The Free C++ Source Code Library

C++ Source Code Links

• Addison Wesley - source code from their books
• Blitz C++ Library - a C++ class library which provides performance on par with Fortran 77/90
• Burks Homepage - exhaustive list of code resources and utilities
• Curbralan - example OOD source code
• DevSearcher - Dr Dobbs Code Search engine
• C/C++ Users Group
• Code Guru - code and developer resources
• CodeProject - probably the best source for C++ code
• Computational Geometry Code - from University of Illinois - Dep't of Computer Science
• Computer Vision Software - from Carnegie Mellon's Calibrated Imaging Lab
• Free C/C++ Sources for Numerical Computation - from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
• Freecode.com - mainly web based e.g. cgi etc.
• Genetic Algorithm Archive - an index of source code for implementations of genetic algorithms and other EC methods
• Mozilla.org - source for Netscape 6.1
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - Computational Science Site
• Sourcebank - a sourcecode search engine
• SourceForge - Breaking Down the Barriers to Open Source Development
• TheFreeCountry.com - various handy snippets
• Wrox Press - sourcecode from their books

Articles

• API Spying Techniques for Windows 9x, NT and 2000 - Yariv Kaplan
• CUJ Experts Forum - Lots of highly relevant articles
• Developing windows - the strory of MIcrosoft Windows by Paul Thurrott
• Extending the Standard Library - Robert Mitchell
• Generic Programming: Simplify Your Exception-Safe Code - Andrei Alexandrescu and Petru Marginean
• High Church C++ an interesting perspective - Allan Kelly
• Private Inheritance - someone (James Newkirk) finally found a use for it
• Standard Library - Exception Safety - Bjarne Stroustrup
• Top 20 C++ tips of all time? - well Danny Kalev's anyway

Articles on Reducing Dependencies

• Compilation Firewalls and the Pimpl Idiom - Herb Sutter
• Design patterns for decoupling - Ian Graham.
• Implementation Hiding in C++ - Alan Griffiths
• Organizing Code Files in C and C++ - Ben "Kylotan" Sizer
• Reducing Dependencies In C++ - Gaz Iqbal

Journals

• C++ Users Journal - probably the best source of C++ web links
• Dr Dobb's Journal - a professional journal
• M.S.D.N. Magazine - tons of source
• Visual C++ Dev Journal - Visual C++ stuff
• Windows Developers Journal - up to date windows code

General C++ Resources

• About.com - list of FREE online C++ books
• Ask the C++ Pro - FAQ-like questions and answers, and snippets of code
• Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage - the creator of C++
• C and C++ Style Guides - University of Maryland
• C++ Annotation - The Annotations are intended for people with a good knowledge of C who want to make the transition to C++.
• C++ Optimization Strategies and Techniques - by Pete Isensee includes STL Optimisation
• C++ and security Tutorials - Anthony Smith
• David Swaims Homepage - everything you ever wanted to know about linear regression
• DevCentral - a complete up to date resource with good articles
• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures - National Institute of Science and Technology
• Generic Algorithms
• Genetic Trees explained - by Thomas Hansen
• Lysator - an in-depth academic C/C++ archive
• Managing C++ APIs - Martin Tasker, Head of Technical Communications at Symbian
• Mathtools.com - excellent resource for all math (and other) oriented C++ stuff
• Mirror - UK mirror. Simtel, C++, Linux
• NEC Research Index - Computer Science DIrectory
• String matching algorithms
• Taligent's Development Guide - Design information, online books and source
• Thinking in C++ - online book by Bruce Eckel
• Worden Ware - a well set out site
• WWW C++ - a most extensive links site

Component Object Model

• iDevResource - excellent COM, COM+ etc. resources

.Net

• .NET Framework Developer's Guide.NET Framework Data Providers - .NET Framework Data Providers
• C# Data Structures - blog by Gus Perez
• C# Help - The Place For C# Developers
• DotNetJunkies - loads of .Net stuff
• GotDotNet - ever so swish
• Super Dot Net - Indexed links to tutorials, code snippets, and documentation from dotnet sites
• Testing the C# compiler - Windows Forms FAQ
• Winforms FAQ - Windows Forms FAQ

Communities and Portals

• Borland Community Technical Support - a goldmine of C++ information
• DevHood - created for all .NET developers as a place for reference, a place to share their knowledge, and a place to interact with their peers
• DevX - Advice, excellent articles and code
• eg3.com - a community portal that indexes technical net resources
• Microsoft

FAQ's

• ATL FAQ - from Microsoft
• C++ FAQ Lite - answers to your C++ questions
• comp.lang.c++ Newsgroup FAQs
• MFC-L Archive
• Microsoft's Standard C++ Library Frequently Asked Questions
• Windows 2000 FAQ - from ActiveWin

Standard Template Library

• auto_ptr - Using auto_ptr effectively from G.O.T.W
• Boost.org - free, peer-reviewed, C++ libraries that work well with S.T.L.
• C++ Standard Template Library - Dr. Mark J. Sebern
• Database Template Library - Corwin Joy and Michael Gradman
• SGI S.T.L. - An exhaustive STL resource
• S.T.L. Newbie Guide - Mumit Khan a somewhat dated but valuable
• S.T.L. Online Reference - Rensselaer Institute Department of Computer Science
• STL style Tree container - Check out Kasper Peeters' GNU public license tree container

Windows Programming

• Active Win - More Microsoft stuff than Microsoft!
• ATL,.NET and COM FAQ - Ben Hickman
• Internals.com - Online resource for Systems Programmers
• Joe O'Leary's Site - CStdString and other good stuff
• MFC Pro - Excellent Resource
• Mindcracker.com - Valuable Resource
• MVPS.org - Most Valuable Professionals!
• SAMPLE: Create a Context Menu Handler by Using ATL (Q298109) - From our friends at Microsoft Project
• ShlExt - Undocumented Shell!
• Shell Lightweight Utility Functions - shlwapi library
• Shell extension to make executables as services - From Sardaukar on The Code Project
• Task List Programs - ever wondered what those pesky programs in Task Mangler are?
• Wicked Code on Windows shell - Jeff Prosise
• Windows Developer Network - from Windows to the Web

C++ Tools, Utilities and Libraries

• Attila - A.T.L. style application classes from the Sells Bros.
• Chris's Developer Tools - excellent variety of free! utilities
• Crypto++ 4.1 - free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes
• Free compilers - from Bloodshed Dev
• Free compilers - from idiom.com
• GZIP - A Massively Spiffy Yet Delicately Unobtrusive Compression Library
• HTML- kit - at last an excellent, unobtrusive HTML editor
• IronKey - excellent freeware encryption utilities
• Power Tools and RegCleaner - excellent registry and file utilities for Developers
• Sysinternals - advanced utilities, technical information, and source code
• Winimage - windows NT event log utility
• ZLib - a compression library compatible with the gzip format

Windows Admin and Security

• JSI - Windows NT� / Windows 2000� / Windows XP� / Windows Server 2003� Tips and Tricks

Tutorials

• GDI tutorial - From MVPS
• HyperLearning Center - The emerging knowledge society is spelling major changes for engineering and science education in the 21st century
• Introduction to Graphs - from the the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• W3Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials - All Free - motto: THe best things in life are free
• www.function-pointer.org - The mysteries of function pointers explained

Other Development Resources

• ActiveState - Excellent archive of Python, Perl XML etc, etc, etc
• Assembly Homepage - all about assembler from Iczelion
• Cetus - 18,511 Links on Objects & Components
• FAQCHEST - FAQ's on all things computer related
• Lore's Source Converter - Convert your Source to HTML
• O.D.M.A. A.P.I. - Standard Document Management API from infonuovo
• Python.Org - the home of Python
• Regular Expressions by Example - PHP Builder (Dario F. Gomes)
• S.W.I.G. - wraps C/C++ in scripting languages
• Unix commands - AussieMOO's Unix intro
• Wotsit's Format - Extensive information on many File Formats

Copyright Robert Mitchell. Last Revised : 13 12, 2004