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December 2012 - C++ Team Blog

In the Community: Meet Kenny Kerr

December 17, 2012 Dec 17, 2012 12/17/12
Eric Battalio
Hello. Welcome to the first "in the community" posts spotlighting members of the C++ and/or developer community. Today we meet Kenny Kerr and a Microsoft MVP who graciously agreed to "go first" :)Kenny is a computer programmer with a bias toward Windows and C++. He enjoys writing and teaching developers how to get the most out of Windows with ...

Registration for C++Now 2013 Opens Today!

December 11, 2012 Dec 11, 2012 12/11/12
James McNellis
Registration for the seventh annual C++Now Conference (formerly BoostCon) opens today, and if you're looking for a great C++ conference to attend this year, you should definitely consider C++Now.  I attended last year's conference and it was terrific:  in addition to a splendid program of sessions about a wide variety of ...

Friday Miscellany #3

December 7, 2012 Dec 7, 2012 12/7/12
Eric Battalio
Active in the C++ community? Answering questions, creating demos, sharing code snippets, or hosting a local user group meeting? If you have something to share, send it to me (ebattali@microsoft.com) for potential inclusion in a future miscellany!And now on with the show: And because Murphy was an optimist, share your own laws below or on ...

Casablanca : Give us your feedback!

December 4, 2012 Dec 4, 2012 12/4/12
Sana Mithani
Casablanca: a native library to access the cloud from C++ Take a quick 10 minute break and give us your feedback on Casablanca. The Casablanca team would love to hear what you have to say! We want to know how you are using the libraries and what you like or don’t like about Casablanca. This data can help us improve Casablanca and ...