About Web Services and C++ on Windows platform : General

Final version of WWSAPI for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and my plans

NikolaD — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:40:00 GMT

In today's post: Check out this post that announces availability of the final version of WWSAPI runtime for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. This version corresponds to the one released in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.Please make...(read more)

Are there patterns in technical interviews?

NikolaD — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:31:00 GMT

A friend of mine has started an interesting blog dedicated to a theory that there are patterns in questions asked on technical interviews. The idea behind the theory is that there is a small set of the core problems and techniques asked during interviews....(read more)

PDC 2008 registration is live now!

NikolaD — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:57:00 GMT

In case you have missed the announcement, PDC2008 registration is now open. You can advantage of the Early Bird discount and save $200 on your registration. The conference takes place in Los Angeles on October 27-30, 2008. I will be there to introduce...(read more)

Moving from Visual C++ to Windows Core Networking

NikolaD — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:07:00 GMT

I would like to let readers of my blog know that today is my last day with Visual C++ team. Starting next Monday I am going to be on Windows Core Networking team. For a reader of my blog, this change of my position means that the content of future posts...(read more)

What’s new in Visual C++ 2008 Express for Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2008

NikolaD — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:03:00 GMT

Great news everyone! VS2008 Beta 2 has been just released and you may download it and installed it on your computer. Beta 2 previews two major improvements in VC++ Express for VS2008 , about which I am very excited about. This is why I have decided to...(read more)

Using C# in C++ project with Visual Studio 2005

NikolaD — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:53:00 GMT

Today when I have been cleaning folders on my hard drive, I have found yet another demo project. I have built it sometime ago to demonstrate how how one can have C# and C++ project in one solution and link them both into one binary using C++ linker. It...(read more)

ATL Server as shared source project

NikolaD — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:34:00 GMT

Great news - ATL Server is moving to a shared source project . If you have not already noticed, it was announced on VCBLog . This release enables developers to fix bugs and add new features to ATL Server. Same time they can release new drops more often...(read more)

Discussing Visual C++ product strategy

NikolaD — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:16:00 GMT

There is an interesting post on VC++ Orcas forum, which I thought I would link to from my blog. Initial question contains a summary of frequently asked questions about VC++ strategy in managed code. The author has expressed several concerns about VC++...(read more)

Another update to STL/CLR is integrated.

NikolaD — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:40:00 GMT

As I have announced on VC Blog , VC++ libraries team has integrated another big updated to STL/CLR. We have added two new adapters that are designed to interop with .Net Framework Collection classes and STL/CLR. Also we have fleshed out support for IDictionary/IDictionary<K,T>...(read more)

More information about STL/CLR

NikolaD — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:30:00 GMT

Ale is talking about his work on STL/CLR on VCBlog. You may find it here, http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2006/08/02/686894.aspx ...(read more)

Visual C++ Team Blog

NikolaD — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:09:00 GMT

Visual C++ team has opened a blog. Check it out here http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/comments/610989.aspx...(read more)

Feedback on VS2005

NikolaD — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:10:00 GMT

You probably already know that VS2005 has been released. Just a small note. One can still use Product Feedback site, http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/ to report bugs and suggestions to VS2005 even after it is released. Bugs are still upload to internal database and triaged there. And, of course, you can still use forums, http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=8&SiteID=1