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Visual Assist 2024.3 release post

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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 out!). Lastly, performance for C# should be better than ever with key fixes rolling out in this release. Download the release…
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Visual Assist 2024.2 release post

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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…
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Visual Assist 2024.1 release post

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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…
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Ensuring Code Quality: Why Every C++ Developer Needs Unit Tests

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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 also rapid changes in operating systems and hardware systems. This means that if you are developing applications…
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Webinar Recap

Summer CodeFest: Modern C++ with Modern 3D [Recap]

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August 20, 2023
Webinar overview: 3D Graphics in C++ Dr. Yilmaz Yoru shares his knowledge on graphics, as well as its counterpart analyzers and calculations used in 3D C++. He uses C++ Builder for most of his examples but almost any compiler can be used for the projects he demoed. Check out his website and other projects here. Why use C++ for 3D C++ is one of the top options if you are working with 3D graphics…
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Visual Assist 2023.4 now released

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August 17, 2023
VA 2023.4 is now published and is now available to download!  This release marks a major milestone in Visual Assist’s history as it starts its official support for Unity engine development. Also in this release: start of support for CUDA development for C/C++ and numerous…
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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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