C++ stack
In some sample code, you may see a reference to stack. This is a type of data structure, that according to cpp-reference : This is actually a wrapper for another container class. An example of it’s use is:
Coding
Using C++ std::merge
There have been a few times that I needed 2 vectors to be … merged… and they had to be ordered. It’s simple when you have a plain old type, and are using the back_inserter to append the contents of each vector to the end of the merged vector, but what if you want to … Read more
Working with REST Index
Article Series, “Working with REST” This post is simply an index, to help navigate through the articles. Working with REST Making a connection using Swift Connecting with C++
Connecting with C++
Previously … We connected to our local JSON server using a console app, writen in Swift: Making a connection using Swift In this article, we are going to do the same thing, this time using C++. Libraries Swift comes with a large library of functionality, including classes to connect to a REST server. The … Read more
Making a connection using Swift
Previously Part 1, Working with REST In the previous article, we installed a local JSON server, to make testing the app we are about to create in this article, fast. In this article, we are going to create a console app, using Swift. In the following article, we will be doing the same process, using … Read more
Working with REST
An introduction on the server technology and how to connect your app to a web endpointIntroThis is the first article, in a series. By the end of the series, you should be able to connect your app, whether macOS, iOS, console, to a REST endpoint. There are a lot of articles on the internet that … Read more
Rationalizing the expense of attending a C++ conference
In my mind, it is always a win to go to a C++ conference. There are still managers who are against sending developers to conferences, for their own reasons, many of which I disagree with. Not because I myself am a C++ developer, but because, as a community of developers, we do seek the opportunity … Read more
Perforce DVCS and iCloud Drive
I use Perforce DVCS for almost all of my projects: it’s a great new feature for p4, and I use it on a daily basis, given, I usually away from my home server. Now, there is one DVCS instance I use, which happens to be on my iCloud Drive folder. That seemed to work well … Read more
A quick word on modern BASH
Here’s a page that has some useful tips for modern BASH scripting: http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/writing-robust-shell-scripts/
Building OpenCV as a macOS Universal Intel Binary
So, for my project, I needed an Intel Universal build of the OpenCV library. The copy of the OpenCV source I have on my machine is version 3.0.0 and it has worked well for me, so I’ll start with that. My build machine is running macOS 10.12 and has Xcode 8 installed on it. OpenCV … Read more