There are two STLs: the Standard Template Library and Stephan T. Lavavej Advanced STL covers the gory details of the STL's implementation -> you will therefore need to be versed in the basics of STL, competent in C++ (of course), and be able to pay attention! Stephan is a great teacher…
Welcome to GoingNative! GoingNative is a new show on C9 dedicated to native development and native developers, with an emphasis on modern C++. In our inaugural episode, we keep things light and easy as we introduce you to what we're doing, why we're doing it, and how it will go down. The…
You first met Mahmoud Saleh in an episode of C9::GoingNative covering CRT (C Run-time Library). Mahmoud is the keeper of the CRT(C Run-time Library) at Microsoft, working on the VC++ team as a software engineer. The information presented in that GoingNative episode was introductory…
Happy Holidays to all of you out there who are in some sort of holiday state. If not, then happy holidays anyway from Diego, Charles, C9, and VC We don't cover software testing—the job discipline—often enough on C9. We aim to change that starting now.A friend of Diego's on the VC++ team,…
Watch as Zain Naboulsi and Boris Jabes, Senior Program Manager Lead at Microsoft, discuss Visual C++ 2010. They cover ways to get more performance out of your applications, including Task Parallelism.Click here to try Visual Studio 2010About Boris
Boris Jabes is a senior program…
Just be back from TechEd Europe, where I had a couple good C++ Sessions in my Track. One thing people frequently asked us is what is Microsoft's Commitment to native C++ Developers? So I decided for to make a short interview with Ale Contenti Principal Development Manager in…
Tony Goodhew is a Microsoft veteran in the developer tools division and has returned home to his roots in VC++. He was a product manager on VC6 back in the day. One of Tony's priorities is effectively communicating with developer customers who expect open and honest answers to ALL of…
As promised, the great Stephan T. Lavavej is back! Tens of thousands of you have watched STL's (those are his initials, so that's what we call him) introductory series on the STL, or Standard Template Library. If you haven't, you should. This series, Advanced STL, covers the gory details of…
I recently caught up with the great Kate Gregory, C++ MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, and all around excellent developer. Kate and several other MVPs from around the world were on the MS campus to take part in MVP Summit 2011. You will meet other C++ MVPs on C9 over…
The Parallel Computing Concurrency Runtime team write tools for the C++ community that make it easier to write reliable, performant and scalable concurrent and parallel code. In this conversation, Mike Chu , Dana Groff, Artur Laksberg, and Vinod Koduvayoor Subramanian talk…