There are thousands of job openings in Indian software companies, yet there are ten times that many unemployed qualified Indians out there. So how come they aren’t being recruited? The answer is pretty simple – they are just not good enough! Everyone just blindly opts for a Computer Science under-graduate degree, without bothering to think [...]
Entries from December 2005
Where have all the Indian developers gone?
December 22nd, 2005 · 26 Comments
Tags: General
Article : Using WinForms controls in an MFC dialog
December 20th, 2005 · 2 Comments
After a long gap, I’ve written another article for The Code Project. Using WinForms controls in an MFC dialog The article is a simple introduction to using the CWinFormsControl MFC class to put a Windows Forms control on an MFC dialog.
Something to watch out for when using for each
December 17th, 2005 · 9 Comments
Look at the following code : int main() { array<String^>^ strarr = gcnew array<String^>(5); int count = 0; for each(String^ s in strarr) s = gcnew String(count++.ToString()); for each(String^ s in strarr) Console::WriteLine(s); return 0; } If you expect it to output 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 on separate lines, you are going to [...]
Tags: C++/CLI
C++/CLI Language Specification 1st Edition
December 16th, 2005 · 1 Comment
The first Edition of the C++/CLI Language Specification, ECMA-372, is ready and can be downloaded from the ECMA web site! ECMA-372 : C++/CLI Language Specification It’s a 1.5 MB PDF file
Tags: C++/CLI
VC++ 2005 and the confusion over its .NET nature
December 7th, 2005 · 4 Comments
Every day, every single day, somebody asks on the Microsoft NGs and the Code Project forums whether she can use VC++ 2005 to write native applications that do not use the .NET Framework. It’s amazing how the confusing naming used by the previous versions, where VC++ 2002 was called VC++.NET 7 and VC++ 2003 was [...]