Notifiers make anonymous communication between objects in a system possible. They are also easy to understand, providing a seamless migration as new developers are introduced to a project. This article describes the design and implementation of Notifiers in C++.
Gain an overview on what a design pattern is and how they employed in developing MFC library.
Provides a very fine C++ implementation of the Observer Pattern (implementing cyclic updates, self reference, etc.)
This C++ tutorial shows you how to avoid object dependencies using the Observer Pattern, and explains when and why the Observer Pattern is needed, its benefits and liabilities.
Applying Strategy Pattern in C++ Applications
Bridge Pattern - Bridging the gap between Interface and Implementation
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.
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...
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.
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.
