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Another week and another slew of additions and improvements to the site.
- Some improvements in page layout
- We no longer ask if article updates or major or minor - we'll work that out for you
- when quoting text in the message forums we know quote the full HTML, not just the text
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- A new search system. Hit the beta search page to search all content on the site, at once, with the much- asked-for "search my stuff only" and "search my bookmarks" now making an appearance.
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The best of the best from last month have been voted and awarded Congratulations to:
| Best C# article of January 2011 | |
| 69Icaro - A "little snake" leads us through the most important features of the Windows Phone 7 | |
| Prizes: | iGrid.NET; Shell MegaPack.Net 2010; The latest C# books from Apress; Report Sharp-Shooter for Silverlight; Crypto Obfuscator For .Net - Enterprise Edition; FPS Maps for WPF; Reuxables Ultimate Subscription for WPF + Silverlight + Windows Phone 7; |
| Best ASP.NET article of January 2011 | |
| Bryian Tan - ASP.NET - Password Strength Indicator using jQuery and XML | |
| Prizes: | Nevron Chart for .NET (Lite edition); The latest ASP.NET books from Apress; Reuxables Ultimate Subscription for WPF + Silverlight + Windows Phone 7; |
| Best C++/MFC article of January 2011 | |
| Frédéric Pailloux - A MFC/GDI+ LCD Control | |
| Prizes: | iGrid.NET; Codejock Xtreme ToolkitPro; The latest C++ books from Apress; CryptoLicensing For MFC - Enterprise Edition; CppDepend; |
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| 69Icaro - A "little snake" leads us through the most important features of the Windows Phone 7 | |||||||
| Prizes: | DevForce Silverlight; FPS Maps for WPF; Code Project Mug; | ||||||
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Weekly Poll Results
What kind of dev projects are you working on in 2011?
Survey period: 21 Feb 2011 to 28 Feb 2011
What types of apps are on your slate this year? Choose from one of these general topics or note your own!
| Option | Votes | % | ||
| Classic client/server or multi-tier | 356 | 42.69 |  | |
| Windows client | 424 | 50.84 | | |
| Web development | 408 | 48.92 | | |
| Cloud | 79 | 9.47 | | |
| General mobile apps ("hybrid," etc.) | 63 | 7.55 | | |
| OS-specific mobile apps (iOS, Win Phone 7, Android) | 128 | 15.35 | | |
| HTML5/CSS3 | 94 | 11.27 | | |
| Other | 139 | 16.67 | | |
| Responses | 834 | | ||
| Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100% | ||||
This week's survey: Which of the following programming/scripting languages do you use?
Most popular new articles
21 Feb 2011 - 28 Feb 2011
- Remote Desktop Control with Automated Skype - Igor Ladnik
- Task Parallel Library : 3 of n - Sacha Barber
- A C# Project in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Using Chain Code - Hussein El Saadi
- Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Introduction to the Ribbon - Michael Dunn
- Quick XML Reader - Eduard Keilholz
Latest Additions
169 articles overall 123 new, 104 updated, 1 moved. 43 were edited, 126 unedited
Article topics listed: C++
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New articles added
List Controls
- Suppress Flickering Scrollbars in Autosizing CListCtrl - Julijan Sribar
How to avoid flickering scrollbars that appear when resizing CListCtrl which has last column with LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER value set
C++, Windows, MFC, Dev
DirectX
- DirectShow Filters Development Part 3: Transform Filters - Roman Ginzburg
A text overlay filter and a JPEG/JPEG2000 encoder using transform filters.
C++, DirectX, Dev
C / C++ Language
- Dynamically assigned and stored action sequence with handlers of the returned value, using boost::bind - Andrew Padalka
Module to dynamically assign, store, and call with handlers different functional objects: functors, functions, member functions.
C++, WinXP, VS2005, Dev, Boost - MSEPX - Microsoft Security Essentials Process Exclusion Utility - twburger
A utility that allows point and click additions to the Microsoft Security Essentials process exclusion list
C++, Windows, Win32, Dev, system
Vista API
- Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Introduction to the Ribbon - Michael Dunn
A tutorial that shows how to get started using the Ribbon in your applications
C++ (VC9.0, VC10.0), Windows (Vista, Win2008, Win7, Win2008-R2), Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2008, VS2010), ATL, WTL, GDI, COM, Dev, Design
Algorithms & Recipes
- AI for Target Number Game Using Genetic Algorithm - Mladen Jankovic
Implementing AI for Target Number Game using a genetic algorithm (Unedited)
C++, Windows, Win32, MFC, STL
Articles updated
Dialogs and Windows
- MFC/C++ Helper Class for Window Resizing - Mizan Rahman
Gives you total control when it comes to resizing windows
C++, Windows, Win32, MFC, Dev
Edit Controls
- CFilterEdit: Use Regular Expressions to Filter Your Input - Ben Hanson
The definitive approach to filtering input text. Includes configurable error display.
C++ (VC7.1), Windows (Win2K, WinXP), Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003), MFC, Dev
Applications & Tools
- ToDoList 6.1.8 Feature Release - A simple but effective way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g.
A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA
C / C++ Language
- A Type-safe Generic Pointer - FrancisXavier
A safer alternative to void*, any_ptr can point to any type of object and provide type-safe, const-correct access to it. (Unedited)
C++, Dev
Algorithms & Recipes
- Genetic Algorithm Library - Mladen Jankovic
A framework for genetic algorithms
C++, Windows, Win32, Visual-Studio, MFC, STL, Architect, Dev, Design - JSON Spirit: A C++ JSON Parser/Generator Implemented with Boost Spirit - John W. Wilkinson
A C++ JSON parser/generator written using Boost::spirit.
C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
Cryptography & Security
- Applied OpenSSL: CTR Mode in File Encryption - Apriorit Inc, Eugene Wineblat
In this article, the use of open source OpenSSL library for file and disk encryption is described
C++, Visual-Studio (VS2008), Dev, Encryption, Decryption
String handling
- Extremely Efficient Type-safe printf Library - Alexander Bessonov
Introduces a fast and type-safe parameter rendering library (type-safe printf)
C++, Windows, VS2010, Dev
Tips and Tricks added
Programming Tips
- Mobile processor usage - Paul Heil
(Unedited)
C++, Windows, Mobile - Simulate a keystroke in windows - Mukit, Ataul
This tip shows how to simulate a key stroke in windows environment (Unedited)
C++, Win32
Debug Tips
- Windows Memory leak detection (update to existing article) - Tim Stevens
An updated version of the code in David A Jones' article "Memory Leak Detection" (Unedited)
C++, Win32
Technical blogs added
C#
- How to use CPU instructions in C# to gain performace - Adnan Boz
How to use CPU instructions in C# to gain performace (Unedited)
C++ (VC10.0), C# (C#4.0), Windows-Topics, Dev
Windows Presentation Foundation
- Custom Gestures for 3D Manipulation Using Windows Touch in C++ - gclass
At PDC 2009, Reed Townsend presented some very exciting multitouch samples in a presentation: Windows Touch Deep Dive. This blog covers the code behind of the custom 3D manipulations that were presented. (Unedited)
C++, Dev, Windows7
Work Issues
- Issues in generating RSA key pair for GitHub - markFaction
Recently, I ran into some problems in creating an RSA key pair which is required by github, before committing or pushing code to the online repository. I had downloaded the Rails installer kit (from here), and was trying my first stab at Ruby and Rails. Creating an open repository in github for push (Unedited)
C++, Windows, MFC
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