A few years ago one of my friends was looking for a book about the Boost libraries. I asked
him "Why don't you read the documentation?". His answer was, "I do not know much and
I do not know where to start. Boost is huge; I have no time to read all about it."
Well, that was a good hint but such a book would be of interest only to beginners.
Professionals would find nothing interesting in it unless I added some C++11 stuff and
compared the existing Boost libraries with the new C++ standard.
I could also add answers to common questions that arise in Boost mailing lists but are hard
to find or not covered by the documentation. Spice it up with performance notes and we'd
get a book that would be interesting to almost everyone.
This book will take you through a number of clear, practical recipes that will help you to take
advantage of some readily available solutions.
Boost C++ Application Development Cookbook starts out teaching the basics of the Boost
libraries that are now mostly part of C++11 and leave no chance for memory leaks. Managing
resources will become a piece of cake. We'll see what kind of work can be done at compile
time and what Boost containers can do. Do you think multithreading is a burden? Not with
Boost. Do you think writing portable and fast servers is impossible? You'll be surprised!
Compilers and operating systems differ too much? Not with Boost. From manipulating images
to graphs, directories, timers, files, and strings – everyone will find an interesting topic.
You will learn everything needed for the development of high-quality, fast, and portable
applications. Write a program once and you can use it on Linux, Windows, Mac OS, and
Android operating systems
