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Boost is well-known C++ library extending language and standard library. Some parts of Boost are slowly being integrated into C++ standard (for example std::array, std::shared_ptr).

Boost itself consists of several sub-libraries, some of them:

• variant - modern union type
• xpressive, regex - Regular expressions
• signals2 - event handling
• filesystem - portable filesystem handling
• asio - portable networking
• interprocess - shared memory, memory mapped files, process-shared mutexes, condition variables
• log - logging library
• test - unit testing
• uBLAS - basic linear algebra
• multiprecision - extended precision arithmetic types
• MPI - Message Passing Interface library,
• and more - see Library list for Boost 1.56

Setup

• Getting Started on Windows - boost.org
• Compiling and configuring Boost C++ libraries for Visual Studio 2010
• How to build Boost for Visual Studio 2013
• Build Boost Library with Visual Studio 2010 (x86) - Christopher-Eyk Hrabia, 2010
• Building Boost libraries for Visual Studio
• MinGW: How to Install, Build and Use the Boost C++ libraries for development with the Eclipse IDE using the MinGW compiler on a Windows Platform
• how to build boost 1.34.1 with Visual Studio 2008 Express - Dave Programming, 2008

Tutorials

Introduction

• A Short Introduction to Selected Classes of the Boost C++ Library - Dimitri Reiswich, 2010
• How the Boost Bind Library Can Improve Your C++ Programs - Björn Karlsson, 2005
• How to use Boost.Bind - radmangames.com
• Overview of utility classes from the Boost library - Arpan Sen, 2008
• Boost for Visual C++ Developers - Beman Dawes, 2004
• Boost Bibliography

Unit testing

• C++ Unit Testing With Boost.Test - alittlemadness.com, 2009

Threads

• BOOST multi-threading for C++ - Ashish Grover, 2012
• How to get started using Boost threads

Regular expressions

• Regular Expressions in C++ with Boost.Regex - Ryan Stephens, 2006
• Boost.Xpressive - Bojan Nikolic, 2012

Other

• Linking Python and C++ with Boost.python - shocksolution.com, 2013
• Discover the Boost Filesystem Library - Arpan Sen, 2008
• How the Boost Bind Library Can Improve Your C++ Programs - Björn Karlsson, 2005

Video tutorials

• C++ Threads Using Boost in 5 Minutes - Jeff Benshetler, 2012
• Containers in Boost - Boris Schäling, 2013
• Boost.Process: Process management in C++ - Boris Schäling, 2013

Books

• The Boost C++ Libraries - Boris Schäling, 2014
  • The Boost C++ Libraries - old version
• "Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost" - Björn Karlsson, 2005
• more: Boost Bibliography