Cross Platform Toolkit Library (xtklib) is a C++ based framework for highly object-oriented cross-platform programming.

In particular, the library provides a full abstraction layer between its API and the main services offered by the underlying operating system(Thread, processes,GUI,Filesystem,etc.) plus a set of generic utilities (Strings,Data structures,etc.).

Unlike other famous libraries, xtklib makes full use of all features of C++ like RTTI, Templates, Exceptions thus obtaining a strongly object-oriented design with a Java-like sensation.

The library is composed by two main modules: "Base" and "Widgets". The target operating systems are Windows and Unix(Linux and BSD in primis) with a plan to move also towards other systems.

Here are some key features of "Cross Platform Toolkit Library xtklib":

· Use of modern C++ - use of many powerfull features offered by modern C++ like exceptions,RTTI,templates and namespaces allows faster development,improves code readability,and reduces programming errors.
· Strong Object-Oriented design - designed to meet requirements of modern software industry: modularity, low coupling, high cohesion,information hiding. Design patterns and advanced class hierarchies are extensively used in all the library.
· Ease of use - Clean and intuitive programming interface with a Java-like sensation.
· Complete - Features supported includes:
· Basic services: Thread, Synchronization, Filesystem access, Processes, Networking.
· Advanced services: I/O Streams, Logging.
· Debugging tools: Stack tracing, Memory Leak detection.
· Gui widgets (Work in progress): Windows,Frames,Layout managers,common controls,advanced controls.
· Generic utilities: complete data structures framework, String class with unicode support.
· Full unicode support: native support to unicode, conversion to/from different charsets.
· And many others: the list is too much long to enumerate all minor but extremely usefull features.
· Cross Platform - Supports various systems and compilers.
· XTKlib is known to work under:
· Windows XP (x86)
· Visual C++ versions 7.1, 8.0
· MinGW32
· Linux (x86, x86_64)
· GCC 3.4
· Compatibility with other platforms and compilers are not excluded.(If you can compile/use xtklib with a non listed compiler/platform let us know about that, thanks)
· Fast - Although performance are not the main goal of this library (exceptions and RTTI have a tradeoff in this meaning), code agility and execution speed are often taken in consideration during development, thus leaving a performance advantage compared to interpreted programming languages(eg. Java,C#) or scripting languages(eg. Python,Ruby,Perl).

Whats New in This Release:

· This is the first release with a working "Widgets" module, although it has only basic features.
· This release is provided for testing and development only.