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Modern CMake for C++

You're reading from   Modern CMake for C++ Effortlessly build cutting-edge C++ code and deliver high-quality solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805121800
Length 502 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Rafał Świdziński Rafał Świdziński
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. First Steps with CMake 2. The CMake Language FREE CHAPTER 3. Using CMake in Popular IDEs 4. Setting Up Your First CMake Project 5. Working with Targets 6. Using Generator Expressions 7. Compiling C++ Sources with CMake 8. Linking Executables and Libraries 9. Managing Dependencies in CMake 10. Using the C++20 Modules 11. Testing Frameworks 12. Program Analysis Tools 13. Generating Documentation 14. Installing and Packaging 15. Creating Your Professional Project 16. Writing CMake Presets 17. Other Books You May Enjoy
18. Index
Appendix

Starting with the Visual Studio IDE

The Visual Studio (VS) IDE is an IDE available for Windows developed by Microsoft. VS was available for macOS but is being deprecated in August 2024. It’s important to distinguish it from VS Code, the other IDE by Microsoft.

VS comes in a few flavors: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. The Community version is free, allowing up to five users in a company. More mature companies will need to pay licensing fees, which start from $45 per user monthly. Figure 3.5 shows what VS Community looks like:

Figure 3.5: The main window of VS 2022

Like the other IDEs discussed in this chapter, you can enable dark mode if you prefer. Let’s move on to the noteworthy features of this IDE.

Why you might like it

This IDE shares many features with VS Code, offering an experience of a similar flavor but in a much more refined form. The suite is full of features, many of which utilize GUIs, wizards, and visual elements. Most...

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