Introduction to CMake

Learn Managing Build Processes

Created byDennis Groß

Last updated 5/2019

English

What you'll learn

Introduction to CMake
CMake Programming
Advanced CMake (Targets and Properties, Subdirectories, Export, Install, ...)
CTest

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 1h 5m total length

Environment Setup5:15
In this video we are going to setup our environment.
Overview of all commands:
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install make
sudo apt purge --auto-remove cmake
./bootstrap # after downloading cmake (in cmake folder)
make -j4
sudo make install
cmake --version
An Introduction to CMake6:23
Basic Understanding
First CMake Project19:24
We will build our first CMake Project
We will learn to understand the CMake Documentation
Basic Understanding
CMake Language12:46
Console Output
Variables
if/else
Foreach
Lists
CMake Variables
Cache Variables
Basic Understanding
CTest11:47
What is find_package() and how does it work?
Add a Unit-Test to your Project
Use CTest to run your Unit-Test
Package Export8:06
Install1:55
Complete Code0:03

Requirements

C++
Linux

Description

CMake is a powerful tool for software developers and every C++ developer should know how to use it properly. In this course, you will learn to program modern CMake in order to manage your build processes. The course contains videos, slides and quizzes. After this course, you will use CMake like a programming language and you will be able to create your own build pipelines for your C++ projects.

Who this course is for:

Software developer
C++ developer