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Webcast: Write modern, compliant, compatible fast running Windows 8 application (incl. games) in C++ using Visual Studio 2012

October 14, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

[ Webcast cancelled. The BeCPP meeting is still scheduled as normal at 18:30 on October 16th. ]

Next Tuesday, October 16th, the Belgian C++ Users Group is organizing their next event at 18:30 in the Microsoft offices in Zaventem.

At the same day a speaker from Microsoft Redmond will give a webcast on writing modern, compliant, compatible fast running Windows 8 apps in C++ using Visual Studio 2012. This webcast starts at 17:00. There will be a live projection of this webcast in the Microsoft offices in Zaventem. If you are attending the BeCPP event at 18:30 and you are interested in following this webcast, you are always welcome to come to the Microsoft offices in Zaventem around 17:00, then you can first follow the webcast followed by the two BeCPP presentations.

If you are interested in following the webcast, please register here.
If you are interested in following this webcast from the Microsoft offices in Zaventem, you should also register here, and let us know by email that you’ll come to the Microsoft offices.

The abstract for the webcast is as follows:

If we look around in the market today there are a wide spectrum of devices as well as scenarios that consumers are exercising. With an explosion of devices from phones & tablets, to PC’s, to data centers applications are defining a new lifestyle for our consumers via connected, rich and immersive applications. With that there are additional requirements in terms of resource usage being enforced on applications (battery life, screen resolution). Additionally these application support various different platforms and thus there is need to write compatible code across different platforms. More than ever before we need to be critical about the architecture and structure of our applications by asking key questions: Is our application capable of performing the best in an environment of limited resources? Is our code base compatible across different platforms? Across each of these scenarios, devices, questions it is evident that compatibility, cross-platform and performance are key. And the language that helps you get the most performance from across different platforms and hardware while maintaining the simplicity of the modern language is C++. If you are writing applications for the Windows platform be it traditional desktop applications or the new Windows 8 applications/games there is something for you in this session.

Speaker: Amit Mohindra

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Kate’s C++ AMP Book

October 3, 2012 Marc Gregoire Book

Kate Gregory (a fellow VC++ MVP) has published her book called “C++ AMP: Accelerated Massive Parallelism with Microsoft Visual C++”.

The official description is as follows.

Capitalize on the faster GPU processors in today’s computers with the C++ AMP code library—and bring massive parallelism to your project. With this practical book, experienced C++ developers will learn parallel programming fundamentals with C++ AMP through detailed examples, code snippets, and case studies. Learn the advantages of parallelism and get best practices for harnessing this technology in your applications.

Discover how to:

Gain greater code performance using graphics processing units (GPUs)

Choose accelerators that enable you to write code for GPUs

Apply thread tiles, tile barriers, and tile static memory

Debug C++ AMP code with Microsoft Visual Studio®

Use profiling tools to track the performance of your code

Find out more about this book here.

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TechDays Belgium 2013

September 28, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

The dates for TechDays Belgium 2013 have been nailed down: 5-6-7 March 2013 🙂

The location hasn’t been determined yet, so stay tuned…

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Gift for First 30 Attendees at Next BeCPP UG Meeting (October 16th)

September 16, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

I’m happy to announce that the first 30 registered attendees at our next Belgium C++ Users Group meeting held on October 16th in Zaventem will receive a gift.

Courtesy of CppDepend, the first 30 registered attendees will receive a license for CppDepend Pro 3.0.

What can CppDepend do for you?

Improve your code base quality. CppDepend is a tool that simplifies managing a complex C\C++ code base. Architects and developers can analyze code structure, specify design rules, do effective code reviews and master evolution by comparing different versions of the code. These Cases Studies show the utility of CppDepend to have a deep view of your architecture, design and implementation.
Automate your C\C++ code review and audit. CQLinq code query language gives you a flexibility to create your custom queries and have a deep view of your code base. With CQLinq you can automate your code review, and integrate it to your build process using CppDepend Console.
Assist your refactoring and migration. Understanding the existing code base is primordial before any refactoring or migration. CppDepend could be very useful to audit the code base before refactoring. CppDepend helps you also in your migration process, you can find here the advantages of using CppDepend in your migration process.

CppDepend is being used by Intel, Autodesk, UbiSoft, Siemens, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Skype, EA, HP, and more.

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Next BeCPP UG Meeting Planned For October 16th

September 3, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

The next meeting of the Belgian C++ Users Group is planned for Tuesday October 16th 2012 at 18:30 in the Microsoft offices in Zaventem.

The agenda is as follows:

Session 1: An introduction to the C++ Network Library (Glyn Matthews)
Break
Session 2: Comparison between Unit Test Frameworks (Mark Van Peteghem)
Drink

Microsoft is sponsoring this event by providing the location, drinks and sandwiches.

The event is free for everyone, but you need to register for it.

Pictures of the 27th of June 2012 BeCPP Meeting

July 7, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

Here are some pictures of the Belgian C++ Users Group meeting held on 27th of June 2012, with Kate Gregory and Rong Lu as speakers.

Meeting C++, a European C++ Conference

July 6, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

Jens Weller, together with the C++ User Group NRW, are organizing a C++ conference called “Meeting C++”. The event will be on 9th and 10th of November in Düsseldorf/Neuss. It’s 2 days filled with 2 tracks about C++11, boost, Modern C++ and other C++ related topics.

If you are interested in speaking or sponsoring, please get in contact with them.

Visit their website to get more details.

Windows 8 Summer App-a-thons in Belgium

July 1, 2012 Marc Gregoire Events

Microsoft is organizing two summer app-a-thons in Belgium. These are the perfect time to show off your skills. There’s going to be one in Blankenberge and one in Antwerp. The concept is easy: come over, bring your laptop and friends and have fun while being creative. You even have a chance to win some prizes.