POCO C++ Libraries Blog

An interesting idea: the Programmer Competency Matrix

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I have just added Sockets library with local (aka UNIX) sockets support to SVN sandbox. The code was extracted from Net library and slightly modified to accommodate for UNIX sockets. For the time being, tested only on Linux. I’ll do Solaris testing as well, whoever can run it on other platforms, please do and report […]

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I have just added a build configuration for the iPhone (using the Apple SDK) to the SVN Repository (will also be part of 1.3.4). So, now it’s possible to use POCO in iPhone applications with ease. Simply build the POCO libs for the iPhone, add the necessary library and header file search paths to your […]

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In the upcoming 1.3.4 release there will be a new sample application for the Net library that implements a simple Twitter client that can be used to send status updates to Twitter. Apart from being fun to implement and providing useful Twitter client functionality, this sample also shows how to combine Poco::Net::HTTPClientSession, Poco::Net::HTMLForm, Poco::Net::HTTPBasicCredentials and […]

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We recently got our hands on a Digi Connect ME 9210, one of the smallest Linux-capable embedded computers in the world. The system, which is just a bit larger than an Ethernet RJ-45 socket, is based on an ARM9 CPU running at 75 MHz. With 4 MB of Flash and 8 MB or DRAM, the […]

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How does functional programming, pointers and memory relate to this mess we call economy? Check out at Bool Shift.

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With the 1.4 release now delayed for a few more weeks, we will put out a 1.3.4 release in February. Focus of this release will be bugfixes (the known bugs in 1.3.3), performance improvements (I am currently spending some time with valgrind/kcachgrind) and other minor improvements. After that, we’ll hopefully finish 1.4 for a release […]

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For those folks who are wondering what’s been going on, when is there going to be next release etc, here’s the answer: Prior to 1.3.3 release, I voluntarily took over taking care of the ongoing project maintenance. Then Guenter kicked in for 1.3.3 release, did the great deal of work and early October we pushed […]

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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone using and contributing to the POCO C++ Libraries. 2008 was a great year for the POCO Project, and 2009 will be even better!

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The new POCO website is finally online. As discussed previously, we have replaced the Tiki with phpBB and MediaWiki. For forum access, all forum users must reset their password. Posting Blog comments and editing the Wiki does not require an account, although we suggest you log yourself into the Wiki before you edit a page. […]

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