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Another reason to cheer: Visual Assist academic licenses!

Great news! The Whole Tomato experience just got even more complete and well-rounded!  The hobbies and recreational activities you do during your early days in school often become the gateway to the skills you’ll develop and use in the real world. It is no surprise, then, that the tools and machines you use when starting out as a complete novice influence how you grow from a curious enthusiast…
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Visual Assist 2023.6 release post

Visual Assist 2023.6 is here and is available to download! This release is filled to the brim with new functionality that improves upon your staple VA features and a new, convenient way to share source code with colleagues. We also have a new code checker, support for two…
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Summer CodeFest: Magnificent or Malevolent: Maps! Measured, Monitored, & Magnified! [Mrecap]

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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Visual Assist 2023.4 now released

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…
Webinar Recap

Tapping into Limitless Code Inspections: What's New in Visual Assist 2023.2 [Webinar Recap]

In this webinar, we’re talking about Visual Assist 2023.2 and its exciting new features. Learn more about the improved shader extension support and greatly expanded code inspections. Create more advanced and realistic graphics, utilize limitless code inspections, and write more reliable and efficient code.  Our team of experts will take you on a tour of the new features, highlighting their…
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Visual Assist 2023.2 released

The second update to Visual Assist in 2023 is here. This update features an extensive series of upgrades to code inspections, shader extension support, and a number of quality fixes to the IDE. Download the latest version of Visual Assist now. Greatly expanded code…
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C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks

In the world of software development, features are constantly updated and new functionality is continuously added. Gradually, keeping up with the latest and best coding standards becomes complex. This slows can slow down operations and affect how code is maintained and…
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Solving The Most Common Visual Studio C++ Pain Points

Visual Studio is a reliable C++ solution that offers many advantages and is widely used by developers to create various types of applications. However, there are also a number of challenges that programmers face when using Visual Studio for C++. In this blog, we will talk about the most common developer pain points, as well as how to use Visual Studio for C++ effectively and what tools we need for…
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