Description
CopperSpice is of a set of C++ libraries used to develop cross-platform software applications. This is an open source project
released under the LGPL V2.1 license. CopperSpice was derived from the Qt framework. Our motivation for developing CopperSpice was to
change the core design and leverage modern C++ functionality.
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CopperSpice
Introduction
CopperSpice is a set of C++ libraries used to develop cross-platform software applications. This is an open source project released under the LGPL V2.1 license. CopperSpice was derived from the Qt framework and has diverged as the libraries are enhanced to work seamlessly with the C++ standard library. Our motivation for developing CopperSpice was to change the core design to provide a consistent and feature rich API.
The libraries provided in CopperSpice include:
- CsCore
- CsGui
- CsMultimedia
- CsNetwork
- CsOpenGL
- CsPhonon
- CsScript
- CsSql
- CsSvg
- CsWebKit
- CsXml
- CsXmlPatterns
There are also three open source BSD licensed libraries which are used by CopperSpice and available as stand alone libraries for anyone developing a C++ application.
- CsSignal
- CsString
- libGuarded
Major Enhancements
Reflection
- No Meta-Object Compiler is required for generating meta data, all references were 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 such as QMap<QString, int> can be used without restriction
Enhanced Functionality
- CopperSpice makes extensive use of modern C++ features
- variadic templates, constexpr, SFINAE, lambda expressions, atomics, tuple, etc
- Reimplemented all container classes to use the C++ standard library containers, iterators, and algorithms
- CopperSpice includes a large number of classes from Qt 5
- 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
- QString8 (UTF-8) and QString16 (UTF-16)
- New classes for QStringView and QStringParser
Using the Libraries
- 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
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.
Building
The CopperSpice libraries can be built using CMake or GNU Autotools.
Documentation
Overview
The CopperSpice Overview documentation includes information on building CopperSpice, downloading prebuilt binary files, package requirements, setting up an an application which links with CopperSpice, migrating to CopperSpice, and other general information.
www.copperspice.com/docs/cs_overview/index.html
API
The API contains full class documentation and multiple tutorials for CopperSpice.
www.copperspice.com/docs/cs_api_1.5/index.html
Presentations
Our YouTube channel contains videos about modern C++, graphics, build systems, CopperSpice, DoxyPress, and other topics related to software development.
https://www.youtube.com/copperspice
Links to technical presentations recorded at CppNow and CppCon:
www.copperspice.com/presentations.html
Authors / Contributors
- Ansel Sermersheim
- Barbara Geller
- Robin Mills
- Ivailo Monev
- Adam Mensel
- Daniel Pfeifer
- Zbigniew Skowron
- Matan Nassaw
- Mortaro Marcello
License
This library is released under the LGPL V2.1 license. For more information refer to the LICENSE files provided with this project.
References
- Website: www.copperspice.com
- Email: info@copperspice.com
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the copperspice README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.