zoolib 0.9

You don't need to link in everything to write a ZooLib application; only the mutex, threads, and reference counted smart pointers (ZRef template) are required to make a minimal ZooLib application. For example, you could use only the networking classes to make a network daemon with no UI, or maybe a database server if you also included the database classes.<br /><br />About ZooLib<br /> * Why ZooLib is Good<br /> for the Community<br /> * Supported Platforms<br /> * Download the Source<br /> * Applications That Use ZooLib<br /> * ZooLib in the News<br /> * What ZooLib Needs for the future.<br /> * Sample Applications and<br /> Their Source Code<br /> * How to Build the Sample Applications.<br /> * Read the ZHelloWorld Source Code<br /> * ZooLib Mailing Lists<br /> * ZooLib Subversion and<br /> CVS Repositories<br /> * Join ZooLib's Development<br /><br /> * ZooLib applications are multithreaded, with platform-independent thread and mutex classes.<br /> * It provides a graphical user interface toolbox with a uniquely flexible layout method.<br /> * The GUI widgets are drawn by platform-specific renderers, so Mac apps look like native Mac apps, and similarly for Windows. There is even a switchable renderer that calls through to the real ones so you can change look and feel at runtime for testing and demonstration. On the Macintosh, the Appearance Manager is used to render widgets if it is available.<br /> * It provides useful classes such as thread-safe reference counted smart pointers.<br /> * There is a lightweight database file format, in which the databases are completely contained in single files so they can serve as end-user documents, for example to allow a user to email a database file to a friend who can then double-click it to open it in an editor.<br /> * It provides file access - file open and save dialogs that filter according to platform style (three letter extension on Windows, file type on Mac OS X), file references and classes for accessing open files.<br /> * Streams which may be linked to various data sources and sinks (files, the network, memory, etc.) and to each other to create filters.<br /> * It provides TCP networking.<br /> * It has extensive debugging support - debugging functions and macros, assertions in frequently used core components, and a debugging memory allocator.<br /> * The ZooLib header files define several handy preprocessor macros that allow you to easily use the C preprocessor to break out to OS-specific code in the rare instances it is necessary, or when you're using an API whose functionality is not provided directly within ZooLib. In a few cases where it makes sense, certain classes are only provided for one platform, or variants with different names or different signatures are provided for the different platforms.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Mac, Mac OSX
Keyword:	Access,  Accessing,  Databases,  Dialogs,  Editor,  Extension,  Filter,  Letter,  Linked,  Memory,  Platform,  References,  Sinks,  Sources,  Streams,  Style
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