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Going Native – Day 3
Day 3 has kicked off, check https://channel9.msdn.com/?rnd=1378482692602 to catch the latest.Sessions run the gamut, from C++ and the Windows Runtime to Exploding Tuples and another Q&A forum.See you online!
Going Native 2013 – Day 2
Day one is in the bag. If you are like me, you are still digesting all of the great content (and doing a few web searches to brush up on terminology/concepts).Today promises to be another excellent day. Here are the sessions: Catch the live stream at https://channel9.msdn.com.Enjoy (and write more C++ code!).
Going Native 2013 – Day 1
Going Native kicks off today!If you made it to Redmond to attend, I look forward to meeting you. If you could not make it this year, you still have a front via Channel 9.Here is day one content: To see the entire schedule, visit the Going Native 2013 page on Channel 9.Cheers!
Feedback on Your C++ Development Activities
Hello. My name is Gabriel Ha and I am a program manager on the Visual C++ team.Do you have 10-20 minutes to take a survey on C++ developer activities?We want to get a better idea of what C++ developers frequently spend their time doing when they develop their C++ code. We will use your feedback to make improvements to Visual Studio to aide you in the tasks you find yourself doing all the time (and we want your feedback even if you DON’T primarily use Visual Studio)!You’ll also have the opportunity in the survey to comment on any pain points you have when you code (in Visual Studio or otherwise), and w...
C++ REST SDK 1.2.0 is now available
C++ REST SDK 1.2.0 has been released on CodePlex. This version of the C++ REST SDK includes the following: For more information about this release and to view the sources, visit the project site at http://casablanca.codeplex.com.
Ability to debug Optimized Code (Optimized Debugging)
Optimized Debugging or in other words the ability to debug optimized code has come across as an important feature request in previous surveys.As we start planning for the next version of Visual Studio we would like to better understand the experience that Visual Studio provides today. In addition to this we would also like to gather requirements on what additional debugging information is required to improve this experience (for eg., debugging information for locals). For this purpose we would really appreciate if you can take 5-10 mins out to take this survey we have prepared :)Link to survey for Optimized ...
How is your experience developing graphics apps?
Hello, my name is Rong Lu. I’m a PM on Visual C++ team working on graphics development features in VS, including asset designers, templates, graphics diagnostics, etc.. In preparation for planning for graphics tooling capabilities in the next version of Visual Studio, we’re trying to understand the needs of graphics developers better. We’d love to hear how your experience is developing graphics apps using VS today, and what you like to see in the future. This can help us focus on the right things to meet the needs of graphics developers like you.We’d appreciate if you can take 15 min ...
C++ IDE Improvements in Visual Studio 2013
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When we considered what features to add to the C++ IDE in Visual Studio 2013, we decided to focus on improving the C++ code editing experience. We've added a number of features that will help you write and format your code more quickly, and will give you more useful information in IntelliSense. You can configure the behavior of most of these new features using the Options dialog from the Tools menu. Code Formatting One of my biggest frustrations with the C++ editor in Visual Studio over the past several years has been the lack of formatting when I pasted code into the editor. Combined with the lack of many comm...
ATL and MFC changes and fixes in Visual Studio 2013
Hello, I’m Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ Libraries team. In this blog post I would like to share with you the changes that we’ve made in ATL and MFC for Visual Studio 2013.One of the major changes we made was to eliminate the ATL DLL altogether. All ATL code is now static, either in the header files or in the ATL static library. We also reduced the amount of code in the ATL static library substantially, so there are no longer multiple static libraries for debug/release mode or Unicode/ANSI character set. There is only one ATL static library that is common to a...