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(C++) Library

A library is a collection of functions and classes.

The C++ standard library is called the Standard Template Library. The playground of the next version of the STL is the Boost library collection..

libraries can be catagorized by their way of using them in a project:

• Header-only libraries: just #include the header files to use it
• Implementation file (.cpp) must be added to the project, next to an #include of the header files to use

The STL is header-only. Most Boost libraries are header-only.

Overview of C++ libraries (incomplete)

In practice, these are the libraries I use or have used, on the platforms indicated by the pictograms.

1. Annie: neural networks
2. BigInt: near-infinite size integer
3. Blitz++: scientify computation
4. Boost: many libraries, next STL
5. Boost.Asio: networking
6. Boost.Date_Time: working with date and time
7. Boost.Filesystem: browsing folders and files
8. Boost.Graph: working with graphs
9. Boost.Integer: working with (possibly 64 bit) integers
10. Boost.Lambda: lambda expressions
11. Boost.Program_options: program options, parsing argc and argv
12. Boost.PropertyTree: saving data to XML file, parsing XML files
13. Boost.Regex: regular expressions
14. Boost.Signals2: signals
15. Boost.Smart_ptr: smart pointers
16. Boost.Statechart: finite state machines
17. Boost.Test: for testing your own code
18. CLN: (near-) infinite-precision numbers
19. CLX: GUI
20. Eo: genetic algorithms
21. FANN: neural networks
22. Flood: neural networks
23. GAlib: genetic algorithms
24. GMP: multi-precision numbers
25. libnds: working with NDS
26. MathGL: visualizing data
27. OpenCV: computer vision
28. OpenGL: 2D and 3D graphics
29. Poppler: render PDFs
30. QuantLib: quantitative finance
31. QT: GUI
32. Qwt: visualizing data in 2D charts/plots
33. QwtPlot3D: visualizing data in 3D charts/plots
34. SDL: multimedia
35. Shark: machine learning
36. STL: general purposes
37. STK: audio
38. VCL: GUI
39. Wt: dynamic websites

Familiarize yourself with the STL and Boost libraries [1][2].

References

1. Scott Meyers. Effective C++ (3rd edition). ISBN: 0-321-33487-6. Item 53: Familiarize yourself with the standard library, including TR1
2. Scott Meyers. Effective C++ (3rd edition). ISBN: 0-321-33487-6. Item 54: Familiarize yourself with Boost

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