I work with Microsoft tools, applications and development systems. My job also entails software development lead activities, estimating, management and mentoring of junior employees. This web site focuses on programming the Microsoft Windows environment. The main web site is somewhat static. The wiki contains longer articles and my blog contains short tidbits and daily activities.

This web site, blog and wiki offer content covering C++, C++/CLI, database coding and most recently, C# and web development. I am learning (and writing) AJAX and asynchronous web page code. I also devote considerable time to hand held computer development using Microsoft's CE emulator and VS 2008 development tools. Did you know you don't need a hand-held computer or smart phone in order to develop and test software using VS 2008.

I'm Gene Harris. I've been developing software systems for a living over the last 25 years. I cut my teeth on IBM Fortran G and H compilers in the fall of 1970. I learned interpreted BASIC on an IBM PC2 in the early eighties, and C on Microsoft XENIX systems. I  favor native C++ code, COM+ and Message Queues. I've also dallied with Visual Basic 6.0.  I primarily produce software using C++ on Visual Studio 2005 & 2008. Most recently, I've been working on a c# project.

I use WTL, ATL and Boost frameworks professionally.  For database work, I use Oracle XE, PL/SQL and OTL. I am investigating MySQL and PostgreSQL due to the high costs of commercial databases.  I like the free "Express" versions of SQL Server and Oracle, but the licensing and availability of free versions worries me. I am intrigued by the  recent improvements Microsoft has made to MFC in Visual Studio 2008.

For fun, I am working on the clean up and port of the old DOS game Rise of the Triad (WinROTT) to VS 2008.

My blog is The Code Wizard's Musings.  To subscribe to my blog, click here.

My old blog is codewiz51 on blogger.com. There is a lot of material in my old blog that I am moving over to my wiki pages.

I use a wiki for my development notes and to keep links to topics I find interesting. The wiki is located here.

I've placed a couple of articles on Code Project.

Here's my LinkedIn profile.