Practical C++ Design: From Programming to Architecture

Appendix A: Acquiring, Building, and Executing pdCalc

This appendix explains how to acquire and build pdCalc, the program described in this book.

A.1 Getting the Source Code

The source code for pdCalc is hosted on Apress’s GitHub repository:

• https://github.com/Apress/practical-cplusplus-design-2e

From the GitHub site, you have two options for downloading the source code. The first option is to use a git client (https://git-scm.com/) and clone the repository to your local computer. For those familiar with managing source code with git, this is the preferred source code acquisition method. Using git to clone the repository will enable you to pull periodic bug updates from the online repository. Maybe you’ll even decide to contribute a bug fix to pdCalc ...