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The Future of C++
Published 11/05/2012
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C/C++: The Hazards of Using a Minimal Amount of Code
Published 03/02/2012
This first article in a series devoted to how C/C++ programmers unintentionally play with fire discusses how programmers often attempt to explicitly call a constructor.
MFC Application: Adding Service Mode Support
Published 02/27/2012
Learn how to extend the life of legacy user-mode applications without the need to dismantle and rewrite--in just a few easy steps.
How to Make Fewer Errors at the Stage of Code Writing. Part N3.
Published 12/16/2011
This third article in the series discusses a couple of new programming methods that can help you make your code simpler and safer.
SSE2 Vectorization of Alphablend Code
Published 12/14/2011
Wong Shao Voon shows you how to use SSE2 to Speed up Alphablending.
How to Make Fewer Errors at the Stage of Code Writing. Part N2
Published 12/12/2011
This is the second article on avoiding certain errors at the early stage of code writing. In the previous post, we have already advised you to avoid a large number of calculations in one expression. However, we should investigate this question in detail. Let's see what's dangerous about complex expressions and how we can avoid many logical errors.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
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.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
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...
How to Determine Which Office Version is Installed with VB.NET and C#
Published 01/04/2013
Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
Building an Azure Queuing Message Pipeline
Published 01/15/2013
A developer building messaging solutions with Azure Queuing and Azure Service Bus should follow a Pipeline pattern when processing a significant number of different messages. One approach to building a Pipeline is to layer a message following an Envelope pattern.
