What's New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2015 Preview

By Kate Gregory
This “first look” course is a tour of the features in the Visual Studio 2015 Preview that are of specific interest to C++ developers. These include language and library changes along with IDE improvements specifically for native developers.
Course info
Rating
(98)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 26, 2015
Duration
1h 49m
Table of contents
C++ Language Changes - Convenience
Introduction 0m Course Overview 1m Disclaimer 1m C++: A Language That Changes 2m Language Changes 1m Literal Suffixes 2m Demo: Literal Suffixes 2m Binary Literals 1m Demo: Binary Literals 1m Digit Separators 1m Demo: Digit Separators 1m noexcept 2m Demo: noexcept 2m Summary 1m
C++ Language Changes – Lambdas and Functions
Introduction 0m Generic Lambdas 2m Demo: Generic Lambdas 2m Generalized Lambda Capture 1m Demo: Generalized Lambda Capture 4m Lambda Return Types 1m Function Return Types 2m Subtle Differences 1m Demo: Return Type Deduction 5m Return Type Deduction - Guidance 1m Summary 1m
Cross Platform Mobile Development
Introduction 1m Reaching Users 2m Entire Toolchain 1m Architecture Options 1m Installed on a VM? 1m Demo: Running an Android App 7m Not Just F5 1m Summary 1m
Awaitable Functions
Introduction 0m Concurrency and Parallelism 3m Never Block 1m Standardizing Concurrency 1m Proposal: await 2m Demo: Using __await 11m To Use __await 1m Summary 1m
Memory Profiler and Other Diagnostic Tools
Introduction 1m Memory Problems 2m Watch Memory Use While Debugging 1m Demo: Watch Memory Use While Debugging 9m Restrictions 1m What Else Can You Learn? 1m Non Debugging Diagnostics 1m Summary 1m
Refactoring
Introduction 0m Frustration 3m Rename 1m Demo: Rename 4m Implement Pure Virtuals 1m Demo: Implement Pure Virtuals 1m Create Declaration or Definition 1m Demo: Create Declaration or Definition 4m Move Definition 1m Demo: Move Definition 1m Convert to Raw String Literal 2m Demo: Convert to Raw String Literal 2m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(98)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 26, 2015
Duration
1h 49m
Description

This course is intended as a “first look” aimed at developers who know C++ and use Visual Studio 2013 today. The aim is to show these developers what features they can use in the preview, and what C++ related topics they should be learning more about in preparation for using Visual Studio 2015. Developers who don't know C++ should learn it with my C++ Fundamentals (2 parts) course. Developers who are not familiar with Visual Studio 2013 should learn it with my Introduction to Visual Studio (2 parts) course.

About the author
Kate Gregory
About the author

Kate Gregory is in her fourth decade of being paid to program. Her firm, Gregory Consulting Limited, is based in rural Ontario and helps clients adopt new technologies and adjust to the changing business environment. Current work makes heavy use of .NET and Visual C++ for both web and client development, especially for Windows 7 and 8. Managing, mentoring, technical writing, and technical speaking occupy much of her time, but she still writes code every week.

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