English | 2022 | ISBN: ‎ 1801070059 | 602 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 23 MB

Creating top-notch software is an extremely difficult undertaking. Developers researching the subject have difficulty deteing which advice is up to date and which approaches have already been replaced by easier, better practices. At the same , most online resources offer limited explanation, while also lacking the proper context and structure.

Key Features

Understand and automate compilation and linking with CMake

Manage internal and external dependencies easily

Add quality checks and tests as an inherent step for your builds

Book Description

Creating top-notch software is an extremely difficult undertaking. Developers researching the subject have difficulty deteing which advice is up to date and which approaches have already been replaced by easier, better practices. At the same , most online resources offer limited explanation, while also lacking the proper context and structure.

This book offers a simpler, more comprehensive, experience as it treats the subject of building C solutions holistically. Modern CMake for C is an end-to-end guide to the automatization of complex tasks, including building, testing, and packaging. You'll not only learn how to use the CMake language in CMake projects, but also discover what makes them maintainable, elegant, and clean. The book also focuses on the structure of source directories, building targets, and packages. As you progress, you'll learn how to compile and link executables and libraries, how those processes work, and how to optimize builds in CMake for the best results. You'll understand how to use external dependencies in your project – third-party libraries, testing frameworks, program analysis tools, and documentation generators. Finally, you'll get to grips with exporting, installing, and packaging for internal and external purposes.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to use CMake confidently on a professional level.

What you will learn

Understand best practices for building C code

Gain practical knowledge of the CMake language by focusing on the most useful aspects

Use cutting-edge tooling to guarantee code quality with the help of tests and static and dynamic analysis

Discover how to manage, discover, , and link dependencies with CMake

Build solutions that can be reused and maintained in the long term

Understand how to optimize build artifacts and the build process itself

Who this book is for

The book is for build eeers and software developers with knowledge of C/C programming who are looking to learn CMake to automate the process of building small and large software solutions. If you are someone who's just getting started with CMake, a long- GNU Make user, or simply looking to brush up on the latest best practices, this book is for you.

Table of Contents

First Steps with CMake

The CMake Language

Setting Up Your First CMake Project

Working with Targets

Compiling C Sources with CMake

Linking with CMake

Managing Dependencies with CMake

Testing Frameworks

Program Analysis Tools

Generating Documentation

Installing and Packaging

Creating Your Professional Project

Appendix Miscellaneous Commands