Best C++ Article of February 2017

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

Check out the submission guidelines for information on posting articles.

Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates, Fixed

11 Mar 2017Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Derived work based on the article by Sergey Ryazanov "The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates": this good solution is fixed and further developed using C++11.

C++

VS2013

delegates

Named C++ Function Parameters, Yet Another Approach

11 Mar 2017Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Rather insane yet simple approach to the named function parameters

C++

VS2013

Parameter

Ved Startup Manager

3 Feb 2017Satish Jagtap

This article is written in VC++ as utility to manage startup applications of Windows.

Boost Lexical Cast Wrapper

4 Feb 2017Shao Voon Wong

Boost Lexical Cast Wrapper to provide more exceptional information

C++

VS2013

Intel® Advisor Review

27 Feb 2017theonemule

To fully take advantage of parallelization features, developers have to change how they code. But a great deal of optimizations can be made through Intel’s parallelization tool, Intel Advisor.

DotNetPeLib: A Library to Read and Generate .NET Assemblies in C++11

2 Jan 2020Alexandre Bencz

DotNetPELib is a library which abstracts managed information such as namespaces, classes, fields, methods, and instructions. The information can then be used to generate assembly language source files, or PE executables or DLLs.

Unmangle Mangled Libraries

2 Feb 2017Jitesh Varma

Dynamically load a DLL with a name mangled interface, and use the undecorated interface.

C++

Win32

A Bridge From Fortran to C#

21 Feb 2017Member 1895422

This article discusses bridging from Fortran to the .NET language C#.

C++ std::thread Event Loop with Message Queue and Timer

13 Sep 2020David Lafreniere

Create a worker thread with an event loop, message queue and a timer using the C++11 thread support library

C++/CLI: Storing Lambda in a Delegate

1 Dec 2017Jon McKee

How to do it and why it works

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

10 Mar 2017Southmountain

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

The GOD : Google, Onedrive and Dropbox Access in One REST Windows Library!

30 May 2019Michael Chourdakis

C++ dir, upload, download and management library

An Easy Cross-Platform Floating Action Menu using Qt/QML

20 Feb 2017PatGulotta

An easy to use C++/Qt/Qml Floating Action Menu providing the ability to add Floating Actions Menus to a Qt/Qml cross-platform project.

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Alexandre Bencz

Brazil

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

David Lafreniere

United States

I've been a professional software engineer for over 20 years. When not writing code, I enjoy spending time with the family, camping and riding motorcycles around Southern California.

Jitesh Varma

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Jon McKee

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Software engineer dedicated to constantly learning and improving with a focus on self-documenting code and informed design decisions. Interested in most everything. Currently diving down the rabbit-hole of functional programming and category theory.

Member 1895422

davidgore

Germany

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Michael Chourdakis

Software Developer

Greece

I'm working in C++, PHP , Java, Windows, iOS, Android and Web (HTML/Javascript/CSS).

I 've a PhD in Digital Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence and I specialize in Pro Audio and AI applications.

My home page: https://www.turbo-play.com

PatGulotta

Technical Lead Independent Consultant

United States

A successful information technology professional with a passion for software development who through research, innovation, and applying best engineering practices consistently exceeds the client's desired expectations. Researching mobile technologies, designing and developing cross-platform Android/Windows/iOS apps using C#/Xamarin, and C++/Qt/QML technologies. These apps implement various technologies including RESTful JSON web services, sync, storage, maps, location, and Android API.

Satish Jagtap

Software Developer (Senior) IntellirichDevsoft Pvt. Ltd.

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Architect

United States

Physics, physical and quantum optics, mathematics, computer science, control systems for manufacturing, diagnostics, testing, and research, theory of music, musical instruments… Contact me: https://www.SAKryukov.org

Shao Voon Wong

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Shao Voon is from Singapore. His interest lies primarily in computer graphics, software optimization, concurrency, security, and Agile methodologies.

In recent years, he shifted focus to software safety research. His hobby is writing a free C++ DirectX photo slideshow application which can be viewed here.

Southmountain

Software Developer

United States

turns good thoughts into actions...

theonemule

Wintellect

United States

Blaize has been interested in software development since childhood. While in grade school, Blaize was already programming and setting up LANs. Before graduating high school, Blaize had written his first commercial software. It was during high school when Blaize started working his first “real job” as a network administrator. Blaize since this time has been exposed to numerous technologies and has written applications ranging from drivers in Assembler to business applications in 4 GL’s for numerous platforms ranging from portable media players to high-end servers. But Blaize’s specialties include web development and mobile web development with technologies like ASP.NET, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, and PhoneGap as well as server side technologies for writing web services and websites such as .NET, WCF, Perl, and pHp.

From his early days in computing Blaize has loved teaching about technologies too. He spent time in high school training teachers on how to use technology. While in college, Blaize taught peer workshops on web technologies that were even attended by some of his professors. While pursuing his master’s degree, Blaize worked as part time programming instructor training students in current technologies as they prepared for their careers as developers. Even now, Blaize enjoys teaching through training videos and other venues that allow him to teach others how to use the technology.

Blaize loves to spend time with his wife. He also enjoys a wide range of activities including computer gaming, reading, writing, photography, cycling, guitar, language learning, and travel.

First Prize	Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov - The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates, Fixed
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject


Second Prize	Alexandre Bencz - DotNetPeLib: A Library to Read and Generate .NET Assemblies in C++11
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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