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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++.

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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

'Hello World, Goodbye .XIB!' -- A .XIB'less Hello World Application

14 Sep 2010 by Ohmu

An article that creates a simple iPhone application that displays a graphic then cuts out the .XIB, and completes this just from the code.

Objective-C

iPhone

Mobile

Dev

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

23 May 2012 by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

.NET CLR Injection: Modify IL Code during Run-time

7 Aug 2014 by Jerry.Wang

Modify methods' IL codes on runtime even if they have been JIT-compiled, supports release mode / x64 & x86, and variants of .NET versions, from 2.0 to 4.5.

10+ Powerful Debugging Tricks with Visual Studio

18 Apr 2012 by Ivan Shcherbakov

The article describes 10 time-saving debugging techniques available in Visual Studio.

1000 Factorial

27 Jul 2009 by Mohammad Shafieenia

Optimum algorithm for calculating factorial of large number

C++/CLI

C++

2D Vector Class Wrapper SSE Optimized for Math Operations

20 May 2008 by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrates a 2D vector wrapper, optimized with SSE intrinsics, for math operations with floating point precision.

32 Bits on 64-Bit Processors (Article written in 2005)

30 Jun 2015 by Toby Opferman

Building your own 64-bit Windows Extender

3D Software Rendering Engine - Part I

18 Mar 2011 by darkoman

This article is about the 3D software rendering engine.

40 Basic Practices in Assembly Language Programming

29 Jan 2019 by Zuoliu Ding

A discussion on some basic practices highly recommended in Assembly Language Programming.

64-bit Android and Android Run Time

1 May 2015 by Intel

64-bit Android and Android Run Time

64-bit Structured Exception Handling (SEH) in ASM

1 Nov 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

Rolling up a practical solution

ASM

C++

Windows

802.11 Packet Injection for Windows

3 Jun 2009 by Ryan Grevious

Insert custom packets in the 802.11 frame

8Queen Problem

26 Aug 2008 by ima_c++_programmer

Tries to solve the queen problem using backtracking

[ IoT ] MotionSense Not-e-FYI

21 Jun 2015 by Anupam_Datta

Motion activated Pushbullet notification from your Arduino to your Smart Gadgets

[QW] "Quick Write" The Most Succinct Programming Language

14 Feb 2023 by ildarin

The most succinct declarative programming language for fast coding

A $5 Programmable Tiny Webserver The Size of a Jump Drive

4 Nov 2020 by honey the codewitch

Unleash the tiny ESP-01 on your network

A 2D List Implementation in MASM Assembly

27 Feb 2016 by John Jiyang Hou

A List data structure implementation in MASM Assembly with C function realloc

A Beginner Tutorial for Writing Simple COM/ATL DLL For VS2012

19 Dec 2012 by ThatsAlok

Article touching simple programming instrument like Property, Method, Event and invoking ATL Dialogs from ATL/COM Component

A Beginner's Guide on using Pointers

29 Jul 2009 by logicchild

This is an article directed at those beginners who might benefit from understanding pointers

A Beginner's Guide to Pointers

9 Jul 2002 by Andrew Peace

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

A Beginner's Primer to OpenMP

19 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article written with the purpose to help any beginner to use OpenMP.

A Brief Primer on C++

25 Jul 2009 by logicchild

An article that steps through some essential C++ concepts.

A Brief Test on the Code Efficiency of CUDA and Thrust

27 Jun 2010 by Wayne Wood

Verify the execution efficiency of a short CUDA program when using the library thrust

A Brief Tutorial On How To Develop DirectShow Source Filter For Beginners

22 Feb 2010 by Aric Wang

The article will give you an idea on how to design a source filter.The source filter creates samples and outputs it from its output pin.

A C ATM Console App

28 Apr 2014 by Andre' Gardiner

A c banking atm concept console application

A C++ blob editor in less than 128 lines of code

6 May 2008 by Ronounours

A very simple C++ source code showing how to create an interactive 2D graphical blobs editor, using the CImg library.

A C++ Config File Parser

16 May 2008 by freejack

An STL based C++ utility class to parse structured config files.

A Checkbox Tree Control for Use in Filtering Selections

23 Feb 2003 by Magerusan Grigore Cosmin

An ATL filter control

A Class for Selecting a Profile Image

7 Mar 2016 by Will J Miller

Using UIImagePickerController to replicate the profile selection features found in the contacts app requires solving some vexing problems. This article presents one approach for a class that replicates the functionality using the UIImagePickerController.

A Comprehensive Look at Concurrency through the OpenMP API

15 Feb 2010 by logicchild

The purpose of this article is to provide a framework to help achieve concurrency by using OpenMP.

A Delaunay triangulation function in C

8 Sep 2014 by EricHufschmid

A C function to create a triangle index list

A Dialog Based Win32 C Program, Step by Step

9 Aug 2011 by Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias

Writing a dialog based program using only pure Win32 C code

Windows

Win32

Dev

A first look at the Windows Web Services API

27 Jul 2009 by Nish Nishant

The article shows how to interop between a WCF service and a WWS client, and also how to rewrite the WCF service in WWS retaining compatibility with existing WCF clients.

A Fixed Block Memory Allocator in C

24 Dec 2018 by David Lafreniere

Unique allocator features improve performance and protect against heap fragmentation faults on any C or C++ project.

A Generic Approach to Debug Tracing and Logging

28 Mar 2008 by maskisland

A generic tracing library implementation.

A Generic C-Language TCP Client Application

9 May 2010 by zvx

A library for writing simple TCP client applications

Linux

Windows

Dev

A Gentle Introduction to the Message Passing Interface (MPI)

18 Apr 2015 by Matt Scarpino

This article provides an overview of MPI development for C programmers.

C++

Dev

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

A helpful way to use the FlagsAttribute with enumerations

10 Sep 2008 by remarkpk11

Bitwise operations with enumerations.

A High Performance TCP/IP Socket Server COM Component for VB

25 Jun 2002 by Len Holgate

Although socket based TCP/IP servers using IO Completion Ports are often written in C++, it's sometimes useful to write such a server in Visual Basic.

A high performance, flexible, cross-platform memory pool

31 Mar 2014 by tgis.top

A short guide for a high performance, flexible, cross-platform memory pool.

C++

Dev

Architect

A History of C and C++ Character Data Types

25 Nov 2022 by Nemanja Trifunovic

Purpose, history and scenarios of use of character data types

A homebrewed lightweight scheduler

13 Feb 2008 by pradeep shivadasan

timer based task scheduler

A list control with hyperlink function

26 Feb 2008 by liuxiao

This control provides hyperlink function for the list control with exact positioning for the cursor.

A Lock Free Doubly Linked List

12 Feb 2014 by SarmadAsghar

A Lock Free Doubly Linked List With Safe Memory Reclamation

3 Oct 2014 by SarmadAsghar

This is the second lock-free implementation (first is by H°akan Sundell) that only needs the single-word compare-and-swap atomic primitive.

A Managed C++ Wrapper Around the Windows XP Theme API - Part 2

24 Apr 2008 by Gene OK

This is an update to Don Kackman's UxTheme component originally written for Visual Studio 2003

A More Complete DLL Injection Solution Using CreateRemoteThread

17 Aug 2007 by Drew_Benton

This article explores a more complete method of injecting a DLL into another process using the CreateRemoteThread approach.

A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.

26 Nov 2014 by Jeremy Falcon

Provides a base to use when programming OpenGL-enabled applications for the real world, rather than a simple hello world.

A New Hash Function - ZobHash

25 Jan 2018 by KristianEkman

Can we write a new better hash function?

.NET

VS2013

A non-well-formed HTML Parser and CSS Resolver

20 Jul 2007 by James S.F. Hsieh

A non-well-formed HTML parser and CSS Resolver builded by pure .NET C#

A Note on How Functions are Called

28 Jun 2023 by Dr. Song Li

This is a note on how compilers implement function calls to pass the parameters to and get the return value from the called functions.

A Novice's Guide to the BeagleBone Platform and Software Development Using C++

8 Mar 2017 by Eric D Schmidt

A crash course in working with the BeagleBone and its built-in A/D converter, GPIO, and I2C bus using C++

A PLC simulator for WINDOWS

28 Sep 2008 by Jaker.Chen

A PLC simulator for WINDOWS

A Pong game for Windows Mobile

6 Dec 2006 by dzolee

A Pong clone, written using VC++/Visual Studio 2005.

A Primer of the Windows Architecture

3 Mar 2009 by logicchild

An article to give some insight about the Native API.

Windows

Dev

Architect

A Quick Drive Manager

4 Jun 2009 by KarstenK

Connecting and disconnecting network drives

A Recording and Playing Thread Class

17 Jan 2010 by Aric Wang

This is a class derived from CWinThread class. It is used to record and play sound in the specific thread.

A Reference to Using Pointers

29 Jan 2009 by logicchild

An article to help explain how C/C++ use pointers.

A Self-extracting Installer

12 Dec 2008 by Stefan Kuhr

Creating a self-extracting file that allows to start multiple setups

A Short Story about VC++ CRT

28 Aug 2007 by YoungJin Shin

The characteristics of each CRT (ML, MT, MD) and the way to solve problems begginers encounter frequently

A Simple 32bit Ret2libc Attack in Linux

27 May 2021 by Oscar-Tark

In this article, we will be looking at a more advanced version of a buffer overflow attack.

A Simple C++ Class Framework for Services

10 Jun 2014 by Hari Mahadevan

A simple C++ class framework for writing Windows services

A Simple C++ Client/Server in CORBA

27 Sep 2009 by Carlos Jiménez de Parga

An introduction to the Visual C++ CORBA development

A Simple C++ Profiler on x64

5 Aug 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam

A Simple Profiler for C++ apps on x64 platform

A simple console audio input device reader

30 Nov 2008 by WajihUllahBaig

How to read audio input devices in DirectX.

A Simple Cross-platform Program

13 Aug 2009 by carl morey

How to write a program that allows a simple game to run on Linux and Windows

A Simple Demo for WDF Driver Development

26 Apr 2010 by Chuan-Liang Teng

Access physical memory, I/O port in user mode

A simple demo for WDM Driver development

25 Oct 2004 by mjtsai

WDM Driver programming introduction with three Pseudo Drivers.

A Simple Digital LCD Demo

28 Dec 2009 by Aric Wang

Just a simple digital LCD class and do not use an external bitmap.You can use and change it.

C++

VC6

GDI

A Simple DOS for Micro Processors

29 Oct 2009 by Dan Bloomquist

'Disk Operating System' suitable for very small systems

A Simple Driver for Linux OS

26 Sep 2010 by Apriorit Inc, Danil Ishkov

In this article, I am going to describe the process of writing and building of a simple driver-module for Linux OS

Linux

Dev

Architect

A simple Firefox Addon with XP-COM Component

2 Jul 2010 by KarstenK

Beginning a Firefox Addon with the power of XP-COM

A simple graphics library in C with BMP and WMF export

15 Jul 2011 by hus

A graphics library to export graphical output to BMP or WMF.

Windows

Dev

A Simple HTTP Proxy with the ACE Library

6 Nov 2008 by auralius manurung

An article on how to build a simple HTTP proxy server

A Simple OpenGL 2D Primitives EP_OpenGL_002

7 Feb 2008 by erjan123

2D basic OpenGL Primitives Lines, Points, Triangles, Quads and Polygons

A simple UDP time server and client for beginners

23 Sep 2005 by gomorgan89

How to implement a simple UDP time server and client using WinSock.

A Simple, Portable Yet Efficient Quicksort Implementation in C

13 Oct 2013 by Member 9294701

A simple, portable yet efficient Quicksort implementation in C

algorithm

sorting

A Small C-Language TCP Server Framework

30 Apr 2010 by zvx

A framework for writing small to medium size cross-platform TCP servers

Linux

Windows

Dev

A Smart Card Framework for .NET

15 May 2015 by orouit

Describes a framework to use the PCSC Smart Card API with .NET.

A Smart Enum library in C (using X macros)

19 Aug 2016 by FredBienvenu

Following my first article about X macros, I describe how to build a macro library to extend the enum functionalities in C.

C++

A SQLite Server/Client Implementation

23 Jan 2008 by Daniel Cohen Gindi

Implementing server/client architecture for the great SQLite!

A Tiny Variable String Splitter

25 Jan 2008 by mi-chi

Tokenize and access string contents using a format mask

A Tour of the Arduino Mega 2560+WiFi R3

30 Oct 2020 by honey the codewitch

Using this cheap, powerful little device to make magic

A True Random Number Generator in Arduino (AVR ATmega in that case)

23 Aug 2021 by umar.techBOY

A hardware-based random number generator that exploits the line capacitance and natural frequency of the circuitry of a micro controller to generate a truly random number.

Arduino

Dev

A Typical Linux C Application: Standard I/O ports allowing simple IPC pipe based

16 Oct 2008 by Ciro Sisman Pereira

Demonstrates how to create a simple application that interacts with terminal standard I/O ports to provide an IPC pipe based between processes

C++

Linux

Dev

A USB HID Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen emulator with Teensy

13 Nov 2017 by Elmue

This article describes how to use a Teensy 3.1 board from PJRC.com to simulate keyboard, mouse and touch screen USB HID devices at the same time. This allows to remote-control a computer through one USB cable.

A user draw button that supports PNG files with transparency, for Visual C++ 6.0 and VS2005

16 Jul 2008 by Darren Sessions

With this class, you can add a PNG image to your button and automatically get a highlighted and grayscale version.

ABCs of Pro*C

23 May 2007 by vipulparmar

Basic understanding of Pro*C

Access Physical Memory, Port and PCI Configuration Space

13 Apr 2009 by cyb70289

Play with physical memory, port, PCI configuration space in user mode

Accessing: MySQL Database using MySQL C API

1 Nov 2011 by Renato Tegon Forti

A set of class to access and manipulate MySQL database using MySQL C API

Accessing: PostgreSql data base using libpq - C Library.

18 May 2009 by Renato Tegon Forti

A set of class to access and manipule PostgreSql data base using libpq - C Library.

Accurate, Easy, Fast Form Design, with a Little Help from Excel

17 Jun 2016 by David A. Gray

A Microsoft Excel worksheet for accurate, easy, fast design and application of Windows forms and resource strings

C++

.NET

Dev

Achieving polymorphism in C

6 Mar 2014 by Ilia Glizerin

Manually implement OOP designs in C.

OOP

ACM Problem of (AARC'98) - Parkinson

16 Jun 2008 by MoustafaS

Solving old ACM problems

Adapted WinMine Source for Teaching Win32 API Programming

21 Apr 2011 by Yiping Cheng

An ideal source package for introducing students to the basics of Win32 programming

Windows

WinSDK

Dev

Adapting Old Code to New Realities

27 Nov 2010 by Vitaliy Shibaev

This article describes useful techniques for transforming old-style C/C++ code to fully managed C# code. These methods were used for porting classic libjpeg and libtiff libraries to .NET Framework.

C++

Dev

Architect

Adaptive Skin Color Detection

18 Aug 2014 by pi19404

In this article we will look at Adaptive Skin Color Detection technique described in the paper "An Adaptive Real-time Skin Detector Based on Hue Thresholding"

Add Build Date and Autoincrement Build Number

24 May 2005 by gugulea

This article is about adding automation to your project that increments the build number and adds a build date that can be seen in the Version tab in the file properties window.

Adding Color to Listview with Customdraw

8 Mar 2008 by Option Greek

Implementation of a CListCtrl control derived class that can be used to set color of rows, columns, cells.

C++

VC6

MFC