C++ Team Blog

C++ REST SDK WebSocket client

June 25, 2014 Jun 25, 2014 06/25/14

Kavya Kotacherry

With the C++ REST SDK 2.1 release, we are excited to announce support for client side WebSockets across multiple platforms (Linux, OSX, iOS, Windows Desktop and Store). This is a relatively new protocol, providing full duplex communication over TCP. For a detailed specification, refer to the RFC 6455. Why use WebSockets WebSocket comes in ...

C Runtime (CRT) Features, Fixes, and Breaking Changes in Visual Studio 14 CTP1

June 18, 2014 Jun 18, 2014 06/18/14

James McNellis

(This is the second of two articles on changes to the C Runtime (CRT) in the Visual Studio "14" CTP. The first article, The Great C Runtime (CRT) Refactoring, covered the major architectural changes to the CRT; this second article enumerates the new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes.) This list covers all of the major changes to the ...

C++11/14 Feature Tables For Visual Studio 14 CTP1

June 11, 2014 Jun 11, 2014 06/11/14

Stephan T. Lavavej - MSFT

As I promised last week in my post about the STL changes in VS14 CTP1, here are tables listing the implementation status of C++11/14 Core Language/Standard Library features.  First, let's look at the Core Language. (Previous tables: VS 2008 and VS 2010, VS 2012, VS 2013.)   C++11 Core Language Features VS 2013 VS14 CTP1 ...

The Great C Runtime (CRT) Refactoring

June 10, 2014 Jun 10, 2014 06/10/14

James McNellis

(This is the first of two articles on changes to the C Runtime (CRT) in the Visual Studio "14" CTP. This article discusses the major architectural changes to the libraries; the second article will enumerate the new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes.)For the past seven releases of Visual Studio (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, and ...

C++14 STL Features, Fixes, And Breaking Changes In Visual Studio 14 CTP1

June 6, 2014 Jun 6, 2014 06/6/14

Stephan T. Lavavej - MSFT

I'm Microsoft's STL maintainer, and once again we've got about a year's worth of work to tell you about.  ("We" means P.J. Plauger of Dinkumware for most features, myself for most fixes and Library Issue resolutions, plus fixes contributed by our libraries dev lead Artur Laksberg and our CRT maintainer James McNellis.)  If you missed...