Mukherjee - Learning Boost C++ Libraries

Arindam Mukherjee is a senior principal software engineer at Symantec, Pune, India, where he is involved in the research and development of business continuity solutions for enterprises. He has used C++ extensively for developing large-scale distributed systems. He was a speaker at Dr. Dobb's Journal India Conference 2014 and is the organizer of regular meets for the Pune C++ and Boost Meetup. He believes that writing books and articles, speaking for interest groups, and engaging with the programming community are the best ways to develop a critical understanding of technology. He is also an amateur musician, dabbles in food photography, and loves profound discussions with his 4-year-old daughter, especially about dinosaurs and their diets.

I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Sergey Zubkov for helping me refine the content of this book with his critical reviews and observations. Special thanks to Anthony Shoumikhin, Drew Tennenbaum, and Michael Medin for their thoughtful reviews and feedback. A special word of thanks to Nikhil Karkal, Natasha DSouza, Pramod Kumavat, and Sweny Sukumaran at Packt Publishing for their tremendous support and helping me manage all the missed deadlines. Last but not least, I thank my father for making me believe as a child that writing books could be fun, my mother for far more than words can ever express, my wife for believing in my dream, and my daughter for making it all worthwhile.

Michael Medin is a senior developer and lead architect of the NSClient++ project. He is an avid C++ developer and has been developing open source software using C++ and the Boost library for longer than he cares to remember.

As always, I would like to thank my beloved, Xiqun, for putting up with me when I spend countless hours working on NSClient++ and my two daughters for always bringing a smile to my face.

Anthony Shoumikhin is yet another geek who loves hacking, cycling, swimming, and occasional work at Microsoft.

He grew up in Ukraine and spent his early years in a city of rocket science and secret technologiesDnipropetrovsk. These days, he works in Redmond, WA, on an upcoming release of Microsoft Office for Mac and iOS.

In his spare time, he creates full-stack mobile apps and funny low-level system hacks on Mac OS X and Linux (mostly in his beloved C++ empowered with Boost).

Drew Tennenbaum was introduced to programming at the age of 12. As a present, his parents gave him his first computer, a Commodore 64. A family friend purchased a book titled, Assembly Language for Kids: Commodore 64 . Bored one night, he began reading the book and instantly found attraction in learning how to make a machine perform specific tasks. He quickly took to assembly language, which is now the foundation for much of what he works on today.

He attended the University of Arizona, where he received a BS degree in Computer Science and Math.

Since graduating from university in 1997, he has worked on a vast array of technologies, ranging from video games to embedded devices. He spent many years working on massively multiplayer online video games. In 2011, he was a Technical Director at BioWare, helping launch Star Wars: The Old Republic . More recently, he managed the development of the Appstore for Amazon's line of hardware devices, including the Kindle and Fire TV. In early 2015, he founded Titan Labs. Titan Labs is a small boutique consulting firm based in sunny Southern California.

In his spare time, he enjoys riding one of his many motorcycles and also holds an amateur motorcycle racing license.

I want to thank my parents for giving me the room to explore my passions in life. Without their patience, I would not have been where I am today, and more importantly, I would not have been the person I've become. I would also like to thank Dawn, my partner in life who supports me in anything I do and puts up with those late night programming sessions. Finally, I would like to thank all of my family members, including my grandmother, brother, and sister.

Sergey Zubkov is a former biochemistry researcher who became a C++ programmer. He is currently working at Morgan Stanley and spends his free time updating http://cppreference.com.

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