C++ Team Blog

A 101 on GPU-Accelerated Apps in the Windows Platform

January 13, 2011 Jan 13, 2011 01/13/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

(image) In the last Professional Developer Conference (PDC), a few months ago, Chas Boyd –PM Architect with Windows Graphics at Microsoft- delivered a general overview of the Windows Graphics architecture, its different APIs and the application types they are intended to. It’s a 100-level session, what means that is informative ...

C++ Programming Interviews: What Interviewers Want You To Show

January 11, 2011 Jan 11, 2011 01/11/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

A recent study showed that C++ is still among the most used languages (ahead of any other Visual Studio officially supported language like C# or Visual Basic). But despite being widely used and known by several generations of developers –thanks that it has been out there for decades now, while being still the most taught language in the ...

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 2 (Jan 8, 2011) Is Out

January 8, 2011 Jan 8, 2011 01/8/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

C++ MVP Kenny Kerr starts a new series on modern Windows development with C++0x. Intel features a highly parallel optimized crowd simulation technique. Get All-In-One: a code sample library for Microsoft development technologies. C++ MVP Kate Gregory shares a “lost+found” ISO technical report on C++ performance. And much, much more...

Rvalue References and Type Traits – Video Introduction to the STL, Parts 9 and 10

January 7, 2011 Jan 7, 2011 01/7/11

Visual CPP Team

The final parts of my video lecture series introducing the Standard Template Library are now available.  Part 9 covers a single function, std::move(), and explains how rvalue references power move semantics.  Part 10 covers <type_traits>, a header added by TR1/C++0x, and explains the basics of template metaprogramming. ...

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for C++ in Visual Studio 2010

January 6, 2011 Jan 6, 2011 01/6/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

(image) Hi! I’m Ale Contenti and I’d like to show you here a session on Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for C++ in Visual Studio 2010 I presented last November at TechEd Europe, in Berlin. People often wonder how we expect C++ developers to take advantage of the many ALM scenarios enabled in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Today...

Grr… My VC++ Project Is Building Slower in VS2010. What Do I Do Now? (A Step by Step Guide)

January 5, 2011 Jan 5, 2011 01/5/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

(image) Hi, my name is Renin John and I work as a Software Development Engineer in Test with the VC++ Project and Build Team. I was involved in testing the Build performance of the VS 2010 IDE and I wanted to give you all an idea about what to expect, and some basic steps you could take if you end up in a situation where your project ...

2011 Comes with a New C++ Weekly Roundup

January 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011 01/1/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

(image) Happy New Year!! Starting 2011, we’ll be releasing every week a compilation of articles, videos, downloadable stuff, interviews and other news related with our programming language. Sources may or may not be MS-owned, as long as the content is of the common interest. This may also apply for the timeline of articles: they may not ...

Making an Exception

December 29, 2010 Dec 29, 2010 12/29/10

Diego Dagum - MSFT

(image) An interesting debate about C++ exceptions took place a few weeks ago in the C++ MVPs discussion list. The trigger was something as innocent and specific as “would you guys just throw std::runtime_exception with some error message string or you define a new exception hierarchy? What’s your opinion on AtlThrow/AtlThrowLastWin32?” ...

Unit-Testing Native C++ with Visual Studio

December 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010 12/21/10

Visual CPP Team

(image) Hi there! I’m John Socha-Leialoha and I’m a big fan of TDD. When I asked around about writing C++ tests, I was told there isn’t any support for C++ unit tests in Visual C++. Not true. Check this blog post where I tell you what’s required in order to write unit test for native C++ code using ...

Staying Current with Visual C++ 2010

December 20, 2010 Dec 20, 2010 12/20/10

Visual CPP Team

(image) A few weeks ago, the 2010 Edition of TechEd Europe took place in Berlin, Germany. C++ MVP Kate Gregory (picture) delivered a session where she shows through demos the latest achievements in the C++arena, especially regarding the upcoming C++0x version of language (scheduled by 2011), its libraries, concurrency and related IDE ...