Best Sites and Tricks: CodeProject | Newsletter (14 Oct 2013)

Tips and Tricks updated

.NET Framework

Interesting facts about fonts in .NET - submit@perpetuumsoft.com
In this post, we will talk about the wonderful Font class.
Specifying Ports When Running Applications in Visual Studio - Rion Williams
This post will provide a short walk-through for handling and updating these areas of your application to gain more control over debugging, testing and running your applications through Visual Studio.

ASP.NET

The Web Developer Checklist : A One-Stop-Shop for Improving the Web - Rion Williams
A one-stop-shop for improving the web.
Using PushSharp to Send Notifications to iOS and Android - Mangesh V. Devikar
Implementing pushsharp library for sending notifications from ASP.NET application

Client side scripting

JavaScript Modal Popup Window - Mahesh Bailwal
Flexible JavaScript Modal Popup Window

Database

T-SQL: Most Practical Split Function - Brad Joss
A SQL String Split function for the real world.
Transaction Log Full Issue in SQL Server - Kareem.S
This tip discusses about the transaction log full issue in SQL Server

Design and Architecture

How to improve the performance of managed code - Paulo Kunzel
Summarizes some ideas on how to improve code performance

Edit Controls

Using Masked TextBox in .NET - heemanshubhalla
How to use Masked Textbox control in .NET

HTML / CSS

HTML5 (and Some CSS) Best Practice - Paulo Kunzel
A short guide on best practices

LINQ

LINQ to JQuery - meula
Extends Arrays in JavaScript, adding the main domain and filtering functions of LINQ

String handling

Porting the Financial Times JavaScript String Compressor - Morgan Estes
Compress and encode a string to save loading time in the browser

Tools and IDE

Research-Inspired Extensions Hit Visual Studio App Store - David C Shepherd
A peek into the inspiration behind two cutting edge Visual Studio extensions.

Windows API

Archive Multiple Files In Zip & Extract Zip Archive - Farhan Ghumra
Learn how to create zip archive and extract it without any 3rd party library.

Windows Presentation Foundation

Button Tip - IsDefault / IsCancel (and other usability tips) - _Noctis_
Quick tip for forms/windows/views where save/insert/cancel buttons are used

New Technical Blogs added

.NET Framework

Constructor .NET - SonuKSingh
Types of Constructors available in C#

ASP.NET

Web Forms, MVC, and Web Pages! Oh my! - Rion Williams
In this blog post, I'll review over the three main ASP.NET web development technologies to help broadly cover what each of them do and which one might be best for you to get started with.

C / C++ Language

C++ Digraphs - David Corne
The digraphs I am writing about are sequences of characters which act as a stand in for other characters.

Client side scripting

Draggable Sorting and Saving Changes using MVC and jQuery UI - Raymund Macaalay
How to make a sortable list which you can drag and pass that sorted list information back to your server.

CodeProject FAQs

WCF Service FAQs - Part 3 - Imran Abdul Ghani
Part 3 of WCF Service FAQs

Hardware & System

Raspberry Pi 2: Installing the Operting System - Sabarinathan Arthanari
Installing the Raspberry Pi.

HTML / CSS

Creating a File Uploader Using JavaScript and HTML 5 - Arpit Jain
This article explains how to upload a file using HTML 5 and JavaScript.

Miscellaneous

Python Basics: Understanding The Flow Control Statements - Arpit Jain
In this article we will learn about control statements that are available in Python language.

PHP

Display Featured Links Randomly Using PHP - Morgan Estes
Use PHP to read a CSV file and automatically generate links for display

Product Showcase

Product Support: The Forgotten Tale - Zac Gery
A post about how product support is important

SharePoint Server

Migrate SharePoint's SQL Server to another SQL Server (same or new version) - Raymund Macaalay
This is a step by step guide on how you migrate your SharePoint's (I used 2010 version in this instance) SQL Server to an new SQL Server host. In this exercise I tried migrating it in a new version of SQL server which is 2012 from 2008 R2, also had tried it in the same […]
Plumsail Org Chart for SharePoint 2013 - Anton Khritonenkov
Plumsail Org Chart for SharePoint 2013

Site & Server Management

WordPress broke my site! - Morgan Estes
After a quick search, I have found the culprit.
Fixing protocol errors in WordPress plugins - Morgan Estes
Fixing protocol errors in WordPress plugins.

SQL Reporting Services

Migrate Team Foundation Server's SQL Server to another SQL Server (same or new version) - Raymund Macaalay
Yesterday we migrated SharePoint's SQL Server to a new instance today we will be migrating Team Foundation Server (TFS) SQL database to new SQL instance. In this example we are migrating it to a new version of SQL Server which is from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012, this will also work on the same [&

Testing and QA

A word of advice… - kdmote
The point is: if you're slow, there's a reason.

Windows Communication Foundation

WCF Service FAQs - Part 4 - Imran Abdul Ghani
This WCF service tutorial is part-4 in series of WCF Service FAQs.

Work Issues

Writing Code Like a CEO - Zac Gery
When too many competing needs arise, seeking guidance on priority is a simple, yet smart decision.

Technical Blogs updated

.NET Framework

Remove Slow Startups and Enjoy Less "Suspense" through .NET 4.5.1′s App Suspend Feature - Rion Williams
This article covers one of the switches that you might be interested in flipping, the App Suspend feature, which is available in .NET 4.5.1 on Windows Server 2012 R2.

ASP.NET

Getting SignalR-Ready in Visual Studio 2010 - Rion Williams
This post will cover how to get yourself up and running using SignalR within Visual Studio 2010 in a jiffy.
ASP.NET MVC: Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 Membership with a SQL CE Database - John Atten
Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 membership with a SQL CE Database

C#

Creating Advanced Audit Trails using ActionFilters in ASP.NET MVC - Rion Williams
As mentioned in my previous article on "Implementing Simple Audit Trails using ActionFilters in ASP.NET MVC", accountability is such an important factor when working with systems that involve any level of security and confidentiality. In that post, we discussed creating a very basic [Aud