CODE Magazine - November - December 2024

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AI, .NET MAUI, Threading and Concurrency in C#, ARIA Best Practices
The cover story by Jason Murphy explores the fascinating intersection of AI and game development, detailing the recreation of the classic Asteroids game using ChatGPT-4. Complementing this, Sahil Malik's article delves into offline AI applications, emphasizing data privacy and security. This issue also features in-depth technical content, including Paul Sheriff's exploration of .NET MAUI data entry controls and binding, and Joydip's comprehensive guide to threading and concurrency in C#. Ashleigh Lodge contributes a thought-provoking piece on web accessibility, challenging common assumptions about ARIA usage.

CODE: 5 Years Ago

And just like that, we've arrived at the last installment of our \"30 Years of CODE\" celebratory column. Wow. Time flies! Seems like \"just the other day\" we had our 30-year anniversary celebration in Orlando, yet that was in December of 2023. But it's even wilder to think back five or six years. \"Just before the pandemic,\" really. How much has changed in those few short years!

10 mins

AI with No Internet Connection

AI, or artificial intelligence; are you bored of hearing about of it yet? Between the stock market and CEO keynotes, we can’t seem to get away from it. It promises to revolutionize everything around us.

8 mins

CODE Magazine Presents: The State of AI Mini Conference Tour

CODE has recently started a new series of inperson events focusing on the topic of artificial intelligence and its practical uses in business scenarios.

2 mins

Exploring .NET MAUI: Data Entry Controls and Data Binding

In the first parts of this ongoing series on exploring .NET MAUI (https://codemag.​com/Article/2408041/Exploring-.NET-MAUIGetting-Started and https://codemag.​com/Article/2409041/Exploring-.NET-MAUI-Styles-Navigation-and-Reusable-UI), you created your first .NET MAUI application and ran that application on both a Windows computer and an Android emulator.

4 mins

First Rule of ARIA: Don't Use ARIA

As you expand your accessibility knowledge, you've probably heard the term ARIA a few times, maybe with an explanation, maybe not. Let's start there: ARIA (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA) is a standard from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (https://www.w3.org/) via the Web AccessibilityInitiative (WAI) (https://www.w3.org/WAI/).

10+ mins

Can an LLM Make a Video Game?

In the Summer of 1980, I played Asteroids at a gas station in rural West Texas. I stood on a stool to reach the controls and see the screen. Ever since then, I’ve wanted to make a video game. I’ve also wanted to have the time, skills, and resources to make a video game.

3 mins

Career Development and Staffing Reinvented

You think great talent and cool positions only exist in Silicon Valley? Think again!

4 mins

Threads, Asynchrony, Parallelism, and Concurrency in C#

The concepts of process, thread, and task are fundamental to understanding the working of an operating system. You should have a good understanding of threads and how they work to learn asynchrony, parallelism, and concurrency. This article discusses the concepts related to these concepts in detail with relevant code examples wherever appropriate.

5 mins

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