Re: [Boost-users] Best libraries for a Boost workshop

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Best libraries for a Boost workshop
From: Damien (damien_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-22 17:05:21

I'd put a vote in for Boost::any.  Another very simple, incredibly 
useful library.  Serialization would be good too, but it might be a bit 
big for an intro course.  Depends how exprienced your audience is.

Damien

On 22/06/2010 3:02 PM, Andrew Holden wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:42 PM, José Tomás Tocino García wrote:
>    
>> Hi, I'm going to be teaching a four hours workshop about getting
>> started with Boost, and I'm wondering which libraries would be the
>> most representative and interesting to show.
>>      
> My top pick would have to be multi-index.  It's just so _useful_ once you wrap your brain around it.
>
> Another good one to mention is numeric_cast.  It shouldn't need much time as it's really simple, but its error checking has actually helped me catch some really embarrassing errors that would have been nearly impossible to find otherwise.
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