Cross platform (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Automatic build scripts with Workflows
Multilingual support (English, Spanish)
- UI support would be straightforward, but the test content could not be translated easily.
Commandline Options
- --test <test_file>: Open a test file on startup
- --lang <language>: Set the language on startup
Profile

Concerns

Testing on VDI
- It's important that these builds are fully compatible on the VDI machines (Windows, no admin privileges).
- Potential for integration testing on VDI-like machines?
MacOS ARM/Intel support
- ARM machines are notorious for not supporting lots of software, but many students have Macs. Testing on both architectures is important.
Release/Debug builds
- It would be good to have debug builds availble for testing.
Runtime & Build-time Version
- Version, environment type & target information is important to have available at both runtime & build time.
- Builds must have artifacts that contain this information automatically.
- Commit hash, build date, build type, target platform, etc.

VS Code

Requirements
- C/C++ Extension
- CMake Tools Extension
Configuraiton
- c_cpp_properties.json (C/C++ Extension)
  - configurations[].configurationProvider must be set to ms-vscode.cmake-tools
- settings.json
  - cmake.configureArgs must contain -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<QT_INSTALL_DIR>
    - For example, my QT installation directory was /home/xevion/Qt/6.5.2/gcc_64

Deployment

Deployment strategies are still highly experimental, use the list below to develop, improve & form best practices for cross platform development & deployment.

Deployment Systems
- linuxdeployqt
- linuxdeploy (not used at this moment)
- macdeployqt
- windeployqt
Workflow References
- QOwnNotes (build-release.yaml)
  - Windows, MacOS, Linux AppImage (linuxdeploy), Linux Snap
  - Lots of heavily involved build systems. Advanced application.
- Ripes
  - linux-release.yml (AppImage with linuxdeployqt)
  - windows-release.yml (Ninja build)
  - mac-release.yml
  - Simpler build systems.
  - WASM target.