Windows Runtime, or shortly WinRT, is a new runtime (siting on top of the Windows kernel) that allows developers to write Metro style applications for Windows 8, using a variety of languages including C/C++, C#, VB.NET or JavaScript/HTML5.
WinRT is a native layer (written in C++ and being COM-based) that is intended as a replacement, or alternative, to Win32, and enables development of “immersive” applications, using the Metro style. Its API is object oriented and can be consumed both from native or managed languages, as well as JavaScript. At the same time the old Win32 applications will continue to run just as before and you can still (and most certainly will) develop Win32 applications.
Microsoft has created a new language called C++ Component Extension, or simply C++/CX. While the syntax is very similar to C++/CLI, the language is not managed, it’s still native. WinRT components built in C++/CX do not compile to managed code, but to 100% native code. A good news for C++ developers is that they can use XAML now to build the UI for immersive applications. However, this is not available for classical, Win32 applications.
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Windows Runtime reference
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BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote studies.
BigBlueButton is an active open source project that focuses on usability, modularity, and clean design — both for the user and the developer. The project is hosted at Google Code.
BigBlueButton is built by combining over fourteen open source components.
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- Part 1 (sequence containers)
- Part 2 (associative containers)
- Part 3 (smart pointers)
- Part 4 (an extended example of using the STL to solve Nurikabe puzzles)
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Alexander Alexandrovich Stepanov (Russian: Александр Александрович Степанов) (born November 16, 1950 in Moscow) is the primary designer and implementer of the C++ Standard Template Library [1], which he started to develop around 1992 while employed at HP Labs. He had earlier been working for Bell Labs close to Andrew Koenig and tried to convince Bjarne Stroustrup to introduce something like Ada Generics in C++.
Лекция «Наибольшая общая мера последние 2500 лет» (часть 1 и часть 2)
Слайды: англ и рус.
Лекция «Преобразования и их орбиты» (часть 1 и часть 2)
Stepanov’s homepage
Get 97 short and extremely useful tips from some of the most experienced and respected practitioners in the industry, including Uncle Bob Martin, Scott Meyers, Dan North, Linda Rising, Udi Dahan, Neal Ford, and many more. They encourage you to stretch yourself by learning new languages, looking at problems in new ways, following specific practices, taking responsibility for your work, and becoming as good at the entire craft of programming as you possibly can.
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There is the 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know project, pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners. You can read through the Contributions Appearing in the Book.
Russian translation of these tips.
