We often end up having code that evaluates various states on a class, just to figure out what other code needs to execute. This little tip is something that we have implemented and we have been able to get noticeable improvements in execution time.

Introduction to Terracotta

by VinayakIyer

A brief introduction to Terracotta

IO: A Small Streaming I/O and UTF-32 Library

by honey the codewitch

Add UTF-32 support and easy foreach streaming to your apps

Is a Point inside a Polygon?

by grinbergnir

A short and efficient algorithm for checking point inclusion in a polygon.

JavaScript Toast notification for the websites and HTML5 apps using toastr.js

by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this small tip, I will talk about toastr.js. A simple JavaScript library to create toast notifications for websites and single page applications.

LazyWeakReference

by kosmoh

A simple class for implementing Lazy Phoenix-like weak reference.

Linq Except Operator to Get NonEmployee And Employee collection

by santosh poojari

This is most general collection operation that we come across daily. Its set based operation using LINQ Except Operator.

ListActivity setSelection within onCreate()

by JIANGWilliam

Specify the displayed position before launching a ListActivity

Locking for internal operations

by Mehdi Gholam

Pausing external operations on an object when you want to lock the object for internal operations.

Mule ESB: Creating a Simple Synchronous File Reader

by Rahul Kumar 1991

Creating a simple Synchronous File Reader

MVC v/s MVP - How Common and How Different

by Neeraj.Soni

A comparative introduction to MCV and MVP

Numeric before alpha sort in LINQ

by ThunderDK

Shows how to sort strings in LINQ ordering numbers as first word in order

Providing Mobile Support for Enterprise Applications

by Mani Murthy

Various ways to provide mobility support to existing applications

Random Unique Code Generator

by Sukant Shekhar

Creation of random and unique code

ResourceUtility: A Small Class for Dealing with Resources

by honey the codewitch

Solve some common resource complications in .NET with this simple utility class

Scope of Return Statement

by Joshi, Rushikesh

Scope of Return Statement, Reachable Code and Behavior in Finally Block

Session 1: Setup SoftEther L2TP server on Amazon AWS Ubuntu

by WoodyMou

Session 1: Setup SoftEther L2TP server on Amazon AWS Ubuntu

Simple Word Wrapping in C#

by honey the codewitch

Easily word wrap strings of text in C#

Software Development Process

by V.

The easy view of the Software Development Process

Some of the Anti Patterns

by Atulkumar P Patel

Anti Patterns are wrong practice followed by Developers. They are opposite to Design Patterns.

Specifying Ports When Running Applications in Visual Studio

by Rion Williams

This post will provide a short walk-through for handling and updating these areas of your application to gain more control over debugging, testing and running your applications through Visual Studio.

Static/Dynamic Dispatch - ReExplained

by Lalit_Chandra

Static, Single or Dynamic Dispatch is the ability of an object-oriented method call to invoke different methods at runtime based on the type of the object.

Swaping values of two variable without temporary variable

by chevu

I don't know whether these type of tips are allowed or not. But after having experience of core algorithm-base technical interview I thought I should share question I was asked in my interview.They asked me to show all methods I know to swap values of two variables.I Tried my level best...

Swaping values of two variable without temporary variable

by WebBiscuit

There is also InterlockedExchange (or your operating system's equivalent).long a = 1;long b = 2;b = InterlockedExchange(&a, b);

Synch Point Commit, Back out and Correlation id

by Ritesh_Singh

Asynchronous communication through messaging using Websphere MQ Synch Point Commit, Back out and correlation id

Templates Add Life

by Brady Kelly

DevExpress eXpressApp Framework (XAF), a really powerful application framework for ASP.NET and Windows Forms applications.

The Kinect Mouse Controller C#

by Saad Mousliki

In this tip, I will describe how to implement a cursor controller in your project that use the Kinect to control the mouse of your PC.