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CppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part II"

A CppCon 2014 talk by Microsoft engineers on how Office delivers a single-source C++ codebase across iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. It covers architectures, techniques and lessons from shipping cross-platform products.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Cited in Electron, Flutter and React Native debates as evidence that large products can share C++ core code with native views.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
CppCon
Topic
cross-platform c++
Format
talk
Level
advanced
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2019

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Word for Windows and Word for Mac are much closer together than you may realize. Pretty interesting talk about cross platform Office. Part 1: [LINK] Part 2: [VIDEO]

    golf1052 on Hacker News · 2016-11
    In Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

  • Microsoft have a very interesting approach with their Office suite when it comes to cross-platform development. They go through it in some detail in this talk: [VIDEO]

    alimbada on Hacker News · 2017-05
    In Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Desktop Apps?

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