[ANN] U++ 2007.1 beta
Mirek Fidler
U++ is the C++ crossplatform framework focused on programmers
productivity without sacrificing
runtime performance.
Based on strictly deterministic design it provides an alternative to
GC collected platforms,
even for bussines logic oriented problems (U++ has strong SQL
support).
U++ includes IDE with dialog and icon designers and "Assist+
+" (provides assistance for
C++ programming like pop-up list of methods on pressing '.' key).
U++ is now maintained for Win32, Linux, FreeBSD, PocketPC
(experimental). Mac OS X support
is under development.
New features of 2007.1 release:
* "Chameleon" skinning system which allows both native look&feel of U+
+ applications across
platforms AND custom skins to be designed/used. Gtk is used on X11
platforms
* Raster image infrastructure completely reworked
* New useful widgets: GridCtrl, CalendarCtrl and DateTimeCtrl
* Sql expressions are now dialect-adjusted before being executed on
particular RDBMS target
* Library moved to Upp namespace
* Experimental PocketPC support was introduced
* Library fixed to support ARM and PowerPC CPUs
* A lot of new documentation and tutorials
* New Icon designer (supports alpha channel and has tools to produce
antialiased icons)
* Features missing in X11 now implementd (Pdf export, printing, tray
icon, OpenGL)
* Many minor improvements and bug fixes
n.torre...@gmail.com
As it happens I posted a message about U++ vs WX in wxWidgets a couple
of days ago. The Bombs example is 3 times shorter in U++, as you know.
The author of the wx sample responded by shortening his version down
to almost the size of U++. What do you think?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.wxwindows/msg/828da1ab4414e075
Mirek Fidler
Thanks, this is really interesting.
Well, I think this application is very small to show any significant
difference. Anyway, wx version still has 8KB vs. 4.7KB for U++. If you
consider that the number of methods is about the same and method
headers occupy about 30% of lines now, there is still some size delta
to consider :) (BTW, some wx lines end at column 100 :)
Anyway, it is nice that we have now almost equivalent wx version. It
is interesting to lay both side by side and study differences. I will
adjust example in U++ website ASAP.
Mirek