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Learning Boost C++ Libraries

By : Arindam Mukherjee
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Learning Boost C++ Libraries

By: Arindam Mukherjee

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Learning Boost C++ Libraries
Arindam Mukherjee
Jul, 2015 | 558 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning Boost C++ Libraries
Learning Boost C++ Libraries
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Introducing Boost
Introducing Boost
How it all started
What is Boost?
Getting started with Boost libraries
Self-test questions
Summary
2
The First Brush with Boost's Utilities
The First Brush with Boost's Utilities
Simple data structures
Working with heterogeneous values
Handling command-line arguments
Other utilities and compile-time checks
Self-test questions
Summary
References
3
Memory Management and Exception Safety
Memory Management and Exception Safety
Dynamic memory allocation and exception safety
Smart pointers
Self-test questions
Summary
References
4
Working with Strings
Working with Strings
Text processing with Boost String Algorithms library
Splitting text using the Boost Tokenizer library
Regular expressions using Boost.Regex
Self-test questions
Summary
5
Effective Data Structures beyond STL
Effective Data Structures beyond STL
Boost Container library
Fast lookups using Boost Unordered containers
Containers for dynamically-allocated objects
Expressive initialization and assignment using Boost.Assign
Iteration patterns using Boost.Iterator
Self-test questions
Summary
References
6
Bimap and Multi-index Containers
Bimap and Multi-index Containers
Containers for multi-criteria lookups
Boost Multi-index containers
Boost Bimap
Self-test questions
Summary
References
7
Higher Order and Compile-time Programming
Higher Order and Compile-time Programming
Higher order programming with Boost
Compile-time programming with Boost
Domain Specific Embedded Languages
Self-test questions
Summary
References
8
Date and Time Libraries
Date and Time Libraries
Date and time calculations with Boost Date Time
Using Chrono to measure time
Measuring program performance using Boost Timer
Self-test questions
Summary
References
9
Files, Directories, and IOStreams
Files, Directories, and IOStreams
Managing files and directories with Boost Filesystem
Extensible I/O with Boost IOStreams
Self-test questions
Summary
10
Concurrency with Boost
Concurrency with Boost
Creating concurrent tasks with Boost Thread
Managing shared data
Boost Coroutine
Self-test questions
Summary
References
11
Network Programming Using Boost Asio
Network Programming Using Boost Asio
Task execution with Asio
Network I/O using Asio
Self-test questions
Summary
References
C++11 Language Features Emulation
C++11 Language Features Emulation
RAII
Copy semantics
Move semantics and rvalue references
C++11 auto and Boost.Auto
Range-based for-loops
C++11 exception-handling improvements
Self-test questions
References
Index
Index

References

  • Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14, Scott Meyers, O'Reilly Media

  • A Tour of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison Wesley Professional

  • The C++ Programming Language (4/e), Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison Wesley Professional

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