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    90 Errors in Open-Source Projects (not yet reviewed)

    The materials collected in this article will be useful for authors of articles, books and blogs. Examples of errors can be used to demonstrate the advantages of different programming styles -- for instance, why you should not try to make your code shorter by writing long expressions.

    Leo Tolstoy and Static Code Analysis

    Andrey Karpov checks Apache HTTP Server with PVS-Studio and discusses the errors and false reports returned.

    Amusing C++

    The article describes a few C++ tricks that look uncommon but amusing.

    A Time Zone API supplement

    Microsoft has an extremely limited set of Time Zone functions. This API will allow the full use of Time Zones in your Windows App.

    Linq-To-XML Style of Node Creation for C++

    This article discusses the new C++ Elmax XML Library feature to implement Linq-To-XML node creation to write XML files. Linq-To-XML node creation is the natural way to create nodes with code that is structurally identical to resultant XML.

    Take Advantage of External Storage with Your Android App

    Does your Android App need a lot of storage? Don't hog the phones internal storage, instead use Android's External Storage to store data on the users SD card.

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    Using VC++ .NET

    USING VC++ .NET

    MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)

    The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

    Nuts & Bolts

    .NET NUTS & BOLTS

    .NET Framework: Collections and Generics

    The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

    VB Today

    VISUAL BASIC TODAY

    Input and Output with VB.NET 2010

    The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.

    Insights

    PROGRAMMING INSIGHTS

    Navigating OData and WCF Data Services

    Understanding OData conventions are important to building an OData client and testing an OData Endpoint. Of all the OData conventions the most important convention a WCF Data Services developer must understand are the OData URI conventions. This article explains how OData URI conventions map to code living inside of WCF Data Services.