This post assumes that the boost libraries have been downloaded and extracted to the directory of your choice. See this previous posting for more details on how to download and extract the Boost libraries.
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This post takes a look at using boost::bind as a means of calling class
member functions in an efficient and generic way. It basically summarizes what has
already been said at Björn Karlsson’s excellent Informit article. Since I found the post useful, I thought it worth reproducing here, using the same status class but containing all the examples and approaches he describes in one program. Continue reading
1. Install the Boost libraries from the command line
First try the following
$ sudo apt-get install libboost*
You may get an error message similar to the following, like I did:
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1. Obtain QT4
Run these from the command line:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev qt4-qmake cmake r-base-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
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In a nutshell, the factory design pattern enables the practitioner to create objects that share a common theme but without having to specify their exact classes. In essence the factory pattern is used to “Define an interface for creating an object, but let the classes that implement the interface decide which class to instantiate. The Factory method lets a class defer instantiation to subclasses.”
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Interfacing Excel in C++ is task that I needed to overcome recently, so I thought I would post some code and instructions on the said topic. Some online articles that I found to be useful include the following:
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A summary with code samples of the set operations that come with STL: union, intersection, symmetrical difference and set difference.
For consistency, the two sets of integer vectors used in each example are the same and are: Continue reading
Following on from a previous posting on genetic algorithm based routing optimization, further improvements have been made and the source code has been made available. This software is written using MFC / C++ and is essentially a single document interface allowing the user to create network nodes and links by way of standard mouse click actions and enter network parameters using the available menu items.
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A guide to getting started with Windows graphics applications for the very first time. The Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) forms the basis of drawing lines and objects, and from this device contexts. I will not go into any detail about these concepts in this post. I just want to show a simple means of getting started with things like the drawing of lines and objects in Windows applications. There is nothing stopping you from reading further on the subject to increase your understanding.
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An introduction to using template classes in C++, that starts extremely simply and builds up from there…
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