Understand from this guide how and when - as well as when not - to use multithreading.
Latest Windows Messaging Articles
A Simple Thread Pooling Approach
Learn about a simple mechanism to achieve thread pooling by using Windows messages.
Easy Unicode
Learn how to integrate Unicode support in a non-Unicode application without a lot of code modifications.
Windows Message Broadcaster
Use this class to broadcast a message to multiple windows, or different views without having to have their handles.
WM_NCLBUTTONUP message patch
A patch for the WM_NCLBUTTONUP problem--getting a "non-client left button up" messageinstead of a "left button up" messsage.
Simple messaging service
Simple messaging service
Latest Developer Videos
More...Latest CodeGuru Developer Columns
C++ Tips and Tricks
Quirky and yet persistent, C++ is a language that keeps programmers coming back to it. Pick up some new ways to wrangle it into your workflow.

XML-XSD Parsing Refresher
Learn to use XSD, something that's built into Visual Studio, and makes handling XML data child's play.

Making Use of SQL Variables
Learn about SQL Variables and how to use them from Visual Basic.
The Top Challenge for Developers is...
Most developers face a grueling challenge to please their end users. We asked their top challenge is. With over 3,000 responses, the results are now available!