what is the diffrence between ToolKit and Library and SDK ?

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i have searched adn read something about all but i couldnt underestand at last.

please explain those simply

Posted 8-Feb-13 5:56am

hor_313

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Library: It is a collection of methods/functions wrapped up into a package that can be imported into a code project and re-used.

Toolkit: It is a group of tools (and at times code libraries) that you can use to make it easier to access a device or a system.

SDK: Software Development Kit is a set of libraries that help you in developing code that uses a particular system.

Posted 8-Feb-13 6:12am

Sandeep Mewara

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Albert Holguin 8-Feb-13 13:42pm

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Matthew Faithfull · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-08T06:06:00

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Not much or a lot depending on which one you choose:-

A library is just one module .Dll .a .so .lib either static or dynamic that you can link with.

An SDK will usually contain lots of libraries and the headers that describe the types on the library interfaces, but some sneaky people might call this a code library or library for short which is confusing.

A toolkit could be anything from 1 library + 1 header to a whole SDK plus compiler, linker, editor, resource compiler, idl compiler and a sack load of tools like debuggers, introspectors and crash dump analysers. Sometime you get all that and they still just call it a Software Development Kit as that's what it is.

Posted 8-Feb-13 6:06am

Matthew Faithfull

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Sandeep Mewara 8-Feb-13 12:13pm

My 5! Nicely explained.

hor_313 8-Feb-13 12:30pm

the GTK+ is named ToolKit but i dont know what it has?

Matthew Faithfull 8-Feb-13 12:37pm

GTK+ is a Graphical User Interface toolkit. It contains libraries, headers and tools to enable you to make GUIs. It only does this so you will still need a compiler and editor at least to use it with. It is written mostly in C and there are versions for Linux, Windows and other operating systems. You can look it up and find the details.

Albert Holguin 8-Feb-13 13:42pm

I like your answer... and the question, since I never actually thought about the SDK/Toolkit terminology very much (work with them on a regular basis, but never thought about an actual "meaning" of the terms)... +5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Feb-13 14:27pm

Right, a 5.
—SA