Web developers often make the same errors as each other when implementing accessibility - find out what these are and how to avoid making these mistakes.

10 Points for Better Software Quality

by Marcell Lipp

10 suggestions to reach better software quality, Architect, Dev, Design, Manager, QA

2D Drawing Plug-in

by vikas maan

Draw primitive graphics on your window.

3 Best Practices for GUID data in MongoDB

by Tomasz Naumowicz

Take a closer look at scenarios where working with GUID and UUID in a MongoDB environment becomes tricky. We will make you aware of those configurations and provide a set of best practices to follow.

5 F-A-Qs Every PM NEEDS to Read

by mkowlowitz

5 F-A-Qs regarding project management and project management software

7 Tips for Loading JavaScript Rich Web 2.0-like Sites Significantly Faster

by Omar Al Zabir

Learn the principle behind Microsoft's new Doloto and 6 other cool techniques that I did in Pageflakes to load large amounts of JavaScript without compromising performance

8 guidelines for usability testing

by timfidgeon

Eight essential guidelines for usability testing, helping you to plan, run and analyse usability tests.

A Brief Discussion On Visual Studio 2010 Top Features

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

This is a brief discussion on the top features of Visual Studio 2010.

A Bug Fix That Has Least Impact On Existing and Future Codes

by scott_liu

Sometimes, a bug fix cannot meet the challenges by a regression test. So thinking twice for a better solution is worthwhile for troubleshooting and bug fixes.

A Class for Creating a Trace Log

by Robert Pittenger, MCPD-EAD

A class for creating a Trace log

A Command Line Implementation of C# Made for Teaching. Also a Command Line Calculator (.NET 2)

by Timothy the lion

A command line calculator I am writing to help me teach a 9 year old to code

A Deterministic Finite Automaton Class in C#

by hanzzoid

A simple C# class implementation of a DFA for testing purposes

A DiagnosticDictionary

by Marc Clifton

Making the "the given key was not present" message more informative.

A first look at the Windows Web Services API

by Nish Nishant

The article shows how to interop between a WCF service and a WWS client, and also how to rewrite the WCF service in WWS retaining compatibility with existing WCF clients.

A Generic Approach to Debug Tracing and Logging

by maskisland

A generic tracing library implementation.

A Handy Debugging Macro for Switch Statements

by Michael Dunn

A macro to help alert you if unreachable is ever reached

A look at STL/CLR performance for linear containers

by Nish Nishant

The performance of STL/CLR sequence containers are compared with that of corresponding BCL generic collection classes

A Note on Jenkins

by Dr. Song Li

Note on the Jenkins automation server

A Practical Approach to Computer Systems Design and Architecture

by Nirosh

This article gives an introduction to system designing and architecture. It introduces a new concept that allows beginners to easily break and design complex software systems. It uses a modular based development approach with a pattern that we all practice in our day to day life.

A Screen Capture Utility

by Ken.Huang

A screen capture utility for developers as well as generic users.

A Simple Driver for Linux OS

by Apriorit Inc, Danil Ishkov

In this article, I am going to describe the process of writing and building of a simple driver-module for Linux OS

A simple RemoteSensing program

by shahin namini

A remote sensing program to be used by land sat pictures

A simple solution to see the inside of your code

by Maze

A simple solution to see the inside of your code.

A Slice of Cucumber

by Zebedee Mason

Visual C++ tests are created from Gherkin DSL feature files using a Python 2.7 script

A Tool to Compare SQL Database Schema Versions

by Lindsey Lewis

An article about a tool for comparing SQL database schema versions

A Tool to View a LIB

by Ramanan.T

Useful tool to view functions in a library (.LIB) file and export them to a header (.H) file

A11Y and I18N Testing of Java based GUIs

by Dr. Ivan S Zapreev

In this article, I am going to discuss the A11Y and I18N testing of Java based GUIs

Accessibility audit vs. accessibility testing

by Trenton Moss

Article outlining the difference between the two accessibility evaluation methods: The accessibility audit and accessibility testing.

Add Crash Reporting to Your Applications with the CrashRpt Library

by Mike Carruth

This article describes how to use the CrashRpt library to generate crash report for your application that can be debugged using WinDbg or VS.NET.

Add Item to Binded Combo Box

by Ali Raza Shaikh

This article shows how a new item can be added to a data binded combo box

Adding security to our NoteKeeper JQuery Mobile App

by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Provide functionality to Sign In and Sign Up to enable security for our NoteKeeper JQuery Mobile App.

Address Book Grabber

by Himanshu_Jain

Address Book Grabber

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

by conanc

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

Advanced .NET Debugging Extracting Information from Memory

by Rene Pally

Advanced .NET Debugging Extracting Information from Memory

Advanced Enum Usage with examples

by JIANGWilliam

Exploit Enum typename and member definitions, as well as Method Extension of Enum.

Advanced Logging For All Kind of Applications

by Oleksandr Kucherenko

Simple to use classes for logging and tracing

Advanced Observer Design Pattern via Events – Design Patterns Automation Testing

by Anton Angelov

Create an extendable test execution in automation tests via Observer Design Pattern. Explains an implementation in C# via events and delegates.

Advanced WPF TreeViews in C#/VB.Net Part 3 of n

by Dirk Bahle, Alaa Ben Fatma

Tips & tricks on visting and searching nodes in WPF TreeViews

Agents and Multi-agent Systems

by Salman Jamali

This article discusses the paradigm shift in the way we model our information systems

Agile Case Study - Cayen Systems

by Bryan O'Connell, rcarlson-cayen, Cayen Systems

Information and observations from an Agile transformation at a small software company in Milwaukee, WI.

Agile Development Checklist

by Liam McLennan

The purpose of this article is to define a set of ideal practices for an agile software development project.

Agile Software Development Basics and fundamentals

by Yahya Mohammed Ammouri

An explanation of Agile Software Development basics and fundamentals (What is Agile, Agile values, Agile principles, Agile umbrella, Agile vs. Waterfall, advantage, disadvantage, Usage and Obstacles).

Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them

by Monjurul Habib

Introduction to Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. It is about how to work together to achieve a common goal. This article focus on how technology team work together well to plan, build and deliver software.

Agile Testing: Best to Keep Customers Happy

by HARISHCHOWDHARY

Discussion about agile testing

All About Test Part 1 - Choosing Your Tests

by Simeon Sheye

Beyond basic unit tests, how do you choose your tests and when are you done?

All About Test Part 2 - Testing Stateful System

by Simeon Sheye

How to manage state and simulate behavior against the system under test.

AMLog, easy logging

by Anders Molin

A small utility to make easy logging to files

AMX – Application Message and eXception Handling

by Ross White

A C++ class enabling retrieval and display of compiled message files.

An Application Deployment System for ASP.NET

by Ting Huang

This is an application deployment system for ASP.NET, including code-based or non-code publishing of DEV to QA, QA to Staging and Staging to Production. Asynchronous technique is used in this project to handle long-running processes such as file copy, status update and application warm-up.

An explorative peek into generating deterministic primes through a multi-level multi-language tunneling apparatus

by Nish Nishant, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, Glenn Quagmire

This paper is a summary of a research exercise conducted in conjunction by Nish Sivakumar, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, and Glenn Quagmire.

An Introduction to Debugging in MSVC++ using Pseudoregisters

by Wouter Dhondt

Explanation of the debugger pseudoregisters like @ERR, @TIB

An LCS based diff-ing library in C#

by Nish Nishant

This is an LCS based diff library that was written for the Code Project Lean and Mean diff engine contest

An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

by Nish Nishant

This article shows you how to add menu items to the system menu and attach command handlers in an MVVM compatible fashion

An Often Overlooked Game Performance Metric—Frame Time

by Android on Intel

The frame rate, or frames per second (FPS), while being a viable and simple method of measurement, is not the be-all and end-all data to consider when assessing performance. Another important metric to consider regarding frames is frame time.

An Open Source FileManagement Component Helps Developing File-required Systems Easier in .NET

by Eunge

The component is designed to save the effort on developing file-required systems through its easy APIs and integration with ASP.NET web development, e.g. a product requires attachments and thumbnails in a product management system.

Another article about big O notation

by KP Lee

Another perspective on the big O estimation process

Another Generic Util for Easily Testing REST Methods

by B. Clay Shannon

Easily test REST methods that do not include args in routing attributes

ANTS Profiler

by Redgate Software

Understand how your .NET application uses memory

ANTS Profiler 2.7 – A code profiler with a pedigree

by Redgate Software

This article describes how you can use ANTS Profiler to eliminate performance hotspots and memory leaks from your .NET applications.

ANTS Profiler: How to reduce the number of objects that you see in the 'All objects' panel

by Redgate Software

This time we’re going to present a short tip for using ANTS Profiler, explaining how ANTS Profiler lets you quickly reduce the number of objects that you are looking at.

Application Error Handling: How to Avoid Death by a Thousand Cuts

by Bryan_Sullivan

Learn about the best practices that should be followed when creating error messages, including important guidelines that should be taken into consideration.

Application to migrate data between different environments using the ADO.NET 2.0 SqlBulkCopy

by siva pinnaka

This article explains how to migrate data between different SQL Server environments.

Approach to unit testing of .NET database applications with NDbUnit and XPath queries

by Serioja Sidorov

The focus is on how one can test the content of a database to see if it adheres to certain assumptions

Approaches, Styles, or Philosophies in Software Development

by Ilka Guigova

What is a KISS? Just a reminder.

Are You Mocking Me?!

by Paul M Watt

Are you mocking me?

Article Four: Building a UI Platform in C# - Painting Text to the Pixel

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

GDI+: Getting control of MeasureString, DrawString and MeasureCharacterRanges.

Article One: Building a UI Platform in C# - Drag and Drop

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

The initial architecture for drag and drop takes flight.

Article SubZero: CaseBase, A Testing Framework for C#

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

Describes a testing framework for use with Visual Studio and C#.

Article Three: Building a UI Platform in C# - The Control Composite

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

Use TranslateTransform and Clip to effectively paint child controls.

Article Two: Building a UI Platform in C# - Testing via UI Animation

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

Describes an implementation of UI animation for the support of Test-Driven Development.

Article Zero: Building a UI Platform

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

Building a UI platform in C#

Asking the Right Question: Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Analysis Tools, Which is Best?

by Dennis Hurst

Vulnerability analysis tools and penetration testing are important parts of securing your web applications. Learn more about how the web application security industry has evolved and how to ensure the security of your applications.

ASP .Net Web Page Optimization Checklist

by Paladugu Sai Krishna

This article gives a simple checklist that can be simply run on any ASP .Net Web Page to optimize it.

ASP.NET - C# Application Environment Backsplash

by Kenneth Young

Demonstrates how to diplay a backsplash image in an ASP.NET application by taking advantage of inheritance.

ASP.NET - New Password Strength Indicator using jQuery and XML v2.0

by Bryian Tan

ASP.NET Password Strength Indicator/Checker Version 2.0 somewhat similar to AJAX PasswordStrength extender control behavior and implemented by utilizing jQuery and XML.

ASP.NET AJAX Testing Made Easy using Visual Studio 2008 Web Test

by Omar Al Zabir

A collection of ExtractionRules, ValidationRules, and Request Plugin that makes ASP.NET and AJAX website testing painless. No need to record tests, write parameterized tests using server-side control names, handle UpdatePanels, simulate clicks on buttons - all from Web Test.

ASP.NET Mobile Handset Detection, Redirection & Development Made Easy

by Amimpat

This article explains approaches to determine if an HTTP request is coming from a mobile phone and then redirecting the request to a page optimized for a mobile browser.

ASP.NET Session End Event Fires Immediately After Session Start - Resolved

by TheCodeKing

What you should know about Session Start/End events in order to protect your application from possible performance issues.

Atata - C# Web Test Automation Framework

by Yevgeniy Shunevych

An introduction to Atata C#/.NET web UI test automation full-featured framework based on Selenium WebDriver

Auto Clicker C#

by Avi Bar

A program that simulates mouse and keyboard

Auto Memory Dump on Crash of an Application

by hichetu

Configuring auto memory dump and manually walking through the stack

Automate MSI Installer

by Durgesh Nakkani

This tool copies MSI installers from a distributed server and installs it on a VM Wrokstation

Automate your UI using Microsoft Automation Framework

by Ashish Kaila

Learn how to leverage UI automation in testing your UI and also to support accessibility features

Automated Test System: Part I

by GamePlanner

The article attempts to demonstrate a way of testing in the .NET framework. This is just a demonstration of how we can do automated testing in C# .NET.

Automated Testing in Silverlight

by Bernhard Deininger

Simulate user interactions in a Silverlight application to create automated tests

Automated Testing Of Web Pages Using Selenium-Web Driver

by Gautham Prabhu K

A quick look into Selenium which allows us to automate testing of web pages.

Automated UI Testing - An Alternative Approach for Agile Teams

by Steve Aube 1

This article describes a new alternative approach for Automated Testing of User Interfaces (UI).

Automated UI Testing with Guia

by Guia-Project

Unit-Testing of WPF User Controls via UI automation

Automated UI tests with Watin in ASP NET MVC

by Robert Corvus

How to create automated browser tests in ASP NET MVC using Watin

Automated Visual Regression Testing on Cloud for Beginners

by Suhagkumar Vamja

In this article, we see what visual regression testing is and how it shapes the automation testing world with the help of automated visual regression testing tools.

Automatic Birthday Scrap to Orkut Friends Using WATiN

by jawed.ace

By using this application, Orkut users can send birthday wishes scrap to their friends without fail and even without logging into Orkut site

Automatic Dropdown Lists for Razor Views

by Brady Kelly

Using a metadata attribute and editor template for DropDown lists in Razor

Automatically Translate your .NET resource files with Google Translate

by Satishkumar.B

This article talks about building an application to translate .NET resource files like .resx and .js using Google Translate, for internationalization testing.

Automating ASP.NET Web Application Project Build Using CruiseControl.Net and MSBuild

by Judy Joy

This article describes how to automate an ASP.NET Web Application project build using CruiseControl.Net and MSBuild

Automation Enabler PlugIn - Exposes Inaccessible Elements to UI Automation Framework

by Kumar, Ravikant

A reusable plug-in framework which exposes inaccessible elements to UI Automation framework. A must for .NET 2.0 WinForm container controls

Automation Utility Using Open-Source Tool: WatiN

by Diwakar Gupta

An article on creating a wrapper utility over the WatiN library.

Azure Storage : Azure Blob Storage for Developers

by sanathjs

This article briefs you about the Azure blob storage and how to use it in less than 10 steps.

Bad coding Practices

by Gopi Krishna Nuti

Bad coding practices

Bare bones SourceSafe journal monitor

by David Catriel

A simple and straightforward tool to monitor and report SourceSafe database changes.

Basic Calculating TextBox in VB.NET

by Member 10951710

A simple extension to the original TextBox, allowing simple calculations (+, /, *, -)

BDD using SpecFlow on ASP.NET MVC Application

by Rajesh Pillai

I will give a walkthrough of the story of registering a new user using BDD on an ASP.NET MVC application.

Beginning Hybrid Mobile App Development with Corona SDK

by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Beginning Hybrid Mobile App Development with Corona SDK - Display Objects

by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Display objects and get user input with Corona SDK and Lua

Behavioral: A BDD library for better organizing your unit tests

by garymcleanhall

A Behavior Driven Design (BDD) library adding a clearer syntax and better organization to unit tests. Currently tested working with NUnit and MSTest.

Behavior-Driven Development with NBehave

by Dmitri Nеstеruk

A BDD tutorial using NBehave and MbUnit.

Beyond guidelines: Advanced accessibility techniques

by Trenton Moss

Find out how to go beyond the W3C accessibility guidelines and offer a truly accessible web experience.

Beyond Localization: Software for a Global Audience

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Delivering software globally goes far beyond simply localizing. This article covers cultures, graphics, text spacing and more.

Big O Algorithm Analyzer for .NET

by dawright, ProtoBytes

A heurisitc graphing tool to help discover 'Big O Notation' function thru infinite asymptotic's and instrumentation.

Bing Web Search SDK

by Michael Dodaro

How to use the Bing Search SDK to programmatically find Web pages, News, Images, Video.

BizDraw framework for .NET

by Hayder Marzouk

A small framework to design and print documents containing shapes, text, images, bar codes...

BizUnit 4.0 TestStep for MQSC (Ibm Websphere Message Queue).

by Himanshu Thawait

New TestStep in BizUnit 4.0 for MQSC

BizUnit Context Tutorial

by Santosh Benjamin

This article explains how to use the Context object, a key part of the BizUnit framework.

Black Jack Using Scrum – Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

by Shai Raiten

How I used Scrum as guide for gambling in Vegas

Breadcrumb in MVC

by John C Rayan

MvcSiteMapProvider Example

Bringing RISK to the Digital World

by Intel

This case study examines the process that game developer Marmalade followed as it created an electronic version of Hasbro’s classic board game, RISK: The Game of Global Domination.

Bringing Sanity and Order to Device Testing

by Aaron Gustafson

When dealing with the insane proliferation of web-enabled devices and the great unknown of where our websites will go, it pays to take a step back and focus on what’s important.

Browser Detection using ASP.NET

by Chris Maunder

Using and updating your machine.config file to better detect browser type in ASP.NET

Bug Tracking Add-in Tool for Microsoft VS.NET 2005

by Elementool.com

Enables software developers to easily track, manage project bugs and tasks

Build a Blog Site in 15 Minutes with WebMatrix

by Laurence Moroney-MSFT

How to use WebMatrix to build a blog site in 15 minutes or less

Build Windows Event Log Watcher Service Process to Export Event Log Entries as RSS Feed

by aleksisa

Build Windows Event Log Watcher Service Process to Export Event Log Entries as RSS feed

Bulk INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE in LINQ to SQL

by Muhammad Shujaat Siddiqi

This article discusses SET based operations involving INSERT / UPDATE and DELETE using LINQ to SQL.

Business Logic with Entity Framework

by Bishoy Demian

How to use Entity framework to do some basic logic when a change happens in related Entities or Associations

Business Object Introduction

by derekliang

This article is going to be served as an introduction to Expert C# 2005 Business Object by RockFord Lhotka which was written for business application developer.

Business Rules Management Systems

by Biz A

Business Rules Management Systems to the Rescue

Bypass ASP.NET unauthorized redirect to a login page

by Ala Hamad

How to bypass ASP.NET unauthorized redirect to a login page.

C# ATLCOM Interop code snipperts - Part 1

by Gopi Krishna Nuti

Code snippets detailing Interop programming in C# and ATLCOM

C# Source for SQL Formatting

by Mitchell Vines

Source code for SQL formatting (now with formatting options)--as opposed to a utility, web service or plug-in/add-on...

C# vs C/C++ Performance

by User 1556233

Comparison of Performance of C++ and C#

C#, Visual Basic and C++ .NET Line Count Utility

by richnewman

A utility to count the number of lines in a C#, VB or C++ .NET solution or project

C++/CLI HowTo : Deriving from a C# disposable class

by Nish Nishant

This article walks through the implementation of a C++/CLI class from a disposable C# base.

Call tree for C# programs

by Louis T Klauder Jr

A simple C# user function call tree lister.

Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM)

by Muhammad Amjad

Business process management and Quality improvement concepts

Capture Code Snippet Execution Time

by Bert O Neill

Log the duration a snippet of code takes, with this NuGet package called SnippetDurationLogger

CareerBytes: Writing a Technical Resume That Works

by gledgard, zoeg

How to effectively target your audience and message through a traditional resume

Catching Memory Leaks

by Audrius Vasiliauskas

How catch memory leaks with very little effort

CConsole - A Simple Console for Debug Output

by User 6658

Show debug information in an easy to handle console

CD Beaver - Optical Media Storage Management

by thund3rstruck

Solution for Archiving & Managing Optical Media

Celero - A C++ Benchmark Authoring Library

by DigitalInBlue

This article discusses how to implement and use a template-based C++ benchmarking library.

Check NUnit test results from a batch script

by Sergiy Korzh

A small program which allows to check results generated by the nunit-console utility.

Check Spelling in the VS.NET IDE with SoftWidgets “Spell Code” Add-in

by SoftWidgets

Spell Code is a must-have add-in for all VS.NET developers looking to check the spelling of any text inside the .NET IDE. Check spelling in any code window, Windows Form, UserControl and ASPX, ASCX, HTML and RESX files.

Checklist for Unit & Unit Integration Testing

by Alexander Nowak

Things worthwhile checking when you're conducting or organizing unit and unit integration testing

Checksum Verification

by smoore4

Loop through all files in a folder/subfolders and run a checksum that is stored in a database. E-mail descrepancies and results.

Clean up long nesting loops

by Juri Krivoruchko

Helper library to replace long nesting for loops with compact, clear and manageable code

Clean Visual Studio Workspaces

by seazi

Clean Viusal Studio workspaces by deleting folders such as Release, Debug etc. and intermediate files.

CLI Performance Testing

by Biswas, Sumit

Command Line Interface (CLI) Performance Testing using java

Clog: Client Logging, Silverlight Edition

by Daniel Vaughan

A customizable log provider system that allows you to harness your existing logging system to log client side messages to your server. Includes a Silverlight interface and Log Viewer.

Clog: Client Logging, WPF Edition

by Daniel Vaughan

A customizable log provider system that allows you to harness your existing logging system to log client side messages to your server using WCF. Includes WPF sample applications.

Clone VSTS/TFS 2015 Test Suite with TFS API

by Metaphysico

How to clone Test Suites with Test Case References

Code Coverage for Regression Tests (Manual/Auto)

by snehal harawande

How to use code coverage during regression tests (auto/manual)

Code coverage from manual/automated testing of asp.net web sites, application

by ArindamNayak

This article explains how to get code coverage from asp.net website, web application , web service, stanalone executable etc..

Code Metrics, Code Smells, and Refactoring in Practice

by Maruis Marais

In this article, I describe how our team uses metrics to identify Code Smells and apply refactorings to correct these Code Smells. This example is real simple, but it shows exactly how some of the eXtreme programming practices are helping our team to maintain our code.

Code Project Posts Analyzer for Windows Phone 7

by Nish Nishant

This is a WP7 application that will analyze your most recent posts and give you summarized statistics on your forum wide posting split up.

Code Quality Assurance in Visual Studio 2005 (C#, VB.NET)

by Alexander Nowak

An article about quality assurance options/tools in/for VS2005 for VB.NET and C# projects.

Code that debugs itself

by Andrew Schetinin

A set of macros for detecting and reporting critical errors, combined with a technique of writing solid code.

CodePage File Converter

by emad_awad

Used to convert Text Files to a different code-page

Colorizing the scrollbars of your application's window

by Habeeballah Hasnoddin

An article on colorizing the scrollbars of your application's window.

Comparison between Different Methods to Iterate Over a List of Items

by Michael Bookatz

Comparison between different methods to iterate over a list of items and see which method is the most effective

Complete Comparison for VB.NET and C#

by Amalorpavanathan Yagulasamy(AMAL)

This article explains about advantages, differences and new features of VB.NET and C#.

Complex numbers library in multiple languages

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article contains a basic overview of the complex numbers, and their creation and functions most specifically the operator overloading for arithmetic functions. Programming languages include Java, C++, C# and VB.NET at the moment.

ConfigurationParser for .NET

by DotNetCraft

This article describes one of the easiest ways to read configurations from the App.config.

Connecting code to business value - a foray into Behavior Driven Development

by lansoprazole

1-day trial of outside-in development from what you want to what you code.

Connection Pool for Application Clients in JBoss 3.2

by Yury Fedorov

This article describes how to resolve the problem of connections of application clients with database in JBoss 3.2.x

Context Help authoring anywhere/anytime/anyone for .NET application

by ZhaoRuFei

Write context Help anywhere/anytime/anyone for .NET application

Continuous Integration with CruiseControl

by Sean Chambers

Walks you through setting up a CruiseControl Build server with various tools

Continuous Integration with CruiseControl.net

by dorothyDorothy

Discusses the advantages of continuous integration going into some detail on automating unit tests and documentation. Includes example build files and configuration.

cout for MFC/Windows/Non Console Applications

by Dhananjay Gune

A trace macro which traces to a new console of the Windows application.

CProfile - A Simple Class to Do Code Profiling and Tracing

by Hernán Di Pietro

This simple class allows to profile code sections and optionally print time elapsed and tracing strings in different formats.

CPU Load Control

by jkhax0r

Demonstration to control the amount of CPU load used by your computer

CPUAlert: Save your CPU from Burning Hot and Battery Running Out Quickly

by Omar Al Zabir

CPUAlert monitors CPU and Memory consumption of processes and alerts you when they are taking too much consistently and gives you an option to recycle or terminate

Create a Class and its Collection in Memory, Create Objects from them and Bind them to DataGrid at RunTime using CodeDOM and Reflection

by Haitham Khedre

Create a Class and its Collection in Memory at RunTime, then generate objects and assign values and bind to datagrid using CodeDOM and Reflection

Create INSERT batch files easily with ScriptBuilder

by Gordon Kushner

Utility program for generating SQL Server INSERT scripts

Create Postfix from infix experssion.

by ali_reza_zareian

this article create postfix experssion from an infix experssion.

Create SQL Server Database Unit Tests

by Bert O Neill

Create unit tests for your stored procedures\triggers\functions and integrate into TFS continuous integration cycle

Create Your Own Kernel In C

by Pritam Zope

In this article we will create a simple kernel such as printing HelloWorld first and then writing functions for printing numbers, Keyboard I/O, Box Drawing GUI, and Tic-Tac-Toe game in kernel in C

Create Your Own TabControl In C#

by Pritam Zope

In this article, we will create a simple TabControl using only Buttons and Panels in C#.

Creating a Console for Your MFC App's Debug Output

by matthias s.

How to send debugging output to a console in a MFC application

Creating a Custom .NET Profiler

by scott_hackett

Describes how to create your own custom profiler for any managed application

Creating a RESTful API with Automatic Documentation on Azure App Service

by Hugo G Fernandez R

In this article, I will explain and show step by step how to implement through the swashbuckle library a good and useful documentation for your RESTful APIs created under the ASP.

Creating Auto Completion/Code Completion in C#

by Pritam Zope

In this Article we will create an Auto Completion/Code Completion Window using C# that automatically shows popup of the list of words or keywords and inserting those into a RichTextBox

Creating detail grid template at runtime using devexpress gridview

by Ali Adly

A simple example that shows how to create detail grid template at runtime using ASPxGridView

Creating Test Objects With FakeModel

by Member 9913858

An introduction to using FakeModel to create test aata for you.

Creating Unit tests for your c# code

by AmitGajjar

This test case is intended for understanding of how useful automated Unit tests

CSAStatusLog - status logger

by Chris Losinger

A very simple text logger that allows you to use printf-type formatting, with automatic application name and date stamping

CTracerST v1.0

by Davide Calabro

A flexible trace class for consistent application debug traces.

Custom Assembly Versioning with VS 2010 and MSBUILD Tasks

by Anas Karkoukli

Auto incrementing and custom versioning of assemblies with Visual Studio 2010 and MSBUILD using MSBUILD Tasks

Custom Error Messages with ELMAH

by Andreas Mertens

How to extend ELMAH to include additional details in the Error Log

Custom JSON Serializer for the Entity Framework

by S. M. Ahasan Habib

Custom JSON serializer for the Entity Framework

Custom SharePoint STSADM Commands

by Joerg Brunke

Writing custom commands for the stsadm.exe administration tool in SharePoint.

Customisable websites - the definitive guide

by Trenton Moss

ustomisable websites have recently become more and more popular - get the lowdown on when and why you should and shouldn't allow users to change pages on your website.

Data Driven Unit Testing for a DotNetNuke Private Assembly Module

by Bruce Chapman DNN

Using data driven unit tests with SQL Server CE for DotNetNuke private module development.

Database Deadlocks for Dummies

by Andrew J Dixon

Explaining Database deadlocking to non-technical people

Database Export Wizard for ASP.NET and SQL Server

by Olivier_Giulieri

A step wizard for ASP.NET to export database objects to CSV, TXT, HTML, XML, or SQL

Database script execution with test

by S. M. Ahasan Habib

Database script execution with testing

DataObjects.Net - ORM Framework for RAD - Introduction

by Thomas Maierhofer (Tom)

Introduction into the ORM Framework DataObjects.Net from x-tensive

Daylight Saving Time 2007: Update Windows Servers and Workstations

by smoore4

Search through your Active Directory structure to find Windows OSs then apply new Daylight Saving Time rules without paying for the hotfix update or needing to reboot due to Group Policy.

Debug logging with STL stream operators

by Johann Anhofer

An easy to use debug logger, implemented via a custom stream buffer.

Debug Toolkit

by Keith Westley

A complete debug toolkit to add intelligent debugging capability to your application.

Debug Tutorial Part 1: Beginning Debugging Using CDB and NTSD

by Toby Opferman

Learn how to debug problems in software.

Debug Tutorial Part 2: The Stack

by Toby Opferman

Introduction to the most important ally in the fight against bugs, the stack.

Debug Tutorial Part 3: The Heap

by Toby Opferman

Introduction to the heap.

Debug Tutorial Part 4: Writing WINDBG Extensions

by Toby Opferman

This tutorial we will attempt to write a simple debug extension.

Debug Tutorial Part 5: Handle Leaks

by Toby Opferman

Learn how to debug handle leaks in Windows.

Debug Tutorial Part 6: Navigating The Kernel Debugger

by Toby Opferman

Learn the basics of the kernel debugger.

Debug Tutorial Part 7: Locks and Synchronization Objects

by Toby Opferman

Learn the basics of debugging deadlocks and other issues.

Debug With Apps Displayed on Secondary Monitor

by #realJSOP

Here's some code that will automatically start your app on a secondary monitor if it's compiled with debug info.

Debug your ASP.NET Application while Hosted on IIS

by Abhijit Jana

This article describes how to debug a web application which is hosted on IIS. It also describes how to select the correct process to attach to when multiple worker processes are running

DebugBreak and ASSERTs that work always anywhere

by Stas Kondratiev

Demonstrates how you can improve the standard DebugBreak and ASSERTs to make them work always.

DebuggerEx – Customizing Visual C++ Debugger

by Brigil V

This is a Visual Studio add-in component built in ATL COM. This will help you to customize some features of the Visual C++ debugger. The addin will configure your own data types into debugger's tool-tip display using Autoexp.dat file.

Debugging & Testing Tips for Win9x

by Keith Rule

Debugging & Testing Tips from the Trenches

Debugging and Testing Made Easy (Part 1)

by Kumarpal Sheth

Some macros and tips to take the air out of bugs, and classes to make unit testing painless and simple

Debugging C++ public member variable modifications / accesses

by Vishal B Jadhav

A trick to use operator overloading to debug the public member variable modifications / accesses

Debugging Custom DLLs with InstallShield for MSVC 6.0 Professional

by Brian Davis

This article explains how to develop, integrate, and debug custom DLLs using InstallShield's CallDLLFx function.

Debugging in Visual Studio with OzCode

by Igal Tabachnik

Why you should use OzCode to debug your C# code in Visual Studio

Debugging Managed Applications in Windows CE Devices

by Sreekesh NK

Debugging Managed applications in Windows CE devices without using ActiveSync.

Debugging output through network

by _duk_

Send debugging output through UDP protocol

Debugging Release Mode Problems

by Keith Rule

A classic article on how to debug your release build applications

Debugging Technique: Logger for making logs in many ways at once

by DevRanjeet

This logger can be configured to produce log output using various output types.

Decrypting MD5 and SHA: Why You Can't Do It

by OriginalGriff

I've seen quite a few questions asking how to decrypt SHA and MD5 to obtain the original input, mostly related to "encrypted passwords" and I thought I'd try to explain why the answer is "you can't".

Delete Links from the Recent Projects List on the Start Page of Visual Studio 2003, 2005 and 2008

by Carlos Saraiva Jr.

This application deletes links from the Recent Projects list on the Start page of Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008

Delivery Driven Development (DDD)

by PatrickJNolan

Driving development through delivery

Dependency Injection with ObjectPoolManager (OPM)

by NavnathKale

Lightweight and simple

Deploying MFC applications via ClickOnce

by Nish Nishant

A step by step tutorial on how to deploy an MFC application via ClickOnce

Design your Biztalk 2006 Schema - Part 1

by Selvan

A Beginner's guide to Biztalk schema design

Designing Online Social Networks: The theories of social groups

by Trenton Moss

Customisable websites have recently become more and more popular - get the lowdown on when and why you should and shouldn't allow users to change pages on your website.

DesignPattern

by Morteza Naeiamabadi

Singleton design pattern helps create just object from a class and direct that object only.

Detailed memory leak dumps from a console app

by Chris Losinger

How to get path and line number info for memory leaks, in a console app

Detailed SQL Server data audit through a .NET (CLR) trigger

by David Catriel

Creating a .NET trigger for SQL Server that will log (down to the field level) all changes made to tables.

Developers ensure database accuracy

by Redgate Software

SQL Data Compare and SQL Packager help iCOMCept ensure customer’s database accuracy

D-FOM: Yet Another Object Oriented Model

by Deepak Jain

This paper is an updation to my last paper "D-FOM, Another Model for System Analysis & Design with Object Orientation". The strategy is made more clear, user oriented and application based.

DicomTagSeeker - A DiCOM repository tag searcher

by tumbledDown2earth

A tool for Seeking, Sorting and Reporting in a morderately large DICOM repository

DIffer: a reusable C# diffing utility and class library

by David Hovel

Flexible C# directory tree comparison utility.

doctest - The Lightest C++ Unit Testing Framework

by onqtam

Intro to testing framework, what makes it unique and points about its capabilities

Domain Driven Design - Clear Your Concepts Before You Start

by Mahmud Hasan

When you start a complex application, you always should design your object model first. Domain Driven Design guides you towards that.

Double-click on the Trace Message in the Output Window in Developer Studio to Get to the Line of Code

by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

Take advantage of the output window in Developer Studio

Driving or Automating GUI Applications

by daluu

GUI automation for the purpose of driving or controlling an application via its GUI

dtop: A Tool for Measuring System Utilization of Applications and System Performance

by Calinyara

New system utilization measurement tool

DWM - Colorization Color Handling Using DWMGetColorizationColor

by o m n i

Using WM_COLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED and DWMGetColorizationColor.

Dynamic Assemblies

by Tharindu Nishad Patikirikorala

Creating Dynamic assemblies in C#

Dynamic Formula Processing Library

by Derek Bartram

An article presenting a basic dynamic formula processor (including an infix to prefix convertor)

Dynamic Menu and ToolBar from XML Configuration File

by Toufiqur Rahman Chowdhury (TRC)

This article is about an application that parses a XML Configuration File and creates Menus and ToolBar dynamically.

Dynamic Prototyping

by Dmitri Nеstеruk

Learn what dynamic prototyping is and how to do it

Dynamic Reports UsingSQL Queries

by Pakorn Indhatep

Dynamic report by using the PrintDocument component with SQL queries.

Dynamic Unit Testing

by spartacus23

Dynamic Unit Testing

Dynamically creation of rows using Datagrid

by Sushant Joshi

In ASP.Net we frequently create dynamic controls (rows) using ASP.Net Web Control table. The major reason behind it is the ease of creation. Most of the times the developers prefer the “System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table” over datagrid because it is analogous to the HTML table. In our project we opted

Easiest & Lightweight Way To Manage Software Development - Dot Scrum Methodology

by Syed Rafey Husain

Dot Scrum is a structured though a lightweight way to manage software development projects

Easy Debugging of NUnit Tests from Visual Studio 2008 Professional

by Tommi Laukkanen

How to easily debug NUnit tests in Visual Studio 2008 professional edition

Easy Profiler - Compile-time Profiler for C++

by Ahmed Charfeddine

Easily instrument your code, visualize, interpret results, track optimization, compare and decide.

EasyXML: A Practical toolkit for XML Processing

by JIANGWilliam

An open-source JAVA library to enable composing new XML document from scratch or based on templates, parsing XML to dictionary or JSON with easy and efficiency

Effective C# - Performance notes

by Bill Wagner

Don't emphasize practices that may have an affect on performance in a few cases

Effective Controls for Attaining Continuous Application Security Throughout the Web Application Development Life Cycle

by Caleb Sima

Improving your Web application development process is one of the best ways to avoid security vulnerabilities and nasty surprises during security assessments.

EGen – a scalable code generation and maintenance framework

by Eduard Ene

An article on EGen - a scalable code generation and maintenance framework for C/C++/C#/Java, implemented in Ruby.

Elementool’s Bug Tracking Saves Hundreds of Hours a Month in Software Development Time

by Elementool.com

Accurate communication is the key to the success of the bug tracking process. This communication takes the form of timely information flow between customers, QA and Development. Reducing the time spent on tasks that communicate bug information saves money.

Email Search Engine

by SarmadAsghar

Building on My SQL Storage Engines and APIs to Conduct Complex Analysis Using SQL Query Language: Part 5

Error Free DropDownList for Cascading DropDowns

by Akash Kava

Only for Solution of databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control

Error Monitoring in Action

by Jeffrey Lee Smith

In this article, we will dive in and make sure we are able to set up an application, configure Crash Reporting, and start using it to locate errors that your users encounter.

Ethernet Colors

by Alex Marbus

Ethernet connections

Evaluation of .NET Testing

by Ganesan Senthilvel

Stimulating journey on evaluation of .NET Testing over the years

Event Handling / Generating Basics

by Derek Bartram

A quick start guide to custom event generating and handling

Everything About REST Web Services - What and How - Part 1

by Koushik Biswas

Want to design a REST web service? Need to know what REST is and how to go about it? What are the differences between a traditional web service and a REST one? This article starts with the basics, assuming you know nothing of REST and shows you how to end up a REST developer & designer.

Everything about REST web services - what and how - Part 2 - design

by Koushik Biswas

This article is Part 2 in my series on REST web services. While the first article introduces REST web services, this one takes us through the process of designing a RESTful web service

Excel Converter To Microsoft SQL SERVER

by HamidMoghadam

This application dynamically gets the Excel database and converts it to SQL Server

Excellence: A BizTalk Unit Testing Framework - An Overview

by Ali Kheyrollahi

A Unit Testing framework for testing orchestration using instrumentation

Exception Handling Best Practices in .NET

by Daniel Turini

Design guidelines for exception handling in .NET which will help you to create more robust software

Exception handling in JNI

by jafarmlp

An article on Exception handling in JNI

EXIF Compare Utility using WPF

by Nish Nishant

The Exif Compare Utility is a WinDiff equivalent for image files that compares the Exif meta-data and displays the differences and similarities. The application is written using WPF and MVVM.

Expert usability review vs. usability testing

by Trenton Moss

Article outlining the difference between the two usability evaluation methods: The expert usability review and usability testing.

Exploiting MD5 collisions (in C#)

by ediazc

This article shows how the MD5 collisions can be used to tamper software distribution schemas.

Export All Tables from Microsoft SQL Server Database in Flat File format (csv, txt) at one Go !!

by Mubin M. Shaikh

Walkthrough of the process for one of the industry best practices to export all SQL tables in Flat file format

Export to Excel using VB.NET

by Senthil S

Export data from VB.NET Dataset to Excel without using Datagrid/DataTable

Extended Debug Macros

by Jungsul Lee

A set of debug macros for checking expressions that work in

Extended Trace: Trace Macros for Win32

by Zoltan Csizmadia

Trace macros that provide messages with source code link, run-time callstack information, and function prototype information with parameter values

Extension Methods and Unit Testing in VS2008

by Brad Vin

Create some useful Extension Methods using .NET 3.5, then test your new methods using the built-in unit testing functionality in VS2008 Professional.

Factory Method Pattern

by dpalash

Easy way to understand Factory Method Pattern

FakeHttp

by Don Kackman

Faking http response messages to decouple client unit tests from service implementation

Fast statistical calculations of sub matrices for image processing

by ediazc

Describes the summed area table algorithm of Franklin Crow.

Fast, Low Latency and Non-synchronizing Trace Class

by Tim Hagemann

An article about a ready to use trace class specialized for multithreaded programming.

Feature Detection for Better Compatibility in Web Development

by Gil Fink

Feature detection for better compatibility in Web Development

File Cleaner

by Indrajeet Valera

File Cleaner - Zip & delete old files

File Compare And Hash extension for Windows explorer

by dmihailescu

A windows explorer extension for easy binary/text file comparisons and calculating the MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes.

File Transfer using Socket Application in C# .NET 2.0

by SumanBiswas

File transfer using C#.NET by using TCP Socket

Finding Crash Information Using the MAP File

by Wouter Dhondt

Finding crash information using the MAP file: how to create and read the file

FindRefs - Find Method, Property and Field References Originating From Your Assembly

by S. Senthil Kumar

A command line utility that analyzes your assembly and generates an XML file containing the methods, fields and properties referenced, grouped by assembly and type

First Step to Make a Simple Debugger Class

by DharmeshC

This class gives you an idea to make your own debugging class.

Flicker free drawing without using double buffer

by ringphone

Flicker free drawing without using double buffer

Folder Listener: A Tool to Watch File System Activity in any Folder

by Ashwini K Singh

This tool is for the tester and developer to track any file system activity to a particular folder

Free "tail -f" Tool for all Platforms: Tail for Windows, Tail for Linux and Tail for Mac

by Madanu Ujjwal Kumar

MakeLogic Tail is a freeware similar to " tail -f " of Linux. It is Tail for Windows, Tail for Linux and Tail for Mac

FreeCal - GPIB Instrument Automation for Metrology Test and Measurement

by Scott Page

FreeCal is a free 100% .NET suite of utilities and instrument drivers for controlling multiple instruments in a Test and Measurement environment.

Frequency Analyser V2.0 - Have you ever wondered what will make tones sound in tune with each other?

by Windmiller

This graphical application will play and display frequencies and mix them together so that you can analyze what's really going on with sounds that we call intone. Handling a basic DFT version that will prove to us which frequencies are involved. It was originally made in plain C.

From Mocks to Isolation

by Vagif Abilov

The article discusses how to isolate the code under test from behavior of referenced classes by using mocking frameworks.

Fun with HTML5 Canvas, WebSocket, JQuery and ASP.NET. End-result: A live white board on a web page!

by Al-Farooque Shubho

Playing with some of the cutting edge stuff to develop a live drawing white board on a web page where multiple people can collaborate and each person has the same view at the same time without any page refresh.

Function Calling Sequence Tracer Class

by Mohamed Abdel-Monem

A class to trace the sequence at which functions are called.

Function for clear null and set default value in DataTable

by Pakorn Indhatep

Function for clear null and set default value in DataTable

Game of life: Code solution in C#

by Kailash Shastri

An Object Oriented solution to Conway's Game of life problem in C#

GDrive Explorer - For Google Drive

by tumbledDown2earth

Browse your Google Drive and integrate your windows explorer with a Google's storage Cloud

Generate Meta-Strings for Testing Your Application

by MarkLTX

A utility for generating self-describing strings that are useful for testing an application's string handling abilities.

Generating Unique Keys in .Net

by Altaf Al-Amin

I need to create some unique IDs. GUIDs are great as they give Globally Unique identifier but they are big. I mean if you want to issue unique number in your application which you want to give as Booking Number or any reference number then GUIDs is obviously not a solution.

Generating vCalendar files (.vcs) to download in ASP.NET

by Florent Boulanger

VB.NET code for webpage to ask to download calendar items. Can be used for any calendars that supports vCalendar such as Outlook.

Generic Mapper Written in TDD

by Manfredzik

Write your own simple generic mapper with TDD

GenTestAsm: Run Your C++ Tests in nUnit

by Ivan Krivyakov

How to write unit tests in C++ and run them in nUnit

Get the call stack when an exception is being caught

by Baiyan Huang

Provides a utility class to return the call stack when an exception is being caught, using Windows SEH.

Getting around the need for a vararg #define just to automatically use __FILE__ and __LINE__ in a TRACE macro

by Paul Mclachlan

Ever wrote #define TRACE, #define TRACE1, #define TRACE2, etc., just so you could use the __FILE__ macro and printf style formatting in a macro at the same time?

Getting code coverage from your .NET testing using OpenCover.

by Shaun Wilde

Getting CPU Usage in a Multiprocessor Machine

by BimalV

Getting CPU usage in a multiprocessor machine.

Getting pragmatic with warnings

by bryce

An article on dealing with unwanted Build warnings

Getting Started with Automated White Box Testing (and Pex)

by Jonathan de Halleux, Nikolai Tillmann

Pex is a new tool that helps in understanding the behavior of .NET code, debugging issues, and in creating a test suite that covers all corner cases -- fully automatically.

Getting Started with Code Coverage by Jacoco

by Dr. Song Li

This article presents an example Maven project to get started with unit test code coverage by Jacoco.

Getting started with Cucumber Framework for automation

by KishorM

Cucumber framework understanding with BDD approach

Getting Started with Sandcastle

by stodgey

Install and build your first Sandcastle Help Document easily

Getting Started with Schematron

by xmlbuddy

The fastest way to get started with Schematron and Altova's XMLSpy®

Getting started with Selenium

by Sipra Ray

Selenium to start with for automation Testing in a simple and diagramatic approach..

Getting Your Features Out

by Matthias Kainer

How to stop believing in "Never change a running system" and going live as often as possible - Branch by Abstraction, Feature Branches and Feature Toggles with FeatureBee

Global Variables in SQL Server

by Md. Marufuzzaman

A list of Global variables in SQL Server and their uses in Transact-SQL

Globalization Best Practices

by Nairooz Nilafdeen

This article discusses about issues of application globalization and globalization best practices.

Gone With The Wind

by Muammar©

Dealing with the designer when everything disappears

Good Bye MD5

by ediazc

The cracking of MD5 is making it useless?

Google Translator API v2 Implementation

by Govardhana Reddy

This is a very simple implementation of Google Translator API v2 implementation. It is a simple HTML file and makes use of jQuery for client side operations.

GridView Batch Editing in AngularJs

by Anurag Gandhi

This article provides you the simplified ways to implement batch editing (inline editing in gridview/repeater) using angular.js.

Hack Proof Your ASP.NET Application From Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

by Sarvesh Kushwaha

This article describes what XSS is and how to prevent XSS attacks.

Hack Proof Your ASP.NET Application Part 3 (Cross Site Request Forgery)

by Sarvesh Kushwaha

This article describes what CSRF attack is and how to prevent CSRF attacks.

Hack Proof Your ASP.NET Applications From SQL Injection

by Sarvesh Kushwaha

This article descirbes what SQL injection is and how to prevent from SQL injection.

Handling a Window's Closed and Closing events in the View-Model

by Nish Nishant

This article discusses an attached behavior that lets you handle the View Window's Closed and Closing events via commands in the View-Model

Hardwired's Debug Class

by Inocentric

Debugging tool class for both single and multithreaded applications

Hello B4A: Develop Native Android Apps using Visual Basic Syntax

by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Using Basic4Android, develop your first Android Native App

Host your WCF service with multiple host environment using multiple protocol

by Faris Y. Elias SHOMOU

Exploring multiple hosting environment for WCF service

How design patterns can help you in developing unit testing-enabled applications

by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

This article shows how you can mix together Model-View-Presenter, Domain Model, Services, ActiveRecord, and Repository patterns to create a testable application.

How Do I Perform UI Automation Testing in iOS 4

by Adi Saxena

Beginner level guide (step by step) on UI Automation Testing in iOS 4

How Documentation Tools Have Failed Development Teams

by Nigel Shaw

I believe 50% of software process problems are traceable to bad documentation management tools.

How to Avoid Producing Legacy Code at the Speed of Typing

by L. Michael

This article provides a recipe on how to avoid producing legacy code at the speed of typing by using a proper architecture and unit testing.

How to Avoid Running Unnecessary Tests

by Evgenii Zaiats

An approach for integration test frameworks on validating changes within the framework without executing all test suites after each change.

How to Build C# code based on DB Script

by Xavier Cruz

These Alpha App is a tool used to create C# classes based on SQL Server Express DB script

How to Code Without Thinking?

by Vassili Kravtchenko-Berejnoi

Use of a narrow-focus strategy in test-driven-development

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

by 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.

How to Create a MVVM-Compatible Line Chart Control in WPF

by Jack Xu, USA

This article covers complete step-by-step tutorial on how to create a line chart in WPF and how to convert it into a chart control that can be reused in WPF applications with MVVM pattern.

How to create LINQ like functionality using Predicate Delegates and Anonymous Methods

by Saurabhdotnet

Learn how to use Predicate Delegates, Anonymous Methods, Generics, Action Delegate to implement LINQ like WHERE and ORDERBY

How to determine corresponding source line from offset number

by eymre

If you know offset number within exe file, you can specify where it corresponds in source file

How to generate Page Object Pattern Classes (SeleniumQA) to test Web/Mobile Pages

by Desmond McCarter

A utility for generating Selenium based Page Object Pattern classes used in web/mobile test cases.

How to identify worst performing queries & improve their performance

by Rajesh Kumar

This article is all about how to identify the worst performing queries in the running application or some specific module of the aplication.

How to invoke Visual Studio from the Windows Explorer Shell

by Massimiliano Giustizieri

This article shows how to integrate Visual Studio into the Windows Explorer Shell and call Visual Studio commands without opening the IDE.

How to make your app secure

by Salil Khedkar

If you are into development or quality assurance of enterprise solutions, you must be aware of the security aspect of your application. This article provides a checklist for the same...

How to Mock a WCF Service

by Amit Shrivastava Gurgaon

How to Mock a WCF Service while writing a unit test

How to NLog (2.1 & 3.1) with VisualStudio 2013

by _Noctis_

This will let you start logging quickly with VS2013 and NLog.

How to run all your NUnit tests in a solution in Visual Studio

by Paul "Jonno" Johnson

An article on always running all your NUnit tests after a build.

How To Speed Up Your Company’s Next Release

by A&I Solutions

In this article we look at how systematically generating test cases through Broadcom’s Continuous Testing suite can significantly speed up your team’s development process.

How To Submit Links and Data to DZone and Other Sites Programmatically

by ByteBlocks

Article describing step by step guide on web scrapping and use of HttpWebRequest

How to Test Console Applications

by atriplex

This article demonstates a very simple way to automate testing of your console application

How To Unit Test Your API

by Peter_Vogel

Unit testing your Web Service API should be just that: unit testing your API. With the wrong approach, though, API testing can take over your whole testing plan. A great unit testing strategy makes sure of two things: You create good tests and you just test your API.

How to use memory dump to trace bug

by WoodyMou

How to use memory dump to trace bug

How to use Reflection to test your code

by Andy Davies

Demonstrates how to use Reflection to run test functions inside your compiled assemblies.

How to write Unit Test cases using VSTS

by Rajaraman.net05

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) comes along with inbuilt testing tools, which provide more effective and efficient ways to write test scripts for both Windows and web applications.

How to Write Your First autotest for an Android App

by Stanislav Iakovlev

How to write the first autotest for an Android app

How-to: Benefit from Kinect.Toolbox and Coding4Fun on Kinect Programming

by Saad Mousliki

The use of Kinect.Toolbox and Coding4Fun APIs could save time on Kinect programming this is what we will see in this article and also how to modify those APIs and use it

HTML Logger - Portable and Thread-safe

by Stas Desyatnikov

An article on using HTML formatted log in your applications

Http-Monitor using Powershell

by Daniele Fontani

A powershell script that monitors webs sites and trace logs into database.

Hungarian Reigns

by RandyBuchholz

Chances are you have heard, or even told someone, not to use the Hungarian Notation naming convention. Chances are, you are using it yourself. Hungarian Notation is the king of naming conventions. Though many call for its demise, it is here to stay.

Identify User Machine without using Cookies

by Anees Haider

Identify User Machine without using Cookies

Identifying Object-Oriented Classes

by RoyClem

Tips and suggestions to identify object-oriented classes.

IGotMessage - Send a Video Message

by PAPAYA

IGotMesasge is an open source Web-based application that allows individuals to easily record and send video messages to others. The software is free to download, install and use, and is easy to integrate with any website.

IInterfaces Part 1 – Implementing IEnumerable and IEnumerator.

by Ryan Beesley

Part 1 of carefully crafted examples that demonstrate the usefulness of implementing various interfaces.

IInterfaces Part 2 – Implementing IComparable and IComparer

by Ryan Beesley

Part 2 of carefully crafted examples that demonstrate the usefulness of implementing various interfaces.

Implementing Custom Error Handling Library for ASP.NET using XML & C#.NET

by kiran dangar

Handling & tracking Exceptions / Errors in ASP.NET using XML

Implementing Effective Vulnerability Remediation Strategies Within the Web Application Development Lifecycle

by Caleb Sima

After a security assessment has been performed as part of the web application development lifecycle, it is important to understand how to address and fix any application vulnerabilities that are uncovered.

Improving Maintainability of Legacy Code With a JSON Architecture

by rcarlson-cayen, Cayen Systems

This article details how to make a legacy code base more maintainable by utilizing a JSON architecture.

Improving usability for screen reader users

by Boberta

Simply ensuring your website is accessible to screen reader users is unfortunately not enough to ensure these users can find what they're looking for in a reasonably quick and efficient manner

Increment File and Product Version Number - Multiple IDE

by Jordan Walters

An add-in to automatically increment the FileVersion and ProductVersion fields in your application's resource file. Works in VC6 and VS2005, and probably all versions in between.

Installer Testing and Verification

by Kuldip Rindani

Installer testing verifier - Useful for installer testing and verification.

Integrate Microsoft Dynamics Axapta with Temperature Conversion C# Application - Part II

by abhishek pareek2009

This article will demonstrate that after sending the data from Axapta to Temperature conversion application, how we can post back the converted temperature to Axapta.

Integrated ASP.NET Web Application Testing with NUnit, Ruby, and Watir

by Travis Illig

Complementing NUnit testing with web UI testing, using Ruby and Watir in a single integrated framework.

Integrating Visual Studio Team System 2008 Unit Tests with CruiseControl.NET

by chamindu

Explains how to integrate Visual Studio 2008 unit tests with the CCNET build process

Integration Testing Made Easy Part 1: Repository Testing

by Foyzul Karim

Step by step to your first unit testing

Integration testing with Gherkin language

by Andrey Fedorov

Designing of the integration testing infrastructure

Internal Supply Chain Management System, Visibility

by Syed Hasan Hyder

Internal supply chain management system's objective is to visualize organization's activities and events spawn during its work flow and offers panoramic view of upstream and downstream activities

Internet Explorer 5+ Extensions

by CodeBureau - Matt Simner

A variety of new and used Internet explorer extensions available from a 'right click'

Interpreting the Results of a Vulnerability Assessment: How to Focus on What's Important in Your Web Application Security Testing

by Caleb Sima

The results of an extensive vulnerability assessment of a Web application can appear extensive on first review. However, many Web application security holes found by such an assessment may in fact not matter to an organization’s specific situation. Learn more about how to weed through such findings.

Intro to SOA Regression Testing: A Hands-on Approach

by Mamoon Yunus

Learn SOA Regression Testing techniques through automated data sources and recording base-line tests.

Introducing Rhino Mocks

by Ayende @ Rahien

A flexible mock objects framework and general discussion of mocking

Introducing Zanebug, Unit testing, Benchmarking and more

by ediazc

This article describes Zanebug a new Unit Testing Tool

Introduction to Application Center Test (ACT)

by Suresh Alapati

Introduction to Application Center Test (ACT) For VS 2003 Developers

Introduction to BREW - A Mobile Handset Application Development Platform

by Girish Nurani Sankaranarayanan

An article giving a general introduction of BREW - a mobile handset application development platform like Symbian, Windows Smartphone etc.,

Introduction to Mocking

by azamsharp

In this article we will explain mocking and different benefits that we can achieve by introducing mocking in our unit tests.

Introduction to MTOM: A Hands-on Approach

by Mamoon Yunus

Learn how to use MTOM by building a simple prototype.

Introduction to NLog

by Jaroslaw Kowalski

Introduction to managing diagnostic traces with NLog.

Introduction to Unit Testing with: MS tests, NUnit and Fluent Assertions.

by _Noctis_

Different ways of achieving unit testing for your projects

Introduction to Web Services Testing and soapUI

by Peri Venkatesh

This is an introduction to web services and soapUI.

ionForge Evolution Source Control System Simplifies Your Build and Development Process

by ionForge

What you see should be what you get. Unfortunately, this is not the case with source control clients.

Is The Debugger Attached?

by Tim Chew

Take different actions depending on whether a debugger is attached to your process.

Iterative Development Process Implementation

by Ali Siddiqui

In this article, we will go through the process of Iterative Development implementation and some of my experiences.

Java API Performance Testing

by Biswas, Sumit

Java API Performance Testing using LoadRunner

JavaScript Tips for ASP.NET Developers - Part 1

by Karamasoft

JavaScript Tips for ASP.NET Developers

J-AXE: A File Splitter in C#

by jawed.ace

J-AXE file splitter is a Windows application developed using C# .NET to split file into time interval based on size and total files after splits.

Jazz Up Your C# Code

by Charles Wiebe and John Hansen

Maintaining code with complex permissions tends to be difficult, because the code can be distributed across multiple classes. By embedding permissions directly on methods and properties within a class, code is reduced and maintainability is simplified.

jTypes: Under the Hood

by Nick Gaulin

A detailed look at how jTypes compiles C#-like object definitions into prototype-based instance matrices.

Know your application better with visual studio 2010 load testing

by Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib

Configure visual studio load testing tool and utilize to scale application by analyzing testing results

Learn MVC Project in 7 days – Day 2

by Marla Sukesh

In this article we learn MVC 5 step by step in 7 days – Day 2.

Learnings from a DevOps Hackfest with Orckestra

by Julien Stroheker, William Buchwalter

Orckestra teamed up with Microsoft for a week-long Hackfest. During this event we discussed different DevOps practices that could improve their software delivery processes

Let's Talk about Error Messages

by Brien King

Error messages and why they are important

Leveraging XLINQ Concepts in BizTalk 2004/2006 +

by Selvan

Write a short code to solve your complex problem

Lex Auto Logistics using ANTS Load

by Redgate Software

Lex Auto Logistics and E-Zeesoft use the Advanced .NET Testing System to load test and validate their Visual Studio .NET web application

Linked Object Oriented Programming (POOV)

by Eduardo Mireles

POOV is a programming technique for object-oriented languages developed in MIRA Software Factory by Ing. Eduardo Mireles and experts programmers. It facilitates coding software solutions.

Little Crash Reporter

by ub3rst4r

Collect crash data from a machine and send it to your email to be analyzed.

Load testing for .NET Developers and testers

by Redgate Software

If you are involved in developing .NET web applications, either websites or web services, you need to be sure that the application is going to scale once it is put under the stress of a multiple-user load.

Load Testing in 10 Steps

by Shai Raiten

Most of the software companies are running Load Testing on their products. Load testing is one of the most important testing types today....

Load testing web sites with StresStimulus, part 2 - Advanced features

by Matt Perdeck

Discusses the advanced features of StresStimulus, including parameterization and NTLM authorization

Load testing web sites with StresStimulus: Part 1 - Getting started

by Matt Perdeck

Learn how to load test your web site with StresStimulus, a load tester extension to Fiddler.

Load/Performance Testing Quick Start Guide

by Metaphysico

Quick Setup for a basic Load and Performance Testing System with logging.

LocaleManager - A Practical Tool to Manage Resources Files of Different Locales for Java/Flex and .NET

by Angela Han

Implementation of a software tool in C# to help to manage *.resx files for .NET or *.properties files for Java or AS3 of different locales.

Log Server - Web Server for Logs

by panboza

View your logs in the browser.

Log4net GUI Configuration Tool

by Tom Tang API

A tool can save your effort on configuring log4net.

LogDispatch - debug module

by Gediminas Siutilas

Another debug module for your project (debug/release version).

Logging Process Performance Info

by Andrei Iarantsev

This article contains a small tool which use PDH functions to obtain process info/performance data.

Logging: How to Growl with NLog 3 (or 2.1)

by _Noctis_

This will set you logging from your NLog to your Growl in no time.

LogWizard - Talk About your Logs!

by John Torjo

Create and Share Notes about your Logs like never before!

Loosely Couple Your Tests

by Peter Hancock

Loosely couple your tests from your implementation to allow your implementation to be refactored, without having to change the tests

LuceneWrap: A Compact Lucene.net Wrapper

by Giorgio Minardi

Providing a generic wrap to Lucene.net basic search functions

Making WCF Service reference configurable from web.config in Silverlight application

by ManojKumar19

How to make WCF service reference configurabe for Silverlight project(makes easy for deploying on severs like Dev, QA, UAT etc.)

Manipulating Work Items in Team Foundation Studio VS2010

by Jason Wilczak

Learn how to add items to work item layouts in Team Foundation Studio, using Visual Studio 2010.

Map/Reduce script in NetSuite with SuiteScript 2.0

by Benktesh Sharma

An illustration of working with Map/Reduce paradigm in the NetSuite cloud.

MarbleMaze

by Ayush001

Traditional game which becomes more interetsing.

Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide

by Abhijit Jana

Describes all debugging features like Breakpoints, DataTips, Watch Windows, Multithreaded Debugging, Parallel Program Debugging and IntelliTrace Debugging

Measuring and Monitoring WCF Web Service Performance

by Stuart Wheelwright

Using ServiceMon to obtain performance statistics for web services

Measuring the Immeasurable

by Jonathan Garrison

An article that discusses the importance of ruberics for software products - collections of software experiences, as well as requirements and defect counts, can be used to improve the overall quality of the product.

Membership+ Management System, Part III: Query Intelligence

by Shuqian Ying

Implementing a unified structured query system of service based relational data source with build-in intelligence.

Memory Leak Detection in .NET

by Deepak.Kumar

Garbage collection and memory leak detection in .NET.

Memory Leak Finder

by Erik Rydgren

Custom memory handler with memory leak reporting and no-mans-land checking. Leaks are reported with call stack of allocation.

Memory Leakage in Internet Explorer - Revisited

by volkan.ozcelik

In this article, we will review JavaScript memory leakage patterns from a slightly different perspective and support it with diagrams and memory utilization graphs.

Memory Leaks Dumper with User Defined Dump Information

by Sergey Osenny

How to add user defined dump information for memory leaks

Memory Tracker Tool

by Sreekanth Muralidharan

Tracking memory resources

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007(MOSS 2007) And Microsoft CRM Integration

by Avinish Awasthi

The purpose of the integration is to create collaboration sites on SharePoint 2007 as new accounts or opportunities are created in Microsoft CRM.

Microsoft patterns & practices Composite UI Application Block: Shell Application Start Time and Memory Usage Validation Test

by Tom Polanski

This article describes a Microsoft patterns & practices Composite UI Application Block (CAB) based shell application start time and memory usage validation test performed using NUnit.

Minimal unit test library for C++

by Pavel Vozenilek

Very small (one header) tool to support unit tests in C++

Mobile & handheld usability testing - why it matters

by timfidgeon

Mobile and handheld usability testing is crucial to your business - find out why and what you need to do for this unique medium.

Mocking External WCF Service in MVC Controller - Using Unity Dependency Injection

by Bert O Neill

Mock (moq) your service in your MVC controller

Modern ways of end-to-end testing with Cypress JS

by Md Zubair Ahmed

Many types of tests in software engineering: static tests, unit tests, integrations tests, end-to-end tests, A/B tests, stress tests, smoke tests, and user acceptance tests

Monitoring and Recording DDL changes in SQL SERVER 2005

by Lalit Sharma

Monitoring and Recording DDL changes in SQL SERVER 2005

Monitoring Process Statistics in C# WPF

by Najam ul Hassan

In this article, I will explain the performance monitoring of any instance in the Form of statistics and graphs as well.

MOQ and C# (inc. Synchronized and Asynchronized WCF Service Calls)

by Bert O Neill

Mocking your .NET services (inc. asynchronous calls) or class libraries with MOQ

Most Commonly Used Functions in SQL Server 2005/2008

by Abhijit Jana, Abhishek Sur

This Table of Contents and articles is editable by all Silver members and above. Please update the article with as many as function you aware in SQL Server 2005/2008 that we are used generally. This will put all of them under a single article.

Motion Detection in Android - Howto

by mengwangk

Using OpenCV4Android in Android App

Moving Form Without Titlebar

by jinfrics

This code will help you in creating a customized form interface

Moving from ASP.NET MVC to TypeScript

by Chris A. Johnson

This article explains a gradual approach on moving to Typescript, using Angular and also using a Hybrid Approach.

MSN Floating Personal Message

by cagatay.yildir.im

Showing floating text message on the MSN Messenger as a personal message

MsTest 101: Using the MsTest Runner

by Sean Rand

Getting the most from your test runner

MSTest or TRX to HTML with Animated Charts

by Sunasara Imdadhusen

MS Test Result Viewer is a free open source library to convert MS Test result (.trx) file into HTML. It is also allowed you to perform MS Test on your test container project (.dll) file. This utility will work with simple command line arguments to generate test report in HTML format with excellent U

Multi Class Logistic Regression Training and Testing

by pi19404

IntroductionIn this article we will look at training and testing of a Multi-class Logistic Classifier Logistic regression is a probabilistic, linear classifier. It is parametrized by a weight matrix $W$ and a bias vector $b$. Classification is done by projecting data points onto a set of hyperpl

Multi RDP Client .NET - A Simple and Friendly User Interface for You to Work and Navigate Easily Through a Tabbed RDP Remote Window

by Jayson Ragasa

Multi RDP Client .NET is used for managing your RDP connections. It allows you to Import/Export .RDP files, disconnect all connection at one click, and connect all your servers at one click as well.

Multiple Database Connection File Manager

by TSells

Utility to manage multiple DB connection strings for an application.

Multiple Performance Timer

by Jon

Time multiple parts of your code and display accumulated results

Multiple Screens Using Google App Inventor

by Nathan Campos

Making multiple virtual screens on your App Inventor project

Multi-Threaded Game Server Browser

by Greenhorn999

A project that allows users to query Source and Half-Life-based master servers and individual servers

Multithreaded Kinect Stream Saver Application

by Elham Dolatabadi

The application allows users to record and store Kinect streams at 30 frames per second to a folder.

nAML: A New Revolutionary Way to Model Your .NET Applications!

by Mohammad Ashraful Alam

Along with specification, examples and tools, a new visual modeling technique is being introduced, termed as “nAML” (.NET Application Modeling Language), which overcomes the limitation of typical modeling languages in a revolutionary way!

NAnt Task to Capture Out of Bounds Source Monitor Metrics

by Franck Paquier

NAnt user task that adds alarms on top of Source Monitor metrics to highlight source code that does not follow coding rules.

Napkin

by mb2sync

A simple logging library using generic object to streams

Navigate your TRACE outputs

by Wolfgang Busch

Extended TRACE macros with easy source navigation

NET Debugging: Dump All Strings from a Managed Code Process Running

by Rene Pally

Advanced Debugging Processes

NetCase - Automated test case API using metadata programming in .NET

by Ashish Kaila

NetCase is an API for automation of test cases in .NET.

Network Assessment - A Guide to Infrastructure Planning

by code-frog

A simple guide meant to take the reader through a series of questions that will help them plan for and manage their business network.

New Version Of Rhino Mocks

by Ayende @ Rahien

A flexible mock objects framework and general discussion of mocking, now in a second version

NormalMapCompressor - A tool to automatically compress normal maps

by DeltaEngine

Normal maps are used for realtime 3D rendering (mostly in games) to improve the visual quality, but compressing them makes the 3D content look ugly, this tool helps to fix that problem.

Not Another C# Versus VB Article

by Nigel Shaw

It's not about feature support. It's about culture.

NumberParser

by User 6679439

Library extending the .NET numeric support

NUnit Test Case Code Generator

by msp.netdev

Automatically generate NUnit test case code template starting from method to test

OAuth2 Authorization flows explained with examples

by Livio Francescucci

An introductory description of the OAuth2 Authorization flows, explained using real world examples

Object based programming in C language

by BhaskarBora

This article describes object based programming in traditional C language.

Object Oriented Ajax

by M@dHatter

Object Oriented AJAX class and objects structured for ease of use and maintainability for multiple requests.

Octree Search

by Kam

An Octree Search Algorithm in C#

One More Solution to Calling PowerShell from C#

by Tomasz Malicki

Basic PowerShell handler C# class with an explanation

Optimized Paging and Sorting using Object Data Source

by Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh

An artcile on End to End solution to optimized paging and sorting in ASP.NET GridView using Object Data Source.

Organise QEMU Images Infrastructure Efficiently with Packer

by Evgenii Zaiats

Exploring a painless approach to building and organizing QEMU images

Overview of SQL Server 2005/2008 Table Indexing (Part-1)

by Md. Marufuzzaman

Basic overview of SQL Server 2005/2008 Table Indexing

Overview of Testing in Cloud

by Kulamani Sahoo

The paper outlines the benefits of moving the application testing from traditional in house to cloud ,high level description on different type of testing performed in cloud for the applications, approach Test team/companies need to performed if they are adopting cloud solution .This solution is gene

Page Factory Based Selenium Automation Framework

by Mahesh Upadhyay Tech Consultant

Page Factory based Selenium Automation Framework and its architecture

Painless Automated Web UI Testing

by Todd Anglin

Telerik and ArtOfTest promise to revolutionize the way web testing is done by introducing the ultimate web testing solution: WebUI Test Studio. The tool is designed specifically for modern web applications; productivity and test maintenance are taken to another level.

Parent Process Window

by Enver Buzoku

Shows how to get the process ID and show a modal window on the parent processes window

Part 2: Windows Debugging Techniques - Debugging Application Crash (DebugDiag, AppVerifier)

by shailesh91082

This is Part 2 of various techniques to debug applications on Windows, focussed on Application Crash

Part 3: Windows Debugging Techniques - Debugging Application Crash (Self Dump Generation)

by shailesh91082

This is Part 3 of various Techniques to Debug Applications on Windows, focussed on automated way of generating Dump On Application Crash

Part 4: Windows Debugging Techniques - Debugging Memory Leaks (Perfmon)

by shailesh91082

This is Part4 of various Techniques to Debug Applications on Windows, focussed on Memory Leaks

Part 5: Windows Debugging Techniques - Debugging Memory Leaks (CRT APIs)

by shailesh91082

This is Part 5 of various Techniques to Debug Applications on Windows, focused on Memory Leaks

Performance Benchmarks using NUnit Addin

by NinjaCross

This tutorials introduces a new NUnit Addin able to record execution time of unit tests and generate XML, CSV, HTML performances reports with charts and history tracking.

Performance Engineering for the Cloud with Visual Studio

by Kamran Bilgrami

This article showcases how Visual Studio features like PerfTips, Diagnostics Hub and Performance Analyzer can help developers measure the cost of their code in a meaningful manner in the context of developing cloud-focused applications.

Performance meter and memory leaks detector

by Andrei Iarantsev

This article describes how to monitor program heap for memory leaks

Performance Optimization of ASP.NET Applications on Client-side

by postmodernist

This article provides guidelines for improving the performance of ASP.NET application on client-side.

Periodic XML Diff Checker

by Jeong, Heon

It repeatedly checks XML of some subjects, and shows the difference from the previous result.

PHP Executed From ActiveX

by Daaron

Execute PHP without having to install PHP.

PHP Security

by SamarRizvi

Pipeline and Filters Pattern using C#

by SatishK Ranjan

Implementing Pipeline and Filters pattern using C#

Planning a usable website: A three-step guide

by Trenton Moss

A website is like an information flow, with you as the provider and your site visitors as the receivers of the information. If you don't plan your website with this in mind, you could find yourself with a brand new website that solves all your immediate needs... but not those of your site visitors.

Planning Your Project

by John Rebbeck

This article intends to make the project planning stage much easier than the development stage, and once it’s done, the development can, and usually will, just fall into place. Here’s the step-by-step guide…

Planning your stylesheet - the definitive guide

by Trenton Moss

Don't let your stylesheet files get out of control - follow these guidelines right from the start and you'll easily be able to manage and update your CSS files.

Pluggable Sample Data Generator Framework and GUI

by Troy Magennis

A framework for writing sample data generators and a GUI that allows these generators to be effectively used

Polymorphism in JavaScript

by Joe BTrez

How does Polymorphism work in JavaScript.

Post XML Data to an ASP.NET Page using C#

by S Sansanwal

This article describes the function to post XML data to an ASP.NET page and then read the data on an ASP.NET page

Posting Externally Derived TFS Test Case Results

by ergohack

This is an article on how to post automated test results to Microsoft's Test Manager Infrastructure from external sources (e.g. your home grown automated test harness).

Post-Mortem Debugging Your Application with Minidumps and Visual Studio .NET

by Andy Pennell

This article describes how minidumps work, how to make your application create them when it crashes, and how to read them back with Visual Studio .NET.

Powershell How-To - Part 1

by Rajib Bahar

This article is a part of a series of articles that shows HOW-TO do various tasks in powershell.

Preparing to have "Game"

by Jason McBurney

Job Searching -- for the rest of us.

Prevent attacks on your website

by PSK_

Using a simple example, I'll explain how to prevent a program that can register thousands of dummy users to your database and play with your database and application performance.

Printf() debugging in a console window from within an ActiveX control

by Stephen Muccione

Creating a console window from within an ActiveX control.

Process Dump Triggered on Custom Performance Counter Threshold

by Kamran Bilgrami

Generating process dump files based on custom performance counter thresholds

Producing Use Cases

by RoyClem

Tips and guidelines for producing use cases.

Profiling the Performance of a .NET Application

by Paul Glavich

ANTS Profiler provides you with a quick and easy way of identifying performance bottlenecks within your .NET applications. Additional support for the latest .NET 3.0 features, the Vista operating system, and Visual Studio integration, cements ANTS Profiler as a leading tool in performance profiling.

Programming Problems and Finding Solutions

by Vincent Maverick Durano

This article outlines some tips on finding solutions to your programming problems, how to properly use the community forums and how to contribute as an answerer to the forums.

Provide User Interfaces for Adhoc Blackbox testing class methods

by Kay Lerch

Use TestUI to release a simple class library (or a whole collection of those) as an indepenent UI application for testing or administrative purpose. It is on your own to enhance the user experience with your own TestUIRenderer.

PSAM WPF Control Library

by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

pseudoLocalizer -- a tool to aid development and testing of internationalized applications

by AGUNN

An explanation of why you want to pseudo-localize, and a pair of tools for 'translating' into a useful pseudolocal language.

PT2000 Communication Utility

by Polymorpher

Programing interface for the PT2000 Top Gun

Push Notification For Windows, iOS & Android - Quick, Easy and Flexible

by Sunasara Imdadhusen

FlexiPush (Push Notification) is a Quick, Easy and Flexible way to send a Push Notifications to the different platforms like Android, iOS and Windows instantly with your custom Payload as well

Python-Embedded XML and Test Automation

by Trustamind

Python code is embedded in XML and evaluated on the fly to generate data values.

QA and You

by Marc Clifton

An Introduction to the QA Process

QC DATA PULLER using C#

by jawed.ace

Using this application, user can generate report of test case execution from QC(Quality center) in to HTML web page with fancy pie chart and tabular format using C# and OTA API expose from QC (Quality Center).

QS Part 1 - A New Approach to Unit and Integration Testing

by Simeon Sheye

Quality Gate One Studio is a testing framework that suggests a new approach to unit and integration testing.

QTPInvoker

by RoobanSolomonRaja

This tool simple invokes the QTP from .Net 2005

Query Exchange server and retrive email address from NT username

by rogwabbit5

This is a simple methog to query an exchange server and retrive a remote users email address on a corporate intranet

Quick and easy WatiN recipe: How to handle a confirm dialog

by Jonathan Franks

How to process confirm dialogs in WatiN.

Quick Regedit Navigation

by David Crow

A tool to quickly navigate to a particular key/value using Regedit.

Rationale Behind Whidbey C++ Breaking Changes

by Chris Maunder

The explanations, workarounds, scenarios and the rationale behind the decisions to change the Whidbey C++ compiler.

Reading and writing Unicode data in .NET

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article is for beginners about writing and reading Unicode data from different data sources; including text files, user input, databases. It also demonstrates how to display that data in .NET applications, including ASP.NET web applications.

Reading from Parallel Port using Inpout32.dll

by phebejtsov

Using the Signal Port to read in data instead of Data Port

Real Time Clock using SignalR

by Khademul Basher

Real time communication between server and client using asp.net SignalR.

Reason-Based State Transitions for TFS WorkItems

by ergohack

Reason-Based State transitions for TFS WorkItems provides better usability and flexibility over the current State-Based transitions that place the collection of the Reason as secondary and often optional.

Reduce debugging time using the .NET StackTrace class

by Paolo Foti

Use the .NET StackTrace class to position yourself in the right place of source code that threw an Exception.

Reduced AutoMapper- Auto-Map Objects 180% Faster

by Anton Angelov

A new simplified AutoMapper library that you can use to map one object to another automatically. Compared to AutoMapper, ReducedAutoMapper is 180% faster.

Regular Expression Library Builder

by Brian Delahunty

A tool to quickly allow the creation and modification of .NET Regular Expression Libraries

Regular Expression Tester

by Christopher Scholten

A simple Regular Expression Tester which allows one string to be tested against a standard regular expression, with feedback on the result in both text and graphical format as either the regular expression or the test string are typed.

Remote Boot and Power Control a PC Slave

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Remotely controlling a PC to turn it on and off from software control on another PC.

Remote Debugging in MSVC++ 6.0 - Step by step in the OnPaint message handler

by Mauricio Ritter

This article how to setup the remote debugging capatibilities of Visual C++ 6.0. With just a few steps and an extra machine (of course!) I´ll show how can you step into the OnPaint message handler.

Remote IIS Debugging : Debug your ASP.NET Application which is hosted on "Remote IIS Server"

by Abhijit Jana

This article describes, how to setup debugging and debug a ASP.NET web application that is hosted on remote IIS Server . Details of msvsmon.exe and its configuration

RemoteInstall: Automated Testing of Windows Installers on VMWare Infrastructure

by dB.

A framework for testing Windows installers with some help from virtualization.

Remove duplicate records from SQL tables

by Eugene Ochakovsky

A generic procedure to retrieve and delete duplicate records from MS SQL Server tables.

Removing activation for ActiveX objects in IE

by Dundas Data Visualization

A class you can use with any ASP.NET web-control to automatically activate an interactive control in IE

ReSharper 1.5: The Most Intelligent Add-In To Visual Studio .NET

by JetBrains s.r.o.

ReSharper is a VS.NET add-in with features such as intelligent coding assistance, on-the-fly error highlighting and quick error correction, unmatched support for code refactoring, and a whole lot more.

ReSharper 2.5: High Gear .NET Development

by JetBrains s.r.o.

Are you spending most of your development time coding the simplest things by hand? Discover high gear .NET development, made possible with ReSharper 2.5, and join thousands of C# and ASP.NET developers who are benefiting daily from boosted productivity and a more enjoyable coding experience.

REST API or SOAP Testing Automation with ZeroCode JSON-Based Open Source Test Framework

by Sidd Gautama

Declarative, Configurable and Super Easy API testing lib using YAML/JSON steps

RESTful Day #7: Unit Testing and Integration Testing in WebAPI using NUnit and Moq framework (Part 1)

by Akhil Mittal

In this article we learn how to write unit tests for core business logic and primarily on basic CRUD operations.

Retrieve unread messages from Inbox

by Kiran K

How to retrieve unread messages from Inbox by using Outlook Object Model in Visual Basic .NET

Rock Solid Quality

by Paulo Zemek

Make your life easier by having components that never corrupt inner states.

Rolling label

by Saloman Wu

A user control which is rolling text from right to left

Ruler Application

by Eugene Lepekhin

Ruler tool application.

Running Selenium HTML (Selenese) Test Cases in Parallel

by Obaid Malik

This article will explain how to reduce time for the execution of Selenium HTML test cases without using Selenium Grid.

Runtime Trace

by Hans Ruck

Display trace messages at runtime from several running applications on different machines

SafeThread - Prevent Unhandled Exceptions in Secondary Threads

by Steven A. Lowe

Prevent unhandled exceptions in secondary threads, using SafeThread

Sandcastle CHM-compile BAT script and configuration utility

by Ashley van Gerven

Create MSDN-style class documentation CHM files for your assemblies using Microsoft Sandcastle CTP with this configuration utility and BAT script.

Say Hello To Behavior Driven Development (BDD) - Part 1

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

This article describes the natural evolution of BDD from common problems of developers not following TDD properly. It also describes a bit about Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Domain Specific Language (DSL) which are naturally connected with BDD.

Say Hello To Behavior Driven Development (BDD) - Part 2

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

This article contains step by step instructions to implement BDD in .NET project using Specflow and MBUnit.

Schemaless C#-XML data binding with VTD-XML

by Jimmy Zhang

Agile, efficient XML data binding without schema.

Scoping, analysis and estimation

by RedSunBeer

An unconventional approach to scoping, analysis and estimation - for beginners.

ScreenTool

by JJMatthews

Screenshot Tool

ScriptRunner Application

by Ernest Laurentin

An Introduction to ScriptRunner. A scripting tool for user interface Unit Testing.

Secrets of Successful Software Requirements

by ijese

Although most companies do some form of requirements, there is often a lack of understanding as to exactly why the requirements need to be created and what is the required level of detail. Let’s look at some secrets to improve your requirements process even under tight deadlines.

Secure Remote Debugging

by PachisiaVikas

Know the steps to quickly set up a secure remote debugging environment and boost your productivity

SecurePHPWebAppCoding - SQL Injection - What is it and How to Stop It?

by Abani Kumar Meher

This article describes how we write code while developing web application which results in SQL injection vulnerability and how we should write code to prevent it.

Security Features Analysis for ASP.NET

by Mudit_Agarwal

To analyse the various security featutes for ASP.NET

Sedge: An Automated Error Reporting Tool

by Andrei Marukovich

This article describes Sedge - a highly customizable tool designed to help your customers create better error reports.

Selenium Series Part 4: Killing Laying Around Browser Processes for More Consistent Selenium Testing

by Sean Rand

This is an article to help you clean up browser processes during automated Selenium testing.

Selenium Series: Chapter 1 - Getting Started

by Sean Rand

Let's get moving in Selenium and start Automation Testing in this Selenium Series.

Selenium Series: Chapter 2, By Types getting into the good stuff of Selenium

by Sean Rand

This is an article to demonstrate different uses of ByType Selectors within Selenium. This is the heart of the API, Finding Element(s) using By Types. Understanding these ByType's are key in navigating, selecting and using web elements to test. Lets get going in Automation Testing!

Selenium Series: Chapter 3 - Test Using Internet Explorer, Chrome, Edge and Firefox

by Sean Rand

Testing using Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, and Firefox!

Send Fax with fax-modem in C#

by Md. Faroque Hossain

Sending Faxes with fax-modem and telephone line in C#

Sending/Receiving PictureBox Image in C# To/From Microsoft SQL SERVER

by Morteza Naeiamabadi

This article is written for those stuck in such a problem

Server error response vulnerability - HTTP 500

by Bryian Tan

Server error response vulnerability - HTTP 500

Service DashBored

by James Kolpack

A lightweight desktop application to help keep you aware of server and application availability across your network.

Set Up IIS to Work with Server and Client Certificates and HTTPS: Test your Client or Web Service Code in Minutes (without using Win 2003 or...

by Koushik Biswas

Have you written a web service that will be deployed over HTTPS and you want to test it on your own box? Have you written a client that needs to call a web service using a client certificate, and want to test it without involving half your company? Here's how to do it!

Setting up CruiseControl.NET to be a Continuous Monitoring Server

by Ralph Willgoss

The aim of this article is to show how you can install, configure, and have CruiseControl.NET perform continuous monitoring by running a scheduled task.

Setting Up Holistic Metrics System for a Software Company

by Bishram

Setting Up Holistic Metrics System for a Software Company

Setup a Test Project with NUnit and MonoDevelop

by Reese

How to set up an NUnit test project within MonoDevelop

SharePoint Workflow Wizard in Visual Studio 2008

by Nishith Pathak

SharePoint Workflows Wizard in Visual Studio 2008

SharpDevelop in the Real World: Code Annotations

by Gary Mann

Use the open-source IDE to add annotations to your code and review FxCop reports

sharpSsh - A Secure Shell (SSH) library for .NET

by Tamir Gal

A C# implementation of the SSH2 protocol.

Shatter Ball

by Sudhanshu SP Gupta

A multilevel puzzle game to apply some arrangement through touch and click to destroy every target under given tap chances !!

Shell Extensions for .NET Assemblies

by Heath Stewart

Shell extensions to distinguish between .NET assemblies and Win32 applications and libraries.

ShortCUT - A Short C++ Unit Testing Framework

by Todd-Lucas

A very simple, customizable unit-testing framework for C++ developers

Shortest Path Problem: Dijkstra's Algorithm

by dsdws

Using Dijkstra's Algorithm for finding shortest path problem

Signum Framework Tutorials Part 1 – Southwind Entities

by Olmo del Corral

Tutorial focused in writing the entities using Signum Framework, a Win/Web LINQ-enabled framework for writing data-centric applications.

Simple and Cool XML Validator

by Seun

A small program you can use to validate an XML document against a schema

Simple Example Demonstrating MSMQ Message Routing

by Gupta_Prateek

This article demonstrates the use of writing reusable components, in this case, a message router, for forwarding messages from one Message Queue to another.

Simple Logger for C++

by Siddharth R Barman

A simple and extensible logger for C++

Simple Microsoft Outlook 2007 Spam Filter

by Manuel Lucas Viñas Livschitz

A very simple Outlook spam filter

Simple Modbus Protocol in C# / .NET 2.0

by distantcity

A simple implementation of .NET 2.0's SerialPort class for Modbus communications

Simple Thoughts on Code Quality

by 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.

Simple Trace Format Tips

by Audrius Vasiliauskas

A simple way to format your TRACE statements so double clicking takes you directly to the source code

Simplify Automation Unit Testing Using IOC And MOQ

by Makrand Vichare

Single Page Application using Knockout JS and ASP.NET MVC 4 and Web API

by Khademul Basher

Single Page Application development using Knockout JS, ASP.NET MVC 4 and Web API

Single Page Web Applications using AngularJS

by Sunil Pandita

The articles intriduces with the concept of single page web application and describes in detail how we can built ome such using AngularJS

Skype4COM Event Handler Example for ALL Skype API Messages

by TheUberOverLord

Monitors All Skype4COM and API Messages for Skype Includes Command Input. Shows What Goes On Behind The Scenes with Skype Message Processing using the API and Skype4COM Library. Includes Microsoft ClickOnce Deployment Technology As Well As ClickOnce Automatic Updates Examples. A Must Have Tool!

Slink Framework - Strongly Typed URLs for ASP.NET

by Brian Chavez

Slink is a code generating Framework that generates type safe URLs for ASP.NET. With Slink URLs, you increase code quality, increase maintainability, and get compile time checking of your URLs in all your ASPX pages (code-behind and non-codebehind).

Small and Simple TRACE/Log support for your Windows application

by suggam

This header file will provide you with the smallest and simplest way to log some trace messages from your MFC application.

SmartCodeGenerator – Drive Code Generation with XML. Transform XML with ASP.NET instead of XSLT.

by Shahed.Khan

This article describes how we can drive codegeneration with xml. Shows step by step instruction of how to generate strongly typed objects from XSD. ASP.NET developers can also use this paper as reference, who wants to transform xml using ASP.NET instead of XSLT.

Smarter Errors & Logs: putting the data to work

by Jason_Taylor

In this post, we’ll explore the "culture of logging," and share what we’ve done to address it, much of which has become a part of Stackify’s Smart Error & Log Management (SmartELM) product.

Snippet to Generate a Public Property + Private Backing Field + Documentation Tags inside #regions

by Alex Mello Occulate

Code snippet to generate a property with private backing field, linked documentations tags, inside #regions. Ability to config type, field and property's name and the default init value

SOA Testing using Black, White, & Gray Box Techniques

by Crosscheck Networks

Effective techniques are revealed to developers and testers on testing Web Services for reliability and robustness. These techniques demonstrate how a user can push the boundary of testing Web Services intelligently, without having access to the source code to a Web Service.

SOAP UI - Part 2 - Assertions

by Jobless Creature

This is a continuation of my article on SOAP UI Introduction

SOAPSonar™ Measures the Distance Between Your Web Services and the Real World

by Dino Esposito

Learn how to really test your SOA Web Services with maximum efficiency during the development cycle.

Software Companion Toolsmith

by ByStorm Software

Configurable Capture: Easily Create Product-Specific Remote Diagnostic Tools.

Software Configuration Management (SCM) Considerations for Agile Development

by AccuRev

Why organizations considering moving to an Agile development methodology to increase product quality, decrease costs and respond more quickly to market needs should also consider the changing requirements that the new model places on the SCM system and which aspects are critical to success.

Software Debugging Process: How it goes and how to improve it

by diamant

The process of debugging: formalization & improvement

Software Development Methodologies

by Andrew Phillips

A Young Person's Guide to Development Methodologies

Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail - Chapters 1, 4

by stepang

Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail offers a new path to success in the software industry. This book reaches out to managers, developers, and customers who use industry-standard methodologies, but whose projects still struggle to succeed.

Software Quality – Make it a reality

by Orina DCosta

Quality is a discipline. Follow simple rules which work for you and take pride in creating your masterpiece.

Software Testing - Best Practices and Principles to Write Unit Testing

by Habibur Rony

Basics of software testing concept, best practices and principles

SOLID Principles: Single Responsibility Principle -> What, Why and How.

by Christian Vos

SOLID principles: Single Responsibility Principle, a simple example in C#

Solve Dynamic Control Problem With PostBack

by magedo93

Create Dynamic Controls And Keep It On Page After PostBack

Some new features in Visual Studio.NET 2005

by Zuilin Wu

An article on the new features in Visual Studio.NET 2005

Some practices to write better C#/.NET code

by Monjurul Habib

Today I will show some good practices I have learned during my professional years, those are lower level but very important for all levels.

SPOT - Linking people...

by Girish Nurani Sankaranarayanan

An article giving a high level overview of Smart Personal Objects Technology with emphasis on SPOT wrist watches.

sprintf_s: Speed Bumps Ahead

by David A. Gray

This article documents issues that I have identified in the new secure overloads of the CRT buffered print routines.

SQL Injection Knowhow

by Arpit Dubey

This article explains SQL injection attacks, mitigation strategies, and factors to consider while testing.

SQL SERVER - 2005 Best Practices Analyzer Tutorial - Sample Example

by pinaldave

SQL SERVER - 2005 Best Practices Analyzer Tutorial - Sample Example

SQL SERVER - 2005 T-SQL Paging Query Technique Comparison (OVER and ROW_NUMBER()) - CTE vs. Derived Table

by pinaldave

SQL SERVER - 2005 T-SQL Paging Query Technique Comparison (OVER and ROW_NUMBER()) - CTE vs. Derived Table

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Database

by pinaldave

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Database

SQL Server – Active Directory Interaction

by ThomasMiller

Descripe the SQL Server 2000/2005 interaction with Active Directory on Windows 2000 or 2003 server

SQL Server 2000/2005: Automated Database Backups and Restorations

by Neeraj Kr

Provides an insight into creating automated process for Backups and Restorations

SQL Server 2005 reporting service: Display Columns as Rows

by sada.narayanappa1

This article presents a solution to create a report using SQL reporting service that displays a column data as rows; furthermore, the columns are repeated horizontally for each data row. It also provides a sample source project that uses "Northwind" database for data source purpose

SQL Server 2008 Interview Questions and Answers

by pinaldave

A Big Downloadable List of SQL Server 2008 Questions and Answers

SQL Server Database Backup Utility using VB.NET and SQL-DMO (New version)

by User 992674

A Windows application to backup and restore SQL server tables,views,user defined functions and stored procedures

SQL Server Database Development in Visual Studio

by NaibedyaKar

SQL Server database project creation using Visual Studio 2013

Sql Server In Clause With Multiple Literal Values Performance Behaviour

by Neeraj Prasad Sharma

This article deals with performance difference with literal values

SQL Server Profiler Step by Step

by Abhijit Jana

SQL Server Profiler Step by Step: SQL Server 2005

SQL Server Unit Testing Framework

by Duncan Edwards Jones

A simple unit testing framework for T-SQL

SQL Tuning Tutorial - Understanding a Database Execution Plan (1)

by Gael Fraiteur

If you want to tune your SQL statements, you need to understand how the server executes them. The article explains this.

Static Analysis on Steroids: Parasoft BugDetective

by Parasoft Corporation

Data flow analysis enables early and effortless detection of critical runtime errors like exceptions, resource leaks, and security vulnerabilities. It can also check if exceptions reported from automated unit testing are “real bugs.”

Static Keyword and Its Usage in Java

by Seckin Tozlu

Understand how and when to use static keyword in your applications

Stop Designing for Testability

by Eli Lopian

An article presenting a different technique to making your code more testable.

Strange Behaviors of an Access Database

by Hamed Musavi

I invite anyone who doesn't know about Microsoft Access MDB files safety (specially compact and repair) to read this, before it's too late!

Subversion RSS Logs

by matts_junk

An application to interact with a Subversion repository and produce logs in a few different formats; TXT, XML, XML with XSL, and RSS.

Supressing TRACE calls

by Cristian Amarie

How to prevent TRACE calls from appearing in the output window.

Surviving the Release Version

by Joseph M. Newcomer

Learn about the issues and differences between Debug and Release builds.

Switch Infopath Views from FormControl

by Romy Sreedharan

InfoPath cannot execute any view-related object model calls. The view is not ready.

System Performance Indicator in C#

by akash dhar

System Performance Indicator in C# by That That Guy

Tackling text-to-speech and generating audio file in Windows Store Apps

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post, you will learn how to perform text-to-speech actions in Windows Runtime for Windows Store applications, also how to store the speech stream in a waveform file format on your machine.

Take a load off for the holidays

by Redgate Software

An e-commerce Christmas Carol

Take advantage of the Windows Vista built-in System Performance Monitor

by marc ochsenmeier

This article shows how to leverage a component Vista uses when showing the performance lines and histograms.

Take Control of Your Non-Client-Area!

by o m n i

Learn how to control your non-client-area, while keeping all the stuff Vista puts on it.

Taking Full Page Screenshot of Web Page Using Selenium Webdriver

by pratimard

Taking Full page screenshot Selenium Webdriver

Task Manager Extension 2.0

by Sergey Kolomenkin

Task Manager Extension. This is a Windows Task Manager (NT/2000/XP/2003) plug-in. It adds lots of useful features to the standard Task Manager. It can show process modules, memory map, used handles, open files, file properties and a lot of other info!

TDD using SqlCE and NHibernate

by Sean Chambers

This article walks through setting up a SqlCE test bench when using TDD

Techniques to "Fault Find Issues" - Within Your Remote WCF Services

by Bert O Neill

Know how to find issues within your deployed WCF services

Ten quick tests to check your website for accessibility

by Boberta

Guidelines that provide a good start in increasing website accessibility to disabled people.

Test Driven / First Development by Example

by Colin Angus Mackay

A step by step example of how to build up an algorithm by writing the unit tests first

Test Last Development: A Primer for Unit Testing of Legacy Code

by caloia

Many teams have not fully embraced TDD, this document is for teams that need to test legacy code or developers who write code after the fact.

Test Runner Application

by Jerry Edens & Doug Eveland

A framework for performing unit tests.

Test The Multi-Layers Of A MVC3 Application

by Bert O Neill

Create test project for client, server and GUI layers of a MVC application - so that they can then be incorporated into a continuous integration server build

Test Your ASP.NET WebService using SoapUI

by Abhijit Jana

This article describes how to test your web service using Soap UI Tool.

Testability: Test before Testing!

by Garima Valecha

The Time you save in testing is the time you gain for testing

Testable Applications

by Refky Wahib

Make your application testable.

Testing an ASP.NET MVC app with Ruby

by titteke

Testing an ASP.NET MVC app with Ruby.

Testing CAB and SCSF smart clients made easy.

by hayrob

An explanation of a way to test the user interface of a CAB or SCSF smart client. Includes a reusable CAB module and demo application.

Testing Database Schema Evolution using Containers

by Paolo Parise

Dockerized Postgre to improve coupling between versioned codebase and DB schema

Testing Deep Cloning with NUnit

by DannyFreeman

Writing unit tests for a deep clone method

Testing for Game Development

by Ashley Davis

Covers theory, principles and practical techniques to help your testing efforts.

Testing for Programmers

by Praveen Nair (NinethSense)

This article provides basic information about software testing for programmers in a beginner’s level.

Testing for Security in the Age of AJAX Programming

by Bryan_Sullivan

Learn more about securing your website's AJAX programming.

Testing Your Rest API Controller Methods - Using SoapUI

by Bert O Neill

Validate your Restful Service Methods using SoapUI (which can then be integrated into TFS build CI)

TFS, Automated Testing and Continuous Integration

by Shining Dragon

Automated testing and continuous integration in TFS

The Art of Logging

by Colin Eberhardt

This article provides guidelines for logging within your web or desktop applications, answering questions such as when to log, what to log, and how to log.

The Big Testing Guideline

by Marcell Lipp

A brief overview about software testing

The Case for “PhraseFixture” -- A Better DoFixture() for Use with FIT and FitNesse Acceptance Testing Framework

by Kenneth Kasajian

The powerful DoFixture() in FitLibrary simulates English like specification. The PhraseFixture proposal takes this to the next level.

The Code Project Forum Analyzer : Find out how much of a life you don't have!

by Nish Nishant

This is an unofficial Code Project application that can analyze forums over a range of posts to retrieve posting statistics for individual members.

The Code Project Kevin Bacon Game (Part 3)

by Derek Bartram

A Code Project orientated Kevin Bacon game utilising the CodeProject.dll

The Dew Review – DevExpress TestCafe

by Alvin Ashcraft

Hot on the heels of my last review for DevExpress Universal 2014.2, I will next dive into my recent experiences with DevExpress TestCafe.

The Four Steps of Programming

by John Paul Walker

How to think like a programmer

The LOGIC Behind Mad MAX()

by Joe Negron

The SQL MAX() function is a little tricky when trying to work with numeric data - Not quite the same in other languages.

The Many Flavors of Application Software Outsourcing

by Software Developer's Journal

There are several ways that a company can utilize an outsourcing provider to supplement or support their application software. This article presents some outsourcing models.

The MiniWalker

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

Do you know what IT is? Take the red pill and find out...

The Power of Combination Formulas (for design and quality assurance) and Joins (for execution).

by Steven L. Wentworth (12896862)

Using combination arithmetic to improve quality of SQL table design and execution

The problem with automated accessibility testing tools

by Boberta

Are automated accessibility tools a little too good to be true? There are a number of underlying problems associated with using just automated tools to test for accessibility.

The Psychology of Testing!

by Pratap K J

This article is about The Psychology of Testing with emphasis on Role and Characteristics of a Software Tester.

The refactoring guideline

by Marcell Lipp

Refactoring is part of software development lifecycle. This article gives a rough overview about the topic of refactoring.

The Right Mindset for Testing (Testing Theory Part 1)

by Intel

In this two-part series of blog posts about testing theory, I will attempt to summarize my thoughts on testing, and share some anecdotes along the way.

The secret benefit of accessibility part 1: Increased usability

by Trenton Moss

As soon as new site visitors arrive at your website the first thing they need to know, before anything else, is what you do. This oh-so-overlooked yet such basic of information can be communicated to your site visitors in a number of different ways.

The secret benefit of accessibility. Part 1: Increased usability

by Trenton Moss

Web accessibility has so many benefits that I really do wonder why such a large number of websites have such diabolically bad accessibility

The secret benefit of search engine optimisation: Increased usability

by Boberta

Are search engine optimisation and usability compatible? Aren't there trade-offs that need to be made between giving search engines what they want and giving people what they want? Read on and find out (although I'm sure you can guess the answer!)...

The Simple Profiler for .NET Developers

by Redgate Software

ANTS Profiler allows you to identify slow lines of code in .NET applications within 5 minutes of installation, allowing you to get on with what you do best - writing code.

The Software Development Process - Science, Engineering, Art, or Craft?

by Marc Clifton

An opinionated look at our trade

The Tortoise and the Long Hair: A fable

by Herbrandson

A method for unit testing Views in the .NET MVC framework.

The Unit Test of Silverlight Applications with Asynchronous Service Callbacks

by Dr. Song Li

This article presents an example on unit testing of Silverlight applications with asynchronous service callbacks.

Thoughts about UI design

by Cohen Shwartz Oren

This article describes several UI design rules; complying with them, I believe, will be a good start for a better UI application.

Thread-safe Logger with Automatic Removing Log Messages from Release Version

by Vlad Kirienko

A log file class for multi-threaded applications

Thread-Safe Singleton in C#: A Guide to Double-Checked Locking and Lazy Approaches

by Antonio Ripa

A practical guide to implementing the Thread-Safe Singleton pattern in C# with modern and traditional approaches, including real-world scenarios where each method excels.

Three Levels of API Testing

by Seckin Tozlu

How to create a comprehensive test suite for your API

Tier Pressure and Isolationism

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Logical layers within n-tier systems should be designed to interact and be influenced by neighboring layers only. This restriction is often violated which is detrimental to the system. In this article I will discuss why this is common, the consequences, and why we should focus on layer isolationism.

Time Management Tips for Developers

by Alexander Fedorenko

There is a way to make life better. Really a few time management principles can bring success in our life and improve software and web development to really profitable and fascinating levels.

ToDoList 8.2 - An Effective and Flexible Way to Keep on Top of Your Tasks

by .dan.g.

A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting

Top 10 Application Security Vulnerabilities in Web.config Files - Part One

by Bryan_Sullivan

In part one of this two part article, you will learn about five of the top ten “worst offenders” of misconfigurations of application security that can cause overall problems for ASP.NET Web-based applications. Learn more about how to secure the Web.config files of an ASP.NET application.

Top five reasons that an application fails for certification in Windows phone 7 apphub

by Saraf Talukder

This article gives details of the top 5 reasons that applications fail to pass the certification process in the Windows phone market place and few tips on how to avoid those pitfalls

Traceability in Layered Architecture: A Roadmap

by Mohammad Ashraful Alam

Traceability in layered architecture lets software architects to define, utilize, reuse, and re-engineer existing, current, and future application architectures in a more structured way. This article provides a roadmap to trace multi-layer architectures easily.

Traceract

by Marc Clifton

A prototype debug tracer with an added dimension.

Tracing memory leaks in .NET applications with ANTS Profiler

by Redgate Software

Mike Bloise, lead developer at Recognin Technologies recounts his experiences on a recent CRM project, built using C#, where he found himself facing severe memory leak issues and a very tight deadline.

Tracing SQL Queries in Real Time for MySQL Databases using WinDbg and Basic Assembler Knowledge

by Rene Pally

Assembly and MySQL

Tracing Utility in C++

by A.Samar

This article explains inserts and deletion of queues

Trees in SQL databases

by Eugene Lepekhin

How to get all power of trees in SQL

TreeView with ContextMenu using AJAX.NET

by Jithendra R

This is a sample which demonstrates usage of AJAX.NET Webservices and UpdatePanel

Troubleshooting Cookies - A Case study

by Rahul Soni @ Microsoft.com

How to troubleshoot Cookie related issues

Troubleshooting dependency resolution problems using Process Monitor

by Faisal Mansoor

Troubleshooting dependency resolution problems using Process Monitor.

Trying to be agile in a schedule-driven organization

by Jonathan Franks

How can an agile development team work in a waterfall culture?

T-SQL Coding Standard

by Casper Leon Nielsen

T-SQL Coding Standard - for programming the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (DRAFT)

UI Automation Interesting Challenge - Testing Automation Framework

by Varun Jain 786

UI Automation challenge using Menuitem, and MenuStrip control

UITestBench, a lightweight UI testing library

by slkr171

This article describes how to build a lightweight test bench for testing user interfaces which are written entirely in C#/.NET, using NUnit or any other unit test framework.

Understanding SQL Execution Plan (Part I)

by JustChiragPatel

Brief Intro of how out t-SQL is parsed and submitted to SQL Engine to retrive data

Understanding The Complete Story of Postback in ASP.NET

by Muhammad Taqi Hassan Bukhari

Understand the Complete Scene of Postback in Asp.net with Examples

Unicode Character Category Helper

by cougio

Tool to generate and test unicode ranges based on categories and blocks.

Uninstall a Previously Installed Application when Upgrading an Application with Setups created in VS.NET- Part 1

by rwestgraham

Configure your upgrade setups to uninstall a previously installed application using VS.NET and Windows installer technologies.

Unit Testing - BDD, AAA Structure and Object Mocking

by Habibur Rony

BDD, AAA Structure And Object Mocking in Unit testing

Unit Testing a DotNetNuke Private Assembly Module

by Bruce Chapman DNN

This article describes how to create unit tests that will test out code for a DotNetNuke custom module.

Unit Testing and Integration Testing in Business Applications

by Omar Al Zabir

This article presents some realistic unit and integration test examples in a N-tier web application to assist in writing tests that provide confidence in moving towards Test Driven Development (TDD)

Unit Testing ASP.NET Data Caching

by Joel Abrahamsson

A class for unit testing ASP.NET data caching when using SQL Server.

Unit testing on tic tac toe example

by Petar Brkusanin

Minimalistic tic tac toe game implementation with some unit test coverage.

Unit Testing options in Visual Studio 2008

by Donsw

A discussion of the different options of Unit Testing in VS2008.

Unit Testing with C#, including MVC

by F-ES Sitecore

A discussion of what to unit test in your C# code and how to test it, including a section covering MVC

UnitParser

by User 6679439

Comprehensive unit parsing library

Usability testing with children

by timfidgeon

Usability testing with children can prevent some unique challenges - find out what exactly these are and what you need to do.

Use a Generic Util for Easily Testing REST Methods

by B. Clay Shannon

Overview and Usage of a Util for testing REST methods

Use an Internet Explorer Window to Display Information from your VB Scripts

by nieljake

This class allows you to display all types of static and dynamic information gathered in a VB Script using an Internet Explorer Window.

Use Android Phone as Webcam and Surveillance Camera

by mengwangk

Android phone as webcam or remote surveillance camera through Skype

Use existing sqlite database in Windows phone 8.1

by Sumit Samediya

In this article we will learn how to use existing sqlite database in WP 8.1 apps.

Use Multiple log4net Outputs from One Application

by Charith M

By using this article, you can easily configure multiple output log files from log4net

Use Subversion Revision Numbers in your Visual Studio Projects

by Paul Betteridge

SVN Keywords are not sufficient for retrieving the highest revision number for your project. This simple method solves this problem.

Useful Debugging Macros

by William E. Kempf

A set of handy Debugging macro facilities without MFC

Useful Macros for Pointer Verification

by Andreas Saurwein

A few macros to validate pointers passed to functions

User Friendly Exception Handling

by Robert Inventor

How to handle exceptions in release builds in a user friendly fashion

User Story is Worthless, Behavior is What We Need

by Omar Al Zabir

User Story is Worthless, Behavior is What We Need

User Story Source Code Layout with MSpec

by erik.f

An example showing a source code structure that reflects user stories using MSpec.

Using an Output Stream for Debugging

by Sven Axelsson

How to create an output stream that writes to the debug terminal

Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

A comparative look at lambdas in C++ and C# with focus on the differences and similarities in lambda usage across the languages and their variants.

Using Multiple Asserts in One Test Considered Helpful

by Paul B.

One TDD mantra is that there should be only one "assert" per test. Here is a finance/trading example where that doesn't work very well.

Using PREfast for Static Code Analysis

by Sergey Podobry, Apriorit Inc

This article will describe basics of static code analysis with PREfast in Visual Studio.

Using SQLite, Leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to Create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or What is More...

by rerhart585

Using SQLite, leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or what is more commonly referred to as a Bell Curve.

Using the LINQ ColumnAttribute to Get Field Lengths from your Database

by HightechRider

Reflecting on LINQ properties gets you information about the length of your database fields

Using the Output Window in DevStudio

by Harold Bamford

How to load arbitrary text into the DevStudio Output Window so you can double-click on a line

Using Workflow Foundation and Visual Studio 2008 for Testing Automation

by Sergey Arhipenko

How to employ Windows Workflow Foundation for testing processes. Let's design tests on a visual diagram and automate its execution!

UTF16 to UTF8 to UTF16 simple CString based conversion

by John Paul Pirau

Use CString to convert betwen UTF8 and UTF16.

Validate strings in Resx files for all languages

by nkrscorpio

A tool to validate localization strings in Resx files supporting multiple languages.

Validators for Windows Forms - ValidationProvider Control

by Noogen

Code-free validation for TextBox, ComboBox, and more...

Value of Code

by Ashvil DCosta

Code is often over valued and needs a migration strategy.

Version control for SQL databases with SQL -> XML

by HightechRider

Demonstrates SQL Management Objects, LINQ to XML, and more.

Version Control: Friend or Foe?

by Kenji Sulzberger

Learn how to turn the latter into the former, and how a pragmatic approach to software configuration management can significantly improve your development efforts.

Very easy to use logger for ATL/MFC/NonMFC applications

by Gavriloaie Andrei

Very easy to use logger for ATL/MFC/NonMFC applications.

Visual C++ pow Function Not Working the Sixth Time !!

by Bishoy Botros

A strange scenario that leads to non functioning floating point operations

Visual Drawing.Net

by Erdal HALICI

Create fascinating shapes, which integrate with .NET applications and Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010/20012 and all related Express Editions

Visual Studio .NET 2005 Design-Time Integration

by Gurbir Singh Sethi

Overview of the Visual Studio .NET 2005 Design-Time Architecture and Integration

Visual Studio 2020

by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett

More wild ideas for an even wilder Concept IDE.

Visual Studio Unit Testing Extensions

by William E. Kempf

An article on creating extensions for unit testing.

Visual Studio Visualizer: Part 2 - Entity Framework

by Frederico Regateiro

This project creates a Visual Studio visualizer for entity framework queries, views edit and runs the generated SQL.

VMSTAT Analyzer

by Biswas, Sumit

Helps UNIX / Linux administrators to analyze VMSTAT files for system resource utilization.

VssReporter 2.1 - A Visual SourceSafe reporting tool for build administrators

by .dan.g.

A support tool to allow those performing builds to independently determine exactly what source files have been changed and by whom

Watch your SOA Testing Blind Spots

by Mamoon Yunus

Learn how to identify and eliminate SOA Testing Blind Spots through lessons learned from real-life SOA deployments

WatiN - Web Application Testing In .NET

by Jesus Jimenez

This article exposes how to use WatiN and how to create UI tests for Web applications.

WatinN to Automate Browser and Test Sophisticated ASP.NET AJAX Sites

by Omar Al Zabir

WatinN to Automate Browser and Test Sophisticated ASP.NET AJAX Sites

WCF: The Right Way. A Quick Reference Guide

by Nic_Roche

A developer workflow of the manual way of creating and consuming WCF Services developed by Miguel Castro

Web accessibility for screen magnifier users

by Trenton Moss

The needs of screen magnifier users are overlooked when implementing web accessibility on to websites. Some of the basic principles for improving accessibility and usability for screen magnifiers users, also increase usability for everyone. Listed are six ways to improve accessibility and usability.

Web Application Vulnerability Assessment Essentials: Your First Step to a Highly Secure Web Site

by Caleb Sima

Learn How to Properly Execute a Web Application Vulnerability Assessment

Web Forms for Submitting Issues to Team Foundation Server

by Jim Conigliaro

This article describes how you can create a Web based interface to the Team Foundation Server for the purpose of submitting and tracking issues.

Web Page Source Transmitter: Get The Page As The Customer Sees It

by Max Paulousky

This article describes a control that allows getting a web page as the customer sees it. E.g., the developer can store the copy of the page as it was before an exception and restore the page when it's required.

Web Replay 2 - Automated Web Testing

by Emmanuel Kartmann

This article presents an automated software testing tool for web applications (Internet/Intranet) based on Internet Explorer.

Web Services:From a beginner's perspective

by Anurag Sinha V

This article tries to dig in as to what are WebServices,how to create them and how to call and use them in various scenarios.

Web/HTTP Automation with Perl

by daluu

Covers how to automate web activity that involves Java applets or Flash content making HTTP requests as well as standard web automation

WebRefactoring: Session Wrapper

by MvanEijkel

Using Refactoring to improve existing WebApplications Part 1: Session Wrapper

Website content and usability

by Boberta

Certain guidelines you should be sure to follow when writing content for your website.

Website Diagnostics Page to diagnose your ASP.NET Website

by Omar Al Zabir

A self-diagnostics page that runs through your web.config and confirms all the settings are correct, is a quick and easy way to identify environment problems after configuration change or production deployment.

What is Continuous Testing

by Koustubh Warty

This article will discuss how Continuous Testing is imperative to our organization’s success and our ability to develop, test and deliver better software faster.

What When How Association (WWHA) In a Task Tracking Spreadsheet

by Ilka Guigova

The use of spreadsheets to record tasks as a universal, minimalistic, portable, flexible, and very customizable approach that requires "no" learning curve.

What’s Automated Error Reporting and How Does it Work?

by Redgate Software

Learn how error reporting works and how to add it to you software in 3 simple steps. Not only is it easy for you to implement, you’ll also provide your end-users with a one-click solution to report exception/bugs when they occur, incl. the debugging data you need to reproduce the problem and fix it.

When, Why, and How: Code Analysis

by Parasoft Corporation

Adam Kolawa, Automated Defect Prevention co-author, shares practical tips on how to obtain real value from code analysis

White box testing with PEX

by sbrakl

Problems related to maintenance of Unit test suites, using PEX tp help with the solution, and various PEX concepts like PEX Factories, PEX Method (PUT), Parameterize Mock and Partial Stubs.

White: An UI Automation Tool for Windows Application

by jawed.ace

This article exposes how to use White for UI automation of Windows application and how to create Automation test script using White.

Who Deleted My Pointer?

by k4_pacific

Locating your dangling pointer with overloaded new and delete operators

Why Are Small Software Projects So Hard to Track

by ijese

Problems are common when organizing work on small software projects. Self invented systems are usually inadequate, while specialized software packages seem to be exclusively focused on corporations. So what can be done?

Why Hackers Love String Data Type?

by Kamran Bilgrami

Better prepare yourself for threats against storing sensitive data in string data type

Why I Use Crashlytics - Part 1

by donn-felker

Crashlytics is a free service offered by Twitter that collects your crashes and various other bits of information.

Why I Use Crashlytics - Part 2

by donn-felker

In this article I’m going to discuss how this data can help you fix the most critical crashes with minimal effort and create happy users and customers for your business. I’ll also talk about how I use Crashlytics in an application that is very large in scale.

Why Object Oriented Programming Matters

by Sharp Ninja

Why the Transformative Software Development Methodology is still relevant today

Why Software Projects Tend to Fail

by Cohen Shwartz Oren

It is a statistical sad fact that software projects are scientifically fragile and tend to fail more than other engineering fields

Wiki Software Development Oriented Methodology (WiSDOM)

by ediazc

Discuss use of wikis in agile software development

Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application–Getting Started

by Shai Raiten

Getting Started with Windows 8 Metro App Development in JavaScript

Windows Debuggers: Part 1: A WinDbg Tutorial

by Saikat Sen

This is the first part of a multipart tutorial on debugging using WinDbg.

WinSpider - The Windows WebCrawler Application

by noushadkc

Web leaching utility devoloped in C# - This is a front end named WinSpider, This application uses "wget" in backend for "crawling" operation. It impliments a simple, parellel method of interprocess communication.

WMI Interface for .NET

by jsunstrom

A class library to aid in writing WMI applications.

WMI Provider Extensions in .NET 3.5

by Sasha Goldshtein

In this article, we will write a full-blown WMI provider in managed code and consume that provider from managed code using the WMI extensions in .NET 3.5.

Working with Files (Using C# and .NET Framework)

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article explains the basic knowledge about the File class in .NET Framework that comes handy when working with the file system, to create, edit, modify or delete the files or directories.

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 2

by Rajkumar-Kannan

In the second part of this article, I primarily focus on using WMI and C# to develop routines that can manage a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

WPF Charting using MVVM Pattern

by Your Display Name Here

Shows how to implement a WPF Chart in .NET 4.0 using MVVM Pattern

WPF Glimps - A Debugger Visualizer for WPF

by Florian Kruesch

A debugger visualizer that displays a preview of a WPF visual in the debugger

WPF Unit Testing

by marlongrech

How to unit test WPF applications

WPF: A Simple Yet Flexible Rating Control

by Sacha Barber

Nice little rating control for WPF

WPF: ContextMenu Strikes Again. DataContext Not Updated

by Ivan Krivyakov

ContextMenu's data context is not updated when its parent's data context changes

Write Once, Run Everywhere: The Comic Books Collection Hybrid

by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Demonstrates SplitView, Relational ComboBoxes, DatePicker, ListView, Tables & Toggle Columns, Export to Excel, Compiling to Hybrid with PhoneGap Build.

Writing a 16-bit dummy kernel in C/C++

by AshakiranBhatter

Understanding FAT file system and kernel programming in C/C++

Writing a boot loader in Assembly and C - Part 1

by AshakiranBhatter

How to boot a floppy image with your own hand written code in C and Assembly

Writing a boot loader in Assembly and C - Part 2

by AshakiranBhatter

Reading the contents of a floppy disk using BIOS interrupts and Services.

Writing effective link text

by Trenton Moss

Because of this unique ‘choose-your-own adventure’ way the Internet is structured, it's essential that we can find and understand links quickly