C++ Notes

C++ provides std::chrono::system_clock::time_point that represents time, that works well with other classes such as durations (std::chrono::milliseconds, etc.). However, it isn't always sufficient for date time manipulations

The library jsmn is a C library that allows parsing of JSON stream into tokens. License and Source Source repository is available here. jsmn is Open Source, license is available here, MIT. Usage

The library libwebsockets is a C library that allows opening and two-way communication via web sockets. License and Source Source repository is available here. libwebsockets is Open Source, license is available here, LGPL2.

Being able to log messages and object states is one of the best tools for a programmer. The target environment may not have enough memory or network connectivity, or your application is real-time,

I have been fortunate enough to learn programming languages that allow me to manage my own memory. I think it is shocking that computer science introduction classes have stopped teaching C/C++ and

From C++11 on, you can use variadic templates functions with the following syntax: template< typename T, typename... A > This, combined with function overloading (where the same named function taking different

ZeroMQ is a great message queue library that has been around for a while with well-documented APIs. One of the most useful setup is the subscribe-publish pattern allowing multiple processes or threads to

C++11 thread and Lambda function really beautifies code that works with threads. If I have a class MyObj with a member function DoWork(): class MyObj { public: void DoWork(); void Think(); }; It has

With C++11, operating on data sets is easy to do with highly readable code, as long as the container supports iterators. For example when dealing std::map: for( auto item : items ) { // item.