Best C++ article of October 2013

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Current Entries

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Top 5 New Features in ASP.NET Web API 2

21 Oct 2013Imran Abdul Ghani

ASP.NET Web API 2 has been released with a number of new exciting features. In this web development post, I'll try to discuss new features of it which can be considered the top 5.1.

C++

Windows

Linear Equation Solver in C++

31 Oct 2013Bill_Hallahan

Solves a large number of simultaneous equations

C++

HTML Parser C++ (Demo Project)

4 Oct 2013dchris_med

This is a sample project for "HTML Reader C++ Class Library"

Analyzing C/C++ matrix in the gdb debugger with Python and Numpy

16 Oct 2013M.Mo

Using the gdb debugger's Python API to analyze and visualize C/C++ arrays in a debugging session.

Debug Java Code in Java COM Windows Application (Remote Java Debugging)

18 Oct 2013Vivek Goyal

Debugging Java JNI and C++ code in COM based application

glGenerateMipmap Plus SOIL library, OpenGL

1 Oct 2013Bartlomiej Filipek

glGenerateMipmap Plus SOIL library

C++

OpenGL

Dynamically create hyperlinks For English Characters from A-Z

11 Oct 2013ASP.NET Community

This is how to Dynamicly build the a links of characters from A-Z , somthing like thisA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P

BUILD

How to verify an rtmp stream URL is working!

13 Oct 2013Mukit, Ataul

This tip gives you a solution to verify whether an rtmp stream URL is working or not!

C++

Security Blackout Window

20 Nov 2013Richard MacCutchan

1 alternative

Obscure a window or the screen and show a dialog.

Writing a boot loader in Assembly and C - Part 2

16 Oct 2013AshakiranBhatter

Reading the contents of a floppy disk using BIOS interrupts and Services.

Generate C Code That Partially Simulates A C++ Class

20 Oct 2013Bill_Hallahan

C code generator uses program make_cpp_class.py input file

C++

x86 Instruction Encoding Revealed: Bit Twiddling for Fun and Profit

2 Oct 2013Nitay Artenstein

An in-depth look at how to disassemble the x86 instruction set, and how to put it to good use in your own code injections

ASM

Windows

Win32

How to use .NET C# COM objects in plain C

9 Jan 2015Qmpel7

Step-by-step walkthrough to communicate C classes with COM objects created in C#.

C++ is Fun: Optimal Alphabetical Order

4 Oct 2013Marius Bancila

This article tries to show that writing code in C++ can be as productive and fun as in other mainstream languages.

Programming for Multi Touch

28 Oct 2013Ben Aldhouse

This is a commentary on the MSDN article 'Detecting and Tracking Multiple Touch Points'

C++

Windows

Win32

NeoLua (Lua for the .NET Dynamic Language Runtime)

17 Nov 2014neolithos

NeoLua implements Lua as a .NET dynamic language.

A Real Polynomial Class with Root Finder

1 Nov 2013Bill_Hallahan

Uses overloaded operators to make Polynomials easy to use.

C++

SRDF - Write your Own Debugger

27 Oct 2013AmrThabet

In this article, I’m going to teach you how to write a full functional debugger using the Security Research and Development Framework (SRDF) … how to disassemble instructions, gather Process Information and work with PE Files … and how to set breakpoints and work with your debugger

OpenGL Version Check Windows Visual Studio No Dependencies

2 Oct 2013Jani Mäkinen

This fully copy pasteable program shows the version of OpenGL your Windows OS supports.

C++

Windows

OpenGL

Anti-Reflector .NET Code Protection

26 Oct 2013Igor Ladnik

Article presents a technique allowing developers to protect their .NET code from reverse engineering by reflection of executable files

Change Allman-style bracketing to Stroustrup-style

22 Oct 2013Bill_Hallahan

Program to change the bracketing style of auto-generated code.

C++

Writing a boot loader in Assembly and C - Part 1

20 Apr 2015AshakiranBhatter

How to boot a floppy image with your own hand written code in C and Assembly

OO C Programming (How To)

20 Jan 2014rog_gc

OO Programming with pure ANSI C

C++

OOP

ANSI

Create a Windows Service Application Using the Boost.Application Library

23 Nov 2013Renato Tegon Forti

This article presents the Boost.Application library used to build a Windows Service.

C++

Windows

Dev

C or C++ Console Program Code Generator

21 Feb 2019Bill_Hallahan

The following program is a code generator that generates a C program or a C++ program that has auto-generated parsing code.

Python

C++

Simple Character Encoding Detection

22 Oct 2013Ghosuwa Wogomon

Detecting character encoding in just 4 lines of code

Get Highlight Selected Items on CListCtrl when there is no Focus

2 Feb 2016MaxMax14

Keep the items highlighted when focus is on another control

A C++ Class Code Generator

20 Oct 2013Bill_Hallahan

Generate C++ class header and implementation files automatically

C++

Creating a Work Queue (Thread Pool) Application Using Boost.Asio, Boost.Thread, and Boost.Application

23 Nov 2013Renato Tegon Forti

This article present a Boost.Application, Boost.Asio, and Boost.Thread library used to build a Work Queue application.

C++

Boost

Another argument parsing function for C and C++

18 Oct 2013Bill_Hallahan

Argument parsing function identifies both optional and positional arguments.

C++

Sparse Array Template Class

23 Oct 2013Bill_Hallahan

Scalable Space-efficient Array-like Container

C++

Design

Skills for using C++ smart pointers

8 Oct 2013Evan Zhao

I'd like to share my experience dealing with problems about memory allocation and memory leaks.

Direct access to C++ native code from C++/CLI MSSQL Stored Procedure

19 Sep 2014Konstantin Tchoumak

Reading hardware information in Stored Procedure

Dialog to select and sort data with CListBox

17 Oct 2013MaxMax14

Dialog box to choose data / Items and sort them

C++

Another Approach to the First Order Goertzel Algorithm

20 Oct 2013Mosi_62

This approach shows quite an easy to be understood way to the first order Goerzel algorithm.

VS2010

Visual-Studio

Checking Location Service Permissions on iOS

25 Oct 2013Melih Mucuk

Check whether location service enabled for your app.

Native Unit Tests using Visual Studio 2012

23 Oct 2013Ahmed Safan

Using the native unit test project in Visual Studio 2012.

Research-Inspired Extensions Hit Visual Studio App Store

11 Oct 2013David C Shepherd

A peek into the inspiration behind two cutting edge Visual Studio extensions.

Paging in MS SQL Server 2005/2008 using ROW_NUMBER()

21 Oct 2013Vivek Goyal

Paging in MS SQL Server 2005/2008 using ROW_NUMBER()

C++

Windows

ATL

Creating a File Uploader Using JavaScript and HTML 5

7 Oct 2013Arpit Jain

This article explains how to upload a file using HTML 5 and JavaScript.

C++

Windows

MFC

Win32 x86 Calling Conventions

4 Apr 2017Abhineet Ayan Verma

Major calling conventions for Win32 and best suited functions

Box2D and Direct2D

10 Oct 2013arussell

Box2D DebugDraw Implemented using DirectX 2D and win32

C++ Digraphs

8 Oct 2013David Corne

The digraphs I am writing about are sequences of characters which act as a stand in for other characters.

C++

How to Hold Your Objects and Application Settings in a Config XML File, a Non Intrusive Way

24 Oct 2013altomaltes

Effortless configuration file added to your existing code

XML

C++

Windows

Easy UITableView optimizations

11 Nov 2013NSProgrammer

Easy UITableView optimizations.

Objective-C

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Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Abhineet Ayan Verma

Software Developer

India

An enthusiastic coder and an absolute movie lover.

Ahmed Safan

Software Developer SyrianSoft

Egypt

Skills Vb6, VB.NET, C#, C++[OWL, MFC], C++.NET, C for microcontroller, PHP+MySQL+jQuery, ASP.NET MVC, Ms Sql server, Microsoft Reporting.
Software Developer @ SyrianSoft

altomaltes

Software Developer (Senior)

Spain

Involved in tecnology since 18, especially in "low level program". Started with electronics, z80 assembler, i86 assembler, PASCAL, C (microcontrollers), C++. Some awards won in electronic magazines. Some interesting m2m projects. Using and teaching linux since 1995. Degree in electronics.
Creative temperament. This made me well know at work by every folk soon.
Got fun in nature and travelling.

AmrThabet

Software Developer (Senior)

Ireland

Amr Thabet (@Amr_Thabet) is a Malware Researcher with 5+ years experience in reversing malware, researching and programming. He is the Author of many open-source tools like Pokas Emulator and Security Research and Development Framework (SRDF).

Arpit Jain

Student

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

arussell

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

Professional Programmer living in Beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada.

AshakiranBhatter

Software Developer

United States

Ashakiran is from Hyderabad, India and currently working as a Software Engineer in USA. He is a hobbyist programmer and enjoys writing code.

ASP.NET Community

United States

The ASP.NET Wiki was started by Scott Hanselman in February of 2008. The idea is that folks spend a lot of time trolling the blogs, ~~googling~~live-searching for answers to common "How To" questions. There's piles of fantastic community-created and MSFT-created content out there, but if it's not found by a search engine and the right combination of keywords, it's often lost.

The ASP.NET Wiki articles moved to CodeProject in October 2013 and will live on, loved, protected and updated by the community.

This is a Collaborative Group

754 members

Bartlomiej Filipek

Software Developer

Poland

Software developer interested in creating great code and passionate about teaching.

Author of C++17 In Detail - a book that will teach you the latest features of C++17!

I have around 11 years of professional experience in C++/Windows/Visual Studio programming. Plus other technologies like: OpenGL, game development, performance optimization.

In 2018 I was awarded by Microsoft as MVP, Developer Technologies.

If you like my articles please subscribe to my weekly C++ blog or just visit www.bfilipek.com.

Ben Aldhouse

United Kingdom

random and twisted

Bill_Hallahan

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I'm an electrical engineer who has spend most of my career writing software. My background includes Digital Signal Processing, Multimedia programming, Robotics, Text-To-Speech, and Storage products. Most of the code that I've written is in C, C++ and Python. I know Object Oriented Design and I'm a proponent of Design Patterns.

My hobbies include writing software for fun, amateur radio, chess, and performing magic, mostly for charities.

David C Shepherd

Technical Lead

United States

David C. Shepherd is a software engineering researcher and research area coordinator with ABB, Inc. based in Raleigh, N.C. While working with ABB's Software Engineering Group he looks into improving developer productivity and increasing software quality. While he is a researcher, and thus often found writing papers and attending research conferences, his industrial background compels him to actually implement his ideas as industrial tools.

David Corne

Software Developer

United Kingdom

I am a C++ developer with a strong interest in Python, C#, and Qt. I work on a native C++ application which uses COM to call C# in order to use a WPF GUI.

While I develop an application using WPF exclusivly for windows, I am a big linux user. My favourite distro at the moment is Linux Mint, and I love the delights of the command line,.

If you've read something of mine and you enjoyed it, check out my blog.

I am also active on various other sites, listed below.

Coding Sites

BitBucket where I keep the majority of my projects.
GitHub where I have a few older projects. This includes my current long term project, I'm writing a book about design patterns in python. Find the repository here and blog posts about individual patterns here
Stackoverflow I'm not too active on stackoverflow, I'm more of a listener.
coderwall and coderbits two profile compilation websites.

Social Sites

dchris_med

Software Developer

Romania

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Evan Zhao

China

Engineer engaged in MMO server. In addition to working and accompanying my family, I develop my projects in Github seriously even if at weekend.Every Tuesday Night, I go to play basketball with my colleagues.

Ghosuwa Wogomon

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Igor Ladnik

Software Developer (Senior)

Israel

Nov 2010: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Winner
Feb 2011: Code Project Contests - Windows Azure Apps - Grand Prize Winner

Imran Abdul Ghani

Software Developer (Senior) Emaratech

United Arab Emirates

Imran Abdul Ghani has more than 10 years of experience in designing/developing enterprise level applications. He is Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for .NET(MCSD.NET) since 2005. You can reach his blogging at WCF Tutorials, Web Development, SharePoint for Dummies.

Jani Mäkinen

Architect Tieto

Finland

Now working as software architect in the software industry Smile | :)

Hello world.

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I write minimal and efficient no BS code. More at http://www.janimakinen.com

Specialties: Cross-platform tech, C, C++, Game Programming & Design.

I was born in the middle of Finland into a small farming town. Moved to Helsinki, then to Germany and am now back in Helsinki programming multiple projects.

If you're a junior programmer and reading this, keep hacking, the rewards of our craft manifest in the later stages, and it does get good Smile | :)

M.Mo

United Kingdom

The author works in a manufacturing company specializing in machine learning algorithms development. At work, I use Python and Matlab for testing and developing algorithms and use C/C++ for product integration.

Marius Bancila

Architect Visma Software

Romania

Marius Bancila is the author of Modern C++ Programming Cookbook and The Modern C++ Challenge. He has been a Microsoft MVP since 2006, initially for VC++ and nowadays for Development technologies. He works as a system architect for Visma, a Norwegian-based company. He works with various technologies, both managed and unmanaged, for desktop, cloud, and mobile, mainly developing with VC++ and VC#. He keeps a blog at http://www.mariusbancila.ro/blog, focused on Windows programming. You can follow Marius on Twitter at @mariusbancila.

MaxMax14

France

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Melih Mucuk

Software Developer NoMad Commerce

Turkey

Melih Mucuk

Software & Mobile App Developer

Visit my blog: http://melihmucuk.com

Mosi_62

Tester / Quality Assurance Annax Switzerland AG

Switzerland

Computers are very straight... They always do exactly what we tell them to do... Only, much too often what we tell them to do is not really what we want them to do Smile | :)

Writing Software is one of the most creative tings one can do. I have been doing this for more than ten years now and still having a lot of fun with it. Besides doing software for HMI's on C# for business, I enjoy very much to implement interesting algorithms and analyse the mathematics they are based on in my leisure time Smile | :)

For more detailed descriptions and math visit me on my own page

www.mosismath.com

Mukit, Ataul

Technical Lead Kotha Technologies

Bangladesh

If you are not in - you are out !
- Chapter 1

neolithos

Software Developer

Germany

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Nitay Artenstein

Software Developer

Israel

Malware analyst and assembly language aficionado. Any views expressed here are strictly my own and do not reflect those of my employer, family or pet hamster (hi Ed).

NSProgrammer

Technical Lead

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Peter Kovalchuk

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

He has an experience with Visual C++/Borland C++, C#, TSQL, in image processing, desktop and critical mission server applications, distributed systems design.
Former developer of Blackberry Enterprise Server.

Qmpel7

Software Developer

Poland

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Renato Tegon Forti

Systems Engineer

Brazil

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Richard MacCutchan

Retired

United Kingdom

I was a Software Engineer for 40+ years starting with mainframes, and moving down in scale through midi, UNIX and Windows PCs. I started as an operator in the 1960s, learning assembler programming, before switching to development and graduating to COBOL, Fortran and PLUS (a proprietary language for Univac systems). Later years were a mix of software support and development, using mainly C, C++ and Java on UNIX and Windows systems.

Since retiring I have been learning some of the newer (to me) technologies (C#, .NET, WPF, LINQ, SQL, Python ...) that I never used in my professional life, and am actually able to understand some of them.

I still hope one day to become a real programmer.

rog_gc

Software Developer

Spain

bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla

Vivek Goyal

Software Developer (Senior)

India

Software Engineer having hands-on experience with C, C++, C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL, Website designing technologies, Joomla CMS, Application development, COM, MFC, Installshield, Installscript project, Basic MSI

http://newapputil.blogspot.in/
http://nvivekgoyal.blogspot.in/

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