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Don't be thrown off by the length of this video! OSG Dev Adrian Tsai gives a thoroughly engaging presentation that will please graphics noobs (like myself) and advanced users alike! Learn about what's up and coming with Visual Studio's Graphics Frame Analysis Tool (also referred to as Offline…

What happens when .NET code is statically compiled to machine code (versus runtime compiled via JIT) by the VC++ back end compiler? You get highly optimized binaries that load and run faster than .NET code ever has before. Yes, my friends, .NET has gone native! :) Today, the .NET team is…

C++ veteran and dev lead Jim Griesmer proudly discusses his team's [native diagnostics and graphics tooling] improvements in the new Visual Studio 2013, including PIX, support for remote debugging, and the fact that it can supply quarterly updates!

The C++ language is large and complex with context-sensitive syntax subtleties that make it difficult to create a reliable and fast rename refactoring tool. For years we wanted to include rename refactoring in Visual C++ but it never quite made it. We were concerned about…

It's still August! Summer was great! GoingNative 2013 is just around the corner and Charles is getting ready for the final touches! In the meantime, Ale went to chat with the low-level gurus in the Visual C++ BackEnd to talk about the new Vector Calling Convention feature (aka VCC). Learn…

In this episode, Ale and Charles swap roles: Ale takes a camera into a dev's office and geeks out. Charles appears in the ctor and dtor segments with a singular message: register now for GoingNative 2013. You want to be there, in person. It's beautiful in Seattle in September and when's the last…

Today, Microsoft Open Technologies announced the open sourcing of Reactive Extensions! In addition to the usual support for .NET and JS we're very pleased to announce the release of the C++ Rx library! Now, C/C++ developers get to experience the power of LINQ + Rx!! Rock and…

Visual Studio 2012 RTM'd recently and MSDN subscribers are now writing code in the latest iteration of VS! C++ developers will be pleased with the improvements in VC11. From the compiler to libraries to IDE features, VC++ in VS 2012 represents the best version of VC++ to…

I caught up with Erik Meijer recently to see what was on his mind (wish we could do this more often as his mind is typically full of very interesting things at any given time!). Erik had just read an article - Every Programmer Should Know These Latency Numbers - and it got him thinking... Here, Erik…

In part 2, STL will teach us all about Template Argument Deduction. Template arguments are deduced when a call is made to a template function, but some or all template arguments are omitted. The compiler will attempt to deduce the intended template arguments. In most cases, this works as expected.…