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Recently, I would like to study the Boost library. Most tutorials available online are based on using IDEs (such as VS/Code::Blocks), but I find it frustrating to have to open a bloated IDE just to write some test code. Today, I fiddled around and managed to compile/link code that uses the Boost library in SublimeText. I also organized the process/tools I worked with, so if others have similar needs and happen to see this article, they can save some time.

2016.11.01 Update
I used the latest version of MinGW64-GCC6.2 (x86_64-6.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev1) to compile LLVM/Clang 3.9, and then I used the compiled Clang to compile Boost1.62. The error messages that occurred when linking the Boost library in Clang are gone now.
Note: When compiling Boost with Clang, it is best to ensure that the current version of clang is compiled from the version of gcc in the current system; otherwise, when linking the static libraries produced by clang, strange issues might arise.

You can download my compiled versions here: MinGW62-GCC6.2(x86_64-6.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev1), LLVM/Clang3.9 compiled with GCC6.2 (above MinGW version), and Boost(MinGW64-GCC6.2/LLVM3.9/VC14-ALL). You can choose the version of the linked library (debug/release/static, etc.) as needed.
You can download the full compilation toolchain here.

Arukas is a Japanese Docker service provider that is currently in the testing phase and can be used for free. We can easily use Docker to do some interesting (useful) things, such as deploying our own blog or shadowsocks server.

The Source Control provided in Unreal Editor allows you to implement basic functions such as version submission/version comparison/reverting changes through Git for blueprint projects, which is far less powerful than Git Bash, but the Diff between BluePrints is still very useful.

I recently set up an intranet server, and from now on, all projects will use Git for version control. Here, I’ve outlined some common operations for easy reference.

The switch in the C++ standard cannot implement string case matching, but we often have this need, so let’s implement it.

At the beginning when writing code, I always rolled up my sleeves and got to work as soon as I encountered a problem, essentially writing code while debugging and simultaneously designing the solution flow. However, this approach is simply too slow, often leading to writing and deleting code, effectively resulting in a poorly designed code structure requiring refactoring, which wastes a lot of time.

C++ Language Design and Evolution is a book written by C++ author Bjarne Stroustrup, discussing the thought process and trade-offs from the conception and design to the actual implementation of C++. It is arguably the only book on the market written from the perspective of a language designer on language design.

There are many issues where we should not only know How, but also understand Why, as this allows for a deeper comprehension of the subject. Fortunately, “C++ Language Design and Evolution” is precisely that kind of book. Recently, I realized many aspects of C++ that I only knew How but did not understand Why (too much was sacrificed for compatibility with C), and this article serves as a reading note and a record of Why, which I will gradually organize.

This article excerpts some content from the official Unreal Engine blog post: Capturing Stereoscopic 360 Screenshots, Videos, Movies in Unreal Engine 4, while the rest corrects errors in that article and provides a ready-to-use solution.

These past few days, I’ve been enthusiastic about reading CSAPP, and I even posted yesterday that reading CSAPP is more enjoyable than reading Modern Operating Systems (haha).

Smart pointers, as one of the most important features of C++11, were originally recorded in C++11 Syntactic Sugar, but this part is so important that I have recently been relatively free (逃) and decided to summarize it in detail separately.