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Registration for C++Now 2013 Opens Today!
Registration for the seventh annual C++Now Conference (formerly BoostCon) opens today, and if you're looking for a great C++ conference to attend this year, you should definitely consider C++Now. I attended last year's conference and it was terrific: in addition to a splendid program of sessions about a wide variety of subjects related to C++, it was an unparalleled opportunity to be able to meet and learn from many C++ experts and to chat with other C++ enthusiasts and learn how others use the C++ language.You can find information about the 2013 conference, including registra...
Friday Miscellany #3
Active in the C++ community? Answering questions, creating demos, sharing code snippets, or hosting a local user group meeting? If you have something to share, send it to me (ebattali@microsoft.com) for potential inclusion in a future miscellany!And now on with the show: And because Murphy was an optimist, share your own laws below or on our wondrous, active, modern yet approachable Visual C++ Facebook page. Thanks as always for your enthusiasm and contributions.
Casablanca : Give us your feedback!
Casablanca: a native library to access the cloud from C++ Take a quick 10 minute break and give us your feedback on Casablanca. The Casablanca team would love to hear what you have to say! We want to know how you are using the libraries and what you like or don’t like about Casablanca. This data can help us improve Casablanca and help us meet your needs. https://aka.ms/casablancasurveyThank you in advance for sharing your thoughts with the team. Your help is appreciated and does make an impact. For those who are unfamiliar with Casablanca and want to learn more about the library please ...
Friday Miscellany #2
We recently requested feedback on native debugging (https://aka.ms/nativeenc) and your C++ build experience (https://aka.ms/cppbuildsurvey). These surveys are still open, but I wanted to share some of the written feedback we have received: Look to future posts to share more about each of these surveys.Some links for your consideration. Submit items for future miscellany posts to ebattali@microsoft.com.*spoiler: marketing spam* How about liking Visual C++ on Facebook? Can we triple our likes to 1500?
Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 Now Available!
Today, Soma announced the availability of the Visual Studio 2012 Update 1! You can install it either from the download page (see "Visual Studio 2012 Update 1" under the "Additional software" section).As promised, you can now use the Visual C++ compiler and libraries to target Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. To target Windows XP: As always, we'd love to hear your feedback. Please submit suggestions to Visual Studio UserVoice. You can also follow us on Twitter (@VisualC) and like us on Facebook (Visual CPP) and post to our wall.
Using the Windows 8 SDK with Visual Studio 2010 – configuring multiple projects
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A few months ago, we wrote about how to use the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 within your Visual Studio 2010 projects. These instructions work great if you are updating just one project, but if you need to use the Windows 8 SDK in many projects, repeating these steps for each project can be tedious. If you want to use these settings in multiple projects, you can use property sheets to configure these settings once, then reuse the settings in different projects. You can also use these instructions to configure these settings for multiple configurations of the same...
Another Earful: Debugging Survey
The Visual C++ build experience survey (https://aka.ms/cppbuildsurvey) has almost passed the 250 response mark on the way to 500 responses. Thank you to everyone who has already provided feedback. To those that have not yet had a chance to take the survey, please consider spending ~10 minutes sharing your thoughts with the team. Your help is appreciated and does make an impact.And as a bonus, the team responsible for the debugging experience wants to understand your debugging experience. This survey will take a little longer at ~15-20 minutes, but is paid back with the satisfaction you receive knowing you are hel...
Give Us an Earful: Visual C++ Build Survey
Need a quick 10 minute break from developing your latest Visual C++ masterpiece? Want to give us feedback about your project build experience?Yes? Then we have a link for you: https://aka.ms/cppbuildsurveyThere are a mix of questions including an invitation for further discussion if you opt in. We look forward to your feedback and hope to share some insights soon!
Friday Miscellany #1
Some links for your consideration. Have ideas for future Miscellany posts? Drop me an email (ebattali@microsoft.com), share on our Visual C++ Facebook page, or leave a comment below. Thanks!