CMake: Advanced Topics

Duration	Two days
Course Language	Course material language is English Trainer language is English or German
Booking	training@faschingbauer.co.at
See also	CMake: Introduction

Topics

• Targets, Properties, And More
• Screenplay: Public And Private Include Directories
• The Language
• Screenplay: Function Wrapping add_library()
• Screenplay: Adding SQLite3 External Dependency
• Screenplay: Making SQLite3 Optional (target_compile_definitions())
• Screenplay: Making SQLite3 Optional (configure_file())
• Screenplay: Integrating libmosquitto (MQTT - Handwritten Find-Module)
• Screenplay: Generated Code (add_custom_command())
• Running Tests

Alternative Topics

• External Dependencies
• “Configured” Header Files
• Optional Code: Problem Definition, OPTION()
• Optional Code, Approach 1: Optional blacklist, C Macro (Global Flags)
• Optional Code, Approach 2: Pushing Optionality Down In Module Interface

Todo jjj 🤘

• Modules

  • googletest how?

    • https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/GoogleTest.html#command:gtest_discover_tests probably not. read docs, “may not work cross”

    • https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindGTest.html

    • optional tests, depending on GTest::Main

    • https://cliutils.gitlab.io/modern-cmake/

  • find modules: pkgconfig? suppose not

• reference https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/using-dependencies/index.html#guide:Using%20Dependencies%20Guide

• fetchcontent() and https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/ExternalProject.html#module:ExternalProject

  if you find yourself doing this, you should better use conan or yocto or distribution pakage managers