CMake Best Practices

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: The Basics

Chapter 1: Kickstarting CMake

Technical requirements

CMake in a nutshell

Installing CMake

Building CMake from source

Building your first project

A minimal CMakeLists.txt file

Understanding the CMake build process

Source folders and build folders

Writing CMake files

The CMake language – a 10,000-feet overview

Different toolchains and build types

Build types

Maintaining good build configurations with presets

Summary

Further reading

Questions

Chapter 2: Accessing CMake in Best Ways

Technical requirements

Using CMake via a command-line interface

Learning the basics of the CMake CLI

Advanced configuration using CMake-GUI and ccmake

Learning how to use ccmake (CMake curses GUI)

Using CMake via cmake-gui ...