Is C++ Still Worth Learning? Absolutely! Yes Rust And Go Are Awesome. There Is Still Work To Be Done In C++

• nuspell

  2 206 4.5 C++

  🖋️ Fast and safe spellchecking C++ library

  

notepad-style editor with spellchecking (Qt+ nuspell)

• Vcpkg

  146 21,439 10.0 CMake

  C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

  

For practice, I suggest learning how to use one of package managers that emerged lately (I prefer vcpkg, but YMMV) and build something small but real with existing libraries; some ideas:

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• linenoise

  6 3,616 2.6 C

  A small self-contained alternative to readline and libedit

oldschool text adventure (with linenoise or replxx)

• replxx

  6 667 0.0 C++

  A readline and libedit replacement that supports UTF-8, syntax highlighting, hints and Windows and is BSD licensed.

oldschool text adventure (with linenoise or replxx)

• pixel

  1 17 10.0 C

  Simple 2D Graphics based on standard and portable OpenGL (by dascandy)

simple 2d game (e.g. with pixel - or jump to SDL or SFML)

• Crow

  35 2,765 8.2 C++

  A Fast and Easy to use microframework for the web. (by CrowCpp)

  

web service (with Crow)

• awesome-hpp

  6 3,168 6.2

  A curated list of awesome header-only C++ libraries

If package managers seem intimidating, try header-only libraries that require no compilation or configuration.

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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