I have been working out of the C++ primer plus book and feel I have good grasp of basic c++ and I am the type of person that learns by doing and I would like to start experimenting with socket code, maybe writing a simple cmd line chat app to start. Are there any books gear towards C++ guys that are up to date with the current std socket lib? Has the lib changed much over the years? Or is there a better lib I should be using for low level socket functions? Long term I would like to be able to work on a server side app that takes communicates with flash based apps.


Any advice is welcome.