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Modern CMake for C++

Modern CMake for C++

By : Rafał Świdziński
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Modern CMake for C++

Modern CMake for C++

4.7 (12)
By: Rafał Świdziński

Overview of this book

Modern CMake for C++ isn't just another reference book, or a repackaging of the documentation, but a blueprint to bridging the gap between learning C++ and being able to use it in a professional setting. It's an end-to-end guide to the automation of complex tasks, including building, testing, and packaging software. This second edition is significantly rewritten, restructured and refreshed with latest additions to CMake, such as support of C++20 Modules. In this book, you'll not only learn how to use the CMake language in CMake projects but also discover how to make those projects maintainable, elegant, and clean. As you progress, you'll dive into the structure of source directories, building targets, and packages, all while learning how to compile and link executables and libraries. You'll also gain a deeper understanding of how those processes work and how to optimize builds in CMake for the best results. You'll discover how to use external dependencies in your project – third-party libraries, testing frameworks, program analysis tools, and documentation generators. Finally, you'll gain profi ciency in exporting, installing, and packaging for internal and external purposes. By the end of this book, you'll be able to use CMake confi dently at a professional level.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Index

Starting with the Visual Studio IDE

The Visual Studio (VS) IDE is an IDE available for Windows developed by Microsoft. VS was available for macOS but is being deprecated in August 2024. It’s important to distinguish it from VS Code, the other IDE by Microsoft.

VS comes in a few flavors: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. The Community version is free, allowing up to five users in a company. More mature companies will need to pay licensing fees, which start from $45 per user monthly. Figure 3.5 shows what VS Community looks like:

Figure 3.5: The main window of VS 2022

Like the other IDEs discussed in this chapter, you can enable dark mode if you prefer. Let’s move on to the noteworthy features of this IDE.

Why you might like it

This IDE shares many features with VS Code, offering an experience of a similar flavor but in a much more refined form. The suite is full of features, many of which utilize GUIs, wizards, and visual elements. Most...

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