C++ Tip - Packing Data

Tim Jones | July 15th, 2010 | 8 comments

Here's a quick tip that is useful if you are sending data over a network. If you ever messed with any sockets in programming then you know you can onl

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C++ Tip - Literals

Tim Jones | June 8th, 2010 | 2 comments

A common area that people don't even know exist in C++, is called literals or literal constants. But even though you may not have heard of the term be

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C++ Tip - Being safe with Pointers

Tim Jones | May 5th, 2010 | 5 comments

Arguably no other area of C++ confuses more people and causes more frustration than pointers. Here's a few quick tips to keep safe while using them.

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C++ Tip - Multi-line Comments and Strings

Tim Jones | April 9th, 2010 | 2 comments

This tip actually comes out of a "bug" that Blommis found a while back. If you want to create a string (or you can do this for comments too) that sits

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C++ Tip - Shorthand Struct

Tim Jones | March 22nd, 2010 | 1 comment

Here's a quick helpful tip that people often overlook. You can quickly initialize the values of a struct using shorthand notation: struct SEntity

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C++ Tip - Console Closes

Tim Jones | March 19th, 2010 | 3 comments

If you are having trouble with your C++ programs opening and closing really fast, here's a quick fix. Add the following code to the end of your main f

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