cross-platform

Cross-Platform Development

When to Use

• Adding new platform support
• Writing platform-specific code
• Testing across platforms

Platform Detection

Bash (macOS/Linux)

detect_os() {
    case "$(uname -s)" in
        Darwin*)    echo "macos" ;;
        Linux*)
            # Check for WSL
            if grep -qi microsoft /proc/version 2>/dev/null; then
                echo "wsl"
            else
                echo "linux"
            fi
            ;;
        CYGWIN*|MINGW*|MSYS*) echo "windows" ;;
        *)          echo "unknown" ;;
    esac
}

PowerShell (Windows)

function Get-Platform {
    if ($IsWindows -or $env:OS -eq "Windows_NT") {
        return "windows"
    } elseif ($IsLinux) {
        return "linux"
    } elseif ($IsMacOS) {
        return "macos"
    }
    return "unknown"
}

Notification Tools by Platform

Platform	Primary	Fallback
macOS	terminal-notifier	osascript
Linux	notify-send	zenity, wall
Windows	BurntToast	System.Windows.Forms
WSL	wsl-notify-send	notify-send

Platform-Specific Patterns

macOS

send_macos_notification() {
    local title="$1"
    local message="$2"

    if command -v terminal-notifier &> /dev/null; then
        terminal-notifier \
            -title "$title" \
            -message "$message" \
            -sound "Glass"
    else
        osascript -e "display notification \"$message\" with title \"$title\""
    fi
}

Linux

send_linux_notification() {
    local title="$1"
    local message="$2"

    if command -v notify-send &> /dev/null; then
        notify-send "$title" "$message" \
            --urgency=normal \
            --app-name="Code-Notify"
    elif command -v zenity &> /dev/null; then
        zenity --notification --text="$title\n$message"
    else
        echo "[$title] $message" | wall 2>/dev/null
    fi
}