January 2013 | C++ Team Blog

In The Community: Meet Marius Bancila

Eric BattalioJanuary 28, 2013Jan 28, 201301/28/13

In the Community is a regular series spotlighting members of the C++ / developer community. This week, the spotlight is on Marius Bancila, a developer and C++ MVP. Marius has been developing desktop applications for 10 years, using different technologies including C++, C# and Java. C++ has always been his preferred language of choice. He has b

After the Jump

Eric BattalioJanuary 24, 2013Jan 24, 201301/24/13

This is a follow up to Jumping Into C++, a first-hand account of my experiences writing my first modern C++ application. It was a simple exercise that turned out to be not so simple and much more educational than I imagined thanks to the community.Thank you.And now, in no particular order, a few thoughts.About not using regular expressions. I

In The Community: Meet Kate Gregory

Eric BattalioJanuary 21, 2013Jan 21, 201301/21/13

In the Community is an ongoing series spotlighting members of the C++ / developer community. This week, meet Kate Gregory. Kate Gregory has been using C++ since before Microsoft had a C++ compiler. She runs a small consulting company in rural Ontario, www.gregcons.com, writing code in C# and C++, advising customers on technological decisions,

Jumping into C++

Eric BattalioJanuary 18, 2013Jan 18, 201301/18/13

I was a professional developer for years, working initially with C in labs and an engineering firm before moving on to other languages and stints as an enterprise developer and consultant. Other languages and tool were more in demand for the projects I worked on so I gradually moved away from native development and lost touch with the C++ stor

In The Community: Meet Jeremiah Morrill

Eric BattalioJanuary 14, 2013Jan 14, 201301/14/13

This is the third installment of "In The Community," a series spotlighting members of the C++ / developer community. Today we meet Jeremiah Morrill, MVP, developer and community guy.Jeremiah has been in the software development field for 14 years. Over his career, he has moved between languages, operating systems and products but likes to call

Friday Miscellany #4

Eric BattalioJanuary 11, 2013Jan 11, 201301/11/13

Welcome to another Friday Miscellany, a collection of interesting links from across the internet curated from social media, conversations and curiosity. If you have something to share, send it to me (ebattali@microsoft.com) for potential inclusion in a future miscellany.Happy clicking!

In The Community: Meet James McNellis

Eric BattalioJanuary 7, 2013Jan 7, 201301/7/13

This is the second installment in the "In The Community" series spotlighting members of the C++ / developer community. Today we meet James McNellis, a developer on the Visual C++ team and community guy. James is a developer on the Visual C++ team, which he joined this past July. As a member of this team, he builds awesome C++ libraries a

Roaming Settings: Give Us Your Feedback!

Eric BattalioJanuary 2, 2013Jan 2, 201301/2/13

Let's kick off 2013 with a survey JWe have been researching roaming Visual Studio settings and have a few questions that will help gain insights into what the best experience would be. We have created a survey (https://aka.ms/vsroaming) aimed at understanding Visual Studio settings usage patterns and gathering feedback. The survey should take

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