Minimal CMake

Part 2: Scaling Up

After getting our application up and running with the help of CMake, and creating our first library, we’ll next focus on making working with CMake easier (a topic we’ll return to throughout the book). This will make day-to-day usage easier and improve the onboarding experience for any new developers wishing to get set up with your project. Returning to our application, we’ll introduce a new command that can better handle larger dependencies, decoupling them from the main build. We’ll then turn the tables and show what is needed to make your own libraries available this way, so both you and others can depend on the useful functionality you’ve built. Part 2 will close by showing you how to simplify the build to reduce the number ...