How to use Boost in Visual Studio 2010?

Question

What is a good step by step explanation on how to use the Boost library in an empty project in Visual Studio?

Answer 1

Boost is a library, and as all libraries, you have to install it as one. It might help to look up tutorials on how to install and use libraries in Visual Studio. Here is the page with the zip contents of boost:

https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/more/getting_started/windows.html

Here is a video on how to install a 3rd party library:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWNi5Gk0zc