CppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part I"

CppCon · 21.1K views · 2014-10-18 · 59:31

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Overview

A CppCon 2014 talk from Microsoft engineers on using portable single-source C++ to deliver Office across iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. It covers architectures, techniques and lessons from real cross-platform projects.

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Cited as evidence that large production apps share a C++ core with native UI, in cross-platform and React Native or Flutter debates.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2015–2019

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

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golf1052 · 2016-11 · Recommendation
Word for Windows and Word for Mac are much closer together than you may realize. Pretty interesting talk about cross platform Office. Part 1: [VIDEO] Part 2: [LINK]
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akoeplinger · 2015-04 · Recommendation
There's a pretty interesting video of how the Office team uses C++ for their cross-platform efforts from CppCon 2014: [VIDEO]
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pjmlp · 2019-09 · Reference
Yes, C++ with native views. How do you think Microsoft does Office on Android and iOS? As for verification, they have plenty of talks at CppCon and BUILD about how they do it. EDIT: to save you some work. CppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part I" [VIDEO] CppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part II" [LINK] Reacting to Dropbox: another take on cross-platform C++ development [LINK] Ashampoo Systems GmbH [LINK]
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