You're reading from CMake Best Practices Upgrade your C++ builds with CMake for maximum efficiency and scalability

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835880647

Length 356 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Cmake

Concepts

Application Development

Authors (2):

Mustafa Kemal Gilor

Dominik Berner

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – The Basics

2. Chapter 1: Kickstarting CMake FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Accessing CMake in the Best Ways

4. Chapter 3: Creating a CMake Project

5. Part 2 – Practical CMake – Getting Your Hands Dirty with CMake

6. Chapter 4: Packaging, Deploying, and Installing a CMake Project

7. Chapter 5: Integrating Third-Party Libraries and Dependency Management

8. Chapter 6: Automatically Generating Documentation

9. Chapter 7: Seamlessly Integrating Code Quality Tools with CMake

10. Chapter 8: Executing Custom Tasks with CMake

11. Chapter 9: Creating Reproducible Build Environments

12. Chapter 10: Handling Distributed Repositories and Dependencies in a Super-Build

13. Chapter 11: Creating Software for Apple Systems

14. Part 3 – Mastering the Details

15. Chapter 12: Cross-Platform-Compiling Custom Toolchains

16. Chapter 13: Reusing CMake Code

17. Chapter 14: Optimizing and Maintaining CMake Projects

18. Chapter 15: Migrating to CMake

19. Index

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Appendix: Contributing to CMake and Further Reading Material

Recommended books and blogs

There are a lot of books, blogs, and resources regarding CMake. The following is a curated list of hand-selected resources that you may find useful. This list will allow you to discover more about CMake and expand your horizons:

CMake official documentation: https://cmake.org/documentation/.
- The official documentation for CMake. It is very broad and up to date.
Professional CMake: A Practical Guide: https://crascit.com/professional-cmake/.
A comprehensive book written by CMake’s co-maintainer, Craig Scott. It is very extensive and contains many details that you can’t find elsewhere. Reading this book is highly recommended if you want to gain a really deep understanding of CMake.
awesome-cmake: https://github.com/onqtam/awesome-cmake.
A vast curation of CMake-related resources. It is very extensive and regularly updated.
Getting Started with CMake: Helpful Resources: https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2017/10/04/getting-started...