ot so long ago, developers had to work directly with the XMLHTTPRequest object or use some very rudimentary libraries to get any AJAX work done. When I wrote my first
ost Windows users are familiar with tool tips?the little “balloon” that pops up when you position your mouse over an icon. Tool tips are very useful user interface (UI) enhancements
Many object-oriented programming languages allow a constructor to delegate its object initialization to another constructor of the same class. But in C++98, this isn’t permitted. Consequently, a C++ class with
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R1 recently enhanced the standard header with a small reference wrapping library that includes the class template reference_wrapper and the helper functions ref() and cref(). This mini-library library solves the
or a C++ programmer, the term “a callback function” means at least three different things: a pointer to a freestanding function (i.e., a C function), a pointer to a member
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o far, there’s been plenty of ink expended on ASP.NET 2.0’s site navigation controls, but most of that coverage lacks details on how to use the new navigation features in
he keywords final and sealed in Java and C# respectively ensure that a certain class shall not be subclassed. C++ doesn’t have a similar keyword. Naive programmers are often tempted