And here are a few additional links to more information about C++ that will help you learn how to use it in your projects:

• TechEd PreConference Seminar: "C++ In Visual Studio 11: Modern Readable, Safe, Fast"
  Kate Gregory will be doing a day long intensive seminar at both TechEd North America (June 10^th in Orlando) and TechEd Europe (June 25^th in Amsterdam).
  You can register for TechEd North America here: http://northamerica.msteched.com/registration
  And TechEd Europe here: https://register.europe.msteched.com

• GoingNative 2012
  This event was held back in February, and was streamed live throughout the world. It featured industry experts discussing the importance of C++ and its proper use in modern application development. All of the sessions are available for "on demand" viewing over on Channel 9.
  You can access all of the videos here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012

• Sutter's Mill
  If you want to catch more of Herb Sutter and his thoughts on C++, you should check out his blog.
  You can find Herb's blog here: http://herbsutter.com/
  And specifically the "Elements of Modern C++ Style" reference that Herb refered to can be found here: http://herbsutter.com/elements-of-modern-c-style/

• Welcome Back to C++ (Modern C++)
  For Visual Studio 11, MSDN has prepared details on the advancement and use of C++ which includes examples, reference material, and information on the currently supported features. It is definitely worth checking out to get up to speed.
  The MSDN C++ content starts here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh279654(v=vs.110).aspx

D is a modern native programming language (not really an evolution of C++ as the name might imply. C++11 is an evolution of C++... D is it's own thing. It's D.). D is imperative (with C-like syntax), statically-typed, object-oriented, dynamic-friendly (via static type inference), garbage collected (optional), shared-nothing by default (nice!), functional-friendly (you can write pure functions that are verifiably pure), polymorphic, generic, and COM-friendly, too. D is also a low-level systems programming language.

D takes many powerful modern programming ideas and idioms and makes them easy to use while keeping things purely native. We love this! Too often we hear things like, "Well, if you go fully native then you loose productivity..." Whatever. D proves you can have your cake and eat it, too.

Tune in. Meet Walter and Andrei (and D, if you're not familiar with it). Thanks for spending time with C9, Walter and Andrei! Keep pushing the native envelope. 

"I want 1,000,000 users", says Andrei. Go D!

Download D
D Forums (written in D)
Modern COM Programming in D

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[00:00] GoingNative(); //Welcome back! Sorry for the delay. GoingNative 2012. D.
[02:22] Charles has a conversation with Andrei Alexandrescu and Walter Bright about the D programming language
[56:52] ~GoingNative(); //Charles and Diego talk about D and then destruct.

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Here's the complete GoingNative 2012 Agenda:

Concepts, variadic templates, STL11, static if, memory model, VC++11 and beyond, Clang, incredible keynotes by Bjarne Stroustrup and Herb Sutter, user-driven panels.

It was a C++11 party at Microsoft headquarters.Thanks to all of you who attended (in Redmond and in the cloud)!!

Day 1 – C++11 Today - Feb 2, 2012

Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:30AM

[Keynote ] 9:30-11:00AM PST (1730 - 1900 UTC) -- Bjarne Stroustrup: C++11 Style

11:15-12:15PM PST (1915 - 2015 UTC) – Hans Boehm: Threads and Shared Variables in C++11 Lunch 12:15-1:15PM

1:15-2:15PM PST (2115 - 2215 UTC) – Stephan T. Lavavej: STL11 – Magic && Secrets

2:30-3:30PM PST (2230 - 2330 UTC) – Andrei Alexandrescu: Variadic Templates are Funadic

Coffee/Snack Break 3:30 – 4:00PM

4:00 – 5:15PM PST (0000 - 0115 UTC)  - Panel: The Importance of Being Native (Bjarne, Andrei, Herb, Hans, Stephan)

Dinner/Party 7:00PM – 10PM (The Parlor Billiards and Spirits, Bellevue)

Day 2 – C++11 Today and Tomorrow - Feb 3, 2012

Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:30AM

[Keynote] 9:30 – 11:00AM PST (1730 - 1900 UTC) – Herb Sutter: C++11, VC++11 and Beyond

11:15-12:15PM PST (1915 - 2015 UTC)  – Chandler Carruth: Clang - Defending C++ from Murphy's Million Monkeys

Lunch 12:15-1:15PM

1:15-2:15PM PST (2115 - 2215 UTC) – Andrei Alexandrescu: Static If I Had a Hammer

2:30-3:30PM PST  (2230 - 2330 UTC) – Bjarne Stroustrup and Andrew Sutton: A Concept Design for C++

Coffee/Snack Break 3:30 – 4:00PM

4:00 – 5:30PM PST (0000 - 0115 UTC) – Panel: Ask Us Anything! (all speakers)

The Windows Template Library was created (and is still maintained) by Nenad Stefanovic, whose name I horribly mangled in the show's constructor. My apologies, Nenad! WTL is built on top of ATL, extending the power and relative simplicity of ATL to more of Win32's componentry. Lots of native Windows applications are written in WTL (including some of Windows itself, IE, Chrome, etc).

Niner Ion also asked some specific ATL questions. We get to those, too.

Thank you for spending time with us, Jim!

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[00:00] GoingNative(); //Thank you for challenging us and speaking your minds! Thanks Herb Sutter, Jim Springfield, PFYB, KM-KY, Warren, Garfield, C64, Glen, and Tomas (who's trying to make his own C++ lib-only implementation for Metro component authoring—way to go. Best to just do rather than just say! Good luck, Tomas!).

[06:34] Charles interviews Jim Springfield (whiteboarding included)

[51:18] ~GoingNative();//Announcing and talking about GoingNative 2012. Please join us in Redmond! See below for details:

Announcing GoingNative 2012 – A Modern C++ Conference

Here at Microsoft, we're very excited about the surge of industry interest in C++ and we want to support that. We know developers are hungry for information about modern C++ (C++11). The goal of GoingNative is to help provide current information to as many people as possible and to share technical insights and knowledge from C++ luminaries from across the industry. It's a C++ party and you're invited. Please join us.

Register Now!

Event Details:

GoingNative 2012 is a 48-hour technical event for those who push the boundaries of general purpose computing by exploiting the true capabilities of the underlying machine: native developers. Distinguished speakers include the creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, C++ Standards Committee Chair, Herb Sutter, C++ template guru and big compute master, Andrei Alexandrescu, and more!

Feb 2-3, 2012
Microsoft Corporate Campus
Redmond, WA, USA

The entire event will be streamed live on Channel 9 and all sessions will show up for on-demand use in 24 hours or less. That said, you do want to be here. It's going to be a lot fun and we are going to take care of you.

We really want to hear from you, so please tweet feedback to @C9GoingNative (follow us!) and send your requests, ideas, complaints, praises, hate mail, and love letters to C9GoingNative [at] hotmail [dot] com. We will read and respond to all messages! That's how we roll, brothers and sisters. And if you're a Facebook user, please join our C9::GoingNative Facebook group.

Go native!