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From a Simple Executable to Libraries

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Compiling a single source file into an executable
Switching generators
Building and linking static and shared libraries
Controlling compilation with conditionals
Presenting options to the user
Specifying the compiler
Switching the build type
Controlling compiler flags
Setting the standard for the language
Using control flow constructs

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Learn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and Fortran

Progress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and Windows

Manage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building blocks

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CMake is cross-platform, open-source software for managing the build process in a portable fashion. This book features a collection of recipes and building blocks with tips and techniques for working with CMake, CTest, CPack, and CDash. CMake Cookbook includes real-world examples in the form of recipes that cover different ways to structure, configure, build, and test small- to large-scale code projects. You will learn to use CMake's command-line tools and master modern CMake practices for configuring, building, and testing binaries and libraries. With this book, you will be able to work with external libraries and structure your own projects in a modular and reusable way. You will be well-equipped to generate native build scripts for Linux, MacOS, and Windows, simplify and refactor projects using CMake, and port projects to CMake.

What you will learn

Configure, build, test, and install code projects using CMake

Detect operating systems, processors, libraries, files, and programs for conditional compilation

Increase the portability of your code

Refactor a large codebase into modules with the help of CMake

Build multi-language projects

Know where and how to tweak CMake configuration files written by somebody else

Package projects for distribution

Port projects to CMake

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Esteban May 16, 2022

Llevo varios años usando CMake y quería darle un repaso al 'CMake moderno' para limpiar partes obsoletas de mis proyectos así que me decidí por este libro.Es un buen libro tanto para iniciarse (3 primeros capítulos) como para profundizar en temas más avanzados de CMake. Los tres primeros capítulos abarca lo más básico para comenzar con CMake. Se ve como crear un ejecutable, una librería estática o dinámica, estructuras condicionales, presentación de opciones al usuario, trabajo con librerías de terceros, ...El 4° capítulo va sobre como trabajar con pruebas unitarias. Me parece muy acertado que hayan incluido ejemplos para google test y boost test. También tiene otro ejemplo con Valgrind para detectar problemas de memoría. Aquí hecho de menos que no se haya incluido también Visual Leak Detector.Lo que no me convence es que hayan dejado para el capítulo 7 la estructuración de un proyecto CMake. Personalmente creo que es de las primeras cosas que se debería explicar.Incluye también la instalación, el empaquetado con CPack, documentación con Doxigen y Sphin, CDash.Otro acierto del libro es utilizar en los ejemplos librerías como OpenMP, Eigen, Blas, Lapack o Boost.Todos los ejemplos están en GitHub lo cual es de agradecer.

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User0910 Jun 13, 2021

Le livre n'est pas vraiment un "livre de recettes" au sens classique, qui présupposerait une certaine connaissance de CMake. C'est bien un livre d'introduction à CMake, mais avec le parti pris d'apprendre à s'en servir en partant d'exemples complets et progressivement plus complexes, plutôt que par une introduction formelle au langage. Ce n'est pas forcément une mauvaise chose, je suppose que c'est une question de goût.Au niveau des bonnes choses, je trouve que le livre contient pas mal de recettes que l'on ne trouvera pas ailleurs, du fait de l'ouverture de l'auteur, très tôt dans le livre, à des projets multi-langages (notamment contenant du python). Sur le papier, le livre va assez loin.Mais, au delà de l'aspect un peu rigide de la présentation imposée par Packt (Getting Ready/How to do it/How it works) qui hache et dilue le propos à mes yeux, le livres souffre de plusieurs défault. Le principal est qu'il est malheureusement déjà dépassé en 2021. CMake a évolué rapidement ces dernières années, trop pour pouvoir recommander à l'achat un livre qui semble se concentrer sur CMake 3.5 alors que CMake 3.20 vient de sortir.Un autre défaut est que l'auteur ne semble malheureusement pas toujours de bon conseil. Non, on ne peut pas laisser traîner un CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS dans un example de son livre sans expliquer tout de suite après que c'est une mauvaise pratique à bannir dans la vraie vie. Si, il est légitime de vouloir utiliser les variables globales CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS pour contrôler les flags de compilation de tous les projets, c'est même parfois recommandable. Plus gênant, la recette pour écrire un find module repose sur les vieux mécanismes de CMake 2 en retournant des variables plutôt qu'une target.Enfin, contrairement à ce que l'auteur laisse entendre tout au long du livre, les examples du livres sont très fortement orientés Linux, et certains ne fonctionneront tout simplement pas sous Windows avec Visual Studio. L'utilisation omniprésente de pkg-config, par exemple, est décevante.

Scotty Doodelly Oct 05, 2020

I could write a review like this. I could tell you the motivation for why we are discussing this book in this review, and then I could give you the information relevant to the review.ORINTRODUCTIONSome words about the history of reviews in general.Getting ReadyPretty soon we're going to get to it.How To Do ItLet me distract you some moreHow It WorksIf you really want to see the review, download the example here.-- Circle I Note that in 1693, the committee for reviews has not fully adopted the standard 3.x in favor of 3.x.y.z.-- Flashbulb Symbol If you are Hungarian, you probably can't understand thisThere Is More Maybe in later chapters we will actually help you get somewhere, for now we are going to slog through 10 pages to tell you what we could have done in a single small paragraph.Bottom Line: Try using this book as reference material after you've gone through it and wish to pick it up a year later to remind you of something. Not going to happen.

David C Sep 07, 2020

The author is modest in calling this book a Cookbook. It is really so much more than that. It is a well-structured tutorial and how-to as well. The recipes build on prior recipes. Everything is explained in detail, including concepts and background about CMake. The author provides a ready-made Docker image with all the needed tools pre-installed, and a Git repository with all the book's example code. You can actually edit, build, and run the examples in the Docker image as you are reading the book. This is very helpful. I was up and running the recipes in about 10 minutes (only because I needed to install Docker on my system - otherwise it would have been 2 minutes!).I am a professional embedded C++ developer who inherited a complex CMake build environment at work, which I need to enhance and modify. I had never been exposed to CMake before. This book is proving to be an extremely valuable resource for me, helping me to understand what I am dealing with and how to modify it.

bigdude409 Nov 08, 2019

Don't buy. Book is not formatted correctly in cloud reader. Displays as one long document 1 column wide.

CMake Cookbook: Building, testing, and packaging modular software with modern CMake

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CMake Cookbook

From a Simple Executable to Libraries

Introduction

Compiling a single source file into an executable

Getting ready

Switching generators

Building and linking static and shared libraries

Controlling compilation with conditionals

Presenting options to the user

Specifying the compiler

How to do it

Switching the build type

Controlling compiler flags

Setting the standard for the language

Using control flow constructs

Getting ready

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