Tang VS tomlplusplus

A template language that I wrote for generating HTML. Meant to be included as a C++ library. https://github.com/Ghoti-io/Tang

Plenty of other C++ code of mine is on Github (such as a bunch of utility stuff, a thread pool, and a HTTP server that I'm writing from scratch), even though I would only call myself an intermediate C++ programmer. I just happen to like the language.

Or, if I had to throw other stuff into the mix, a fairly recent patch to Manim (Python) that got accepted (https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/pull/3155).

If I were really pressed, I would dig up a lot of my Drupal (PHP) stuff that I did years ago.

1. Realize that it is impossible to become an expert in everything.

2. Realize that it is very possible to become an expert in targeted areas.

3. Pick the targeted area that you enjoy the most and that makes the most $$$.

4. DO SOMETHING with the knowledge. Don't just acquire knowledge, because you will forget it. Build something useful... something that you can show off! THAT is the point at which people will start looking at you as the expert.

Personal note: I decided that I wanted to create a useful, non-trivial programming language, so I built one entirely on video. Github link: https://github.com/coreyp1/Tang Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZqirAnnqaCZ8lT8w7p2P...

Guess what? NOBODY is going to watch the videos, and I know that. But I did it for myself. People look at 2 things: the end result, and the fact that it was me that did it. I'm STILL not an expert at Vim, Flex, Bison, ICU, Make, or programming language design in general, but I absolutely know much, much more than I did starting out, and I learned things that I didn't anticipate. Most of all, though, I found the process personally very rewarding.

Unless you want to make your own config file parser as an exercise (which is a good idea) I'd recommend using toml++.

It's a public repo - this one: https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus but thank you

For a live demo, see the toml++ homepage: https://marzer.github.io/tomlplusplus/

Added bonus, tomlplusplus is a solid C++ implementation, actively updated, and easy to drop into a project (header only, CMake, vcpkg, Conan, etc.). Very easy to use for what I've needed.

Key links: - Homepage: https://marzer.github.io/tomlplusplus/ - Repository: https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus - "What is TOML?": https://toml.io/

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23) project(testProj) set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23) set(FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}/libs CACHE PATH "Missing description." FORCE) include(FetchContent) FetchContent_Declare( tomlplusplus GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus.git GIT_TAG v3.1.0 ) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(tomlplusplus) add_executable(testProj testProj/src/main.cpp) target_link_libraries(testProj tomlplusplus)

I use them in toml++ to store the path of the source document for all the data nodes parsed from that document. Storing it as a separate std::string allocation for every single object would have been very wasteful, and the alternative would have been to make an overall document class that owned everything, which I didn't want to do, so shared_ptr was a good compromise.

Key links: - Homepage: https://marzer.github.io/tomlplusplus/ - Repository: https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus - "What is TOML?": https://toml.io/

toml++ was both my first 'public'/open-source project, and my first ever attempt at a parser. There's a few things I'd do differently now if I were to write it from scratch, but I've learned a lot along the way (particularly about making things build 'clean' on multiple platforms).