Native development kit
Encyclopedia
A native development kit (NDK) is a software development kit
based on a native application programming interface
(API) which allows computer software
to be developed directly on a computing platform, rather than via a virtual machine
.
Creating software on a virtual machine is often easier than on a native development kit. However, the advantages of using an NDK is that it allows developers more options, and can yield higher performance.
Software development kit
A software development kit is typically a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.It may be something as simple...
based on a native application programming interface
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
(API) which allows computer software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
to be developed directly on a computing platform, rather than via a virtual machine
Virtual machine
A virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
.
Creating software on a virtual machine is often easier than on a native development kit. However, the advantages of using an NDK is that it allows developers more options, and can yield higher performance.
See also
- Machine codeMachine codeMachine code or machine language is a system of impartible instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit. Each instruction performs a very specific task, typically either an operation on a unit of data Machine code or machine language is a system of impartible instructions...
(native code) - Managed codeManaged codeManaged code is a term coined by Microsoft to identify computer program code that requires and will only execute under the "management" of a Common Language Runtime virtual machine ....