitectDevWindows-InstallerApplication

UAV telemetry client software

19 Dec 2013

muhammadumairomee

Telemetry client software for an amateur UAV project which displays data in real-time and also for offline usage

C#.NETVisual-StudioGDI+ArchitectDev

Object Oriented JavaScript Class Library in C#/.NET Style

29 Aug 2011

EJocys

JavaScript class library which partly replicates Microsoft .NET Framework structure and functionality.

.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0MonoDotGNU.NET3.0.NET3.5ASPASP.NETJavascript

Programming Self-generating Code for Windows Applications

29 Feb 2008

Jim Charles

Executing VC++ codes in STACK or HEAP

VC6VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaVS2005MFCCEODev

Profiling of C++-Applications in Visual Studio for Free

11 Jul 2012

hofingerandi

A method for profiling C++-applications with freely available tools (vsperfcmd, vsperfreport, and a C#-application for viewing the results)

C++WindowsVisual-StudioDev

How to Convince Developers and Management to Use Automated Test instead of Manual Test

11 Jun 2011

Omar Al Zabir

Everyone knows automated tests are good, unit test is good, we should all do it. But when you try to convince management that it's going to take double the time to deliver anything from now on, you are kicked out of the room. Learn how I convinced a dev lead to do automated test.

CEOArchitectDevQADesignBeginnerIntermediateAll-Topics

How to develop your own Boot Loader

23 Jul 2009

Apriorit Inc, Alex Kolesnyk

This article describes the first steps in low-level programming on the example of developing of simple boot loader

VS2005VS2008C++WindowsVisual-StudioArchitectDevCOMASMDesign

How to drag a virtual file from your app into Windows Explorer

13 Sep 2006

Nish Sivakumar

Shows how to use CFSTR_FILEDESCRIPTOR and CFSTR_FILECONTENTS to perform drag/drop with virtual files

VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003VS2005DevIntermediate

The C# trickbox

16 Dec 2013

Florian Rappl

A close look at some powerful features of C# that are less known but sometimes come in very handy.

C#.NETArchitectDevMSILLINQIntermediateabilities

Dealing with Powershell Inputs via Basic Windows Form

26 Aug 2014

SERGUEIK

In this article, few examples of embedding basic Windows Forms and WPF in Powershell script for collecting user inputs are given.

C#XMLWindows.NETHTMLIntermediatePowerShellForms

Optimization: Your Worst Enemy

12 Aug 2000

Joseph M. Newcomer

Learn about the potential pitfalls of code optimization.

VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevAdvanced

Tips and Tricks to Rescue Overdue Projects

11 Jun 2011

Omar Al Zabir

A story of a typical offshore project which is overdue, customer shouting and screaming, offshore guys working day and night and how we brainstormed on some tricks to get out of this.

CEOArchitectDevBeginnerIntermediateSalesAll-Topics

Aggressive Optimizations for Visual C++

26 Oct 2002

Todd C. Wilson

Save time and space in your release builds - fight bloatware!

VC6Visual-StudioDevAdvanced

Operation Performance Evaluation

18 Jan 2012

Florian Rappl

Investigating the cost of an operation in cycles within a real world, i.e., no peak, performance measurement of C#, C++, Java, Fortran and JavaScript

C++C#JavascriptJavaIntermediate

10 Minutes to document your code

19 Jan 2003

peterchen

Setting up doxygen, a free tool to document your code, in a few simple steps.

VC6Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCATLWTLSTLDevBeginner

Learning Binary and Hexadecimal

6 May 2014

Jeremy Falcon

A beginner's guide to talking like a computer.

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0C#2.0C#3.0C++C++/CLICC#

A Utility to Clean Up Compiler Temp Files

24 Dec 2002

Michael Dunn

A shell extension that deletes compiler temp and intermediate files.

VC6Visual-StudioDevIntermediate

INI file reader using the spirit library

3 Jan 2006

Silviu Simen

A simple implementation of an INI file reader using the boost::spirit framework

Why do we need Interfaces?

7 Aug 2014

Abhishek Bose

Why do we need Interfaces?

C#OOP

Programming the MS Agent Control

3 Mar 2000

Santosh Rao

Programming an animated agent similar to the office assistant.

VC6VC7VC7.1DevIntermediate

Measures to be taken for Health compliant site

28 Feb 2013

Anuja Pawar Indore

Some tips that should be taken care before developing ant health care site.

Java.NETMobileArchitect

Playing with the stack

27 May 2003

Chavdar Dimitrov

An article describing how a C++ compiler uses the stack.

VC6Win2KDevIntermediate

Compiler's Code Optimization - The Dark Side

25 Jun 2003

Marcelo A. B. Slomp

How compiler's code optimization models works and mixing its to create an hybrid optimization model.

Building Boost libraries for Visual Studio

18 Jul 2007

Gast128

Building boost libraries for Visual Studio

VC7.1WinXPC++WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

ResSwitch & ResList v1.2 - Easily change screen resolution

3 Mar 2000

PJ Naughter

2 freeware utilities to quickly change Screen Depth and Resolution.

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPPocketPC-2002Visual-StudioATLDev

Importing Type Libraries

23 Feb 2003

Heath Stewart

Using alternatives to importing type libraries and COM objects can improve the portability of your source code.

Learn How to Write Good Software

25 Sep 2013

Shakeel Iqbal

This article will guide you step by step to write good software every time.

ArchitectDevIntermediatePatterns

Automate the "attach to process"

25 Oct 2013

Niel M.Thomas

Automating the Attach to Process from within Visual Studio.

C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioIntermediate

Compiling and Integrating Crypto++ into the Microsoft Visual C++ Environment

5 May 2011

Garth J Lancaster, Jeffrey Walton

Avoid common pitfalls when using Crypto++ and VC++.

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003VS2005Dev

Black Jack Using Scrum – Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

6 Sep 2010

Shai Raiten

How I used Scrum as guide for gambling in Vegas

CEOArchitectDBADevQADesignBeginnerIntermediateAll-Topics

Comparing Normal Code, Rx and YieldAwait

27 Jan 2011

Simon.P.G.

Comparing the code styles when you use a normal event handler, Rx (Reactive Extensions) and YieldAwait library.

C#.NETyieldevent

Developing Factorial Application Using Test Driven Development

28 Jan 2012

Bayram Üçüncü

The aim of this article is developing a Factorial Application using Test Driven Development

C#WindowsBeginnertesting

Extracting Accelerators As Human Readable Text

24 Aug 2004

Jörgen Sigvardsson

This article shows how to extract accelerators and convert them into human readable text, using the language settings for the current user.

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003Visual-StudioDevIntermediate

A Simple Way to Create Word Documents by Template in Java under Windows Platform

2 Dec 2010

jacky_zz

Using JNI and COM technology generate Word documents in Java under Windows platform

C++JavaWin32COMJNI

Ten Things to Achieve When Starting 3D Programming

9 Sep 2011

Vasily Tserekh

Ten things to achieve when starting 3D programming

All-Topics3D

Send mail without specifying an SMTP server

12 Apr 2005

Nish Sivakumar

A class derived from CSMTPConnection that queries the MX record for a target domain and uses that to send mail

VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003Visual-StudioATLDevIntermediate

Assembly Programming with Visual Studio 2010/2012

25 Sep 2012

Palavos

An example of how to program in assembly by using Visual Studio 2010 or 2012

C++WindowsIntermediateVS2010masmVS2012

Comparing JavaScript OOP to .NET

8 May 2013

Jon Woo

This article is intended to help conceptualize the area of JavaScript Object Oriented Programming by comparing it to the way .NET CLR works.

C#Javascript.NEToopsCLR

Proposed Best Practices for Prevention of Unit Conversion Defects

11 Apr 2011

John_P_Cronan

The article discusses ways to prevent defects resulting from mismatched units.

C#.NETDevBeginner

Building a code instrumentation library with Python and ZeroMQ

29 Oct 2013

Software Developer's Journal

Python

When Refactoring Is A Bad Idea

11 May 2014

Giovanni Scerra

Discussion on the root causes of failure when undertaking code refactoring

CEOArchitectDevIntermediatetestingsoftwareProjectunitManagementinternal

Transparent desktop icons

29 Dec 2004

DavidCrow

A brief discussion on what is involved in making the text background of the desktop icons transparent.

VC6Win2KDevIntermediate

Syntax coloring for user-defined keywords in Visual Studio

20 Mar 2000

Keith Kudlac

A UserType.dat file that provides syntax coloring for user-defined keywords in Visual Studio

VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevBeginner

How to Use Google and Other Tips for Finding Programming Help

8 Mar 2008

Christian Graus

A primer for people looking to learn to help themselves find answers to programming questions

WindowsBeginner

Implementing Deep Cloning via Serializing objects

22 Feb 2008

Stephen Inglish

The implementation for a deep clone helper class

.NET2.0C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0.NET3.5C#.NETDevIntermediate

VSS: protocol handler for Visual SourceSafe

27 Jun 2001

Victor Vogelpoel

This article describes how to hook up a protocol, in the example "vss:", to a custom handler to open a document from a Visual SourceSafe repository using automation.

VC6Win2KIE6.0DevIntermediate

The Graphical Developer Interface

16 May 2000

Joseph M. Newcomer

Learn effective methods for logging and debugging your Windows apps.

VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Secure Coding Practices: Running with Least Privileges in Windows

8 Mar 2003

Dana Epp

An article on developing software while running with least privileges in Windows

Win2KWinXPDevBeginner

Visual C++ 2003 Meyers Singleton Bug

7 Jun 2007

Stephen Boissiere

A description of a bug in the Visual C++ 2003 compiler and a workaround

VC7.1VS.NET2003WindowsDevIntermediate

Using COFF C object files with Delphi X2

8 Oct 2011

Jose A Pascoa

Still struggling to find the ultimate COFF to OMF converter to link some code with Delphi? You don't need to anymore.

VC6VS2005VS2008CWindowsWin32Win64DevIntermediateVS2010

General Policy Idiom

31 Jan 2007

Volodymyr Frolov

The article describes an idiom which can help create a highly customizable template library in C++ by applying an immense level of parameterization.

VC7VC7.1VC8.0WindowsVisual-StudioDevAdvanced

Whole Program Optimization with Visual C++ .NET

10 Dec 2001

Brandon Bray (MSFT)

Visual C++ .NET goes to an entirely new level with Whole Program Optimization. This article discusses everything that the compiler can do using this new framework for optimization and how little the developer must do.

VC7WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

How to use the res: protocol in Developer Studio

25 Mar 2000

Santosh Rao

A simple MFC demo application that demonstrates using the res: protocol to use resources in your applications

Visual-StudioArchitectDBADevQABeginnerIntermediate

A Brief Discussion On Visual Studio 2010 Top Features

10 Mar 2010

_ Kunal Chowdhury _

In this article I will describe about some new features of Visual Studio 2010 which I explored till now. These features are really very useful in terms of productive development. This article is mainly targeted for beginners of Visual Studio 2010 but everybody can get benefit on the same.

Tips and Enhancements in Dynamics AX

11 Feb 2012

Venkat Chaitanya Kanumukula

Tips and Enhancements in Dynamics AX

.NET3.5.NETSQL-ServerVisual-StudioWCFIntermediateX++MOSS2007Dynamics-AX

Picking An Open Source License w/o Becoming Brain Dead (or Brain Washed)

11 Apr 2008

TheBigRedDog

Choosing your open source license

All-Topics

How to accurately detect if an application is theme-enabled?

1 Jun 2005

Nish Sivakumar

Describes a function that overcomes the inadequacies of IsAppThemed and IsThemeActive.

VC6VC7VC7.1WinXPVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Finding performance bottlenecks and their resolutions in windows services

21 Jan 2008

Sajid.Majeed

This article will address tools and technologies to identify bottlenecks and key consideration points for performance improvement.

.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003SQL2000SQL-server-2005C#2.0C#3.0

Finally, 64-Bit Delphi is here and with 64-Bit BASM!

3 Oct 2011

Jose A Pascoa

Using Borland Assembler Language in 32-bit and 64-bit Delphi programs.

Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaDevASMAdvancedDelphi

Automated Source Safe Backups

20 Feb 2001

Conor Hunt

A scripted approach to automating Visual Source Safe backups

C#.NETIntermediatePatternsSingleton

A Reusable Base Class for the Singleton Pattern in C#

5 Apr 2013

Boris Brock

This article presents a reusable base class for implementing singletons in C#.

Find in CWebBrowser Control

10 Aug 2000

Jeremy Davis

How to display the "Find" window in a CWebBrowser control.

VC6Win2KVisual-StudioMFCDevCOMIntermediate

Tips for Visual C++ Developers

16 Sep 2002

Ernest Laurentin

Series of tips for Visual C++ Developers

VC6Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Fixing the GPF in Devshl.dll when starting VC++ 5 or 6

17 Jan 2000

Sean Echevarria

Having problems with Devshl.dll? Don't reinstall Visual Studio until you've read this!

VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevBeginner

Using templates for initialization

13 Feb 2001

Paul Westcott

Use templates to initialize structures or simple member variables.

Introducing Regular Expressions

7 Apr 2005

Vasant Raj

Basic Regular Expressions with detailed examples.

.NET2.0.NET3.0.NET3.5C#ASP.NET.NETADO.NETBeginner.NET4

FrameworkGen - Configuring Entity Caching

20 Jul 2010

CroweMan

Learn how to take advantage of the caching support in FrameworkGen

What every developer should know about fonts

10 Dec 2010

David Thielen

If you're going to do much more than place a line of text in a form, then the details start to matter.

DevDesignBeginnerAll-Topicsfont

Passing Values Between Multiple Projects using Interface

12 Sep 2012

Jayson Ragasa

Passing Values Between Multiple Projects using Interface

C#WindowsWinMobile.NETCF.NETIntermediate

Character Encoding and Usage in .NET

7 Feb 2014

muhammadumairomee

Understanding character encoding with the help of simple examples

C#.NETDevBeginner

Some Time-Saving Commands and Key Remappings for the VC IDE

17 Mar 1999

Michael Dunn

Save time and impress co-workers with these great keyboard shortcuts

VC6Visual-StudioDevBeginner

C++ Development using eclipse IDE– Starters guide

25 May 2006

Boby Thomas P

C++ Development using eclipse IDE– Starters guide

VC6WinXPC++WindowsWin32Visual-StudioDevIntermediateAdvanced

Parse a PE (EXE, DLL, OCX Files ) and New Dependency Walker

28 May 2012

Adam Roderick J

A brief and basic explanation about the PE data structures, with a sample

Polymorphic Extension Visitor with C#

26 Sep 2010

Andreas Gieriet

.NET 4 finally allows to define polymorphic extension visitors

C#.NETVisual-StudioDevDesignIntermediateC#4.0VS2010programmingAlgorithms

Full Name Tutorial Part 2

7 Sep 2009

gbd77rc

How to extract the full name, including version, public token key from an assembly and then unload the assembly!

C#Beginner

The Right Way To Do Object Serialization

15 May 2001

Leo Moll

A tip for using object serialization

To new is C++; To malloc is C; To mix them is sin

29 Mar 2004

Nish Sivakumar

Article explains the differences between malloc/free and new/delete in a C++ context

WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner

About RSS

26 Apr 2005

Vasant Raj

What is RSS and how it is used to retrieve information.

A box of four fancy C++ Windows tricks

28 Jul 2006

Jörg Anslik

This article presents four useful code snippets, solving four common coding problems

VC6Win2KWinXPVBScriptVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Syntax Colouring for VBScript in Visual Studio 6

31 Dec 2001

Gavin Greig

A simple registry modification to make Visual Studio apply syntax colouring to VBScript files.

How Yahoo! speeds up your application

1 Mar 2006

Bill Gu

How accessing the Yahoo! Finanace page sppeds up your application.

VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate

A Utility for Browsing Directly to a Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

3 Apr 2001

Michael Dunn

A utility that lets you browse to a MS Knowledge Base article right from the Run dialog

VC6Win2KVisual-StudioATLDevIntermediate

VS IDE Editor Tip: Quick Macros

15 Oct 2002

Paul M Watt

VS Editor Tip: How to use Quick Macros

Tips and Tricks for the Visual Studio .NET IDE

3 Feb 2004

SathishVJ

A compendium of short cuts, tips and tricks, features, whatcha-may-callits for the Visual Studio .NET IDE.

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCSTLDevBeginner

Lovely Pointers

5 Jun 2003

Brigsoft

The topic of this article is pointers. I describe below some problems, bugs and technique solutions that correspond with using pointers. This article would be useful for beginners and programmers who use other programming languages and are starting to study C++ now.

The Groovyness of the Gallery

11 Feb 2003

bryce

An article on using the Gallery to resuse classes.

.NET1.1.NET2.0WinXPC#DevBeginner

Referenced Description Attribute

6 May 2008

J.Thomas

An article on how to call an existing description in the designer

How To Place Complex Class with Dynamic Array in Continuous Memory Block

22 Oct 2007

Kirill V. Lyadvinsky

Article describes a way to place complex class containing dynamic array with non-trivial members in continuous memory block

C++C++/CLIC#WindowsAdvanced

A Typical Linux C Application: Standard I/O ports allowing simple IPC pipe based

16 Oct 2008

Ciro Sisman Pereira

Demonstrates how to create a simple application that interacts with terminal standard I/O ports to provide an IPC pipe based between processes

C++CDevLinuxBeginner

Leveraging your Existing C++ Code for Use in the .NET Environment

23 Sep 2010

Junlin Xu

This article shows how you can make your existing C++ code available to .NET environment

Visual Studio .NET- Old style member function wizard

23 Jul 2002

Moritz Leutenecker

Modifies the new VS7 Member Function wizard to add a member function without using the parameter list

VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Scoped Handle - "Smart pointer" for Windows objects

21 Jul 2010

Miki Rozloznik

Introduces a scoped handle template class to call delete handle methods automatically.

C++WindowsDevIntermediate

Drawing Trig Functions via WPF

26 Aug 2010

logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to write C# to draw via the WPF engine

.NET2.0.NET3.0C#3.0.NET3.5C#.NETDevXAMLIntermediateC#4.0

Make Your Application Shutdown Aware

27 Jan 2008

Manish Ranjan Kumar

This article explains how to make your application shutdown aware

.NET2.0VS2005C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0C#.NETVisual-StudioDevBeginner

Stopping and Starting Services Automatically During Builds

11 Mar 2008

mav.northwind

How to make your life a little easier while developing a service

C#Windows.NETWin32Win64Visual-StudioDevBeginner

Reduce the Size of Your Final EXE File

7 Jun 2000

Rehan Nadeem

This article describes ways to reduce the final size of your applucation's EXE file.

VC6DevIntermediate

Contrasting Colors

4 May 2004

alucardx

New method of calculating a contrasting color for a given color

VC6WindowsDevIntermediate

Visual Studio Coding Themes

22 Apr 2010

Peace ON

Visual Studio Coding Themes

VS2005VS2008Visual-Studio

C++ Static Initialization Order: A New Solution to an Old Problem

26 May 2007

Matthew Faithfull

Presents an easy method to control order of initialization for static objects

VC8.0WinXPVS2005C++DevIntermediate

The Importance of Sequence Order in the Creation of C++ Objects.

28 Aug 2004

Lim Bio Liong

This article demonstrates the importance of the sequence order of object creation in C++

VC6WindowsDevIntermediate

Extract All tables from Dynamics AX 2009 Data Dictionary Configurations

28 Jan 2012

Venkat Chaitanya Kanumukula

Extract All tables from Dynamics AX 2009 Data Dictionary Configuration keys

X++MicrosoftDynamicsAX

Using SSE/SSE2 for optimization

3 Oct 2004

A beginner's introduction to one of the optimization methods.

VC6Win2KWinXPWin2003CDevASMIntermediate

Words Of Wisdom For The Single Developer

25 May 2010

Richard Blythe

Helpful tips and insights from one single developer to another.

C#.NETDesignBeginnerIntermediateAll-Topics

What Happens When You Use ByVal or ByRef

20 Feb 2010

Andy_L_J

Demonstrates, with simple code, what happens when you pass a parameter ByVal or ByRef

VB.NETVisual-StudioDevBeginner

Processor BenchMark Utility

29 May 2008

PeterGlen

Measuring Processor Performance

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0C++C++/CLIC

Fast Algorithm to check the numbers 2^n

12 Dec 2002

zarzor

Optimised code for valid data length to FFT

C++CWindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Writing Maintainable Code

13 Sep 2009

Scott Norberg

Here I suggest some guidelines that all programmers, regardless of language, can follow to keep their code maintainable by others.

C#2.0C#3.0C#ArchitectDevBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedC#4.0

What Every Developer Should Know About Character Encoding

23 Dec 2010

David Thielen

If you write code that touches a text file, you probably need this.

DevBeginnerAll-TopicsUnicode

Memory Model, Memory Barrier and Singleton Pattern in .NET

17 Jun 2009

RohitOn.Net

Explains Memory Model and ways to implement singleton pattern

C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0.NET3.5C#.NETDevIntermediate.NET4

Tips on internationalization of software

9 Sep 2002

Milind Shingade

This article gives tips on internationalization of existing software

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Reformatting Microsoft's wizard/template generated project files

11 May 2002

tfryar

How to reformat Microsoft VC wizard template generated code so the generated code is more palatable

ComplexConverter - make configuration still more flexible

17 Apr 2008

Mr.PoorEnglish

Converting complex Object-structures to string and reverse. Storing the result in an application-setting improves configurations flexibility substantially

.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003Vista.NET3.0VB8.0VB9.0.NET3.5VB

The Four Steps of Programming

18 Oct 2010

John Paul Walker

How to think like a programmer

.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0WinXPWin2003VistaMonoDotGNU.NET3.0.NET3.5

QuickHex

9 Mar 2000

Shankar Chandra Bose

A Hex Viewer Shell Extension.

VC7.1WinXPVS.NET2003C++WindowsDevIntermediate

Another Profiler for VC++

26 Nov 2006

S.C.Wong

A profiler which calculates the total and execution time elapsed for each function profiled

Using Class Templates with Fake Parameters in Derived Classes.

21 Aug 2007

Alexei Valyaev

An article provide new C++ idom to avoid code duplication.

VC7VC7.1VC8.0WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

The Story of Const

21 May 2003

Rahul Singh

This is an article about the const keyword, its details and why you should worry about it.

C++CWindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner

Fullname Tutorial Part 1

14 Jul 2009

gbd77rc

How to extract the full name from an assembly including the public key token

C#.NETBeginner

.NET like Delegates in Unmanaged C++

26 Sep 2002

Jörgen Sigvardsson

This article describes a design pattern on how to implement generic delegates as found in .NET, but using ordinary/unmanaged C++

VC7WindowsVisual-StudioDevAdvanced

Servex - using batch files for remote ftp

14 Apr 2004

David Q

Remote Commands on a Computer

VistaVS2008WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediateF#Win2008Win7VS2010

How To Learn F#

21 Feb 2010

logicchild

An article that explains some ways to learn the F# language

The Beginner's Guide to Using Enum Flags

10 Jan 2009

toxcct

An article explaining the rudiments of how to deal with Flags in C++

C++CWindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner

Maven Build for .NET Application

18 Mar 2011

Rajamohan.Rajendran

How to build a .NET application using Maven

C#WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Salesforce Basics

22 Dec 2011

Bangla Gopal Surya Prakash

How to work with Leads package in salesforce

All-TopicsTopics

Hiding a combo's list after selection

4 Jul 2002

Paul Vickery

How to hide a combo's list after selection if the selection starts a long operation

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Tips and Traps for young programmers

24 Apr 2003

Brigsoft

Kill your program before the user will do it! Traps techniques and VC++/C++ notes for beginners

VC6VC7VC7.1WindowsVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

GNU GPL for Dummies

14 Apr 2008

TheBigRedDog

Synopsis of GPL v3 discussed in simple terms

CEOArchitectDevDesignBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedAll-Topics

Customizable Text with Replacement Variables

3 Nov 2009

byapparov

An article on how to use text template with replacement variables in VBA

VB6VBWindowsOfficeBeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Optimizing QuickSort

6 Jan 2011

John Paul Walker

Some things we can do to make QuickSort more efficient

CIntermediateRecursiveSortingAlgorithms

How to send a user-defined message with SendMessage, PostMessage or PostThreadMessage

21 Jan 2004

Georg Bedenk

How to send a user-defined message with SendMessage, PostMessage or PostThreadMessage

VC6VC7C++/CLIWindows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

The Stupid XOR Trick

13 Aug 2002

Andreas S. Franci Gonçalves

Explaining the phenomenon of x^=y^=x^=y;

Matrix/Vector Multiplication Optimization

14 Sep 2005

aurelien400

This article describes a way to make matrix vector multiplication faster.

VC6WinXPDevIntermediate

Get the Start Button Handle

23 Mar 2002

AFShin Dehghani

Get the Start button handle and manage it.

VC6Win2KWinXPMFCDevIntermediate

Compressing and Uncompressing Files in Java

7 Jan 2009

Thilina S Hasantha

In this article, I’ll show you how to compress and extract files easily in Java using ziputil.jar.

JavaJava SE

Squeeze Sort: A New Sorting Technique

18 Mar 2006

Mohammad Ashraful Alam

This article presents a new sorting technique. According to a certain characteristic of the distribution of data elements, performance of sorting can be highly improved.

WindowsDevAdvanced

A Primitive Spellchecker in Microsoft C++ 6.0

20 Apr 2003

ITSTH

This article demonstates how to use Microsoft C++ as a spellchecker while programming by making excessive use of the user-defined keyword feature

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevBeginner

A function to retrieve the directory of a program

24 Feb 2002

Brad Bruce

A small function to retrieve the directory a program is being executed from

VC6Win2KVisual-StudioMFCDevBeginner

Tips for Beginner when Creating First Desktop Application

3 Jan 2009

Rupesh Kumar Swami

An article for beginners that describes that how can we apply form level validation and some common database functions

WinXPVistaVB8.0VB9.0VBBeginner

Create a SQL Database Programmatically

24 Oct 2008

Moustafar

In this article, I will explain how to use Microsoft SQL Management Objects (SMO) to create a Microsoft SQL database from C# code.

.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaSQL-server-2005C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0VB9.0

Secure Coding Best Practices for Memory Allocation in C and C++

17 May 2006

Richard Lewis

Straight-to-the-point reckoner for avoiding security issues when allocating memory in C and C++ by Richard Lewis

C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner

Testing for Empty String

21 Feb 2008

PIEBALDconsult

A brief comparison of techniques of testing for empty strings

.NETDevBeginner

Using FormatMessage

4 Feb 2002

Joseph M. Newcomer

An example of one of the most effective uses of the the call to FormatMessage

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Programming Tips

17 Feb 2003

Gilad Novik

Tips to write useful code

VC6VC7WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Visual Studio Find/Replace Regular Expression Usage

22 Mar 2007

Mike Lang

Find/Replace text in Visual Studio using regular expressions

WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner

The seven secrets of successful programmers

20 Oct 2003

Duncan Edwards Jones

7 tips to make you a better citizen in the developer community.

Implementing the __FUNCTION__ Macro in VC++ 6.0

27 Mar 2006

hector [.j.] rivas

Tired of searching for the __FUNCTION__ macro to debug your apps in VC++ 6.0? Here's a little overkill to replicate it

VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Removing debug information from .obj files

3 May 2000

Tibor Blazko

A small program for removing debug information from object files that aids incrementally linking extremely large projects.

Grouping project files into folders

19 Jan 2000

Jeremiah Talkar

A tip on organising your project files in the DevStudio Workspace window

VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevBeginner

Creating your own GUIDs

17 Jul 2001

Joseph M. Newcomer

A simple method of creating a unique name or identifier.

VC6Win2KVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Detect and run the default mail client

24 Sep 2002

Sardaukar

Programatically get the default mail client using registry

C++WindowsVisual-StudioSTLDevBeginner

Use of PIMPL Design Pattern

6 Feb 2007

Le Sourcier

Explain why and how to use PIMPL

Using Bounced E-mail Messages to Clean Your Address List

15 Jul 2002

John Alessi, Quiksoft Corporation

An easy and accurate way to use bounced messages to clean your address list.

.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaC#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0.NET3.5C#

An Objective Analysis of Language Performance - 1) Math Functions

26 Apr 2008

Derek Bartram

This article, the first of a series of articles, presents an objective analytical analysis of language performance for Java and C# .NET

Disable System Close Button on a Console Application

6 Dec 2003

John L. DeVito

This code is a simple way to disable the close button on a Windows Console Application. It can also be used to disable any of the system menu buttons

VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003Visual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

How Can I Get the Address of KeServiceDescriptorTableShadow

26 May 2008

Try and try

Explain how to get the address of KeServiceDescriptorTableShadow

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPVistaC++/CLIC

How to Store and Retrieve a ConnectionString from a Web.Config or App.Settings File

26 Mar 2009

Vuyiswa Maseko

How to Store and Retrieve a ConnectionString from a Web.Config or App.Settings File

.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0SQL2000SQL-server-2005C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0C#ASP.NET

Opening unsupported document types in Visual Studio .NET using IE

2 Nov 2002

Paul Reeder

This article explains how to use Internet Explorer add-ins to view documents that cannot be usually viewed from inside Visual Studio.

VC7.NET1.0Win2KWinXPC#VBASP.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Simple Thoughts on Code Quality

25 Sep 2008

Kivanc Ozuolmez

For the software itself, it is easier to discuss its quality by measuring its performance, memory usage, number of the bugs etc. But what if we talk about the code file, how can we write code that we are proud of.

ArchitectDevQADesignBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedAll-Topics

Using UNION when porting a Fortran EQUIVALENCE code

8 Mar 2003

Gabor Kalman

Using UNION when porting a Fortran EQUIVALENCE code.

VC6Visual-StudioDevIntermediate

C++ coding styles, ways to create solid code

13 Feb 2001

Ivan Martynov

Samples of C++ coding styles that will help you to create solid code

VC6VC7VC7.1WindowsDevIntermediate

Broadcast a message to multiple instances of an application

30 Jun 2004

bijua2001

Broadcast a message to multiple instances of an application

GetVersionEx API for Windows Millenium Edition

14 Jul 2003

Griffter UK

Ever wondered why that GetVersion function reported your operating system was Windows 98, when infact it is indeed Windows ME?

VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003Visual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Adhoc Refactoring with Visual Studio's "Replace in Files"

13 Apr 2009

conanc

One of my favorite refactoring tools is Visual Studio's "Replace in Files" dialog

C#2.0C#3.0C#WindowsVisual-StudioArchitectDevQABeginnerIntermediate

Application Terror

28 May 2002

Andreas S. Franci Gonçalves

How to (really) annoy your friends and foes or even your boss.

VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Structure Bit Ordering : Using ntoh and hton when transfering data between different platforms

11 Mar 2002

lucy

Some traps to lookout when packing bits into a structure

C#2.0C#3.0C#ADO.NETBeginnerC#4.0VS2010

Disadvantages of SqlParameters Turned into Advantages

10 Aug 2011

digimanus

When using SqlParameters in a query, the array of Parameters can give a headache. How to prevent the use of paracetamol.

va_list, va_start, va_pass!!! or how to pass variable-argument list to next va-function

29 Mar 2005

araud

trick to pass variable-argument list to next va-function

VC6VC7.1WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Development Inline Comment while working in team

23 Jan 2005

Jigar Mehta

Inline Development Comments Automation

SQLWindowsVisual-StudioDBADevIntermediate

Locking shareware functions

18 Sep 2003

va_dev

This article describes how to lock some functions in a shareware product. Users can unlock them only after obtaining keyfile

VC6VC7VC7.1WindowsDevIntermediate

Impersonate as another user to run a program

23 Feb 2010

zlike

Extend the "runas" command to run a program as a specified user.

C++WindowsDevBeginner

Bad coding Practices

16 Nov 2008

Gopi Krishna Nuti

Bad coding practices

C++C++/CLICC#DevQADesignBeginnerIntermediate

Validating E-Mails & Phone Number

21 Feb 2002

Brad Bruce

Routines to validate E-Mail addresses and Phone numbers

VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevBeginner

C# Image Download

3 Apr 2008

ThunderDK

How to easy download images from the web and save as bitmap supported format.

C#2.0C#3.0C#

Mangling issues - VC 6.0 and VC 8.0

24 Jun 2007

kris_raj

How mangling changes in VC++ 6.0 and VC 8.0 can cause problems in your existing application and how to solve it.

VC6VC8.0VS2005WindowsMFCDevIntermediate

Functor as event engine

8 Mar 2005

araud

Functor implementation. Event mechanism creation.

VC7.1Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003VS2005DevIntermediate

Cohesion of Methods

14 Jul 2005

Balamurali Balaji

This articles focuses on building your classes and the cohesion factors you need to keep in mind while writing programs.

VBWindows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate

Class function callback

3 May 2005

Tydia-kun

Shows how to make callback to functions within classes that are non-static.

VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaC++/CLI.NET

High color splash screen using the "Splash Screen Component" in VS

24 May 2002

Rajesh Parikh

How to create splash screens that display more than 256 colors

VC6Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate

Take user's action within "loop forever"

25 Dec 2002

zarzor

How to take user's action when your program is busy.

DevIntermediate

Software Architect Simple Way 1 of ??

5 Oct 2008

The DevMan

A series for simplifying the learning of software architecture

.NET1.1.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaWinMobile2003C#2.0.NET3.0C#3.0

Extreme Game Programming

19 Sep 2004

skywind3000

A Smallest Game Demo Code

WindowsDevASMIntermediate

The Way I See a DAL

3 Jul 2008

strofo

An article on designing a DAL in a personal way

C#2.0.NET3.0C#Windows.NETDevIntermediate

Object Oriented Principles

28 Sep 2004

Milind Murlidhar Shingade

Explains object oriented principles

VC7.1Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003DevIntermediate

C++ Coding Culture - Part I

19 Apr 2005

Vivek Ragunathan

An article on C++ coding style, practices and discipline.

Cost Reduced Swap

8 Dec 2006

jeyakumarrr

Swapping in C++

WindowsDevBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedPowerBuilder

PowerBuilder ‘Gotcha’ – Grid Datawindows with Picture Controls

29 Jun 2012

Matt Balent

So I’m working on a ‘dashboard’ style datawindow in an application which shows a grid of data along with some graphics so the user can easily see changes/important stuff. There are a number of reasons to use a grid datawindow for this, especially since they can easily be changed by

VistaVS2008WindowsVisual-StudioDesignAdvancedVS2010

Programming Tips - Installers

Setup-Dialogs - Own BannerBitmap and SplashBitmap

21 Aug 2010

Klaus Ruttkowski

This article describes the lasting integration of own BannerBitmap and SplashBitmap

gInstall & Mr Skinner

1 May 2003

Jonathan [Darka]

Demonstrates how to create a skinned setup application using gInstall.

Win2KWinXPWin2003DevIntermediate