Intended Audience

This guide is intended for C++ programmers who plan to use SmartSockets in an object-oriented manner without using the C API.

Some prerequisite knowledge is needed to understand the concepts and examples in this guide:

working knowledge of C++

familiarity with the operating system is required for developing SmartSockets applications (UNIX, Windows, OpenVMS, or whatever platform is running SmartSockets). This includes knowing how to log in, log out, edit a text file, change directories, list files, and compile, link, and run a program.

understand general messaging and publish/subscribe concepts and terminology

familiarity with the SmartSockets messaging concepts covered in the TIBCO SmartSockets User’s Guide.