CMake Best Practices - Second Edition

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1 – The Basics

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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

Single-configuration and multi-configuration generators

Writing CMake files

The CMake language – a 10,000-foot overview

Different toolchains and build types

Build types

Maintaining good build configurations with presets

Summary

Further reading

Questions

Answers

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Accessing CMake in the 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 ...