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Making a case for investing in software tools: convincing yourself, your team, and your boss

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September 27, 2024
Introduction Visual Assist has been a longtime partner for coding in Visual Studio. It adds missing features and sometimes even replaces the default features in the IDE. In fact, you can even argue that Visual Assist had a direct influence as to how some of the features in Visual Studio panned out. But what makes Visual Assist (VA) such a compelling purchase? And what about it makes it a…
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Installing Virtual Machines to use Visual Studio on Mac

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August 27, 2024
TL;DR The full version of Visual Studio cannot run natively on macOS, especially after Visual Studio for Mac was discontinued. The most effective solution is to install Windows (ARM version) on a virtual machine and run Visual Studio within that environment. This approach allows Mac users to access all features required for C++, .NET, Unity, and enterprise development. With proper RAM and CPU…
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Tips and TricksWebinar Recap

Summer CodeFest: Magnificent or Malevolent: Maps! Measured, Monitored, & Magnified! [Mrecap]

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August 27, 2023
Webinar overview:  Std::maps is a staple in the C++ world for sure. It’s reliable and useful, but in this presentation, David Millington goes a level deeper and examines how other features offered beyond the standard library can be used to maximize the usefulness of the data structure.  Quick Refresher on Maps Maps are essentially a way to store key-value pairs in an ordered structure. This…
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Tips and TricksWebinar Recap

Summer CodeFest: Next-Level Concurrency: Enhancing Scalability with C++20 [Recap]

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August 4, 2023
This session has concluded watch the replay or download the slides below. The first Summer CodeFest presentation has concluded! Whole Tomato’s very own lead developer Chris Gardner lead the first session on enhancing your program’s scalability with concurrency techniques in C++! We’ve prepared a short introductory article about concurrency and a short history on C++ support for threads…
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