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

CppCon · 7.3K views · 2014-10-20 · 56:52

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A CppCon 2014 talk by Microsoft engineers on how Office delivers a single-source C++ codebase across iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. It covers architectures, techniques and lessons from shipping cross-platform products.

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Cited in Electron, Flutter and React Native debates as evidence that large products can share C++ core code with native views.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2016–2019

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesSoftware architecture & design
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alimbada · 2017-05 · Recommendation

Microsoft have a very interesting approach with their Office suite when it comes to cross-platform development. They go through it in some detail in this talk: [VIDEO]

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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: [LINK] Part 2: [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" [LINK] CppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part II" [VIDEO] Reacting to Dropbox: another take on cross-platform C++ development [LINK] Ashampoo Systems GmbH [LINK]

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