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Overload 132 is now available

By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 12, 2016 01:59 PM | Tags: intermediate community

ACCU’s Overload journal of April 2016 is out. It contains the following C++ related articles.

Overload 132

From the journal:

The Tao of Scratch
Scratch is an environment designed to help young people learn to code. Patrick Martin walks us through it. by Patrick Martin

Knowledge-Sharing Architects As An Alternative to Coding Architects
Should architects write code? Sergy Ignatchenko explores this controversial subject. by Sergey Ignatchenko

QM Bites: Understand Windows OS Identification Preprocessor Macros
There’s confusion between user-defined and predefined Windows 32/64-bit operating-system identification macros. Matthew Wilson shines light on the issue. by Matthew Wilson

Why Collaboration is Key for QA Teams in an Agile World
Agile processes can have an impact on QA departments. Greg Law considers how they can adapt to survive and even thrive. by Greg Law

How to Diffuse Your Way Out of a Paper Bag
Diffusion models can be used in many areas. Frances Buontempo applies them to paper bag escapology. by Frances Buontempo

Stufftar
How do you quickly transfer data from one machine to another? Ian Bruntlett shows us the bash script he uses. by Ian Bruntlett

QM Bites: looping for-ever
Never-ending loop constructs can confound user and compiler in subtle ways. Matthew Wilson offers advice to maximise portability and transparency.

Using Enum Classes as Bitfields
Scope enums have many advantages over standard enums. Anthony Williams shows how to use them as bitmasks. by Anthony Williams

9.7 Things Every Programmer Really, Really Should Know
Most of us have heard of the twelve step program. Teedy Deigh introduces a 9.7 step plan for programmers.

CppCon opens Call for Submissions

By Jon Kalb | Apr 7, 2016 03:30 AM | Tags: community

CppCon has announced its call for submission for 2016. 

CppCon: The C++ Conference

Call for Submission

From the announcement:

The deadline for submissions is May 22nd and the conference face gathering for the entire C++ community. The conference is organized by the C++ community for the community and so we invite you to present.

 

Trip Report: C++ Standards Meeting in Jacksonville, February 2016--Botond Ballo

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 25, 2016 04:33 AM | Tags: experimental community

ANother trip report:

Trip Report: C++ Standards Meeting in Jacksonville, February 2016

by Botond Ballo

From the article:

Last week I attended a meeting of the ISO C++ Standards Committee in Jacksonville, Florida. This was the first committee meeting in 2016; you can find my reports on the 2015 meetings here (May 2015, Lenexa) and here (October 2015, Kona). These reports, particularly the Kona one, provide useful context for this post...

Guidelines Support Library Review: span--Marius Bancila

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 9, 2016 12:23 AM | Tags: intermediate community c++11

Explanations on the span:

Guidelines Support Library Review: span<T>

by Marius Bancila

From the article:

The Guidelines Support Library is a Microsoft implementation of some of the types and functions described in the C++ Core Guidelines maintained by the Standard C++ Foundation. Among the types provided by the GSL is span<T> formerly known as array_view<T>. This article is an introduction to this type.

C++ User Group Meetings in March

By Meeting C++ | Mar 2, 2016 05:17 AM | Tags: community

The monthly overview on upcoming C++ User Group meetings at Meeting C++:

C++ User Group meetings in March 2016

by Jens Weller

From the article:

A new month, and more C++ User Groups are meeting! There are more details about running your own user group at the C++ User Group page of Meeting C++. My list of User Groups contains now 65 groups, which of the most have been active in the last year, some do not meet every month but most do. This month it is again 25 User Groups which have announced their meetings sofar!

During February I found 3 new C++ User Groups: Sofia, Hannover, Nantes.

The meetings...