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Handling Multiple Processors in Your Code Using RapidMind
Published 07/31/2007
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Why Too Many Threads Hurts Performance, and What to do About It
Published 04/06/2007
Learn why threading, which is the current method of choice for extracting performance from multi-core chips, isn't always the best choice for good performance.
Function Static Variables in Multi-Threaded Environments
Published 11/30/2006
Read a quick review of the dangers surrounding static variables in multi-threaded and potentially multi-core/CPU environments.
Easy Multithreading in ATL Windows Applications
Published 08/25/2006
Add one header file to your *.vcproj, insert a few lines of code into your class header, and you'll never again worry about the asynchronous routines in your ATL GUI application.
Multi-Threaded Message Processor
Published 02/23/2006
Learn about a framework for concurrent message processing for disconnected, multi-threaded applications.
A Simple Thread Pooling Approach
Published 11/22/2005
Learn about a simple mechanism to achieve thread pooling by using Windows messages.
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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...
Obtaining External Window Handles and Window Captions with Visual Studio 2012
Published 05/15/2013
Learn how to obtain an outside application's window handle, in order to manipulate that window from inside your program, using either VB.NET or C#.
SOLID Principles in C# - An Overview
Published 05/01/2013
SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.
