[ANN] U++ 2007.1 beta

[Mirek Fidler]

[ANN] U++ 2007.1 beta

www.ultimatepp.org

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.torrey.pines]

Mirek,

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]

Mirek,

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/828da1ab44...

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