CMake Training

July 11-12, 2022

Online

This CMake training covers how to efficiently write CMake scripts for small to larger projects along with best practices. This training also provides an overview of unit testing with CTest, packaging with CPack and continuous integration with CDash.

This training mixes theory and application with a set of tutorials and exercises.

Objectives

Understand the basics of CMake (variables, cache, flow, etc.)
Learn the best practice of Modern CMake
Configure simple and complex projects with CMake
Learn about the companion CMake tools: CPack, CTest and CDash

Prerequisites

C/C++ : Basic knowledge

Agenda

Getting Started with CMake

CMake’s major features
CMake configuration workflow
Running CMake

Setup projects with CMake

CMake syntax: variables, cache, and flow management
Building libraries and executables
Finding and using external packages

Modern CMake

Overview of Modern CMake’s target-centric approach
Installing targets
Importing and exporting targets
Tips to improve your CMake scripts
Tips to speed up your builds

Companion tools

Writing tests with CTest
Coverage and dynamic analysis
Overview of CDash
Introduction to the packaging tool: CPack