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Software

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C++

Automatic Testing
Coding Style
Algorithms

Constants and Basics
Convert

Byte

[ASCIIHex] Convert Binary to ASCII Hex (and back)
[Base64] Base64 Codec (Encoder/Decoder)
[GetMIMELine] A method to read ahead one line in a File
[QuotedPrintable] Quoted Printable Codec (Encoder/Decoder)
[URL] URL Encoder Codec (Encoder/Decoder)
[UU] Unix to Unix Codec (Encoder/Decoder)

Colour

[HSL] RGB-HSL-RGB Converter

Compression

[LZW] LZW Compression/Decompression

Encryption

[CryptBytes] Useful Encryption/Decryption
[RC4] Fast RC4 Encryption
[RC6] Effective RC6 Encryption
[Scrambler] Fastest DWORD Encryption Algorithms

English

[itow] Convert Numbers to Words (12 becomes 'twelve')
[MetaphoneString] Save databases from mis-typed company names! (Soundex)

Find

[Time] Use Atomic Clocks to Find the Time
[BinaryChop] Binary Chop Search with SpeLmchequer word-list search
[QuickSearch] Fast and Simple String in String Search
[WordFinder] Pick out Words from Text
CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) Checksums

[Adler32] CRC32 Variant (Faster)
[CRC32] Standard Cyclic Redundancy Check
[MD5] Message Digest 5, Strong Checksum
[Roller32] Scrolling Checksum for searching data

Generate

[Password] Create secure but easy to remember Passwords
PRNGs (Pseudo-Random Number Generators) and Noise

[Rand] Standard C/C++ PRNG
[Random] Multi-type seeded PRNG
[ShortRand] Evenly distributed shorts PRNG
[Twister] Mersenne Twister MT19937 PRNG

Store

[newdelete] Safe new and delete
[BlockFile] File Archiver: malloc for Hard Disks
[CSV] Comma Separated Value (CSV) Parser/Tokenizer
Collections

[Arrays] Array Algorithms
[Lists] Linked Lists
[Selection] Single and Multiple Selection Algorithm
[TreeList] Balanced (AVL) Binary Tree / Doubly-Linked List Structure

Graphics

[gFilters] Interpolation
[Global] Mapping
Bitmap Graphics

[Colors] Alpha Blending and Brightness
[PixelBlock] PixelBlock Base Class
Drawing 2D Graphics

[ButtonStencil] Fast Button Drawing
[CircleStencil] Circle Drawing
[CurveStencil] Curve Drawing
[LineStencil] Line Drawing

Effects 2D Graphics

[Sand] Pixels turn to sand
[Water] Pixels under water

Patterns 2D Graphics

[Fern] Fractal Fern
[Mandelbrot] Mandelbrot Set
[ParityFractal] Parity Fractal (monochrome textured background)
[SeedHead] Sunflower Seed-Head

Procedural Textures

[Button] Procedural Texture Principles Tutorial
[Wait] Procedurally drawn Busy/Wait/Loading animation Tutorial
[Wall] Procedural Brick Wall Texture
Coherent Noise

[Mosaic] Mosaic Noise
[Perlin] Perlin Noise
[Simplex] Perlin Simplex Noise
[Voronoi] Voronoi Noise

Colour

[ColourSpline] Colour Spline Interpolation for Colour Bars and Gradient Fills
[HSL HSV] HSL and HSV Colour Conversion
[Mixers] Mix/Blend Colours
[Shaders] Shader Equations

OpenGL

[glMatrix] Transform between Pixels and World Coordinates (like gluProject and gluUnProject)

Vector Graphics

[gCoord] Coordinates (The trouble with double)
[Points] Vertices: a point in space
[Vectors] A linear journey: Distance and Direction
[DotProduct] Interactive 2D Vector Dot Product
[PV] Position Vectors (a Point and Vector): A journey from a specified point.
[Planes] An infinite, infinitesimally thin, flat sheet.

MFC

Controls

CListCtrl/CListView Report View

[Properties] CListBox Decimal Point Aligned Property Viewer
[Select] Implementing Full Row Select using the OwnerDraw DrawItem function.
[Sort] Sorting by any Column.

[Calendar] Calendar Example Control
[ColorButton] Colour Button Control
[DragBar] Draggable Splitter Bar
[Icons] How to Show Icons on Controls
[Subclass] It's Easy to Add Functionality to Windows Controls!

Files

[Details] A wrapper to hold File Properties
[DTree] Directory Searching Made Easy (Iteration,Recursion,Scanning,Folder)
[Local] Local Path operations
[Picker] The Windows Directory Picker / Folder Browser
[Recycle] Use the system Move,Copy,Delete and Recycle
[ResFile] Access MFC Resources as if they were MFC CFiles
[Temp] Handling Temporary Files

Moving Data

[BlockDelta] Minimal Data Transfer using Delta Compression
[RDOS] Remote File Access (like Delta-compressed FTP)
[SocketInterface] Windows Sockets made easy

[Helpers] Helpers
[AppPath] Find the Application's Path and FileName
[AutoPlay] Make CDs open web pages automatically
[Click] Create Click Messages for your Controls
[HandCursor] Use a Hand Cursor without having one in your Resources
[LinkButton] Web Link style Button Class
[Lock] Multithreading Mutual Exclusion (Mutex) Lock class
[MemDC] Use flicker-free Video Page Swapping with Device Contexts
[Modeless] Create Dialog Boxes that run in their own Thread
[MsgWnd] Notify using MSN-style pop-up window messages
[QuickFill] Draw Fast Rectangles to fill window backgrounds
[Toney] Let your Application play RTTTL Ringtones
[SingleInstance] Create a Single Instance Application
[Status] Progress Bars made Fast and Easy
[SysFont] Use the System Font
[Threads] Easy, safe Threads using a class CThread
[ToolTips] How to implement Tool-Tips
[TrayIcon] Minimize your Application to the System Tray
[WndAnimator] Animate the Title Bar as your Application is Minimized [(like Windows Explorer)

Freeware

[Home] Various Javascript examples are on the home page
[Atomic] Set your PC Clock from Internet Atomic Clocks
[BoxNet] Box Net Designer: make boxes from old Christmas Cards (takes a while for the page to load)
[CopyTree] Directory Tree Copier
[Gallery] Quick and Dirty on-line Gallery
[HSL] Colour Wheel (HSL/RGB/HSL converter)
[Name] Picture File Automatic Namer
[Password] Password Generator
[Rookery] Extreme Rookery Game
[Zeroed] Zeroed File Finder

Java/Javascript

[DotProduct] Interactive 2D Vector Dot Product
[RC4] RC4 Encryption
[Password] Password Generator
[Rookery] Extreme Rookery Game
[SeedHead] Sunflower Seed-Head Pattern
[Site Map] Tree Control (Just view the source code for this page)!
[Wait] Procedurally drawn Busy/Wait/Loading animation Tutorial