For HTTP, Microsoft recently opensourced a C++ Rest SDK called CasaBlanca [0]. For debugging, I'm still partial to the Visual Studio debugger when appropriate

For HTTP, Microsoft recently opensourced a C++ Rest SDK called CasaBlanca [0]. For debugging, I'm still partial to the Visual Studio debugger when appropriate, though it doesn't seem to be able to debug lambdas very well. Also possibly missed the hype train for "replacement" languages like D, Go, and Rust. We'll see where that goes. Some people are really excited. [0]: http://casablanca.codeplex.com/ http://casablanca.codeplex.com/