October 2013

The Visual C++ Linker best practices: Developer Iteration

October 29, 2013 Oct 29, 2013 10/29/13

Ankit Asthana

The time spent in the link phase could be a significant portion of an applications overall build time for most large projects. A user can quickly determine this by adding the '/time' flag to the linker command line. The 'Final: Total time' reports the total time spent in the link phase. There are essentially two primary scenarios to consider ...

Creating a C++ Project from a PDB file: PDB Project

October 28, 2013 Oct 28, 2013 10/28/13

Eric Battalio

For the latest information on Version 2.0, check out http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/01/15/creating-a-c-project-from-a-pdb-file-pdb-project-version-2.0.aspx...

The New Performance Optimization Tool for Visual C++ applications

October 22, 2013 Oct 22, 2013 10/22/13

Ankit Asthana

Introduction As a part of the VS2013 preview release the 'Performance and Diagnostics Hub' was introduced. The Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) tool is a new performance optimization tool that integrates with 'Performance and Diagnostic Hub'. The tool is not a part of the out of the box install of Visual Studio 2013 but can be downloaded...

Visual Studio 2013 Available Now!

October 17, 2013 Oct 17, 2013 10/17/13

Eric Battalio

We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2013 is now available. Download Visual Studio 2013. Discover What's New for Visual Studio 2013. Read the formal announcement on Soma's blog. Check the system requirements and platform compatibility. Grab the MCBS MFC library for this release. Build an extension for Visual Studio 2013. Provide ...

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October 2013 - C++ Team Blog

The Visual C++ Linker best practices: Developer Iteration

Creating a C++ Project from a PDB file: PDB Project

The New Performance Optimization Tool for Visual C++ applications

Visual Studio 2013 Available Now!