CMake Best Practices: Upgrade your C++ builds with CMake for maximum efficiency and scalability, 2nd Edition

English | 2024 | ISBN: 978-1835880647 | 356 Pages | PDF, EPUB | 22 MB

Discover practical tips and techniques for leveraging CMake to optimize your software development workflow

Key Features

• Master CMake, from basics to advanced techniques, for seamless project management
• Gain practical insights and best practices to tackle real-world CMake challenges
• Implement advanced strategies for optimizing and maintaining large-scale CMake projects

Discover the cutting-edge advancements in CMake with the new edition of CMake Best Practices. This book focuses on real-world applications and techniques to leverage CMake, avoiding outdated hacks and overwhelming documentation.

You’ll learn how to use CMake presets for streamlined project configurations and embrace modern package management with Conan 2.0. Covering advanced methods to integrate third-party libraries and optimize cross-platform builds, this updated edition introduces new tools and techniques to enhance software quality, including testing frameworks, fuzzers, and automated documentation generation. Through hands-on examples, you’ll become proficient in structuring complex projects, ensuring that your builds run smoothly across different environments. Whether you’re integrating tools for continuous integration or packaging software for distribution, this book equips you with the skills needed to excel in modern software development.

By the end of the book, you’ll have mastered setting up and maintaining robust software projects using CMake to streamline your development workflow and produce high-quality software.

What you will learn

• Architect a well-structured CMake project
• Modularize and reuse CMake code across projects
• Use the latest CMake features for presets and dependency management
• Integrate tools for static analysis, linting, formatting, and documentation into a CMake project
• Execute hands-on cross-platform builds and seamless toolchain integration
• Implement automated fuzzing techniques to enhance code robustness
• Streamline your CI/CD pipelines with effective CMake configurations
• Craft a well-defined and portable build environment for your project