TGMDev C++ Programming
Browse practical C++ programming articles, development notes, source-code examples and demonstration projects.
This page is under continuous construction. New papers will be added depending on time available to write the papers and readers interest. So, feel free to ask for new ones !!!
Programming Environment
The development environment is the following:
- OS: Windows 11 (Windows 10 is also used to check compliance of code, classes and namespaces presented in the papers with this previous version of Windows)
- IDE: Visual Studio Community 2026
- Framework: always MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes)
- Platform Toolset: always the lastest one (v145 on november 2025)
- C++ Language Standard: ISO C++20 Standard (/std:c++20) or even Preview - ISO C++23 Standard (/std:c++23preview)
- STL: Used whenever possible
- Character Set: always Unicode Character Set
- MFC framework: use of MFC in Static Library
C++ Programming
The DebugTrace namespace is a very simple namespace that handles all the little details that make debugging easier and more powerful, while requiring significantly less typing. It includes measuring process duration and executing debugging functions.
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The application efficiently solves Sudoku grids using the Dancing Links algorithm introduced by Donald Knuth and displays the progress of the solving algorithm. The C++ source code utilizes the STL library and is freely available.
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This article describes the best approach for sharing code across different projects. This technique is very simple to implement and helps avoid the duplication of software tools and code used by each programmer.
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The demo presents a solution to get the closest named color of a given color. It relies on an extended X11-style palette compiled from existing lists, conversion from sRGB to CIELAB and a nearest-neighbor search based on the ΔE00 metric (source code available).
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