Question

I’m coming to C++ from a .Net background. Knowing how to use the Standard C++ Libraries, and all the syntax, I’ve never ventured further. Now I’m looking learning a bit more, such as what libraries are commonly used? I want to start getting into Threading but have no idea to start. Is there a library (similar to how .net has System.Threading) out there that will make it a bit easier? I’m specifically looking to do Linux based network programming.

Answer 1

For C++, Boost is your everything. Threading and networking are among the things it offers. But there’s much more:

• Smart pointers
• Useful containers not found in the STL, such as fixed-size arrays and hashtables
• Closures
• Date/time classes
• A foreach construct
• Min/max functions
• Command line option parsing
• Regular expressions