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Are you a First Aider? Something to think about.
This weekend I attended a music convention in the UK. Something happened on Sunday morning that made me re-assess if I should be a qualified […]
How to replace IsBadReadPtr?
The Microsoft Win32 API contains various functions that look useful at first sight but which have now become regarded as a pariahs. A good example […]
The cost of using OutputDebugString
Should you use OutputDebugString? Is that an unusual question to ask? How often have you thought about the potential cost of using OutputDebugString (or TRACE, […]
Monitoring memory use in a JNI DLL called from Java
Java is a garbage-collected language that allows you to extend the language with code written in C and C++. Given that the extensions are written […]
Creating a JNI example for testing
The Java language can be extended using C and C++ to write extensions that are called using the Java Native Interface (JNI). The JNI extensions […]
Thread monitoring made easy
Tools like Thread Validator are great for delving into the details of why a thread deadlock has occurred. You get all the gory details, DLL, […]
Thread Lock Checker now available
We’ve just released Thread Lock Checker, a lock-checking tool that will let you know when you’ve used CSingleLock incorrectly. Took a bit longer than we […]
Improving how you use CSingleLock
This posting covers a brief background: Win32 critical sections. How CCriticalSection and CSingleLock can be used instead of Win32 critical sections. An improved way to […]
The future of development environments is bubble shaped
Researchers at Brown University have created a new way of interacting with source code and debuggers with their innovative Code Bubble based IDE. The link […]
What will Visual Studio 2035 be able to do?
Will Visual Studio 2035 exist? Will we design and write software the same way in the future? Read Bruce Eckel’s thought provoking article about “Programming […]