Simplest Window Service
Learn how to convert an app into a service without much of an effort using this simple, two-step, yet powerful Windows Service class called CSvcHandler.
Mandelbrot Using C++ AMP
This article implements a Mandelbrot renderer that is multiple times faster than a CPU-only implementation by using a new Microsoft technology called C++ AMP: Accelerated Massive Parallelism, introduced in the Visual C++ 11 Preview.
How to Make Fewer Errors at the Stage of Code Writing. Part N2
This is the second article on avoiding certain errors at the early stage of code writing. In the previous post, we have already advised you to avoid a large number of calculations in one expression. However, we should investigate this question in detail. Let's see what's dangerous about complex expressions and how we can avoid many logical errors.
90 Errors in Open-Source Projects
The materials collected in this article will be useful for authors of articles, books and blogs. Examples of errors can be used to demonstrate the advantages of different programming styles -- for instance, why you should not try to make your code shorter by writing long expressions.
Amusing C++
The article describes a few C++ tricks that look uncommon but amusing.
A Time Zone API supplement
Microsoft has an extremely limited set of Time Zone functions. This API will allow the full use of Time Zones in your Windows App.
Linq-To-XML Style of Node Creation for C++
This article discusses the new C++ Elmax XML Library feature to implement Linq-To-XML node creation to write XML files. Linq-To-XML node creation is the natural way to create nodes with code that is structurally identical to resultant XML.
C++ 2011: nullptr
C++ used to lack a special value to indicate a null pointer, which led to some problems. The new standard introduces a new reserved word nullptr, to designate a constant rvalue that represents a null pointer. Read on to learn more.
C++ 2011: Strongly-typed Enums
Strongly-typed enumerators, provided by the new C++ standard, solve the known problems with the traditional enumerators. The new standard brings a new kind of enumerator, introduced with 'enum class,' called strongly-typed enums.
Improve Unit Testing with Visual C++ Programming
Visual Studio comes with an interesting tool for unit testing, but for C++ we have to use C++\CLI to develop tests. In this article we discover a simple technique to avoid all of the drawbacks generated by using C++\CLI.
Microsoft AMPs Up C++
C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism will aid developers in building massively parallel applications.