Master CMake for Cross-Platform C++ Project Building

Master CMake for Cross-Platform C++ Project Building

Learning CMake was never so easy!

Welcome to the course Master CMake for Cross-Platform C++ Project Building, where you will learn the CMake tool from the beginning. After completing this course, you'll be able to

• Build CMake based projects,

• Export your project, and

• Link your executable against any CMake/ Non-Cmake based library

Enroll Now and enjoy the 3.5-hours ride to learn the most powerful way of building the C++ projects.

This course is made after extensive research on Stackoverflow, Quora, Reddit, Youtube, and other Q&A websites to handpick the concepts which are difficult to understand for the beginners. The course starts with compiling a simple C++ code; and, over the modules, various functionalities are added as the complexity increases.

The broad outline of the course is as follows:

1. Section 1:

   1. Problems associated with NOT using a build system

   2. Difference between a build system (Make) and a meta-build system (CMake).

2. Section 2:

   1. Installation of CMake

   2. First executable using the CMake

3. Section 3:

   1. Managing large projects using sub-directories

4. Section 4:

   1. Variables, Lists, and Strings

   2. Scripting Capabilities of CMake

5. Section 5:

   1. Flow Control commands (If-else commands and the Loops)

   2. Functions, Scopes, Macros, Modules, and Listfiles.

6. Section 6:

   1. Configuring a project using Cache Variables

   2. Concept of Libraries

   3. Using Ninja Build System with CMake

7. Section 7:

   1. Installation a package that is developed by someone else

   2. Export our package so that someone else can use it

8. Section 8:(Read through Section)

   1. Miscellaneous small concepts, FAQs and tips

9. Section 9:

   1. Problems while installing and using External Libraries

   2. Using External Libraries developed using both CMake and Non-CMake based build systems

      
      

Enroll Now and enjoy the 3.5-hours ride to learn the most powerful way of building the C++ projects.

Learn the most powerful and recommended way of building the C++ projects

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What you will learn

• CMake Commands and Terminologies
• Importance of Make and CMake
• Importing and Exporting Packages

Rating: 4.3725

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 3.5 hours

Instructor: Milan Yadav