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Interesting Links in January
This time:Unity BuildsCurriculum Part 10: User Defined TypesInline Shaders in C++ CodeThe Rise and Fall of Languages in 2012The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3’s Source CodeUnity Builds link_1 and...
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Smart pointers gotchas
Several questions about using smart pointers in modern C++Why auto_ptr is deprecated?Why unique_ptr finally works good?How to use arrays with unique_ptr?Why create shared_ptr with make_shared?How to...
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Why is it building so long?
Most of Object Oriented guides revolve around the word encapsulation: we should hide implementation details of a class and reduce coupling between objects as much as possible. But in C++ (and also in...
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Interesting links in February 2013
This time:Two new trends in Realime GraphicsAre DirectX and XNA dead?Programmer Interruptedstd::map vs std::unorder_mapHow to efficiently render Lego bricksTwo new trends in Realime GraphicsNormal...
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Forward Declaration And a Pointer
Mister C was a cool guy. C could make amazing things with just ordinary text files. He used to grab bunch of them and produce magic binary forms. He could make a spinning cube, web server, or even an...
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#Include little toolkit
Include Guards, Pragma Once, Predeclarations and other hints that might be useful when dealing with includes.What can we do with file including in C++? Do we need to put all the other header files of...
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Code Generator
This blog post is just an improved version of description of a tool I used in experiments with compilation time for cpp code. In order to have various code structures I needed to write some code...
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Interesting links in March 2013
This time:An Interview with Tim SweeneyWhy C++ in Game Development?Rule Of Zero - resource ownershipDirectX vs OpenGL PerformancePS4 Coming!An Interview with Tim SweeneyLink to interview on...
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C++ Include test: full matrix
Finally I am able to present some include experiment results! Previously I wrote about Code Generator and now I can actually run this tool and get some numbers out of it. I compared VC11.0 (Visual...
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Interesting Links In April 2013
This time25 5 Major Challenges in Real-Time RenderingPorting Source to Linux: Valve's Lessons LearnedRendering in Killzone: Shadow Fall at Digital Dragons25 5 Major Challenges in Real-Time...
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Book: The C++ Standard LIbrary, 2nd
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference, 2nd Edition - AmazonWe are still waiting for some more books about new C++ standard. Fortunately for us, some authors managed to write books even...
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Auto keyword in Cpp11
auto i = 0; C++11 brings us very useful set of tools. They add a fresh air to the hard life of a programmer. The updated syntax makes the language a bit more modern. Let us look at a nice keyword...
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Interesting Links in May 2013
This timeShaderToyDoom3 BFG Source Code ReviewPS4 vs XBox OnePhotorealism Through the Eyes of a FOXOpenCL Enables More Compelling and Efficient ApplicationsShaderToylink to shadertoy - warning: a lot...
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Some Graphics Things
Is been a long time since I created (and published) something related to graphics programming. Things that I described recently were related to: improving build times, header files management, SOLID...
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OpenGL 4.4
OpenGL 4.4 has just arrived!Similarly as it was in the last year, Khronos announced new version of OpenGL at SIGGRAPH 2013. This time it is only a minor update - there are no big features in this...
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Interesting links in July 2013
This timethe Technical Interview Is DeadThinking About a Better Graphics APIIs modern C++ replacing C#?The next wave of computing is perceptualThe Technical Interview Is Deadlink to TechCrunch...
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Code Kata - chop
As it appears our ability to code can be improved by taking some practices from martial arts! CodeKata is a catchy name for set of exercises that done regularly should make your coding skills better....
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Book: OpenGL Development Cookbook
Recently, thanks to a contact with Packt Publishing, I got a chance to take a look at the new OpenGL book. It is called “Opengl Development Cookbook” and contains lots of interesting ideas (40 items!)...
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Digging into SOIL Library for OpenGL
When I was (re)implementing PhotoAlbum sample application I got stuck in one place. Program was about to load a list of textures (like 16 maybe) and suddenly I noticed that the whole process takes...
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glGenerateMipmap Plus SOIL library, OpenGL
In my previous post about Soil Library I have talked about adding some new features. One of them was improving mipmap generation by simply using glGenerateMipmap(EXT) function. In this post I am going...
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