#dx.h - A modern C++ library for #DirectX programming

It’s designed to make DirectX programming elegant and fun without sacrificing performance. There’s no documentation yet, but a growing collection of samples should get you started. It focuses on Direct2D but also includes support for Direct3D, DXGI, DirectWrite, the Windows Imaging Component (WIC), and the Windows Animation Manager (WAM).

http://dx.codeplex.com/

the original article in msdn:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn201741.aspx