POCO C++ Libraries - Documentation (original) (raw)

SDK Reference

The SDK Reference contains User Guides and reference documentation for all classes.

• Open SDK Reference

Slides

The following slides are a good starting point for beginners wanting to get familiar with basic POCO programming concepts and features.

Introduction and Overview

An Introduction to the POCO C++ Libraries.

Types and Byte Order

Types for fixed-size integers, byte order conversions and the Any/DynamicAny types.

Error Handling and Debugging

Exceptions, error handling and debugging techniques.

Memory Management

Reference counting, shared pointers, buffer management, and more.

Strings, Text and Formatting

Working with strings, formatting, tokenizing, regular expressions and text encodings.

Platform and Environment

Getting information about the system you're running on.

Random Numbers and Cryptographic Hashes

Generating random numbers and computing digests.

Date and Time

Working with date and time, time spans, time zones and formatting them.

The File System

Working with files and directories.

Notifications & Events

Notifying someone that something happened.

Streams

Working with the various stream classes in POCO.

Logging

Working with the POCO logging framework.

Shared Libraries

Loading shared libraries and classes dynamically at runtime.

Multithreading

Doing things in parallel with POCO.

The Cache Framework

Keeping things around.

The Hashing Framework

Finding things fast.

Processes

Working with processes and IPC.

URI and UUID

Identifying things on the Web.

XML

Working with XML in POCO.

Configuration Files

Configuration file support in the Util library.

Configuring Logging

Configuring application logging with the LoggingConfigurator class.

Applications

Building Command-Line and Server Applications.

Network Programming

Writing network and internet applications.

Resources

• POCO C++ Libraries Coding Style Guide
  The mandatory coding style guide used for POCO C++ Libraries development.
• DynamicAny Article in ACCU Overload
  A two-part article by Alex Fabijanic discussing the DynamicAny class in the POCO C++ Libraries (Part 1,Part 2).