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June 25, 2014Jun 25, 201406/25/14With the C++ REST SDK 2.1 release, we are excited to announce support for client side WebSockets across multiple platforms (Linux, OSX, iOS, Windows Desktop and Store). This is a relatively new protocol, providing full duplex communication over TCP. For a detailed specification,
June 18, 2014Jun 18, 201406/18/14(This is the second of two articles on changes to the C Runtime (CRT) in the Visual Studio “14” CTP. The first article, The Great C Runtime (CRT) Refactoring, covered the major architectural changes to the CRT; this second article enumerates the new features,
June 13, 2014Jun 13, 201406/13/14In the upcoming release of Visual Studio, we are making some changes to the Visual C++ compiler switches. Two areas are impacted by these changes, 1) projects built with certain variations of /clr and 2) projects using 32-bit compiler to detect 64 bit portability issues.
June 13, 2014Jun 13, 201406/13/14In the upcoming release of Visual Studio, we are making some changes to the Visual C++ compiler switches. Two areas are impacted by these changes, 1) projects built with certain variations of /clr and 2) projects using 32-bit compiler to detect 64 bit portability issues.
June 12, 2014Jun 12, 201406/12/14The past two releases of Visual Studio have evolved the Natvis format to allow developers to easily visualize their debug data inside the VC++ expression evaluator. The first Visual Studio “14” CTP provides a new way for native developers to consume and manage their Natvis debug visualizers.
June 11, 2014Jun 11, 201406/11/14As I promised last week in my post about the STL changes in VS14 CTP1, here are tables listing the implementation status of C++11/14 Core Language/Standard Library features.
First, let’s look at the Core Language. (Previous tables: VS 2008 and VS 2010,
June 10, 2014Jun 10, 201406/10/14(This is the first of two articles on changes to the C Runtime (CRT) in the Visual Studio “14” CTP. This article discusses the major architectural changes to the libraries; the second article will enumerate the new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes.)
For the past seven releases of Visual Studio (2002,
June 9, 2014Jun 9, 201406/9/14Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 includes a number of fixes filed through Connect:
Free functions can be called using curly braces instead of parentheses. (link)
When attempting to expand a recursive template, the compiler uses large amounts of memory and then crashes.
June 6, 2014Jun 6, 201406/6/14I’m Microsoft’s STL maintainer, and once again we’ve got about a year’s worth of work to tell you about. (“We” means P.J. Plauger of Dinkumware for most features, myself for most fixes and Library Issue resolutions, plus fixes contributed by our libraries dev lead Artur Laksberg and our CRT maintainer James McNellis.)
June 4, 2014Jun 4, 201406/4/14In Update 2 for Visual Studio 2013, memory diagnostic tools were added for Windows Store and Windows Phone that enable developers to monitor live memory consumption and take heap snapshots of their applications for further analysis. The Visual Studio team is extending the existing tools to work for Windows Desktop applications in the next major release of Visual Studio.
