C++ Team Blog

Friday Miscellany #1

November 16, 2012 Nov 16, 2012 11/16/12

Eric Battalio

Some links for your consideration. Have ideas for future Miscellany posts? Drop me an email (ebattali@microsoft.com), share on our Visual C++ Facebook page, or leave a comment below. Thanks...

Native Development Experience in Windows Embedded Compact 2013

November 14, 2012 Nov 14, 2012 11/14/12

Eric Battalio

In windows embedded compact 2013, we are updating the native developer experience to the latest and greatest experience available via Visual Studio 2012. With this update, we are essentially bringing 2012 native desktop experience to embedded developers. This post details some of the key updates to the experience. Run time updates We are ...

Top 11 Reasons to Visit the Hilo Docs in the MSDN Library

November 12, 2012 Nov 12, 2012 11/12/12

Eric Battalio

Top 11 reasons to vist Developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using C++ and XAML: Hilo (Windows): And the number one reason? If you have ideas for future top 11's, share it on Facebook, Twitter or the comments below.*edited 11/13/2012, fixed the link to the article (https://aka.ms/hilocpp-doc...

Good Stuff on Channel 9

November 7, 2012 Nov 7, 2012 11/7/12

Eric Battalio

Looking for the C++ Good Stuff? Have you visited Channel 9 lately? And in case you missed it: *spoiler,marketing*Do you like Visual C++? Like us on Facebook (and post something)!Thanks...

Announcing November CTP of the C++ compiler, now with more C++11

November 2, 2012 Nov 2, 2012 11/2/12

Eric Battalio

On February at the Going Native conference, we promised to work on implementing more parts of the C++11 standard. We also made a commitment to progressively roll out these features on a faster cadence through out-of-band releases such as CTPs (customer technology previews).We delivered!Today at Build 2012, Herb Sutter announced that we&...

November CTP, isocpp.org, Standard C++ Foundations Announced Today

November 2, 2012 Nov 2, 2012 11/2/12

Eric Battalio

November 2, 12:45pm PDT C++ use and investment continues to grow strongly in all parts of the software industry, and broadly across all major industries. As Herb Sutter said, more than ever “Microsoft is built on C++, and the world runs on C++.” At the same time, programmers now need to be educated that C++ is not the same language it ...

BUILD: Wednesday Update

October 31, 2012 Oct 31, 2012 10/31/12

Eric Battalio

C++ is alive at Build 2012! Developers have been filling the C++ sessions and getting tips, tricks, insights and example code from the experts. But you don't have to take our word -- sessions from Tuesday are available online: And if you have 90 seconds, catch this quick chat with Herb Sutter: [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Project Austin Part 6 of 6: Storage

October 29, 2012 Oct 29, 2012 10/29/12

George Mileka [MSFT]

Hi, my name is George Mileka. I’m a developer on the C++ Libraries team. I have been working on the Project Code Name Austin for many months with Jorge, Eric, and Alan. To learn more about what the Project Code Name Austin is, you can read this great post by Jorge Pereira. For Project Austin, we have used ESE (Extensible Storage Engine) ...

C++ at BUILD 2012

October 29, 2012 Oct 29, 2012 10/29/12

Eric Battalio

(image) Experience the Build conference on Channel 9 and learn how to build fierce Windows 8 apps using C++ from the experts: If you are at Build, try to catch a few of these sessions. If you were unable to make Build, watch Channel 9 for session videos. On the social front, like Visual C++ (Visual CPP) on ...

Hello ARM: Exploring Undefined, Unspecified, and Implementation-defined Behavior in C++

October 25, 2012 Oct 25, 2012 10/25/12

Michael from Redmond

With the introduction of Windows RT for ARM devices, many Windows software developers will be encountering ARM processors for the first time. For the native C++ developer this means the potential for running afoul of undefined, unspecified, or implementation-defined behavior--as defined by the C++ language--that is expressed differently on the...