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Minimal CMake
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Minimal CMake

by Tom Hulton-Harrop
January 2025
Intermediate to advanced
266 pages
7h 3m
English
Packt Publishing
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Preface

We are thrilled you’ve decided to pick up Minimal CMake to either get introduced to CMake or to expand your knowledge of what is possible with it today. If you are interested in learning about how CMake can help you create libraries and applications, integrate with world-class open source software, or how it can be used to share your creations with others, you’re in the right place.

The title of this book is a little tongue-in-cheek, but the idea is to get to the good bits of CMake as fast as possible, skipping over some areas and avoiding others entirely. CMake is at its best when it does what you need it to do, and then gets out of your way. You don’t need to be a CMake expert to wield it effectively, and whether you’re new to CMake ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781835087312