GoingNative 56: CMake in Visual Studio
In this episode, Marian Luparu and Iyyappa Murugandi chat with Steve about CMake support in Visual Studio:
GoingNative 56: CMake in Visual Studio
with Steve Carroll, Marian Luparu and Iyyappa Murugandi
Product News
How C++ lambda expressions can improve your Qt code--Aurélien Gâteau
How C++ lambda expressions can improve your Qt code
by Aurélien Gâteau
From the article:
In case you’ve missed it, lambda expression support has been added to C++ in C++11. In this article we are going to see how to take advantage of lambda expressions in your Qt code to simplify it and make it more robust, but also which pitfalls to avoid...
vcpkg 3 Months Anniversary, Survey--Eric Mittelette
The Visual C++ Team is asking for your feedback on vcpkg:
vcpkg 3 Months Anniversary, Survey
by Eric Mittelette
Link to the survey:
Visual C++ Survey - Vcpkg
From the article:
vcpkg, a tool to acquire and build C++ open source libraries on Windows, was published 3 months ago. We started with 20 libraries and now the C++ community has added 121 new C++ libraries...
How PVS-Studio does the bug search: methods and technologies
PVS-Studio is a static code analyzer, that searches for errors and vulnerabilities in programs written in C, C++ and C#. In this article, I am going to uncover the technologies that we use in PVS-Studio analyzer. In addition to the general theoretical information, I will show practical examples of how certain technology allows the detection of bugs.
How PVS-Studio does the bug search: methods and technologies
by Andrey Karpov
From the article:
The definition of the pattern looks quite simple, but in practice the implementation of the diagnostic is quite complicated. It's not enough just to analyze only "#define RShift(a) a >> 3". If warnings are issued for all strings of this kind, there will be too many of them. We should have a look at the way the macro expands in every particular case, and try to define the situations where it was done intentionally, and when the brackets are really missing.
A new way of blogging about C++--Yehonathan Sharvit
A very interesting plugin for our blogs:
A new way of blogging about C++
by Yehonathan Sharvit
From the article:
This blog post is about to show a new way of blogging about C++.
Look at a typical blog post about C++: The post usually presents a couple of code snippets. As I see it, there are two pains with code snippets:
- they contain the input and the output but not the actual evaluation of the input
- it’s impossible for the reader to modify the output...
Boost 1.63.0
A new version is out!
Boost 1.63.0
Flip, a new data model C++ framework focused on real time collaboration
Irisate has made available a demo package of Flip, a C++ Framework allowing for a fast, efficient and reliable implementation of concurrent editing by multiple users.
Flip, a new data model C++ framework focused on real time collaboration
by Gregory Makles
From the article:
Flip is a data model library designed as a framework. It is real-time, collaboration-oriented, transactional, portable, compact and can handle complex data structures.
Essential Features
- Single author applications can be adapted to support simultaneous co-authoring with no extra work
- Undo/Redo and history are automatically handled (no action classes)
- Copy/Paste can be done automatically, or refined to your needs and your data structure
- Allows for offline mode and three-ways merge
- Multi-threaded/multi-process architecture
- Transactional
- Server side is limited to data model code, making it less prone to bugs
- High stability
- Performance oriented, extensible, and future-proof document formats
- At the core of Ohm Studio's unrivaled collaboration solution
- Designed for easy integration with all kind of data structure, including decade(s) old ones
Registration is necessary to download Flip.
How to use PVS-Studio for free
We want to help the software world improve the quality of their code, and get to know static analysis tools better. We are giving the opportunity to use PVS-Studio static code analyzer for free, for educational purposes, so that individual developers and enthusiastic teams could also fully use it.
How to use PVS-Studio for free
by Andrey Karpov
From the article:
Some developers may say that they don't want to see two additional lines of code at the beginning of the file with the comments not related to the project itself. It is their right, and they may simply not use the tool. Or they can purchase a commercial license, and use it without any restrictions. We see these comments as a gratuity for the provided license, and also as an additional way to promote our product. I think it's a good, fair exchange.
New standard library features in Visual C++ 2017 RC--Marius Bancila
In this article, Marius shortly looks at the new standard library features from Visual C++ 2017:
New standard library features in Visual C++ 2017 RC
by Marius Bancila
From the article:
The new Visual C++ 2017, currently in release candidate phase, provides a series of updates and fixes to both the C++ compiler and the standard library...
CLion 2016.3 released--Anastasia Kazakova
The new CLion is here!
CLion 2016.3 released
by Anastasia Kazakova
From the article:
In its third and final update this year, our cross-platform C/C++ IDE gets a firmer handle on modern language standards, incorporates top-voted changes in working with CMake project model, and brings lots of other enhancements. Take a closer look at these and other capabilities available in CLion 2016.3:
- C++ language support: user-defined literals, C++14 digit separator, overload resolution support, and dozens of code analysis improvements.
- C language support: C11 keywords support including auto-completion.
- Remote GDB debug on Windows platform.
- New approach to CMake project model: allows you to select the generation directory, open a project from an existing generation folder, and more.
- Automatic switching of resolve context per build/run configuration change.
- Semantic highlighting in the editor.
- For Unreal Engine developers: plugin for better completion for Unreal Engine 4 sources, 3rd party plugin for CMake generation, and performance improvements for project re-opening in CLion.
- Doxygen tparam tag support.
- Various VCS improvements.