Correctly managing the release of heap-allocated memory and other resources has been one of the great challenges of C and C++ development for decades. The new shared_ptr class, shipping with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Visual Studio 2010, makes dealing with resource management dramatically simpler.
Learn the reason behind using pointer-to-pointer and reference-to-pointer to modify a pointer passed to a function, to understand their usage better.
A beginning-level article covering the problems, bugs, and technique solutions that correspond to using pointers.
This article shows an implementation of delegates.
Smart Pointer (with Object Level Thread Synchronization '& Reference Counting Garbage Collection)
AutoPtr<> Class
Learn to implement exception handling mechanism in C++.
Still postponing the upgrade to VS 2017? Here's some information that can help you decide whether to plunge ahead or wait longer.
Learn about some of Visual Studio's newer tools to make your coding and debugging a bit more productive.
Choosing the right platform—IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS—can greatly enhance your Cloud presence.
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