Examples

The classic first applications 'Hello World'.

Console

hello_world_console.cpp:

#include <xtd/xtd>

using namespace xtd;

auto main()->int {
  console::background_color(console_color::blue);
  console::foreground_color(console_color::white);
  console::write_line("Hello, World!");
}

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)

project(hello_world_console)
find_package(xtd REQUIRED)
add_sources(hello_world_console.cpp)
target_type(CONSOLE_APPLICATION)

Build and run

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal". Navigate to the folder that contains the project and type the following:

xtdc run

Output

Hello, World!

Gui

hello_world_form.cpp

#include <xtd/xtd>

using namespace xtd::forms;

class main_form : public form {
public:
  main_form() {
    text("Hello world (message_box)");

    button1.location({10, 10});
    button1.parent(*this);
    button1.text("&Click me");
    button1.click += [] {
      message_box::show("Hello, World!");
    };
  }
  
private:
  button button1;
};

auto main()->int {
  application::run(main_form());
}

or

#include <xtd/xtd>

auto main()->int {
  auto main_form = xtd::forms::form::create("Hello world (message_box)");
  auto button1 = xtd::forms::button::create(main_form, "&Click me", {10, 10});
  button1.click += [] {xtd::forms::message_box::show("Hello, World!");};
  xtd::forms::application::run(main_form);
}

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)

project(hello_world_form)
find_package(xtd REQUIRED)
add_sources(hello_world_form.cpp)
target_type(GUI_APPLICATION)

Build and run

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal". Navigate to the folder that contains the project and type the following:

xtdc run

Output

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Unit tests

hello_world_test.cpp:

#include <xtd/xtd>
#include <string>

using namespace std;
using namespace xtd::tunit;

namespace unit_tests {
  class test_class_(hello_world_test) {
  public:
    void test_method_(create_string_from_literal) {
      string s = "Hello, World!";
      valid::are_equal(13, s.size());
      assert::are_equal("Hello, World!", s);
    }
    
    void test_method_(create_string_from_chars) {
      string s = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ',', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!'};
      valid::are_equal(13, s.size());
      string_assert::starts_with("Hello,", s);
      string_assert::ends_with(" World!", s);
    }
  };
}

auto main()->int {
  return console_unit_test().run();
}

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)

project(hello_world_test)
find_package(xtd REQUIRED)
add_sources(hello_world_test.cpp)
target_type(TEST_APPLICATION)

Build and run

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal". Navigate to the folder that contains the project and type the following:

xtdc run

Output

Start 2 tests from 1 test case
Run tests:
  SUCCEED hello_world_test.create_string_from_literal (0 ms total)
  SUCCEED hello_world_test.create_string_from_chars (0 ms total)

Test results:
  SUCCEED 2 tests.
End 2 tests from 1 test case ran. (0 ms total)

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