How to use C++ for Cross-Platform Development

My current line of work revolves around an app that runs on four platforms – Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. It’s core code base is written in C++ and it uses Objective-C (on iOS and macOS) and Java (on Android) to access native APIs. I wanted to share some tips and tricks that I’ve accumulated …

Xilinx ISE WebPACK 14.7 on macOS using Lubuntu

Xilinx does not provide official installation of their FPGA IDEs for macOS, but there’s a nice way around – by using a Linux running on virtual machine. There’s an older how-to for Ubuntu, but I prefer to keep it light weight and went for Lubuntu instead. Prerequisites VirtualBox Lubuntu LiveCD Xilinx ISE WebPACK 14.7 (this …