In today’s fast-paced financial technology landscape, the demand for robust, high-performance software is increasing. At the core of the majority of financial innovations lies C++, a language revered for its speed, efficiency, and control.
As financial institutions continue to incorporate advanced electronics and embedded systems into their operations—be it through the ATMs we rely on for…
Introduction
When it comes to developing software for the finance and banking industry, C++ is often the language of choice due to its performance, efficiency, and flexibility.
However, writing C++ programs in this highly regulated and fast-paced environment comes with its…
Throughout its long lifetime, Visual Assist (VA) has been a top-of-the-line productivity plugin with a performance advantage over Visual Studio and other plugins. Performance and speed has been a bread-and-butter factor for choosing VA—and we’ve doubled down with updates…
Visual Assist 2024.4 release post - ARM Support
June 12, 2024
It’s our pleasure to announce a new Visual Assist release, headed by a major addition—supporting ARM!
We hope you find this release useful. Visit our website to download the release.
ARM support
Big news for Visual Assist’s device support! Windows ARM is now supported starting this release, Visual Assist 2024.4. Visual Assist is now available as a fully ARM-native plugin, fully supported in…
Visual Assist 2024.3 release post
May 2, 2024
Another Visual Assist update?! VA 2024.3 is headlined by a dramatic improvement to the performance of Find References. This release also features both a fix and an improvement related to Move Implementation. We also have some key features exiting their beta phase (try them…
Visual Assist 2024.2 release post
March 28, 2024
It only has been a minute since the last performance-focused release but Visual Assist 2024.2 is here, squeezing even more performance to set it apart from other coding assistants! Continuing the theme of the last version, this release is focused on getting rid of…
Visual Assist 2024.1 release post
January 31, 2024
The first release of the year is here with Visual Assist 2024.1. This update is headlined by the overhaul of our parser, which significantly reduces users’ initial startup times for projects. Also in this release: key behavioral fixes for a few or VA’s navigation features, a UI update for the ubiquitous dropdown toolbar, and a plethora of bug fixes and QoL improvements.
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Ensuring Code Quality: Why Every C++ Developer Needs Unit Tests
October 31, 2023
Modern programming languages evolve and are continuously refined even further with each new update. During these incremental stages of development, components such as compilers, IDEs, libraries, their units, their components, and tools undergo changes.
Furthermore, there are…
Summer CodeFest: Magnificent or Malevolent: Maps! Measured, Monitored, & Magnified! [Mrecap]
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…
Summer Codefest: Lambdas go Baa! [Recap]
August 21, 2023
Webinar overview:
This presentation by product manager, David Millington, talks about the convenient way to define an anonymous function object added in C++11. This topic was chosen because while it’s extremely useful, the data we see is that there tend to be two groups of C++ developers: those who use them extensively, and those who barely use them.
When to use lambdas:
The main benefits…
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