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Feb 13, 2015
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Find Your Favorite Library for C++ in NuGet

Hong Hong -
Hong Hong -

Many of you may know that NuGet is the “go-to” library repository for .NET development, but what about using it for C++? The answer here may surprise you as many of the top open source C++ libraries are actually sitting in the NuGet gallery. For those who haven’t used NuGet before, NuGet is the package manager system for the Micr...

C++
Jan 29, 2015
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Native Memory Diagnostics in CTP 5

Adam Welch (MSFT)
Adam Welch (MSFT)

The Visual Studio Memory Usage tool is now selected by default in VS2015 CTP 5.  When you first debug a native app in CTP 5, the Diagnostic Tools window will launch and show both the Memory Usage and CPU Usage tools since they are both checked by default.  For more information on the Diagnostic Tools window and other tools, please consult...

C++
Nov 21, 2014
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Native Memory Diagnostics in VS2015 Preview

Adam Welch (MSFT)
Adam Welch (MSFT)

In Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 and also in the earlier CTP releases of Visual Studio 2015, we released a memory diagnostic tool that allowed developers to take heap snapshots of their application and then examine the heap contents upon terminating their application.  The initial release supported viewing managed and native objects in the heap, and ...

C++
Jul 2, 2014
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Graphics Diagnostics in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 RC

Rong Lu
Rong Lu

Hello again! Three months have passed since we talked about what's new for Graphics Development in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2. Since then the team has been working to bring even more Graphics Diagnostics features into Visual Studio. I'm very excited to share with you what we have put in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 RC that just shipped! (Download V...

C++
Jun 12, 2014
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Project Support for Natvis

Adam Welch (MSFT)
Adam Welch (MSFT)

The past two releases of Visual Studio have evolved the Natvis format to allow developers to easily visualize their debug data inside the VC++ expression evaluator.  The first Visual Studio “14” CTP provides a new way for native developers to consume and manage their Natvis debug visualizers.  In response to requests from Visu...

C++
Apr 16, 2014
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Parallel STL – Democratizing Parallelism in C++

Artur Laksberg
Artur Laksberg

Only a few years ago, writing parallel code in C++ was a domain of the experts. Nowadays, this field is becoming more and more accessible to regular developers thanks to the advances in libraries, such as the PPL and C++ AMP from Microsoft, Intel's Threading Building Blocks, OpenMP or OpenACC if you prefer a pragma-style approach, OpenCL for low-le...

C++OpenMP
Apr 8, 2014
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DirectX Graphics Development with Visual Studio 2013 and Update 2

Rong Lu
Rong Lu

Hello, everyone! My name is Rong Lu, a program manager on the Visual C++ team. Last week at BUILD conference, I gave a talk on “DirectX Graphics Development with Visual Studio 2013 and Update 2” in which we walked through a couple of exciting new features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 (Download Update 2 RC) for DirectX development. In ...

C++
Feb 21, 2014
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Why C++?

Eric Battalio
Eric Battalio

A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to share a few scenarios where C++ really matters to an internal audience from the field. No demo code or sample projects were reviewed, just the scenarios and first-hand examples.Why C++? Do you agree with these scenarios? Did I miss one? Do you have detailed examples for any of these that yo...

C++
Feb 4, 2014
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Challenge – Vulnerable Code

Eric Battalio
Eric Battalio

This challenge appeared on an internal alias dedicated to C++. It was issued by Mike Vine, a developer here at Microsoft who agreed to let us share it with the mighty Visual C++ blog readers: This challenge came from me thinking about a simple bug which could be turned into a security vulnerability, so I thought I'd give it a go and try to code a p...

C++
Feb 4, 2014
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Challenge – Vulnerable Code

Eric Battalio
Eric Battalio

This challenge appeared on an internal alias dedicated to C++. It was issued by Mike Vine, a developer here at Microsoft who agreed to let us share it with the mighty Visual C++ blog readers: This challenge came from me thinking about a simple bug which could be turned into a security vulnerability, so I thought I'd give it a go and try to code a p...

C++