Simplest Window Service
Learn how to convert an app into a service without much of an effort using this simple, two-step, yet powerful Windows Service class called CSvcHandler.
[Updated] Mandelbrot Using C++ AMP
This article implements a Mandelbrot renderer that is multiple times faster than a CPU-only implementation by using a new Microsoft technology called C++ AMP: Accelerated Massive Parallelism, introduced in the Visual C++ 11 Preview.
How to Make Fewer Errors at the Stage of Code Writing. Part N4
Andrey Karpov shares some useful observations on error patterns, touching upon the subject of handling rare and emergency conditions in programs.
This third article in the series discusses a couple of new programming methods that can help you make your code simpler and safer.
Wong Shao Voon shows you how to use SSE2 to Speed up Alphablending.
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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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.
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.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...
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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.
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PROGRAMMING INSIGHTS |
.NET Workload Indirection with Managed Extensibility Framework and Task Parallel Library
Jeffrey Juday shows you how to bring Task Parallel Library (TPL) and Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) together to manage a workload on the .NET platform.
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