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The Old New Thing (Raymond Chen)
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Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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API design principle: Don’t tempt people to divide by zero
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The self-assignment principle for Windows Runtime properties: Don’t change behavior based on whether a property has been written to
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The self-assignment principle for Windows Runtime properties applies to default values
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Windows Runtime API design principles around read-write properties: Idempotence and self-assignment
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Remembering the end of support for VRML in Internet Explorer
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Code comments should apply to the state of the system at the point the comment “executes”
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Can we get weak functions for static linking? The Visual C++ compiler says “We have weak functions at home”
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The problem with inferring from a function call operator is that there may be more than one
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How do I convert a FILETIME to a C++ clock like std::system_clock or winrt::clock?
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Microspeak: Convicted
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How can I enumerate the overflow icons in the Notification Area without showing them?
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Why didn’t Windows 95 setup install a miniature Windows 95 so that it could be written as a 32-bit program?
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Samples note: Use comments to describe what code does, not what you wish the code would do
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Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections?
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Another lesson learned from the Windows 98 on-stage USB blue screen
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Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?
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Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Not a legal base class
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Can I close a duplicate handle while I’m waiting on the original?
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How can I get my shell thumbnail extractors to run in the same process?
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Translating the STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN status code into customer-ready text
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