There are cases, when the functionality provided with the application is just not enough. Or maybe it is enough, but some people want to use it a bit different – either adapt it to their own needs or implement something that would add value to existing features. I actually encountered the extensibility problem in one [...]
NOTE: This is mostly addressed to independent developers (as me, at the moment) since teams of developers should already have whiteboards for efficient planning (I am yet to find a team without one). As obvious as this may seem, a whiteboard can save a lot of time and become an efficient design tool. Of course, [...]
Recently I decided that I need to work more with C++ than I do now (my primary focus being C#). I picked up a Visual C++ 2008 book (I wanted to start with Visual C++ since I already have some experience with .NET and I would really like to work with managed C++, as well [...]
I decided to enter the CodeProject “Windows @ Work” article contest. The idea behind it is creating an application that is using some of the new features Windows 7 has introduced. Since I had some experience developing software that is using the new Windows 7 features (the taskbar and associated jumplists, to be specific), I [...]
