<s>
JUCE	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
C++	B-Language
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
,	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
is	O
used	O
in	O
particular	O
for	O
its	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
plug-ins	B-Application
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
JUCE	B-Language
is	O
to	O
allow	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
such	O
that	O
the	O
same	O
source	O
code	O
will	O
compile	B-Language
and	O
run	O
identically	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
various	O
development	O
environments	O
and	O
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
resulted	O
from	O
a	O
split-out	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
that	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Julian	O
Storer	O
to	O
create	O
Tracktion	B-Application
's	I-Application
(	O
now	O
Waveform	O
)	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
graphic	O
and	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
covered	O
by	O
a	O
dual	O
GPL/commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
and	O
Raw	O
Material	O
Software	O
were	O
acquired	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
by	O
London-based	O
hardware	O
manufacturer	O
ROLI	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
JUCE	B-Language
had	O
been	O
sold	O
by	O
ROLI	O
to	O
PACE	O
Anti-Piracy	O
Inc	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
usable	O
in	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
on	O
multiple	B-Operating_System
platforms	I-Operating_System
and	O
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raw	O
Material	O
Software	O
gives	O
the	O
following	O
list	O
of	O
platforms	O
and	O
compilers	B-Language
on	O
which	O
support	O
is	O
officially	O
confirmed	O
;	O
others	O
may	O
work	O
,	O
but	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
officially	O
tested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
is	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
following	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
is	O
officially	O
confirmed	O
to	O
work	O
properly	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
other	O
frameworks	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
,	O
GTK	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
JUCE	B-Language
contains	O
classes	O
providing	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
functions	O
that	O
cover	O
user-interface	O
elements	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
parsing	O
,	O
networking	O
,	O
cryptography	O
,	O
multi-threading	B-General_Concept
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
interpreter	O
that	O
mimics	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
's	O
syntax	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
commonly	O
used	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
developers	O
needing	O
several	O
third-party	O
libraries	O
may	O
thus	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
consolidate	O
and	O
use	O
only	O
the	O
JUCE	B-Language
library	B-Library
,	O
or	O
at	O
least	O
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
third-party	O
libraries	O
they	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
inspiration	O
was	O
Java	O
's	O
JDK	B-Language
,	O
and	O
JUCE	B-Language
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
something	O
similar	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
feature	O
of	O
JUCE	B-Language
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
similar	O
frameworks	O
is	O
its	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
audio	O
functionality	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
because	O
JUCE	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
Tracktion	B-Application
,	O
an	O
audio	O
sequencer	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
split	O
off	O
into	O
a	O
standalone	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
has	O
support	O
for	O
audio	O
devices	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
CoreAudio	B-Operating_System
,	O
ASIO	B-Library
,	O
ALSA	B-Application
,	O
JACK	B-Application
,	O
WASAPI	O
,	O
DirectSound	B-Device
)	O
and	O
MIDI	O
playback	O
,	O
polyphonic	O
synthesizers	O
,	O
built-in	O
readers	O
for	O
common	O
audio	O
file	O
formats	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
WAV	O
,	O
AIFF	O
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
wrappers	O
for	O
building	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
audio	O
plugin	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
VST	B-Application
effects	I-Application
and	O
instruments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUCE	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
wrapper	O
classes	O
for	O
building	O
audio	O
and	O
browser	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
building	O
an	O
audio	O
plugin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
single	O
binary	O
is	O
produced	O
that	O
supports	O
multiple	O
plugin	B-Application
formats	O
(	O
VST	B-Application
&	O
VST3	O
,	O
RTAS	B-Operating_System
,	O
AAX	O
,	O
Audio	B-Operating_System
Units	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
all	O
the	O
platform	O
and	O
format-specific	O
code	O
is	O
contained	O
in	O
the	O
wrapper	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
build	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
VST/VST3/RTAS/AAX/AUs	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
JUCE7	O
targeting	O
,	O
and	O
hosting	O
,	O
of	O
LV2	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
is	O
also	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Browser	O
plugins	B-Application
are	O
handled	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
:	O
a	O
single	O
binary	O
is	O
produced	O
that	O
functions	O
as	O
both	O
an	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
and	O
an	O
ActiveX	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Projucer	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
managing	O
JUCE	B-Language
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
files	O
and	O
settings	O
for	O
a	O
JUCE	B-Language
project	O
have	O
been	O
specified	O
,	O
the	O
Projucer	O
automatically	O
generates	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
3rd-party	O
project	O
files	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
compiled	B-Language
natively	O
on	O
each	O
target	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
currently	O
generate	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
projects	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
projects	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Makefiles	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
Ant	B-Application
builds	O
and	O
CodeBlocks	B-Language
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
providing	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
project	O
's	O
files	O
and	O
settings	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
code	O
editor	O
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
GUI	B-Application
editor	O
,	O
wizards	O
for	O
creating	O
new	O
projects	O
and	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
live	O
coding	O
engine	O
useful	O
for	O
user	O
interface	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
