Applied Informatics is shipping a pre-release version of an Eclipse-based IDE (integrated development environment) for embedded Linux application development in C++. The Austria-based software consulting firm's Rapide++ IDE runs on both Windows and Linux development hosts and comes with C++ class… libraries for network-centric applications.

The Rapide++ IDE is based on the Eclipse project's CDT (C development tool) editor and comes with GNU GCC toolchains that support cross-compilation on either Windows or Linux hosts. The IDE also ships with a collection of C++ class libraries produced by the POCO (portable components) project, which is sponsored by Applied Informatics.

POCO libraries diagram

True to their name, the POCO components are available for a number of target OSes, including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, HP-UX, Tru64, Solaris, and QNX. Applied Informatics says POCO project software aims to simplify the development of network-centric devices, by providing standard libraries for:

• Threads, thread synchronization and advanced abstractions for multithreaded programming
• Streams and filesystem access
• Shared libraries and class loading
• Logging and error reporting
• Security
• Network programming (TCP/IP sockets, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, etc.)
• XML parsing (SAX2 and DOM) and generation
• Configuration file and options handling
• Database access

Additional touted Rapide++ features include:

• Remote debugging
• Automatic discovery of development boards connected via Ethernet (TCP/IP)
• Automatic IP address assignment
• Target tools include terminal, filesystem browser, editor, system viewer, process list, and thread viewer
• POCO C++ class libraries

Applied Informatics did not announce a target ship date for Rapide++, or specifics about how the product will be licensed. It has, however, announced plans to offer training and support services around the IDE.

Additionally, the company has published a Flash-based screen cast that walks the user through connecting the IDE to a board and remotely debugging an application.

 
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