Who this book is for

Writing software that can run natively, reliably, and efficiently on many different platforms is of paramount importance for all sectors of industry and society. Software build systems take center stage in this task. They are a crucial part in the management of the software development life cycle: from incubation and prototype development to testing and all the way till packaging, deployment, and distribution. CMake is designed to help you manage these operations: if you are a software developer who wishes to manage the build system using CMake or who would like to be able to understand and modify CMake code written by others, this book is for you.