Imagine Cup 2006: Reflecting on the Experience, Looking towards the Future

How will VC++ evolve? How has the advent of managed code affected the evolutionary trajectory of VC++? What's the VC++ team up to these days, anyway? How much time are they spending innovating C++, the native language?
Tune in and learn first hand from two people who know the answers to the above questions (and much more); Steve Teixeira, Group Program Manager, and Bill Dunlap, Program Manager.
If you want to know where Visual C++ is heading, then you definitely want to watch this interview. If you are a C++ developer, the message should be very loud and clear: Microsoft has
not forgotten about you!
7k+ new unmanaged APIs? Awesome! I have used a few but I had no idea there were that many. Is there a place available that lists these new APIs (most or all of them)?
Thanks.
Thank you!
Can't wait for the next version of MSC++.
nightski wrote:7k+ new unmanaged APIs? Awesome! I have used a few but I had no idea there were that many. Is there a place available that lists these new APIs (most or all of them)?
Thanks.
ScaleOvenStove wrote:They finally got it right with Vista, but now it will be 3-5 years before saturation.
RichardRudek wrote:
ScaleOvenStove wrote: They finally got it right with Vista, but now it will be 3-5 years before saturation.
Unless your unfortunate enough to do some sub-contracting work for a large Corporation or Government who are just now deploying Windows XP to Desktops with IE6 and Office 2003...
ScaleOvenStove wrote:I think they forgot to mention one reason why native code development is still an option for so many people: Microsoft failed to deploy the .NET Framework to XP as a required update. For people who want to target 90%+ of the market, without relying on distributing the .NET Framework, there really isn't an option to use managed code.
They finally got it right with Vista, but now it will be 3-5 years before saturation.
staceyw wrote:
RichardRudek wrote:Unless your unfortunate enough to do some sub-contracting work for a large Corporation or Government who are just now deploying Windows XP to Desktops with IE6 and Office 2003...
In that case, why not just deploy .Net 2.0 with the image?
Here are some more links to the new Vista APIs:
Windows API: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383874.aspx
GDI: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536794.aspx
And a download which has "New Windows Vista APIs.xls" and TopTen.chm
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/9/B/D9BEB875-BC1D-4338-A655-251F4F353B2E/Top10Wave.exe
And an actual c++ class library:
GDI+: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533798.aspx
dcsoft wrote:Huh? When I see names like the "Visual 2005 Service Pack 1 for Vista" that is different than "Visual 2005 Service Pack 1", and other mile long product names (e.g. Windows Presentation Foundation, and not Avalon), etc., the person in charge of naming things at Microsoft definitely needs to be put out to pasture.