The Boost C++ Libraries

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The Boost C++ Libraries introduces 38 general purpose Boost libraries. They should be of great use for many C++ developers - no matter what industry they work in and no matter what software they create. The most important goal of the book is to increase your efficiency as a C++ developer. You will learn how to use Boost libraries to write less code with fewer bugs and finish projects faster. And you will see how Boost libraries help you write more concise code which is more easily maintained and more easily understood by others. Just as much as The Boost C++ Libraries focuses on increasing your efficiency, the author tried hard to introduce the libraries as efficiently as possible. You should learn about the Boost libraries easily and fast. Ideally you should be able to read the book in one or two days. You should be able to understand every Boost library immediately without having to read chapters a second time. Even if you have no experience with any of the 38 Boost libraries, you should be able to decide which ones to use when and know how to use them once you have read the book. You may want to look up chapters from time to time to recall details. The book is not a reference though. It does not replace but complement the official documentation of the Boost libraries. The book comes with over 250 examples which often consist of only a few lines of code. The examples are short but complete - they can be built and run. The idea is to help you quickly understand what classes and functions Boost libraries offer. Again it's about getting you up to speed. The author considers the book a success if you find the 38 Boost libraries introduced easy to use and if they help you become a more productive C++ developer. He also considers it a success if you went through the book with ease and found explanations and examples crystal-clear. This book and the Boost libraries should make your life as a C++ developer easier. The Boost C++ Libraries introduces these libraries from Boost 1.47.0 which was released in July 2011: AnyArrayAsioBimapBindCircularBufferConversionDateTimeDynamicBitsetExceptionFilesystem 3ForeachFormatFunctionInterprocessIntrusiveLambdaMinMaxMultiArrayMultiIndexNumericConversionOperatorsPointerContainerRefRegexSerializationSignals2SmartPointersSpirit 2.xStringAlgorithmsSystemSwapThreadTokenizerTupleUnorderedUtilityVariant

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