Visual C++ 2008 - CodeGuru Articles Up

Its hard to believe that its been over three years since I started doing the C++ column at CodeGuru (and still no missed columns). I plan to keep going to beat Kate Gregory's record of 42 articles, at which point in time I'll demand to get the URL for the column changed (http://www.codeguru.com/columns/Kate/). I know Kate is fairly vindictive, and believe this is one possible response from Kate's fans:



(I've got into trouble before for not making it absolutely clear when I'm making stuff up, so for the record, I actually don't know Kate, and I'm sure she is not vindictive or has any knowledge of our relative article count).

The last two articles I've done have been on VC++ 2008, which has some pretty nice new features, particularly around Interop. The August article shows how easy it is to extend the marshaling library, and this is likely to be one of the most used new features of Orcas for C++ developers. Next months article will look at upgrading the version of Scribble that ships with the Visual C++ 6 sample to use the Vista common controls. If there is anything you'd like to see covered in upcoming articles, please leave a comment and I'll happily suggest it to my editor.