Run Applications on Multiple Operating Systems with Cross OS Development Platform
Today’s computing world comprises of heterogeneous computer systems, operating systems and interface environments. The explosion in the number of devices and the difficulty associated with code maintenance has forced programmers to dismiss the initial approach of developing platform dependent applications. Considering the cost, maintenance and marketing issues, programmers are favoring Cross-OS Development Platform that refers to the creation of a single software application that can run on different OS platforms without the expense and delay of “porting” the application code to additional operating systems. Wikipedia defines cross platform as “an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms.” Let’s look at some of the advantages of developing software that can run on multiple operating systems. * Protects your software investment from OS platform changes * Allows you to easily move your application to a new OS platform * Minimizes the learning associated with adopting a new operating system * Reduces the risk associated with choosing an operating system For any developer, maintaining separate sets of source code for the same application is a difficult but a required task if the application is to run on more than one operating system. With Cross-OS development Platform, developers can eliminate the need to maintain a separate code base, since it facilitates running embedded applications on many real-time operating systems (RTOS). The cross OS development platform is a C/C++ source-level virtualization technology that provides a robust and industry standard OS interface architecture for flexible real-time application development, while allowing the user to protect the software from being locked to a single operating system. Some of the advantages of the cross OS development platform are: * Eliminates the costs associated with multiple code bases required for multiple OS platforms * Easily extended to support your proprietary OS * Eliminates time consuming manual updates to applications when upgrading OS * Negates future porting issues when your platform changes as the software supports multiple operating systems and versions from the beginning * Eliminates the risk associated with the OS selection process, since the same application can be tested on multiple platforms for comparison and won’t be tied to the chosen OS * Common Development Environment for development, porting, virtualization, simulation and testing of applications (AppCOE ) Thus, there are a number of solid benefits from including cross OS development platform with your application development. It is always difficult to choose the right OS for your project, with Cross-OS Development Platform, the choice is much easier. Related Links: ada to c, system simulation