Boost Thread tutorials

Question

Not really a question, more of a reference list:

Boost.Thread was heavily modified since 1.34, to conform to upcoming C++0x standard. Thus, most tutorials I can find on the web can be considered obsolete.

Today, Boost's version is 1.37, and the only links I found on the web were:

1. Boost 1.37 Threads http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/doc/html/thread.html
2. What's New in Boost Threads? Recent changes to the Boost Thread library http://www.ddj.com/cpp/211600441
3. C++ - Thread mutex question http://en.allexperts.com/q/C-1040/2008/12/Thread-mutex-question.htm (not sure about this one)

Do you know of other, unreferenced Boost 1.37 Thread tutorials (including books)?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Go to your boost installation directory and look inside the libs/thread/example directory, also take a look in the libs/thread/tutorial directory.

Answer 2

Note that Boost 1.37 doesn't make any changes to the Threads library. The breaking changes and new interfaces were added in 1.35 and 1.36.

Not a tutorial, but the C++0x Working Draft is a great reference. The Boost.Thread library conforms closely to the Thread support library (Chapter 30) in that document, and knowing how the std:: interfaces should work is a good idea for any C++ developer.

Answer 3

I found these to be quite useful as a beginner to boost threads:

• http://blog.emptycrate.com/taxonomy/term/38
• http://www.paulbridger.com/multithreading_tutorial/
• http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk/threading/

Also, even thought not specific to boost threads, these resources are very helpful:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrvAqvtWYb4
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/16407418/Parallel-Processing-15-16-Windows-Threading-Posix-Threading

Answer 4

http://www.paulbridger.com/multithreading%5Ftutorial/

is cool! Five Stars * & Thumbs up

Answer 5

A bit dated, but I found this one extremely helpful

http://antonym.org/2009/05/threading-with-boost---part-i-creating-threads.html

Answer 6

Dr Dobbs: The Boost.Threads Library

Answer 7

There's a fantastic free boost book written by Boris Schäling available at http://en.highscore.de/cpp/boost/index.html which includes a chapter on boost threads. Well worth a read!