CMake: An Introduction (2023-11-27)

Original Agenda

• Agenda: CMake (2023-11-27)

Github Repository

• https://github.com/jfasch/2023-11-27

See also

• CMake: A Dirty But Powerful Build Tool (Course description)

• CMake (Course material)

• PDF (Unmaintained; old CMake course)

• Basics: Boilerplate, And Executables

• Libraries, And Dependencies

• Shared Libraries (Preview)

• Installation (“Deployment”)

• Structure - Subdirectories, Dependencies, and Include Paths

• C++, Debug/Release, CMake “Programming”, Rants

• Exercise: see https://github.com/jfasch/2023-11-27/tree/main/exercise

• “Configured” Header Files

• Optional Code: Problem Definition, OPTION()

• Optional Code, Approach 1: Optional blacklist, C Macro (Global Flags)

• Optional Code, Approach 2: Pushing Optionality Down In Module Interface

• Targets, Properties, And More

• External Dependencies

• Running Tests

• Cross development

  • Cross Development

  • CMake: Cross Build