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Creating a Windows Service in Visual Studio
In earlier versions of Visual Studio there was a template to create Windows Service in C++ by going to File menu -> New and clicking on Project. In the New Project dialog, if we click the Visual C++...
View ArticleComing Home
C++ was my first programming language. We were “taught” C++ in our first semester for our Engineering curriculum. Needless to say it was a nightmare. C++ is too big and too hard as a first programming...
View ArticleWhat I miss about C#
It has been a month or so since I started programming in C++. To be frank it is not the monster that I thought it would be and it wasn’t that hard to move to C++ from C#. Granted I haven’t faced any of...
View ArticleRAII – Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) is a programming idiom used in C++ for resource management. To understand it clearly let us look at a common programming problem. Consider a method that...
View ArticleBroken Windows
Once upon a time, in a place far far away, there was an idyllic small town. The town had a beautiful street with elegant houses on either side and big green trees gave shade to the sidewalks. The...
View ArticleAdding tracing to your code
One thing you might want in your code is to add tracing to it so that your application log file will contain entries for all function entries and exits. This is tremendously useful when debugging a...
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