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by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

Synchronization with Visual C++ and the Windows API

by Espen Harlinn

Choosing the right synchronization mechanisms when working with threads, thread-pools, and I/O Completion ports to create high performance asynchronous servers in C++

Intermediate Data Clustering with k-means

by Andy Allinger

Add features to k-means for missing data, mixed data, and choosing the number of clusters

Authenticated Encryption

by Jeffrey Walton

Perform authenticated encryption with Crypto++.

Latest Articles

BASIC is not dead! Neither is the WIN32! Time to end the myth. (Part 3)

by Chris Boss

BASIC: A powerful language often underestimated and undervalued

RGFW | Singler-Header Lightweight Framework for Basic Window and Graphics Context Handling (like GLFW)

by ColleagueRiley

A multi-platform single-header very simple-to-use framework library for creating GUI Libraries or simple GUI programs.

How to Design an AXI4 Stream Interface in Vitis HLS

by FPGANinja

A walkthrough and source code for designing a stream interface in Vitis HLS

Fast SSE Pseudo Random Number Generator

by Alexey Shtykov

The thing that could generate pseudo random numbers faster than standard library does

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C

Beginning Operating System Development, Part Two

1 Oct 2009 by 0x3c0

C++ support code and the console.

ASM

C++

hardware

SysAdmin

Dev

Beginning Operating System Development, Part Three

17 Nov 2009 by 0x3c0

Descriptor tables and interrupts.

io_uring Based Implementation of b3sum

27 Jul 2023 by 1f604

An implementation of b3sum based on io_uring

Rust

C++

Fastest b3sum using io_uring, faster than cat to /dev/null

26 Jul 2023 by 1f604

Source code and explanation of my io_uring based implementation of b3sum

Beaglebone Black GPIO device driver

29 Apr 2016 by 23ars

This will be a simple article about Linux Device Drivers, in fact about a char driver that controls the GPIO ( General Purpose Input-Output) port of the Beaglebone Black.

Linux

general

Menu Appender

31 Mar 2005 by @run

Registry access, to append customized menu to system's menu.

Device Property Sheet Dialog

12 Aug 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Showing property sheet dialog of a specific device.

System Dialogs

21 Aug 2004 by Abbas_Riazi, Shafiee

This article shows you a very simple way to show system dialogs like Internet Options, Add/Remove Programs, and etc.

Shared_Pointer

19 May 2008 by Abhi_Coder

Implementation of Shared Pointer

An Industrial IoT framework with Samsung Artik 10 and Temboo: Water Resource Management Case Study

4 Aug 2016 by Abhishek Nandy

Introducing powerful industrial Temboo Choreos to scale industrial IoT framework and ecosystem

IoT

RemoteLib - DLL Injection for Win9x & NT Platforms

10 Jan 2005 by Abin

A DLL injection library that works on both Win9x & NT platforms.

Matlab 7.1+ and Visual Studio 2005

11 Jul 2007 by abn9c

An article describing how to compile Matlab 7.1-7.4 mexw32 files using Visual Studio 2005

Software Configuration Management (SCM) Considerations for Agile Development

9 Jan 2008 by AccuRev

Why organizations considering moving to an Agile development methodology to increase product quality, decrease costs and respond more quickly to market needs should also consider the changing requirements that the new model places on the SCM system and which aspects are critical to success.

Dynamic Message Passing for C++

23 Mar 2009 by Achilleas Margaritis

Dynamic message passing for C++.

C++0x Dynamic Message Passing

26 Nov 2010 by Achilleas Margaritis

C++0x Dynamic Message Passing Ala Objective-C

API Hooking (LoadLibrary)

30 Jun 2009 by Adam Roderick J

A simple approach to Hook LoadLibrary API with a sample

Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone: Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Build Dynamic Apps for the iPhone

29 Oct 2009 by Addison-Wesley

It is also possible to write debug messages to the Xcode console when you write your application. Accessing these capabilities is not limited to Objective-C applications. Your hybrid applications can do these things from within JavaScript.

Excerpt from Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-On Guide to Objective-C for Mac and iOS Developers

22 Sep 2010 by Addison-Wesley

This chapter covers only the basic parts of the C language

Objective-C

Windows Phone 7 for iPhone Developers - Chapter Excerpt: Object-Oriented Programming

9 Sep 2011 by Addison-Wesley

This chapter will cover some of the core concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and how they apply to both iPhone and Windows Phone 7 programming

AES Encrypted Data Transmission between Arduino (ESP32) and C# (ASP.NET)

19 Aug 2023 by adriancs

Communication between Arduino and C# (ASP.NET) by using AES encrypted HTTP GET request

Complex numbers library in multiple languages

8 Mar 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article contains a basic overview of the complex numbers, and their creation and functions most specifically the operator overloading for arithmetic functions. Programming languages include Java, C++, C# and VB.NET at the moment.

Developing Apps for Ubuntu using Ubuntu SDK

19 Dec 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This post discusses the Ubuntu SDK and Qt IDE used in Ubuntu SDK for developing different types of Ubuntu applications and software services.

Why to Use C# and When to Prefer Other Languages?!

23 Mar 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article describes the way many programming languages can be selected to find that one best language for your projects!

Java

C++

All-Topics

POP3 Client using Sockets

13 May 2008 by aisha.ansari

post office protocol to retrieve mails

Installing and Using side-by-side native assemblies from C# and MC++

10 Sep 2008 by akiran

This article details how to create, install and use side-by-side native assemblies from C# and MC++.

Transform between IEEE, IBM or VAX floating point number formats and bytes expressions

16 Dec 2012 by Alan Churchill

This is an alternative for "Transform between IEEE, IBM or VAX floating point number formats and bytes expressions"

Using XSLT to Render XML Data Returned by a COM Object

12 Sep 2001 by Alan Wen

This is a 3-tier application. A COM component returns SQL data in XML format, then using XSLT to transform to HTML at client side. By using XML, all the data can be sort, split into pages locally, that will give users a quick response!

A Graphical Documentation System for C/C++ projects

23 Aug 2012 by Alesiani Marco

A concept-tool to create interactive documentations for C/C++ projects

What Every Computer Programmer Should Know About Windows API, CRT, and the Standard C++ Library

22 Aug 2008 by Alex Blekhman

The article explains relationships and dependencies between the Windows API, the CRT, and the Standard C++ Library.

Scrollable Dialog in Pure Win32 API

29 Jan 2009 by Alex Blekhman

Minimalistic example of scrollable dialog implemented in pure Win32 API

Sending a Filename to the Clipboard - Making a Miniature Tool Without Using CRT

26 Oct 2009 by Alex Blekhman

Name2Clip sits in the "Sent To" menu of Windows Explorer and sends selected filenames to the system clipboard.

Windows

Win64

Win32

HowTo: Export C++ classes from a DLL

13 Nov 2012 by Alex Blekhman

The C++ programming language and Windows DLLs can live in peace after all.

StringLib C: Library Adding String Type to C

8 Mar 2018 by Alex the Green Apple

C library defining string type and string manipulation functions

API Hooking with MS Detours

14 Oct 2008 by AlexAbramov

In this article, I will talk about the theories and implementations of API hooking. API hooking is a powerful technique that allows someone to hijack a function and redirect it to a custom one. Anything can be done in these functions before passing control back to the original API.

Using the Raw Input API to Process Joystick Input

23 Apr 2011 by Alexander Böcken

A basic way to interpret joystick data received from Raw Input API

Windows

Win32

game

Interrupt Hooking and retrieving device information on Windows NT/2000/XP

30 Jul 2003 by Alexander ^M.,

This article shows you how to hook interrupts, and how to get device resource information from the registry

Fast Fourier Transform Caterpillar Method

3 Jul 2017 by Alexander Semjonov

Developing fastest FFT implementation based on precompile tool using data driven approach

C++

FFT

data

Working with TrustedBSD in Mac OS X

7 Jul 2013 by Alexander Stavonin

Little explanation of TrustedBSD framework usage on Mac OS X

NDIS sample - 6.0 miniport driver for realtek 8168/8169/8111/8110

1 May 2008 by alexander suresh

NDIS 6.0 miniport driver for realtek 8168/8169/8111/8110 family of gigabit ethernet controllers

Windows

Vista

Dev

C++ and Microcontrollers: Using and Testing

29 Feb 2016 by Alexandr Surkov

My experience of using C++ with microcontrollers

DotNetPeLib: A Library to Read and Generate .NET Assemblies in C++11

2 Jan 2020 by Alexandre Bencz

DotNetPELib is a library which abstracts managed information such as namespaces, classes, fields, methods, and instructions. The information can then be used to generate assembly language source files, or PE executables or DLLs.

Compiling Your C Code to .NET - Part 1

17 Dec 2019 by Alexandre Bencz

With this new OrangeC/C++ compiler back-end, you can compile your C code to .NET

Compiling Your C Code to .NET - Part 2

14 Dec 2019 by Alexandre Bencz

With this new OrangeC/C++ compiler back-end, you can compile your C code to .NET.

XML

ASM

C++

High Performance Heterogeneous Container

29 Feb 2008 by Alexandre Courpron

This article presents the implementation of a fixed-size heterogeneous container.

Automatic C++ object initialization from XML

13 Apr 2008 by Alexandre GRANVAUD

Automate your data classes initialization from an XML file.

We Make a std::shared_mutex 10 Times Faster

16 Dec 2021 by AlexeyAB

Atomic operations and C++11 memory barriers and assembler instructions generated on x86_64 CPUs

Text Editor: The Basic of Basics

10 May 2009 by AlexShag

This is a simple text editor based on Edit control

GLUT Subwindow Template

13 Oct 2015 by Ali BaderEddin

This article describes in detail how to set up your first OpenGL FreeGLUT window with multiple subwindows, and provides you with a template for your OpenGL applications.

OpenGL Geometric Primitives

27 Feb 2008 by Ali BaderEddin

Learn OpenGL geometric primitives through this interactive program.

GLUT Window Template

8 Oct 2015 by Ali BaderEddin

This article describes in detail how to set up your first OpenGL FreeGLUT window and provides you with a template for your OpenGL applications

Pebble "Code Wizard"

8 Oct 2015 by allan175_uk

Creating customized Pebble projects

Python

smartwatch

Fast by tens malloc() and free() at 25% memory cost

11 Nov 2013 by altomaltes

An insigth in the heap "C" memory system.

Give JSON and XML Serialization to C++ Yet Existing Code

26 May 2019 by altomaltes

This code allows dumping and retrieval from a single variable to a complete tree of objects using both JSON and XML, in an unintrusive way, using tentative templates.

Render Graphic Functions with Minimal Integer Math, Able to Drive CNC

30 Jun 2023 by altomaltes

This algorithm uses very simple integer math (add and multiply) to render arcs, lines, etc. to CNC machines or a computer surface.

algorithm

graphics

C Programming for Embedded System

1 Apr 2009 by Amit Banerjee

Task Scheduling based on event

Dev

Architect

Create multiple independent timers using a linked-list

4 Apr 2009 by Amit Banerjee

A simple C program to create a 16 timers routine from a single timer interrupt for embedded systems.

Dev

Handling VB ActiveX Events in Visual C++ Client

8 May 2001 by Amit Dey

This article shows how to handle custom events generated in a VB ActiveX component in a Visual C++ client.

ScratchPadView for iOS using GLKit

27 Nov 2012 by Amory Wong

A GLKView class that can be dropped into your project.

The Art of Win32 Shellcoding

6 Feb 2012 by AmrThabet

How to write a reliable shellcode on win32, how to bypass the obstacles that you will face in writing a win32 shellcode and how to implement your shellcode into Metasploit

ASM

Windows

Win32

SRDF - Write your Own Debugger

27 Oct 2013 by AmrThabet

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

Convert MAC Address String into Bytes

8 Apr 2009 by anand choubey

The code snippet converts MAC Address String Format into Bytes

Image Segmentation using Gradient method

14 Dec 2004 by Ananth Nag Sastry Ganti

Automatic Detection of stains in a camera lens using Image Segmentation

Simulation of Barber shop problem

9 Jul 2008 by Ananth Nag Sastry Ganti

Simulation of Barber shop problem

A C ATM Console App

28 Apr 2014 by Andre' Gardiner

A c banking atm concept console application

IEEE 754 Conversion

22 Jan 2019 by Andrea Ricchetti

Two ways to make a IEEE 754 conversion (32 bit) pack and unpack

Objective-C

Multiple Precision Arithmetic: Division Algorithm

11 Jun 2022 by Andrea Simonassi

The Normalized Division algorithm

hardware

Multiple Precision Arithmetic: A Recreational Project

11 Jun 2022 by Andrea Simonassi

Showing algorithms and code used on this article series

Javascript

assembler

Karatsuba Long Multiplication Algorithm

11 Jan 2023 by Andrea Simonassi

A simple yet powerful multiplication algorithm

algorithm

CrashRptEx - An Extension to the CrashRpt Crash Reporting System

23 May 2018 by Andreas Schoenle

How to use CrashRptEx, to avoid some of the pitfalls of crash reporting in MFC apps or if you want the ability to continue your application after a crash

Heap Memory Manager and Garbage Collector

16 Apr 2008 by Andrei C_Coder Azzopardi

Describes a module to track heap memory allocations and to avoid memory leaks

Introduction to wxWidgets GUI programming with wxSmith

11 Aug 2014 by Andres Cassagnes

A basic guideline to start with GUI designing with wxWidgets

C++

artificial-intelligence

Dev

wxWidgets

GUI

Using some resources, timers and COM ports in wxWidgets

4 Sep 2014 by Andres Cassagnes

wxWidgets resources examples and COM port communication.

ATL Splitter ActiveX control

16 Nov 1999 by Andrew Garbuzov

A port of my splitter ActiveX control with MFC to ATL.

Computer Vision Sandbox

4 Apr 2019 by Andrew Kirillov

An open source application to acquire and process video from cameras

A Beginner's Guide to Pointers

9 Jul 2002 by Andrew Peace

An article showing the use of pointers in C and C++

Ten Fallacies of Good C Code

30 Mar 2012 by Andrew Phillips

There are quite a few fallacies kicking around about how to write good code. This article is an attempt to dispel some of them.

C++

Dev

How to Configure Visual Studio 2008 for Compiling Drivers

18 Dec 2008 by Andrey Sergienko

How to configure Visual Studio 2008 for compiling drivers without using DDK's console tools.

Intel® HTML5 Tools for developing mobile applications

1 Dec 2013 by Android on Intel

Intel® HTML5 Tools for developing mobile applications

Objective-C

HTML5

product-showcase

Using the Emscripten Compiler with the Intel® XDK

1 Dec 2015 by Android on Intel

Intel(R) XDK is an HTML5 Cross-platform Development Tool and provides an easy and fast way to get your apps to market. Emscripten Compiler and Intel XDK now gives you another option to publish apps using C and C++ as part of the application.

Beginning data clustering

14 Jun 2017 by Andy Allinger

Introduces data clustering and the k-means++ algorithm

Customizable Butterworth Digital Filter

19 Sep 2021 by Andy Allinger

Filter specified by the pass frequency, stop frequency, passband attenuation, and stopband attenuation

FORTRAN

signal-processing

audio

Intermediate Data Clustering with k-means

7 Jun 2023 by Andy Allinger

Add features to k-means for missing data, mixed data, and choosing the number of clusters

From WAV to Graphics to MIDI

12 Aug 2023 by Andy Allinger

Convert audio to image. (Edit the image.) Convert image to music.

Visualizing Fractals

14 Mar 2022 by Andy Bantly

Visualizing the Mandelbrot set using multiple threads of execution

C++

MFC

algorithm

Advanced Data I/O using IPC on Windows

14 Apr 2018 by Andy Galluzzi

Join me to create the most advanced yet most simple to use full duplex MMF based IPC for Windows

Apache 2.x Modules In C++ (Part 1)

10 Nov 2012 by Andy Kirkham

Part 1 - Setting up and getting started

Apache 2.x Modules In C++ (Part 2)

12 Nov 2012 by Andy Kirkham

Part 2 - Stepping into the C++ world

SSE accelerated case-insensitive substring search

14 May 2012 by anlarke

Another take on the classic, now using SSE instructions

C++

Windows

Interoperation Issues in Mixed C/C++/Objective-C Development, Part 1

26 Mar 2014 by Anna Koneva

An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development

Interoperation Issues in Mixed C/C++/Objective-C Development, Part 2

25 Mar 2014 by Anna Koneva

An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development

Interoperation Issues in Mixed C/C++/Objective-C Development, Part 3

12 May 2014 by Anna Koneva

An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development

PC-lint 101: What does "Location cited in prior message" mean?

3 Aug 2012 by Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

If you are new to PC-lint, you may have wondered what message 830 ("Location cited in prior message") means, and - given that such messages can add greatly to the overall issue count in your file or project - what (if any) use are they?Quite simply, message 830 identifies a location in the codebase

Equation Solver in C

1 Oct 2009 by Anshul R