Boost.Asio C++ Network Programming: Learn effective C++ network programming with Boost.Asio and become a proficient C++ network programmer

Wisnu Anggoro

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eBook Sep 2015 200 pages 1st Edition

Wisnu Anggoro

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Boost.Asio is a C++ library used for network programming operations. Organizations use Boost because of its productivity. Use of these high-quality libraries speed up initial development, result in fewer bugs, reduce reinvention-of-the-wheel, and cut long-term maintenance costs. Using Boost libraries gives an organization a head start in adopting new technologies. This book will teach you C++ Network programming using synchronous and asynchronous operations in Boost.Asio with minimum code, along with the fundamentals of Boost, server-client applications, debugging, and more. You will begin by preparing and setting up the required tools to simplify your network programming in C++ with Boost.Asio. Then you will learn about the basic concepts in networking such as IP addressing, TCP/IP protocols, and LAN with its topologies. This will be followed by an overview of the Boost libraries and their usage. Next you will get to know more about Boost.Asio and its concepts related to network programming. We will then go on to create a client-server application, helping you to understand the networking concepts. Moving on, you will discover how to use all the functions inside the Boost.Asio C++ libraries. Lastly, you will understand how to debug the code if there are errors found and will run the code successfully.

Who is this book for?

This book is for C++ Network programmers with basic knowledge of network programming, but no knowledge of how to use Boost.Asio for network programming.

What you will learn

Prepare the tools to simplify network programming in C++ using Boost.Asio
Explore the networking concepts of IP addressing, TCP/IP ports and protocols, and LAN topologies
Get acquainted with the usage of the Boost libraries
Get to know more about the content of Boost.Asio network programming and Asynchronous programming
Establish communication between client and server by creating clientserver application
Understand the various functions inside Boost.Asio C++ libraries to delve into network programming
Discover how to debug and run the code successfully

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ELIAS POLITAKIS Oct 04, 2015

By far one of the best books I have read regarding a specific technological topic. The book is extremely well structured, starting from setting up the compiler, introducing networking principles and structures, moving to building boost libraries and then getting into ASIO with good examples of asynchronous client and server examples. It will give you everything you need to know about ASIO for getting started in less than 24 hours. Highly recommended!!

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Maxim Rozhkov Dec 17, 2016

The authors clearly explained some important issues, related with network programming by Boost.ASIO, in the book. Particularly, they gave a lot of information about programming tools (MinGW), the OSI model, the concept of multi-threading programming in the Boost and they described an example of a Telnet application (client and server sides). The most impressing part of the book for me is considered the model of multi-threading in the Boost libraries. I found that all insertions about C++ 11 were amazingly useful: smart-pointers, move-semantics, etc. The book will be interesting and useful for everyone who is interested in network programming and development of C++. No one minute that was spent on reading the book was not lost in vain.

luncliff Apr 23, 2016

Reference codes are easy

Hossein Oct 22, 2024

The book seems really useful and gives reader enough information to understand how to use boost.asio library properly. The code examples are long and there are too much unnecessary and irrelevant details in them. I tried to rewrite the example codes to only contain the most simple meanings and used as few components as possible, and the boost.asio details became a lot more visible. Using other libraries like shared_ptr, random and thread while we have them in the standard library is not a wise thing to do in a simple book like this that has only one purpose, to teach boost.asio not any other libraries. Critics aside, the book is worth the time needed to read it. Recommend it.

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Andrea Oct 27, 2015

Already had the 1st edition and since I had found it useful, I decided to upgrade to the 2nd edition.It was a good surprise to find the content is now more polished and a bit better structured.Overall, the book is valuable if you need to quickly start with boost asio and more generally if you need to get a first grasp at the concepts of asynchronous network programming.The foundation of the paradigms is well explained and gives you a jump start in using the library, which I found very useful as I was able to apply the concepts and the techniques in a real application in very short time.The examples are very practical and give you a good starting point upon which you can then improve and customize as you prefer.

Boost.Asio C++ Network Programming: Learn effective C++ network programming with Boost.Asio and become a proficient C++ network programmer

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