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An Introduction to the Standard Template Library (STL), Part 1
In this video, Stephan T. Lavavej introduces STL and then demonstrates many of its core features as... more
Monday, Jul 12

Hilo: Windows 7 C++ Development Walkthroughs
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Wednesday, May 26

Exploring New C++ and MFC Features in Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 was just released on April 12th. This article takes a look at the improvements fo... more
Wednesday, May 19

How Do I: What's New for C++ in Visual Studio 2010?
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Thursday, Mar 11

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Video Introduction to the STL, Part 4
In the fourth part of my video... more
Wednesday, Sep 8

Hilo Update – Introducing “Hilo Annotator”
In May this year, we announced... more
Monday, Aug 23

Video Introduction to the STL, Part 3
The third part of my video lec... more
Saturday, Aug 14

The Filterator
My name is Ahmed Charles and I... more
Tuesday, Aug 10

Video Introduction to the STL, Part 2
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Thursday, Jul 22

Windows SDK Team Blog

Downloading the Windows SDK 7.1 documentation for offline viewing
We've received feedback a... more
Monday, Jun 7

Released: Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4
The RTM release of the Windows... more
Tuesday, May 25

Coming soon: Win SDK for Windows 7 and .NET 4
The upcoming Windows SDK for W... more
Tuesday, Apr 6

Windows SDK Build Environment: Upcoming features and improvements
What to expect from Windows SD... more
Thursday, Apr 1

Hidden Gems: Troubleshooting Pack Designer
Windows 7 offers a built-in Wi... more
Monday, Feb 22

Developer Support, Languages - Team Blog

Adding a Configuration file for a VC++ DLL
Background A VC++ ... more
Monday, Feb 22

Removing the Frame Caption when Using CMFCVisualManagerOffice2007
When BCGSoft created the class... more
Wednesday, Jan 20

VC++ Intellisense
Internal Mechanism Internally... more
Thursday, Jun 25

Porting C++ native code to managed (/clr) - Threads
In native world, one inte... more
Monday, Feb 23

Sort function of STL Gives Unexpected Output when Vector is a Type Derived from _com_ptr_t
C++ code which contains... more
Thursday, Feb 5

Sutter's Mill

Herb Sutter on software, hardware, and concurrency.

Herb Sutter is a bestselling author on C++ and concurrent/parallel programming, and a software architect at Microsoft.

Trip Report: August 2010 ISO C++ Standards Meeting
Saturday, Aug 28

Effective Concurrency: Prefer Using Futures or Callbacks to Communicate Asynchronous Results
Friday, Aug 27

Effective Concurrency: Prefer Using Active Objects Instead of Naked Threads
Monday, Jul 12

C++ and Beyond: About 2/3 Full
Friday, May 28

C++ on Channel 9

C9 Lectures: Stephan T. Lavavej - Standard Template Library (STL), 4 of n
Welcome to another installment... more
Tuesday, Sep 7 by Charles

C9 Lectures: Stephan T. Lavavej - Standard Template Library (STL), 3 of n
Welcome to another installment... more
Thursday, Aug 12 by Charles

C9 Lectures: Stephan T. Lavavej - Standard Template Library (STL), 2 of n
Welcome to another installment... more
Wednesday, Jul 21 by Charles

Visual Studio 2010 Seattle Simulcast (Part 4 of 6): Windows Development with Visual Studio 2010
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Thursday, Jul 8 by Emily

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Hilo
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Friday, May 21

How to create and then to call ADO.NET Data Services for different data sources
This article describes an All-... more
Wednesday, May 5

How to create a multiple-column drop-down list for a combo box in Windows Forms
This article describes an All-... more
Wednesday, May 5

How to create a Windows Forms design time custom property tab
This article describes an All-... more
Wednesday, May 5

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Standard Template Library Samples (Visual C++ 2010)
The samples in this topic demo... more
Wednesday, Sep 8

<allocators> (Visual C++ 2010)
Defines several templates that... more
Saturday, Aug 21

.NET Programming Guide (Visual C++ 2010)
Introductory page to several &... more
Saturday, Aug 7

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