BOOST

User Manual

Welcome to the BOOST user manual.

• Introduction
  
  
  
  1. What is the Boost software?
     
  2. Why is the software called Boost?
     
  3. What are the main components of Boost?
     
  4. Why would I use Boost?
     
  5. How do I get the Boost software?
     
  6. Who developed the Boost software?
     
  7. What license is Boost released under?
     
  8. Where do I get commercial support?
     
  9. Where can I get help?
• Component Overview
  
  
  
  1. Spider – an awesome IoC framework.
     
  2. Incredibles – for lightweight, immutable structs.
     
  3. Scalpel – for cutting the pain from 3rd party APIs.
     
  4. Sniper – a deadly, Spider aware, testing framework.
  5. Gunge – a goop of low level support thingies.
  6. Bob – the Builder is small, reusable build tasks.
  7. Scoreboard – in your face feedback, visual and massive.
• Getting Started
  
  
  
  1. Downloading the Boost jar.
     
  2. Getting the right Java version.
     
  3. Running up the mining example.
     
  4. Entering the Spider’s lair.
• Resources
  
  
  
  1. Source code.
     
  2. Subversion repository.
     
  3. Builds.
     
  4. Continuous integration.
     
  5. Issue Tracking.
     
  6. Support.
• Development Philosophy
  
  
  
  1. Have a lot of fun.
     
  2. Creative names (better an irrelevant name than a bad one).
     
  3. Fast build (might belong in dev env?).
     
  4. INCLUDE MATERIAL FROM PROGRAMMING MODEL.
• Build and Release Environment.
  
  
  
  1. Project layout.
     
  2. Build artifcacts.
     
  3. Build scripts.
• History
  
  
  
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• Future
  
  
  
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