Sergey Shandar

2014-08-09T04:54:00.002+09:30

2014-07-25T02:14:00.001+09:30

Nuget packages for Boost 1.55

2013-11-14T04:06:00.003+10:30

https://getboost.codeplex.com/releases/view/114813. Source files and pre-compiled libraries for Visual Studio 2012 (vc110) and 2013 (vc120).

getboost

2013-10-29T04:56:00.002+10:30

I've created a new open source project for Boost NuGet packages: getboost.codeplex.com.

Boost at nuget.org

2013-08-20T11:58:00.000+09:30

It's unofficial but it works https://www.nuget.org/packages/boost/. For Visual Studio 2012, supported platforms: Win32 and x64.

It's huge 235Mb and takes about half an hour to install.

Open your C++ project. Or create a new one.
Open Tools | Library Package Manager | Manage NuGet Packages for Solution....
Search for "boost" in Online | NuGet Official Package Source (Include Prerelease).
Press the Install button.
Wait for about 10 minutes.
Select your C++ project and press Ok.
Wait for another 10 minutes.
Close the dialogs.
Include some boost header files. For example: #include <boost/atomic.hpp>
Build the project.

Update

The updated boost package doesn't contain compiled libraries (.lib/.dll) any more. Now it's only 15Mb. I've created separate packages for the boost compiled libraries:

boost_atomic;
boost_chrono;
boost_context;
boost_coroutine;
boost_date_time;
boost_exception;
boost_filesystem;
boost_graph;
boost_iostream;
boost_locale;
Boost.Log: boost_log, boost_log_setup;
Boost.Math: boost_math_c99, boost_math_c99f, boost_math_c99l, boost_math_tr1, boost_math_tr1f, boost_math_tr1l;
boost_program_options;
boost_random;
boost_regex;
Boost.Serialization: boost_serialization, boost_wserialization;
boost_signals;
boost_system;
Boost.Test: boost_prg_exec_monitor, boost_unit_test_framework, test_exec_monitor;
boost_thread;
boost_timer;
boost_wave.

Nemerle at Wikipedia.

2011-02-13T22:48:00.002+10:30

The article about Nemerle has been removed from Wikipedia as a non-notable programming language.

INumeric policy.

2011-02-01T10:03:00.003+10:30

Policies:

interface INumericPolicy<T>
{
    T Zero();
    T Add(T a, T b);
    ...
}

class All: INumericPolicy<int>, INumericPolicy<long>, ...
{
    ...
    public static All P = new All();
}

User's algorithms:

static class Algorithms
{
    public static T Sum<P, T>(this P p, params T[] a)
        where P: INumericPolicy<T>
    {
        var r = p.Zero();
        foreach(var i in a)
        {
            r = p.Add(r, i);
        }
        return r;
    }

    ...
}

Usage:

int i = All.P.Sum(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
long l = All.P.Sum(1L, 2, 3, 4, 5);

.NET/C# 5 wish list

2011-01-31T11:28:00.030+10:30

Merge WPF and Silverlight. .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework. It would be better to have just different profiles of framework like (.NET client profile) instead of different frameworks.
Non-nullable references
```
string! x = "xxx";
```

Discriminated unions:

union MyUnion: Enum
{
    case Enum.Red: RedClass;
    case Enum.Green: GreenClass;
    ...
}

INumeric interface for standard numeric types.
```
struct UInt32: INumeric<UInt32>
{
...
}
```
Fixed size arrays
```
byte[10] x;
```

Operator extensions (syntax sugar):

public static class Extensions
{
    public static T operator+ <T>(T a, T b) where T: INumeric<T>
    ...
}

Polymorphic up cast:

class A: B { ... }
...
new A() up B

Update: No needs any more. Solution:

public static class Extension
{
    public static T UpCast<T>(T derived)
    {
        return derived;
    }
}

Example:

new B().UpCast<A>()

Force use 'using' keyword for some classes.

using class My: IDisposable
{
    ....
}

...

// Ok.
using(var my = new My())
{
}

// Compilation error.
{
 var my = new My();
}

// Ok.
return new My();

Units of measurements. As in F# http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233243.aspx.

Named code blocks.

code Block
{
  foreach(var x in M)
  {
    foreach(var y in x)
    {
      if(y)
        break Block; 
    }
  }
}

A reference to an anonymous delegate inside the delegate.

Control.Selected += (s, e) =>
{
    ...
    Control.Selected -= this function;
}

.NET Frameworks

2010-12-28T02:30:00.017+10:30

Class Library / Windows Metro style

Runtime: ?
Framework: .NETCore
Version: 4.5

Class Library / .NET Framework 4 Client

Runtime: 4.0.30319
Framework: .NETFramework
Version: 4.0
Profile: Client

Windows Game Library / .NET Framework 4 Client

Runtime: 4.0.30319
Framework: .NETFramework
Version: 4.0
Profile: Client

Xbox 360 Game Library

Runtime: 2.0.50727

Silverlight Class Library / Silverlight 4

Runtime: 2.0.50727
Framework: Silverlight
Version: 4.0

Silverlight for Windows Phone 7.1

Runtime: ?
Framework: Silverlight
Version: 4.0
Profile: WindowsPhone71

Silverlight for Windows Phone 7.0

Runtime: 2.0.50727
Framework: Silverlight
Version: 4.0
Profile: WindowsPhone

Silverlight Class Library / Silverlight 3

Runtime: 2.0.50727

Windows Phone Game Library

Runtime: 2.0.50727

CSS gradient on C#

2010-12-10T04:54:00.005+10:30

CSS gradient on C# using CityLizard Framework. Works in IE 5.5-8.0, FireFox 3.6, Chrome 8.0, Safari 5.0 and Opera 10.

namespace Css
{
    using S = www_w3_org._2000.svg.X;
    using D = System.Drawing;

    class Gradient
    {
        class Svg : S
        {
            public T.svg Gradient(string start, string end)
            {
                return
                    svg_(width: "100%", height: "100%")
                        [defs
                            [linearGradient_(
                                id: "grad",
                                x1: "0",
                                y1: "0",
                                x2: "0",
                                y2: "100%")
                                [stop_(offset: "0", stop_color: start)]
                                [stop_(offset: "1", stop_color: end)]
                            ]
                        ]
                        [rect_(
                            width: "100%",
                            height: "100%",
                            x: "0",
                            y: "0",
                            style: "fill:url(#grad)")
                        ];
            }
        }

        static string X2(byte x)
        {
            return x.ToString("X2");
        }

        static string ToString(D.Color c)
        {
            return "#" + X2(c.R) + X2(c.G) + X2(c.B);
        }

        static byte Avg(byte a, byte b)
        {
            return (byte)((a + b) / 2);
        }

        static D.Color Avg(D.Color a, D.Color b)
        {
            return D.Color.FromArgb(
                Avg(a.R, b.R), Avg(a.G, b.G), Avg(a.B, b.B));
        }

        public static string Y(D.Color Start, D.Color End)
        {
            var s = ToString(Start);
            var e = ToString(End);
            var svgB = new Svg().Gradient(s, e).ToString();
            var svg = "";
            foreach (var c in svgB)
            {
                var x = (int)c;
                if (x <= 0x40)
                {
                    svg += "%" + x.ToString("X2");
                }
                else
                {
                    svg += c;
                }
            }
            // Next browsers to test: Opera 11 (hopefully it has CSS gradient), 
            // IE 9.
            return
                // for other browsers.
                "background: " + ToString(Avg(Start, End)) + ";" +

                // Opera 10. It also works for Chrome and Safari.
                "background: url(\"data:image/svg+xml," + svg + "\");" +

                // IE 5.5-8.0.
                "filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(" +
                "startColorstr='" +
                s +
                "', endColorstr='" +
                e +
                "');" +

                // webkit browsers (Chrome, Safari). It is not required 
                // because SVG gradient for Opera works fine for these 
                // browsers.
                /*
                "background: -webkit-gradient(" +
                "linear, left top, left bottom, from(" + 
                s + 
                "), to(" + 
                e + 
                "));" +
                */

                // FireFox 3.6+
                "background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  " + s + ", " + e + ");";
        }
    }
}

List of free tools

2010-12-06T23:28:00.145+10:30

Tools

Windows Developer Preview http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516. Freeware.
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool or http://wudt.codeplex.com. GNU GPL.
Git Extensions http://gitextensions.sourceforge.net/. GPL 3.
Nemiver http://projects.gnome.org/nemiver/. Open Source. GPL.
TortoiseHg http://tortoisehg.bitbucket.org/. Open Source. GPL 2.
Visual Studio 2010 Express http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/. Freeware.
- Visual C# 2010 Express
- Visual C++ 2010 Express
- Visual Web 2010 Express, even if you do not develop ASP.NET application, the IDE editor is really good for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML.
- Windows Phone Developer Tools
Visual Studio 2010 Downloads. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb984878. Freeware.
- Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated) for F#.
- Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Isolated).
Visual Studio 2008 Shell (Isolated) with SP1 as an IDE for Nemerle, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=021b3bee-b2ad-42a8-854a-c5eaef69e927&displaylang=en. Freeware.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/.
Windows SDK adds x64 and Itanium to Visual C++ 2010 Express. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924. Freeware.
Windows PowerShell 2.0 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968930. Freeware.
SP1 for Visual Studio 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=23691. Freeware.
NUnit http://www.nunit.org/. Open Source. NUnit license.
Boost http://www.boost.org/. Open Source. Boost licence.
Far Manager http://www.farmanager.com/. Open Source. Revised BSD license.
7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org/. Open Source. GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions.
Sandcastle Help File Builder http://shfb.codeplex.com/. Open Source. Ms-PL.
Mono http://www.mono-project.com/. Open Source. GPL, LGPL, MIT X11, Microsoft Permissive License.
MonoDevelop http://monodevelop.com/. Open Source. LGPLv2 and MIT X11.
yEd http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html. Freeware.
WiX http://wix.codeplex.com/. Open Source. Common Public License Version 1.0.
SharpDevelop http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx. Open Source. LGPL.
ILSpy http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ilspy.ashx. Open Source.
Doxygen http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/. Open Source. GPL.

Browsers

Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/. Open Source. Mozilla Public License.
Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome. Freeware.
Safari http://www.apple.com/safari/. Freeware.
Opera http://www.opera.com. Freeware.
Internet Explorer. Freeware.
- Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677&displaylang=en. Freeware.
- IETester http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage. Freeware.

Others

VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/
openSUSE http://software.opensuse.org/. Open Source. GPLv2. Binaries for Personal Use.
Free Download Manager http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/. Open Source. GPL.
OpenProj http://openproj.org/openproj. Freeware. CPAL.
LibreOffice http://www.libreoffice.org/. Open Source. GNU Lesser General Public License.
Open Office http://www.openoffice.org/. Open Source. GNU Lesser General Public License.
Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird.. Open Source. MPL, GPL, LGPL,
Skype http://www.skype.com/. Freeware.
KeePass http://keepass.info/. Open Source. GPL.
TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.net/. Open Source. GPL.
VisualSVN Server http://www.visualsvn.com/server/. Freeware.
ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/. Freeware.
Adobe Reader http://get.adobe.com/reader/. Freeware.
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/trialpay-za-signup.htm. Freeware.
CCCP http://www.cccp-project.net/. Freeware.
µTorrent http://www.utorrent.com/. Freeware.
WinCDEmu http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org. Open Source. LGPL.
Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/. Freeware.
AVG Free http://free.avg.com/. Freeware.
Blender http://blender.org/. Open Source. GNU GPL.