ASD

ASD is the multi-functional platform for C++ development. The main goal of this project is to make development rapid and clear, to avoid unnecessary complexity while maintaining the effectiveness of applications in the end. It is intended to be cross-platform in the future (and supports Windows and Linux now). The focus is made on compile-time programming, so there are lots of templates can be found inside. We are trying to move the complexity from user space to library space in this way.

The ASD project is inspired by Boost but is meant to provide more high-level components and tools to deal with graphics, user input, physics, scene management and so on. At this point, the development is at an early stage, so some of these components are slightly crude (or broken due to some big changes), and documentation is WIP. There is a lot of work to be done to make things work as intended, so any help will be VERY appreciated.

Features

Meta-programming

• Tight integration with the build system (dllimport/dllexport are managed authomatically with the api(module) macro, for example)
• Template function selection (useif, skipif and selectif conditions)
• Integer type indices generation to create type-to-object mappings (see the gfx::context components from the graphics module)

Common

• Generalized graphic context management and extensions (partially implemented OpenGL backend and FreeType font extension)
• Mathematical objects and functions (matrices, vectors, geometrical objects; SIMD support)

Libraries in ASD are as small and independent as possible. Each library has its own power. There is no need to use all the libraries, feel free to take only libraries which you need!

Build system

ASD is not only its libraries, it is the platform which helps you to manage your projects, their dependencies and resources

Build system is based on CMake, CMake scripts and some system-dependent scripts. These tools will help you to create new libraries, add sources and dependencies in very simple way. It is really something different.

To make ASD project files use:

Windows (MSVC 2017, x64):

asd.bat make vs64

Windows (MSVC 2015, x64)

asd.bat make vs2015-64

Linux (Code Blocks):

./asd make code-blocks

Qt Creator

./asd make qt

Call ./asd make to see all options

Look at tools/asd-make.cmake, there is an extension point

Notice that CMakeLists.txt can be used as is (for example, as a CLion project)