Cross-Platform Resources and References


This is a Bibliography of Articles about cross-platform development. This bibliography is by no means complete, but we hope you find it helpful. (Any articles that are available on-line have links)


Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings


Writing Portable C++ Code

Cross-platform Strategies, April '95 Scot Wingo

Windows Controls Vs. Motif Widgets

Windows Happenings Column Xjournal, March/April '95 Scot Wingo

A Tale of Events and Messages

Windows Happenings Column Xjournal, January/February '95 Scot Wingo

How to Write Fast Win32 Portable Applications

Software Development 95 Proceedings, February '95 Ken Blackwell

Middleware for the Masses

Windows Happenings Column Xjournal, November/December '94 Scot Wingo

All aboard the MFC Express

Windows Tech Journal, November 1994 Scot Wingo

The Visual Revolution

Windows Happenings Column Xjournal, September/October '94 Scot Wingo

Cross-Platform Options for the 90's

All SIGS publications (cross-platform insert), September 1994 Scot Wingo

Plunge Into MFC's User Interface

Windows Tech Journal, August 1994 Scot Wingo

Writing Portable Win32 Applications

NT Developer, July 1994 Scot Wingo

A Look at OLE2, Object Technology Comes to Windows

Windows Happenings Column XJournal, July-August '94 Scot Wingo

Implementing the Windows API on Unix

XJournal, July-August '94 Scot Wingo

Top 10 MFC Tricks

Windows Tech Journal, May 1994 Scot Wingo

Cross Platform Development with Visual C++

Dr. Dobbs Journal, March 1994 Chane Cullens

Details how to program for multiple environments using Microsoft's Visual C++

Porting Microsoft's Foundation Classes to UNIX.

C User's Journal, January 1994 Scot Wingo and Louis Lu

This article details how Bristol ported MFC to UNIX and some of the portability pitfalls that had to be avoided.

Implementing the Windows API on Unix

Motif '93 Conference Proceedings Scot Wingo

This paper discusses the technical differences between Windows and Motif and describes how Bristol bridged the gap between the two worlds.


Books


Using Visual C++ 2 Special Edition by QUE books

Two chapters written by Chane Cullens:

Published by Que Corporation, December 1994, ISBN: 1-56529-810-1, Cost: $44.99 USD


****COMING SOON****

Cross-Platform Development with Visual C++

Ken Blackwell, Bristol's Chief Technical Officer, and Chane Cullens, Wind/U Product Manager, have put their extensive cross-platform knowledge down in writing, and you can now get the scoop from your local bookstore. Look for "Cross-Platform Development with Visual C++" published by M&T Press coming in May '95 to bookstores across the country. The book covers portability issues dealing with porting Win32 applications to Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, and the Macintosh(tm). An article entitled "Developing a Cross-Platform Development Strategy" in the June issue of Software Development is adapted from the book.


Independent Reviews


Product of the Month: Wind/U

Unixworld September 1992 Howard Baldwin

Highlights Wind/U as the up and coming portability solution.


HyperHelp

RS/Magazine March 1993 Barry Shein

"Want a neat product to build Motif Hypertext Help..."


Architecture Ports Windows Apps to Unix Users, Without the Tears

Open Systems Today January, 24 1994

"Wind/U helps you port cleanly to a 32 bit environment... and rewards you with delivery on popular UNIX platforms."