Best C++ Article of April 2015

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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.

Introducing Semtrex

11 Apr 2015Marc Clifton, Arthur Brock, Eric Harris-Braun

Semtrex is a semantic tree expression evaluator

Linux

Windows

Dev

Architect

Variadic Delegates

13 Apr 2015Anton Chibisov

This tutorial showcases how to implement C++ delegates which are capable of being bound to methods and functions having arbitrary signature, i.e., any number and type of parameters and return value.

Getting video stream from USB web-camera on Arduino Due - Part 4: USB module initialization and general interrupts

7 Apr 2015Sergiy Bogdancev

USB module initialization and general interrupts

A Gentle Introduction to the Message Passing Interface (MPI)

18 Apr 2015Matt Scarpino

This article provides an overview of MPI development for C programmers.

C++

Dev

Using Manifest Settings for VC6 buildchain

15 Apr 2015D4rkTrick

Get manifest support with VC6

Building Native Android Apps Using Intel(R) C++ Compiler in Android Studio 1.0.1

7 Apr 2015Android on Intel

The steps below provide a general description of how to setup, build, and run a new native application in Android Studio 1.0.1.

C++

Android

Mobile

Add a Filter Function, Merge Function in MFC Grid Control

1 Apr 2015Lantert

Add Excel style filter function to Chris Maunder's CGridCtrl

Intel® IoT Developer Kit v1.0 is here

13 Apr 2015Intel

The new Intel® IoT Developer Kit v1.0 software components are available now for immediate download on the Software Downloads page (as of March 5, 2015).

Creating multi-platform games with Cocos2d-x version 3.0 or later

6 Apr 2015Android on Intel

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a simple game using the Cocos2d-x framework, version 3.0 or later, in a Windows* development environment and how to compile it to run on Windows and Android*.

Cocos2d-x Game Engine for Android C++ NDK Apps

7 Apr 2015Android on Intel

In this article, I will explain how to build an NDK app for Android* on Intel® architecture.

Eclipse for Intel® IoT Platforms Troubleshooting and FAQ

13 Apr 2015Intel

Eclipse for Intel® IoT Platforms Troubleshooting and FAQ

C++

Eclipse

IoT

A Password safe built with Arduino Leonardo

15 Apr 2015webmaster442

How to build a simple hardware password safe and login system with off the shelf components.

Expression Evaluator Example Using a Variadic Visitor Pattern in C++

20 Jul 2015phillipvoyle

Illustrates the idea of a variadic visitor pattern in C++ by way of an example expression calculator

HTML

C++

LTTL: The Little Text Transform Language That Could

6 Apr 2015Gary R. Wheeler

A small, easily embedded language for text editing and transformation

C++/MFC File Unlocker

4 Apr 2015arussell

Unlock a file that is in use by another process

Parsing XML Tree Containing Heterogeneous Data

27 Apr 2015Kiril Shulga

Parsing XML tree containing heterogeneous data using libxml2 Reader API

C++

Linux

Using Static Buffers to Improve Error Reporting Success

2 Jun 2015David A. Gray

Use static buffers to guarantee that error message reporting succeeds, even when token replacement is required, and memory is low.

GMIS: Turn All Your Devices into Robots

15 Apr 2015HongBing75

A general robot operating system

artificial-intelligence

hardware

Architect

parallel-processing

Parallelizing C++ Boost Unit Test Cases

6 Apr 2015Naveen

An improvisation to boost unit test frame work that will let you run unit test cases in parallel.

Enable I/O Access From User Mode

26 Apr 2015Haftmann, Henrik

12 years too late but now it works: A replacement driver for giveio and dlportio for 64-bit Windows

Laptop<->USB<->μcontroller : ways

19 Apr 2015Member 11246861

Some ways in which laptops and microcontrollers communicate

GT: A C++ Graphical User Interface Library and System

13 Feb 2017trident99

GT is a compact, efficient, and customizable graphical user interface (GUI) library for the Windows environment.

C++ 2D Game Engine (Novice to Novice) - Part 1

4 Apr 2015BrainlessLabs.com

In this tip series, we will create a small C++ game engine.

computational-geometry

game

C++ Formatted Input Made Easy

11 Apr 2015cth027

A small utility class to ease C++ stream input with predefined and controlled format

Current Participants

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

Naveen

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

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

Android on Intel

United States

Intel is inside more and more Android devices, and we have tools and resources to make your app development faster and easier.

Anton Chibisov

Software Developer

Russian Federation

Working/ed as Programmer at: Ubisoft, 1С Warsaw (Bandai Namco projects)

Projects worked on:
Far Cry 4,
Far Cry Primal,
Steep,
Ni No Kuni

arussell

Software Developer (Senior)

Canada

Professional Programmer living in Beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada.

BrainlessLabs.com

Architect

India

I like to explore different aspects of technology. Try new things, and get delighted. My interests are programming language, and Imaging. But its not hard to work on other things also. Algorithms delight me over a coffee break.

I basically code in C++, but JAVA is not so alien for me. I know few scripting languages also. Basically I feel that knowing a programing language is just a matter of getting introduced to it.

For my other articles check my blog on homepage:

http://brainlesslabs.com/

https://github.com/BrainlessLabsInc

http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/authors_contributors - SMISRA

cth027

Technical Lead

France

Master in Computer Science, ACM Senior Member

Started career as freelance developer. Since 1993 in team lead, project manager and management positions.

Professional development experience with C++, C, several assemblers, SQL.
Played a little bit with Java, Pascal, Basic, Caml, Lisp, Prolog, SQLWindows, and others.

I'm here to share knowledge, and have fun writing software pieces unrelated to my job. Hoping to somehow contribute to the software craftsmanship/profession.

All views are my own and do not express views of my employer.

D4rkTrick

Engineer Telefonica Germany

Germany

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

David A. Gray

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

I deliver robust, clean, adaptable, future-ready applications that are properly documented for users and maintainers. I have deep knowledge in multiple technologies and broad familiarity with computer and software technologies of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

While it isn't perceived as sexy, my focus has always been the back end of the application stack, where data arrives from a multitude of sources, and is converted into reports that express my interpretation of The Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting, and are the most visible aspect of the system to senior executives who approve the projects and sign the checks.

While I can design a front end, I prefer to work at the back end, getting data into the system from outside sources, such as other computers, electronic sensors, and so forth, and getting it out of the system, as reports to IDENTIFY and SOLVE problems.

When presented with a problem, I focus on identifying and solving the root problem for the long term.

Specialties: Design: Relational data base design, focusing on reporting; organization and presentation of large document collections such as MSDS libraries

Development: Powerful, imaginative utility programs and scripts for automated systems management and maintenance

Industries: Property management, Employee Health and Safety, Services

Languages: C#, C++, C, Python, VBA, Visual Basic, Perl, WinBatch, SQL, XML, HTML, Javascript

Outside Interests: Great music (mostly, but by no means limited to, classical), viewing and photographing sunsets and clouds, traveling by car on small country roads, attending museum exhibits (fine art, history, science, technology), long walks, especially where there is little or no motor traffic, reading, especially nonfiction and thoughtfully written, thought provoking science fiction

Gary R. Wheeler

Software Developer (Senior) Eastman Kodak Company

United States

I'm a C#/WPF developer, but I'm still maintaining a mountain of C++/MFC code. In my day job, I'm a mild-mannered engineer (unless I haven't had my coffee), helping make control software for large, high speed ink jet printing systems. After hours, I'm a bloodthirsty mercenary, selling my skills to the highest bidder. Yes, that sentence pretty much defines the extent of my marketing ability.

In my spare time (whazzat?) I run (slowly), bike (the kind you pedal), lift weights (not very big ones), and try to remember where I left my reading glasses.

Haftmann, Henrik

TU Chemnitz

Germany

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

HongBing75

United States

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

Intel

United States

You may know us for our processors. But we do so much more. Intel invents at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business and society, and for every person on Earth.

Harnessing the capability of the cloud, the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, the latest advances in memory and programmable solutions, and the promise of always-on 5G connectivity, Intel is disrupting industries and solving global challenges. Leading on policy, diversity, inclusion, education and sustainability, we create value for our stockholders, customers and society.

This is a Organisation

42 members

Kiril Shulga

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.

Lantert

Software Developer

Korea (Republic of)

Heaven helps those who help themselves.

Marc Clifton

Architect Interacx

United States

Blog: https://marcclifton.wordpress.com/
Home Page: http://www.marcclifton.com
Research: http://www.higherorderprogramming.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/cliftonm

All my life I have been passionate about architecture / software design, as this is the cornerstone to a maintainable and extensible application. As such, I have enjoyed exploring some crazy ideas and discovering that they are not so crazy after all. I also love writing about my ideas and seeing the community response. As a consultant, I've enjoyed working in a wide range of industries such as aerospace, boatyard management, remote sensing, emergency services / data management, and casino operations. I've done a variety of pro-bono work non-profit organizations related to nature conservancy, drug recovery and women's health.

Matt Scarpino

United States

I've been a programmer, engineer, and author for over 20 years.

Member 11246861

Italy

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

phillipvoyle

Software Developer (Senior)

New Zealand

I've spent time programming for the security industry, video games, and telephony. I live in New Zealand, and have a Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences specializing in Computer Technology, from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Sergiy Bogdancev

Software Developer

Ukraine

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

trident99

United States

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

webmaster442

Architect

Hungary

Been interested in computers & electronics since I got my NES, eventually became a Computer engineer, now a Software Architect

First Prize	webmaster442 - A Password safe built with Arduino Leonardo
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Sergiy Bogdancev - Getting video stream from USB web-camera on Arduino Due - Part 4: USB module initialization and general interrupts
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
With the exception of the Everything Else category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
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