Dr. Dobb's C/C++ Articles

APIs for Image-Capture Applications

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:01:00 -0400

TWAIN, WIA, and DirectShow are three popular APIs for imaging apps. How do they differ and which one should you pick?

Exceeding Supercomputer Performance with Intel Phi

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:52:00 -0400

Using MPI on inexpensive clusters of Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors can produce results that exceed the performance of today's high-end supercomputers.

C++ Reading List

Tue, 28 May 2013 12:45:00 -0400

The new C++11 standard has led to a flood of new books and updates to classics. These are the core books you need.

Access Data Items In Ancestor Stack Frames Safely

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:48:00 -0400

Allowing the code of one frame to recall the retained data of ancestor frames without harming efficiency, thread safety, or recurrence.

Porting BlackBerry Z10 Apps to the Q10

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:12:00 -0400

With the release of the BlackBerry Q10 right around the corner, BlackBerry 10 application developers should be thinking about adapting their code to support the new devices. This article presents background and tips on development for this new handset.

MongoDB with C#: Deep Dive

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:36:00 -0400

Using MongoDB in an ASP.NET MVC Web app.

The Quiet Revolution in Programming

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:14:00 -0400

During the last two years, one of the longest eras in programming has quietly drawn to a close.

Numerical and Computational Optimization on the Intel Phi

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:01:00 -0400

How tuning functions for large data sets and profiling the results gets most of the benefits of the Phi's 60 cores without hand wringing and late-night hacking.

Xamarin 2.0 Review

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:34:00 -0400

Write Android and iOS Apps in C# from Microsoft Visual Studio.

Getting to 1 Teraflop on the Intel Phi Coprocessor

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:53:00 -0400

The key to truly high performance with the Phi coprocessor is to express sufficient parallelism and vector capability to fully utilize the device. Here is a timing framework that enables you to measure and optimize performance and push it past 1 teraflop.

Learning New Languages

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:31:00 -0500

If you want to expand your programming horizons, learn a new language. But don't take the path of least resistance — aim for mastery of the advanced features.

Why Code in C Anymore?

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:40:00 -0500

The traditional reasons for preferring C to C++ have been steadily whittled away. Are there any good reasons to still use C?

Concurrent Programming with Chain Locking

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:10:00 -0500

Concurrent access to trees and lists requires carefully managed fine-grained locking. Here's a generic solution in C# that removes many of the typical problems.

Task-Based Programming in Windows

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:30:00 -0500

Convert programs into a series of independent executable parallel tasks.

Introduction to C11

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:06:00 -0500

A three-part series on the new C programming language standard.

Testing Python and C# Code

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:48:00 -0500

Monkey patching and reflection are just a couple of ways to test complex systems.

A Lightweight Logger for C++

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:45:00 -0500

Building a lightweight, thread-safe logger that can be redirected to different I/O channels.

Testing Complex C++ Systems

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:11:00 -0500

Some systems are so complex that they require non-traditional approaches to thoroughly test large code bases.

Gesture-Based Computing for the Desktop

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:24:00 -0500

The Intel Perceptual Computing SDK works with a Web-cam to add motion/gesture sensing and facial recognition to desktop apps. This first release shows considerable promise, with some important limitations.

The Rise and Fall of Languages in 2012

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:33:00 -0500

The C++ renaissance didn't materialize, Java survived intact, and Objective-C kept on rolling. What else happened?

Review of Xamarin.Mac Professional

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:47:00 -0500

While a good IDE for porting Xamarin MonoTouch code (iOS-based C#) to the Mac, the long learning curve and poor documentation make it difficult to port code from Windows to the Apple desktop.

Introduction to OpenACC [video]

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:27:00 -0500

Using OpenACC to write your first hybrid application

The Best of 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:47:00 -0500

The most popular articles of the past 12 months from Dr. Dobb's, plus some additional pieces chosen for your thoughtful consideration by our staff.

Developer Reading List

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:31:00 -0500

New books on C, C#, Node, Win8 Apps, Perl and Groovy.

Initializing Derived Polymorphic Objects

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:48:00 -0500

Each class in a hierarchy of polymorphic objects should have a function that initializes its vptr properly.