January, 2011

This week comes with an article to help you set your application for parallelization; C++ MVP Dan Rollins researches on various ways to implement properties in C++; Issam Iqbal, C++ MVP, gives another twist to the TO CLI or NOT TO CLI debate when creating...

A few days ago, we posted two C++ quizzes based on a question posted in a forum. Let’s review the first question   Quiz 1 #include <iostream>    class Foo { public :      virtual void DoStuff()=0; };    class Bar : public Foo { public :   ...

The patterns & practices group is writing a new guide that will introduce Visual C++ programmers to patterns for including parallelism in their applications . Examples of these patterns are parallel loops, parallel tasks and data aggregation with...

I was reading recent discussion threads and found something interesting that someone introduced as a question, but instead of start developing the whole story from here, I’ll just challenge you with two different quiz games. Quiz 1 ...

Greetings!! The 4th issue of The Visual C++ Weekly is out there. This issue starts with an article due to C++ MVP Marc Gregoire on an extension that Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Beta brings to Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) to allow animations. A book of...

Microsoft is working to provide developers the next experience with local documentation. Last December, the Library team released the SP1 beta version of its Microsoft Help Viewer for Visual Studio. Additionally, there are a number of changes and improvement...

Erik Meijer –host of the “ Expert to Expert ” series in Channel 9- interviews Herb Sutter -an Architect on the VC++ team and chair of the C++ Standards Committee. In this thought-provoking talk, Herb and Erik cover generic programming...

We just released the third issue of The Visual C++ Weekly . For technical reasons, from the original list of articles, there are two that weren’t caught and got lost but we’ll make sure to include them in the fourth issue (to appear next Saturday...

In the last Professional Developer Conference (PDC) , a few months ago, Chas Boyd –PM Architect with Windows Graphics at Microsoft- delivered a general overview of the Windows Graphics architecture , its different APIs and the application types...

A recent study showed that C++ is still among the most used languages (ahead of any other Visual Studio officially supported language like C# or Visual Basic). But despite being widely used and known by several generations of developers –thanks...

C++ MVP Kenny Kerr starts a new series on modern Windows development with C++0x. Intel features a highly parallel optimized crowd simulation technique. Get All-In-One: a code sample library for Microsoft development technologies. C++ MVP Kate Gregory...

The final parts of my video lecture series introducing the Standard Template Library are now available. Part 9 covers a single function, std::move() , and explains how rvalue references power move semantics. Part 10 covers <type_traits>, a header...

Hi! I’m Ale Contenti and I’d like to show you here a session on Application Lifecycle Management ( ALM ) for C++ in Visual Studio 2010 I presented last November at TechEd Europe , in Berlin. People often wonder how we expect C++ developers...

Hi, my name is Renin John and I work as a Software Development Engineer in Test with the VC++ Project and Build Team. I was involved in testing the Build performance of the VS 2010 IDE and I wanted to give you all an idea about what to expect, and some...

Happy New Year!! Starting 2011, we’ll be releasing every week a compilation of articles, videos, downloadable stuff, interviews and other news related with our programming language . Sources may or may not be MS-owned, as long as the content...