copperspice: A C++ repository from AGaliuzov

CopperSpice

Introduction

CopperSpice consists of a set of libraries used to develop cross-platform software applications. It is an open source project released under the LGPL V2.1 license.

Major enhancements

Meta-Object Compiler (moc)

The Meta-Object Compiler is no longer required for generating meta data
Since moc is no longer required it was removed
The functionality provided by moc was replaced with compile time templates
CopperSpice automatically generates meta data for processing Signals/ Slots and Introspection
A template class can now inherit from QObject with no restrictions on types
Complex data types can be used without restrictions
- For example the following is valid in CopperSpice: QMap<QString, int>

New Functionality

CopperSpice includes several of the Qt 5 classes
CopperSpice makes extensive use of modern C++ features like variadic templates, constexpr, SFINAE, lambdas, atomics, tuple, etc
Reimplement container classes in CsCore leveraging the C++ standard library containers, iterators, and algorithms
Integration of CsSignal
- Improved thread aware Signal/Slot delivery
- Increased efficiency while maintaining the full Signal/Slot API
Integration of CsString
- Improved storage of Unicode strings
- In the process of adding QString8 (UTF-8) and QString16 (UTF-16)

Building

The CopperSpice libraries can be built using CMake or GNU Autotools
Any application using CopperSpice can be built with CMake, GNU Autotools, or any other build system
CopperSpice can be linked directly into any standard C++ application

CopperSpice is a C++ library derived from the Qt framework. Our motivation for developing CopperSpice was to change the core design of the libraries leveraging modern C++ functionality.

CopperSpice consists of the following libraries:

CsCore, CsGui, CsMultimedia, CsNetwork, CsOpenGL, CsPhonon, CsScript, CsSql, CsSvg, CsWebKit, CsXml, and CsXmlPatterns

System Requirements

To use the CopperSpice libraries you will need a C++14 compiler and a C++14 standard library.

Uses CMake or Autotools for building binary files. Your project can be built with either CMake or Autotools. Refer to our CopperSpice Overview documentation, DoxyPress application, or our KitchenSink demo for sample build files.

Documentation

Full class documentation for CopperSpice is available on the CopperSpice website:

www.copperspice.com/docs/cs_api/index.html

Overview and Building

The CopperSpice Overview documentation includes information on how to build CopperSpice, how to set up a CopperSpice project, and how to migrate from Qt to CopperSpice.

www.copperspice.com/docs/cs_overview/index.html