Re: [boost] boost users : articles

From: f-boost_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-09-27 17:16:03

New Boost user says: I'd like a Wiki.  Or something like Slashcode.

Thomas Matelich <toms-mailing-lists_at_[hidden]> writes:

> toon wrote:
> 
> > To help (potential) users get familiar with the many libraries in Boost
> > and all the functionalities these libraries provide, we could maybe
> > publish a short article once a week/forthnight about real-world problems
> > and how you can solve them using Boost.
> >
> > The articles should be short. This makes it easier for new users to read
> > through the _whole_ article and thus pick something up. It's also
> > important that the article focuses on one real-world problem. This will
> > help the reader understand the relevance of the article. Next it should
> > only be an introduction. If the reader is really interested, he can read
> > the documentation of the library.
> >
> > Different categories of articles can be envisioned.
> > 1) articles about _one_ specific library
> > (novice level)
> >
> > 2) articles about combining different libraries
> > (reader needs to have basic knowledge of discussed libraries)
> >
> > 3) articles describing extension of the STL in Boost.
> > (reader needs some experience with STL)
> >
> > In cat. 1, we could for instance discuss boost.tuple.
> > Cat. 2 could for instance feature an article about combining
> > boost.function and boost.tuple or boost.function and boost.bind
> > Cat 3 would describe e.g. iterator_adaptors, bind, ...
> >
> > I learned about the libraries by regularly reading the documentation of
> > a library I'm not familiar with during some free time. During
> > development, I then remember this stuff and try to apply it.
> > That is the process I would like to mimic with these articles, without
> > people having to read all the documentation first (I'm not saying the
> > current documentation is not good, on the contrary. But it's not at
> > novice level)
> >
> > If it helps, I can provide some real-life cases where iterator_adaptors
> >    , tuples, ... helped me a million.
> > I'm especially fond of iterator_adaptors which many times saved me a lot
> > of development-time and memory footprint (thanks David and Jeremy,
> > really superb library)
> >
> > toon
> >
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> I think if someone set up, and we promoted it, a Boost Users WikiWikiWeb would be a
> very useful beast.  See http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
> 
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