C++
- Getting started with C++
- Awesome Book
- Awesome Community
- Awesome Course
- Awesome Tutorial
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- Alignment
- Argument Dependent Name Lookup
- Arithmitic Metaprogramming
- Arrays
- Atomic Types
- Attributes
- auto
- Basic input/output in c++
- Basic Type Keywords
- Bit fields
- Bit Manipulation
- Bit Operators
- Build Systems
- Autotools (GNU)
- Building with SCons
- Compiling with GNU make
- Generating Build Environment with CMake
- Ninja
- NMAKE (Microsoft Program Maintenance Utility)
- C incompatibilities
- C++ Containers
- C++ Debugging and Debug-prevention Tools & Techniques
- C++ function "call by value" vs. "call by reference"
- C++ Streams
- C++11 Memory Model
- Callable Objects
- Classes/Structures
- Client server examples
- Common compile/linker errors (GCC)
- Compiling and Building
- Concurrency With OpenMP
- Const Correctness
- const keyword
- Constant class member functions
- constexpr
- Copy Elision
- Copying vs Assignment
- Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP)
- Data Structures in C++
-
Date and time using
header - decltype
- Design pattern implementation in C++
- Digit separators
- Enumeration
- Exceptions
- Explicit type conversions
- Expression templates
- File I/O
- Floating Point Arithmetic
- Flow Control
- Fold Expressions
- Friend keyword
- Function Overloading
- Function Template Overloading
- Futures and Promises
- Header Files
- Implementation-defined behavior
- Inline functions
- Inline variables
- Internationalization in C++
- Iteration
- Iterators
- Keywords
- Lambdas
- Layout of object types
- Linkage specifications
- Literals
- Loops
- Memory management
- Metaprogramming
- More undefined behaviors in C++
- Move Semantics
- mutable keyword
- Mutexes
- Namespaces
- Non-Static Member Functions
- One Definition Rule (ODR)
- Operator Overloading
- operator precedence
- Optimization
- Optimization in C++
- Overload resolution
- Parameter packs
- Perfect Forwarding
- Pimpl Idiom
- Pointers
- Pointers to members
- Polymorphism
- Preprocessor
- Profiling
- RAII: Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
- Random number generation
- Recursion in C++
- Recursive Mutex
- Refactoring Techniques
- References
- Regular expressions
- Resource Management
- Return Type Covariance
- Returning several values from a function
- RTTI: Run-Time Type Information
- Scopes
- Semaphore
- SFINAE (Substitution Failure Is Not An Error)
- Side by Side Comparisons of classic C++ examples solved via C++ vs C++11 vs C++14 vs C++17
- Singleton Design Pattern
- Smart Pointers
- Sorting
- Special Member Functions
- Standard Library Algorithms
- static_assert
- std::any
- std::array
- std::atomics
- std::forward_list
- std::function: To wrap any element that is callable
- std::integer_sequence
- std::iomanip
- std::map
- std::optional
- std::pair
- std::set and std::multiset
- std::string
- std::variant
- std::vector
- Storage class specifiers
- Stream manipulators
- Templates
- The ISO C++ Standard
- The Rule of Three, Five, And Zero
- The This Pointer
- Thread synchronization structures
- Threading
- Trailing return type
- type deduction
- Type Erasure
- Type Inference
- Type Keywords
- Type Traits
- Typedef and type aliases
- Undefined Behavior
- Unions
- Unit Testing in C++
- Unnamed types
- Unspecified behavior
- User-Defined Literals
- Using declaration
- Using std::unordered_map
- Value and Reference Semantics
- Value Categories
- Variable Declaration Keywords
- Virtual Member Functions
C++ Build Systems
Introduction
C++, like C, has a long and varied history regarding compilation workflows and build processes. Today, C++ has various popular build systems that are used to compile programs, sometimes for multiple platforms within one build system. Here, a few build systems will be reviewed and analyzed.
Remarks
Currently, there exists no universal or dominant build system for C++ that is both popular and cross-platform. However, there do exist several major build systems that are attached to major platforms/projects, the most notable being GNU Make with the GNU/Linux operating system and NMAKE with the Visual C++/Visual Studio project system.
Additionally, some Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) also include specialized build systems to be used specifically with the native IDE. Certain build system generators can generate these native IDE build system/project formats, such as CMake for Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
Build Systems Related Examples
- Autotools (GNU)
- Building with SCons
- Compiling with GNU make
- Generating Build Environment with CMake
- Ninja
- NMAKE (Microsoft Program Maintenance Utility)
