Building Boost 1.58 with Visual Studio 2015
If you try to build Boost 1.58 with Visual Studio 2015, you’ll get this error “Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results” when building, do this.
Read and write to file in C++
Many C++ developers find themselves in a place where they need to store information in an external file, which they can retrieve later to perform the operation based on the values. For instance, they have created a video game which has a high score system, wherein top 5 highest scores need to be saved in a file, as information saved in memory in real-time gets deleted once the program is turned off, so they would pursue a fast way to store their values in the external source.
Master the Windows 10 Clean Up Tips
Though hard drives are getting larger in size, we still face issues such as filled up space, disorganized data, tons of clutter and duplicate files. The newly launched Windows 10 is also prone to host unwanted junk which should be removed occasionally to keep your computer running at its optimum performance. Here are the ways to deep-clean your system: :
Migrating to Visual C++ 2015 from VS2013
At my day time job I decided we should try out Visual Studio 2015 (from Visual Studio 2013).
Apache SIGABRT on Gentoo
I’ve been trying to set up a PressBooks test site on my Gentoo dec box. I may or may not write a book about programming, but PressBooks is a WordPress plugin for writing and exporting books. I was curious and decided to give it a go.
Understanding git-add commands
Git is a distributed revision control system, in which you can manipulate Git-repositories on your computer. It was originally developed by Linus Torvalds, the principal author of Linux.
How to setup VPN for mobile devices with PPTP Linux server
This is a quick and dirty guide to set up a PPTP VPN (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) service on linux server, in which your high end mobile device can connect to.
Landing pages best practices
We have recently encountered a problem with a huge drop-off from our front page. We didn’t have a lot of useful information on our front page – just a technical blog with lots of technical, and sometimes, difficult stuff.
Design rules
Here I will try to gather all the awesome rules of design I come over while surfing the net. There are always some genius rules that I would need to follow when developing a new website or app, but you remember nothing when it comes to it. So here’s the list:
How to stop a std::async task
Sadly, this is only an intrusive way of stopping std::async. For an almost non-intrusive way of stopping a thread, look at boost::thread.
Hentry structured data importance
We have developed a brand new theme for our website with some hot frameworks like Bootstrap and Redux. The theme is clean, secure, fast and mobile friendly. Did we think it was all that was needed? Yes. Until our impressions on Google started to decline.
