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October 31, 2012Oct 31, 201210/31/12C++ is alive at Build 2012!
Developers have been filling the C++ sessions and getting tips, tricks, insights and example code from the experts. But you don’t have to take our word — sessions from Tuesday are available online:
Bringing Existing C++ Code to Windows Store Apps.
October 29, 2012Oct 29, 201210/29/12Hi, my name is George Mileka. I’m a developer on the C++ Libraries team. I have been working on the Project Code Name Austin for many months with Jorge, Eric, and Alan. To learn more about what the Project Code Name Austin is,
October 29, 2012Oct 29, 201210/29/12Experience the Build conference on Channel 9 and learn how to build fierce Windows 8 apps using C++ from the experts:
Bringing Existing C++ Code to Windows Store Apps, Tarek Madkour, 10/30 11:45am. Beyond just learning how to write apps in C++, you will see how to create new libraries or reuse existing components that you can seamlessly combine with Metro style apps using JavaScript,
October 25, 2012Oct 25, 201210/25/12With the introduction of Windows RT for ARM devices, many Windows software developers will be encountering ARM processors for the first time. For the native C++ developer this means the potential for running afoul of undefined, unspecified, or implementation-defined behavior–as defined by the C++ language–that is expressed differently on the ARM architecture than on the x86 or x64 architectures that most Windows developers are familiar with.
October 19, 2012Oct 19, 201210/19/12See C++/CX Part 0 of [n]: An Introduction for an introduction to this series and a table of contents with links to each article in the series.
In this article, we’ll take a look at static member functions and how they are supported by the Windows Runtime.
October 18, 2012Oct 18, 201210/18/12When we designed the user experience of Austin, we spent quite some time thinking about the different page views and layouts, and how to transition between them. We wanted to create an immersive experience where the user can manipulate and navigate Austin’s pages in an intuitive way;
October 15, 2012Oct 15, 201210/15/12As we shared last week, Kate Gregory and Ade Miller have released C++ AMP, an exploration of accelerated massive parallelism with Microsoft® Visual C++®. In that post, Ade answered a few of our hard-hitting questions. In this post, Kate answers the same set of questions:
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October 12, 2012Oct 12, 201210/12/12The C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller is available in print or online from your favorite retailer! What is in it for you? Among other things, you will discover how to:
Gain greater code performance using graphics processing units (GPUs)
Choose accelerators that enable you to write code for GPUs
Apply thread tiles,
October 11, 2012Oct 11, 201210/11/12Hello, I am Amit Agarwal, a developer on the C++ AMP team. C++ AMP is a new technology available in Visual Studio 2012 that enables C++ developers to make the best use of available heterogeneous computing resources in their applications from within the same C++ sources and the VS IDE they use for programming the CPU.
October 8, 2012Oct 8, 201210/8/12Background
In June, we announced enhanced targeting for Windows XP using the Visual Studio 2012 C++ compiler and libraries. This feature has been included in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1. You can download it from here. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the Windows XP targeting experience,
