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Succinct Guide to Floating Point Format For C++ and C# Programmers

by Shao Voon Wong

Floating Point Format For C++ and C# Programmers

tlock: Any C++ Object read/write Thread-safe Provider

by Michael Chourdakis

An easy locking class for shared/exclusive mutex functions with upgrade/downgrade

Functional Programming in C++

by MehreenTahir

This article will show you an alternative way of using C++; How to write functional code in C++. You’ll see how to write more concise, safer, readable, reasonable code.

CppEvent - How to Implement Events using Standard C++

by Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can implement a thread-safe events (similar to .NET events) mechanism using the standard C++ library.

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Tile Grid Control

by PJ Arends

An MFC CWnd derived grid of user definable tiles

Bring Your Animations to H264/HEVC Video

by Shao Voon Wong

Bring your animations to H264/HEVC video using C++ and C# with h/w acceleration

Enable C++11 multithreading in GCC for FreeRTOS

by Piotr Grygorczuk

Enable C++11 multithreading features in GCC for FreeRTOS

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for OpenGL

by Shao Voon Wong

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for recording OpenGL rendering

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'Class methods' for plain arrays and std::array and vector too.

4 Jan 2018 by john morrison leon

Class method emulation for plain arrays plus unified handling of plain arrays, std::arrays and std::vectors

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C++

Design

Dev

collections

general

7 reasons C++ devs will love the VS 14 CTP

25 Jul 2014 by Nish Nishant

The article goes through sevean language and IDE features in the VS 14 CTP 2 that are specific to C++ development

A Fundamental Lock-Free Building Block - The Lock-Free Stack

31 Jul 2014 by Michael Gazonda

A Fundamental Lock-Free Building Block - The Lock-Free Stack

A Simple Worker Thread

15 Mar 2016 by Satbir S

A worker thread gives you parallel processing power

A Workaround for Type Inference with Expression Templates and Proxies

12 Jun 2019 by John Bandela

The problem brought to light by the article is that C++11 auto interacts badly with expression templates and proxies.

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An Awful, Still Useful C++ Reflection System

27 Jul 2015 by Manuele Finocchiaro

Reflection for C++ made easy

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reflection

An Efficient Parallel Three-Way Quicksort Using Intel C++ Compiler And OpenMP 4.5 Library

6 May 2020 by Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, I’d like to introduce the modern code in C++11, implementing the parallel three-way quicksort, which is asymptotically faster and more efficient than the famous heapsort and mergesort algorithms.

An Idiot's Guide to C++ Templates - Part 1

16 Jan 2013 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Covering the nitty-gritties of C++ templates.

An In-place Multidimensional C++ Array

16 Jun 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

Create dynamic multidimensional arrays in place

C++11

C++

Dev

Antivirus Part--2

19 Aug 2019 by VISWESWARAN1998

An opensource antivirus engine which uses Yara, Locality Sensitive Hashing to detect malware

Application of C++11 User-Defined Literals to Handling Scientific Quantities, Number Representation and String Manipulation

31 Aug 2012 by Mikhail Semenov

keywords: user-defined literals , templates, constant expressions, recursive functions

C++11

C++

Linux

Asynchronous calls in C++ and MFC using boost and tbb

1 Nov 2013 by Gabi Barcan

Call methods of an existing class in MFC asynchronously, while still preserving the thread affinity required by MFC and COM.

Avi from Image Files in One Click

27 Dec 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Simple solution for small avi demo performance from Image files of any kind

Boost Concurrent Permutations and Combinations on CPU

5 Apr 2017 by Shao Voon Wong

Compute Concurrent Permutations and Combinations on CPU

C++11

C++

VS2013

Bring C++ Graphics to the Web

30 Jul 2019 by Shao Voon Wong

Run your C++ Graphics on the Desktop and Web

Javascript

C++11

C++

Bring Your Animations to H264/HEVC Video

25 Apr 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

Bring your animations to H264/HEVC video using C++ and C# with h/w acceleration

Bring Your C++ Code to the Web

28 Jun 2019 by Shao Voon Wong

How to bring your C++ code to the web

C++11

C++

Bring Your Existing Application to the Microsoft Store

21 Jul 2019 by Shao Voon Wong

Bring your existing WPF and Winform application to the Microsoft Store

C++ 11 features in Visual C++ 2013 Preview

21 Jul 2013 by Nish Nishant

This is a quick overview of ISO C++ 11 compiler features that are supported in VC++ 2013 Preview

C++ audio mixing and WAV file & AudioFile classes

8 Dec 2018 by CalicoSkies

Mixing audio from multiple WAV files to a single WAV file. Includes a C++ class for reading and writing WAV audio files, derived from an AudioFile class for future support of other audio file formats.

C++ Continuous Integration Setup

14 Mar 2016 by Larz White

C++ continuous integration setup using Travis CI, AppVeyor, CMake, and the Boost Test Library

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continuous-build

C++ serialization framework/library

26 Jun 2016 by bishopnator29a

Saving, Loading and data migration in compact library

C++ State Machine with Asynchronous Multicast Delegates

23 Oct 2019 by David Lafreniere

A framework combining state machines with asynchronous multicast delegates

C++ std::thread Event Loop with Message Queue and Timer

13 Sep 2020 by David Lafreniere

Create a worker thread with an event loop, message queue and a timer using the C++11 thread support library

C++11 Concurrency

30 Dec 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam

Various features supporting Concurrency in C++11

C++11 Lambda Storage Without libc++

16 Jan 2012 by And Baxter

In the case that you need to store and pass lambdas around but can't use std::function, here's an alternative.

C++11

C++

Dev

C++11 Threads, Locks and Condition Variables

27 May 2013 by Marius Bancila

This article is a walk-through the C++11 support for threads and synchronization mechanisms (mutexes and condition variables).

C++11 – A Glance [Part 1 of n]

21 Sep 2019 by Lakamraju Raghuram

A glance at the C++11 Standard, covering features supported in VS2010

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C++

C++11 – A Glance [Part 2 of n]

17 Jun 2018 by Lakamraju Raghuram

A glance at the C++11 Standard, covering features supported in VS2010. This is the next part of this series.

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C++

C++14 Lambdas: You've Got In-place Anonymous Functions

1 May 2016 by itsdkg

A demonstration of how to use C++11/C++14 lambdas / Closures

C++11

C++14

C++

C++17: string_view Conversion to Integral Types

5 Jun 2018 by Shao Voon Wong

Implementing string_view conversion to integral types using Boost Spirit Qi v2

C++: Avoiding Allocation/Sharing/Locking

1 Oct 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Using C++11 thread_local to Avoid Allocation, Sharing and Minimize Locking

Coding Challenges Framework

10 Jul 2015 by darrellp

A framework for easily solving programming challenges from competitive coding sites

Compile Time Loops with C++11 - Creating a Generalized static_for Implementation

28 Dec 2014 by Michael Gazonda

Have you ever been working with templates or constexpr and wanted to run a loop? Or maybe you have a loop you'd like to unroll and see if your program will run faster? Welcome to static_for.

Constants and Constant Expressions in C++11

11 Jul 2012 by Mikhail Semenov

keywords: constexpr, constant, constant expression, user-defined literals, GCC 4.7.0

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C++

Construction of a Supercomputer - Architecture and Design

23 Apr 2016 by Florian Rappl

In this article we look behind the development of a Top 500 listed highly-efficient supercomputer: the QPACE 2.

Convenient Constructs For Stepping Through a Range of Values

23 Mar 2015 by Mikhail Semenov

This articles proposes an implementation of a collection of constructs for writing loops in C++11, as an alternative to the standard C-style for-loop.

CppEvent - How to Implement Events using Standard C++

13 Aug 2018 by Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can implement a thread-safe events (similar to .NET events) mechanism using the standard C++ library.

cpplinq - LINQ Query Operators for C++ Sequences

3 Nov 2012 by Marius Bancila

An introduction to cpplinq, a open-source template library that provides LINQ-like operators for querying collections (arrays and STL containers) in C++11.

Debug Print in Variadic Template Style

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Debug Print using C++11 Variadic Template

Designing Efficient Thread-Safe Reference Counting System

29 Jun 2017 by EgorYusov

This article describes an efficient thread-safe reference counting system.

DIY µ-range

23 May 2018 by John M. Dlugosz

It is easier than ever to exploit the range-for loop (and make use of std algorithms) for things other than collections.

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C++14

C++

Easy Molar Mass Calculator

28 Jun 2016 by Mohamed Kalmoua

This article describes how to create a UWP application that uses a Window Runtime Component.

Enable C++11 multithreading in GCC for FreeRTOS

30 Mar 2023 by Piotr Grygorczuk

Enable C++11 multithreading features in GCC for FreeRTOS

C++11

C++

multi-threading

Extended Number to Numeral (Number Spelling) Converter

25 May 2016 by Shvetsov Evgeniy

Numbers (positive AND negative integral/fractional) to english/russian words

Extending boost::filesystem for Windows and Linux: Part 1

19 Mar 2013 by Igor Stanic

Extending boost::filesystem for Windows and Linux.

Fast Implementations of Maps with Integer Keys in C++

18 Jan 2015 by Mikhail Semenov

This article covers algorithms and implementations for maps with integers, contains benchmark results

Fast Implementations of Sparse Sets in C++

3 Jan 2015 by Mikhail Semenov

This article covers algorithms and implementations for sparse sets of integers, including the benchmark results.

Fast Memory Allocation and Pooling for Constrained Environments

14 Dec 2020 by honey the codewitch

Some C++ magic to help cut down on heap abuse for simple scenarios

Fast Multi-Reader Lock

20 Aug 2014 by Evgeny Zavalkovsky

Multi-reader lock that provides real readers' lock-free and wait-free concurency on multi core systems.

From C++ 11 to C++ 17: A Walkthrough

5 Jan 2018 by Michael Chourdakis

The most appealing (to me!) new C++ features

C++14

C++17

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Functional Programming in C++

23 Nov 2018 by MehreenTahir

This article will show you an alternative way of using C++; How to write functional code in C++. You’ll see how to write more concise, safer, readable, reasonable code.

Fundamental Type Specialization in C++

3 Jan 2020 by goranorsander

A class template for specializing fundamental types

g2log: An efficient asynchronous logger using C++11

19 Mar 2014 by KjellKod.cc

Don't let slow disk access bog your logger down. By using the g2log asynchronous logger you will remove the wait bottlenecks while it has the reliability of a *traditional* logging library.

Generic Memoization Infrastructure

1 Mar 2016 by Evgeny Zavalkovsky

`Memoization' of a computation result makes computation faster by trading space for time. Here you will see extremely simple and "easy to use" Memoization Infrastructure.

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C++

templates

Generic Random Access Iterator

23 Sep 2015 by Shvetsov Evgeniy

Safe and versatile iterator for user types

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for OpenGL

26 Oct 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for recording OpenGL rendering

C++11

C++

OpenGL

Happy Registry: A Quick Wrapper for the Win32 Database

23 Oct 2015 by Michael Chourdakis

A simple template for manipulating the registry

High-Performance Statically Buffered String

21 Feb 2016 by Shvetsov Evgeniy

String class with the auto. managed memory pool and performance tweaks + support modules

HotPatching: (VERY) Deep Inside

4 Nov 2018 by Michael Chourdakis

A ready to be used hotpatching library with five methods!

How a weak_ptr Might Prevent Full Memory Cleanup of Managed Object

30 Jan 2018 by Bartlomiej Filipek

It appears that in some cases memory allocated for the object controlled by smart_ptr might not be released until all weak pointers are also ‘dead’... let's see why

C++11

C++

How To Optimize A Parallel Stable Sort Performance Using The Revolutionary Intel® oneAPI HPC Toolkit

7 May 2020 by Arthur V. Ratz

In this article I will thoroughly discuss about the several aspects of using the revolutionary new Intel® oneAPI HPC Toolkit to deliver a modern code that implements a parallel “stable” sort

How To Safely Pass Parameters By Reference in C++ - The Unsettled Question

19 May 2016 by Noah L

Use-after-free bugs, new smart pointers and the new state of safe C++ programming

Java

C++11

C++

Implementation of Delegates in C++11

24 May 2013 by Mikhail Semenov

This is an alternative for "Member Function Pointers and the Fastest Possible C++ Delegates"

Implementation of the Range Template: An Easy Way to Step Through a Range of Integral Values in a For-Loop

3 Jun 2014 by Mikhail Semenov

Defining ranges with steps that can be used in for-loops

C++11

C++

Implementing COM Interfaces with C++0x Variadic Templates

4 Sep 2011 by Kirill Osipov

A step-by-step illustration of a minimalistic pattern for implementing a series of COM interfaces with little code

Implementing Parallel Scalable Distribution Counting Algorithm (DCA) with CUDA 8.0 Runtime API

9 Dec 2016 by Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, we'll demonstrate an approach the allows to increase the performance (up to 600%) of the code that implements the conventional distribution counting algorithm (DCA) using NVIDIA CUDA 8.0 Runtime API

Integrating with PayPal smoothly

12 Jan 2018 by Michael Haephrati

How to easily integrate and interface with PayPal Express Checkout API from a Windows c++ application

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

LevelDB DLL for Windows - A New Approach to Exporting C++ Classes from a DLL

28 Mar 2013 by John Bandela

Describes a build of leveldb for windows that works in both g++ and visual c++ using the same dll

Load EXE as DLL: Mission Possible

6 Dec 2015 by Michael Chourdakis

Load an EXE file as a DLL in another EXE and execute the functions

Lock-Free Single-Producer - Single Consumer Circular Queue

31 Dec 2014 by KjellKod.cc

How to make a wait-free, lock-free CircularFifo using C++11.

Macros for Defining Method Aliases for a Member Object

2 Jun 2013 by Mikhail Semenov

The article shows the techniques for defining pass-through methods

C++11

C++

Linux

Making HTTP REST Request in C++

27 Jun 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

Example of making HTTP REST Request in C++

C++11

C++

VS2013

Metaprogramming in C++: A Gentle Introduction

23 Mar 2021 by honey the codewitch

Make your code more efficient by hacking your compiler to improve its optimization capabilities

Move Semantics and Perfect Forwarding in C++11

5 May 2015 by Mikhail Semenov

Essential features in Visual C++ 11 and GCC 4.7.0: move, rvalue references, prvalues, xvalues, perfect forwarding.

My First Open Source Contribution

10 Oct 2019 by 10xlearner

This is a post about my first open source contribution.

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Notes on C++ SFINAE

29 Feb 2016 by Bartlomiej Filipek

In the article I cover SFINAE, a quite complex paradigm from C++ template programming area. What is this thing? Where can you use it? Let's also look how C++14/17 can help in writing such expressions.

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C++14

C++

Number crunching: Why you should never, ever, EVER use linked-list in your code again

21 Aug 2012 by KjellKod.cc

Most programming resources are wrong when comparing linked-list to vector. Here you can read and understand how they are wrong and why linked-list is (mostly) to be avoided.

Optimizations that You Have to Wring from WebAssembly

10 Aug 2020 by Shao Voon Wong

Optimizations that you have to make to wring the performance out of WebAssembly

C++11

C++

PolyHook - The C++11 x86/x64 Hooking Library

17 May 2016 by stevemk14ebr

A modern, universal, c++ hooking library.

PolyHook 2: C++17 x86/x64 Hooking Library

24 Jul 2018 by stevemk14ebr

PolyHook v2 - the C++17 x86/x64 library supporting multiple methods of hooking

Populating Structure from XML, the Automatic Way (Part 1 of 2)

29 Jan 2016 by Md. Samiul Hoque

intros_ptree: A library that lets you populate your structure or class from XML file (or json or ini file) automatically, and vice versa

Populating Structure from XML, The Automatic Way (Part 2 of 2)

2 Feb 2016 by Md. Samiul Hoque

intros_ptree: A library that lets you populate your structure or class from XML file (or json or ini file) automatically, and vice versa

Priori - A Fast dynamic_cast<> Alternative

20 Jun 2013 by DigitalInBlue

This article discusses the implementation and use of a fast alternative to dynamic_cast, Priori.

Programming Concurrency in C++: Part 1

16 Dec 2018 by MehreenTahir

This article will help you get started with concurrency and will also introduce you to the features C++ has to support concurrent programming.

Programming Concurrency in C++: Part 2

3 Mar 2019 by MehreenTahir

This article is a continuation of Programming Concurrency in C++ Part 1. We will discuss synchronization, future and promises along with async and with that, will sum up the introduction of concurrency in C++.

Registered Pointers - High-Performance C++ Smart Pointers That Can Target The Stack

20 Mar 2016 by Noah L

An introduction to new smart pointers meant to be safe replacements for raw pointers and (raw) references.

Java

C++11

C++

Reverse Semaphore : A quick class

24 Apr 2016 by Michael Chourdakis

A class to implement a reverse semaphore

RWMutex: A Shared/Exclusive Recursive Mutex

13 Dec 2018 by Michael Chourdakis

A mutex with shared/exclusive access with upgrade/downgrade capability

Sharing Objects Between Threads in C++, the Safe and Easy Way

14 Jun 2016 by Noah L

Beware the data race sneak attack.

Simple High-Level Interprocess Communications Library (SHLIPC)

2 Sep 2011 by Alexander Bessonov

A simple high-level IPC library with ability to use native C++ interfaces.

SimpleList - A C# to C++ Comparison

28 Mar 2018 by Paulo Zemek

A beginner article about how to write a simple list class in C# and in C++

Singular Values Decomposition (SVD) in C++11 by an Example

30 Dec 2018 by Arthur V. Ratz

SVD in C++11 explained with an example

Smart observers to use with unique_ptr

18 Sep 2015 by john morrison leon

observer_ptr, a smart observer guaranteed to always be either valid or test as null. Transparently harnessing unique_ptr's custom deleter feature to detect object destruction.

Smart Pointers Gotchas

27 Aug 2014 by Bartlomiej Filipek

Several issues related to smart pointers that are worth knowing.

Solving ordinary differential equations with OpenCL in C++

26 Jul 2012 by headmyshoulder, Denis Demidov

This article shows how ordinary differential equations can be solved with OpenCL. In detail it shows how odeint - a C++ library for ordinary differential equations - can be adapted to work with VexCL - a library for OpenCL. The resulting performance is studied on two examples.

Some Shocking Facts You Probably Didn't Want to Know about U++ Framework...

12 Nov 2020 by Miroslav Fidler