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Weekly Poll Results
What technologies do you mostly use to develop desktop applications?
Survey period: 24 Jan 2011 to 31 Jan 2011
Are you a drag-and-drop kinda developer, or do you prefer to code to the metal? (Thanks to Ravi Bhavnani)
| Option | Votes | % | ||
| ATL | 83 | 6.18 |  | |
| Cocoa | 18 | 1.34 | | |
| Delphi | 53 | 3.95 | | |
| Java | 105 | 7.82 | | |
| MFC | 297 | 22.13 | | |
| Qt | 70 | 5.22 | | |
| Silverlight | 104 | 7.75 | | |
| VB6 | 109 | 8.12 | | |
| Win32 | 294 | 21.91 | | |
| Windows Forms | 752 | 56.04 | | |
| WPF | 361 | 26.90 | | |
| Other | 75 | 5.59 | | |
| I don't develop desktop applications | 70 | 5.22 | | |
| Responses | 1314 | | ||
| Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100% | ||||
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Most popular new articles
24 Jan 2011 - 31 Jan 2011
- Fuzzy Framework - Václav Slavíček
- A MFC/GDI+ LCD Control - Frédéric Pailloux
- Basic Authentication on a WCF Rest service - Patrick Kalkman
- Say Hello To Behavior Driven Development (BDD)- Part 2 - Mahmudul Haque Azad
- Motor Primer and the L293D Quad Half-H Driver - Mike Hankey
Latest Additions
127 articles overall 84 new, 81 updated, 2 moved. 15 were edited, 112 unedited
Article topics listed: C++
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New articles added
Dialogs and Windows
- Short Key Reminder Display - zebulon75018
this is an original idea a short key reminder display with Qt (Unedited)
C++, Windows, Linux
Miscellaneous
- A MFC/GDI+ LCD Control - Frédéric Pailloux
Nice 7/16/Matric Segment LCD Control derived from CStatic and using GDI+ library (Unedited)
C++, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Vista, Embedded, Win7), WinMobile (WinMobile6), MFC, GDI+
C / C++ Language
- STM32 Discovery: The Basics - Creating a project - jmlb
Creating a project with Keil for a 32KB program space (Unedited)
C++, C, Embedded, Hardware, Microcontroller
Internet / Network
- Event based Socket Streams: SocketLib - Cem Kalyoncu
C++ TCP Socket Stream Library (Unedited)
C++, Windows, Linux, Networking
Work Issues
- Consequences of using the Copy-Paste method in C++ programming and how to deal with it - Karpov Andrey
But let's try to investigate this problem closely instead of limiting ourselves to just saying "do not copy the code". (Unedited)
C++, C++/CLI, C, Dev, Design, error, copy-paste
Articles updated
Edit Controls
- CFilterEdit: Use Regular Expressions to Filter Your Input - Ben Hanson
The definitive approach to filtering input text. Includes configurable error display.
C++ (VC7.1), Windows (Win2K, WinXP), Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003), MFC, Dev
Applications & Tools
- ToDoList 6.1.6 Feature Release - A simple but effective way to keep on top of your tasks - .dan.g.
A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA
Trace and Logs
- TraceTool 12.4: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace - Thierry Parent
A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX , Javascript and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, OutputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC, Silverlight, and Android.
C#, Javascript, Java, VC7.1, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Android, Silverlight, VS.NET2003, Dev
Algorithms & Recipes
- Minimalist Floating Point Type - _beauw_
A portable, lightweight floating point type.
C++, C, ASM, Windows, VS2010, Dev, IDE
Hardware & System
- Writing a basic Windows debugger - Ajay Vijayvargiya
Learn how you can write your own Windows debugger.
C++, Windows, Win32, STL, Dev
Tips and Tricks added
Win32/64 SDK & OS
- How to avoid multiple instances of your Windows application - Malli_S
Solution II used to use following simple way to manage the single instance of the app.//Usually I append the UID to the application name to achieve the unique object name.TCHAR szAppName[] = _T("Application_Name_999e7ba3-e8fc-4c21-985b-ab11f39ce759");HANDLE hMutex =... (Unedited)
C++, Win32
Programming Tips
- A String & Number Compatible ID Class in Native C++ - CodeRichardWong
Especially useful in some situations. Sometime may be confused inside, is it?(id4) assigned double's result is diff.If you add this:id1 = id4;The answer is...better to prepare one more conversion.have a Try~ (Unedited)
C++ - The goto-less goto! - AspDotNetDev
While I don't recommend it for many situations, here is an alternate for C# that makes use of delegates:// A random number to avoid unreachable code warning.int x = (new Random()).Next();// Action is new to .Net 3.5.Action a = new Action(delegate(){ // goto Exit; if (x <... (Unedited)
C++, C# - The goto-less goto! - Ajay Vijayvargiya
The goto-less goto! (Unedited)
C++, C# - The goto-less goto! - Robert S Sharp
I'm a C# programmer. I try to avoid goto at all costs, and generally I try to avoid throwing exceptions for the purpose of controlling the flow of execution. I've always been of the opinion that exceptions are for exceptional situations and indicate errors rather than expected conditions.I... (Unedited)
C++, C# - Create bitmap from pixels - Mukit, Ataul
Create a bitmap from an array of pixels (Unedited)
C++, MFC - The goto-less goto! - Philippe Mori
Alternative 2 can be enhanced by returning a booleen value if we want to code something similar to the original example. A (early) return value of false would indicate a failure which could then be handle by checking the function result.if (!DoAllActions()){ ... (Unedited)
C++, C# - The goto-less goto! - Philippe Mori
If the number of conditions is relatively small, the following code would made sense: bool bFailed = true; if (!condition1_fails) { if(!condition2_fails) { ... if(!conditionN_fails) { bFailed=false; ... (Unedited)
C++, C# - Debugging technique - Junaij
Timing code using debugger (Unedited)
VC6, VC9.0 - Rectangle Tiling Algorithm - RodrigoMattosoSilveira
This article deserves recognition for its fun potential. After reading it, I decided to try it out by building a simple HTML/JavaScript application to try it out. I used jQuery and a jQuery plugin, SVG. The work is simple and not very elegant, but I had fun putting it together.The HTML... (Unedited)
C++
Uncategorised Quick Answers
- Extracting A Particular Icon From an .ICO Resource - Kyudos
Extracting A Particular Icon From an .ICO Resource (Unedited)
C++, MFC
Technical blogs added
Applications & Tools
- LeakMon - Track Handle leak, GDI Leak and Memory Leak in your Applications - Naveen
LeakMon - Track Handle leak, GDI Leak and Memory Leak in your Applications (Unedited)
C++, Windows
Windows Phone 7
- Loading Data when the User Scrolls to the End of a List in Windows Phone 7 - Daniel Vaughan
Most phone users are concerned about network usage. Network traffic comes at a premium, and a user's perception of the quality of your app depends a lot on its responsiveness. When it comes to fetching data from a network service, it should be done in the most efficient manner possible. Making the u (Unedited)
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