Posts in Programming - Page 2

You can use user defined literals in C++11 to represent units of time.

I subscribe to the idea that software engineering is often times a social problem and not a technical one.

Below is a collection of examples of common code patterns that could otherwise be written simpler, cleaner, and more correct when the STL or boost is used.

Be careful with how template parameters might be used and what the types of those parameters will be used for.

An example of how to detect and print C++ callstacks of offending threads when a mutex deadlock occurs.

Do your programmers look like a bunch of people playing in mud?

Git really is much simpler than most new users think.

After I've been using any version control system for a while I tend to find myself having a go-to set of commands.

Here's a simple example that demonstrates how many times a copy constructor is called when throwing an exception.

... keep repairing and updating a light bulb.

Before you start claiming C++ needs garbage collection, fully understand one simple concept.

Chug a beer, grab your cellphone, and write some code. Attention not required.

After all, this is a problem every company addresses daily, so they must have figured it out right?

Asio is my current go-to framework (toolkit) for C++ application development. It's an awesome piece of software that's changed how I write software.

One more reason why you shouldn't always use i++.

This list of things programmers say when there is a problem is pretty dang good.