I wasn’t going to do this, but I’ve decided to release all of the examples/templates that I wrote for The […]

Six months. Countless builds. And me, stuck in a loop-doing the same thing over and over with different buils systems—so you don’t have to. Let’s figure out which C++ build system is really worth your time. I put the most popular build systems to the test—CMake, Make, Meson, Bazel, and more. Some were great, and […]

Is Bazel a good alternative to CMake, or any of the other C/C++ build systems? My answer so far has been “don’t know because I’ve never tried Bazel.” Today, I’m going to change that, and put Bazel head-to-head against CMake.Here’s how it works: I’ve got two small projects, and I’m going to build them using […]

Yes, it’s finally done! The CMake Tutorial has taken me ages to complete, and a crazy amount of research. Now it’s finished, the “pre-release” label is gone, and its ready make you a CMake master starting now.What’s in The CMake Tutorial?So what’s in the tutorial? Everything you need to learn in order to go from […]

CMake, or Visual Studio projects? Which is easier? Which is better? Which should you use? Lets answer those questions by building some actual codeHere’s what I’m going to do: I’ll build the same code using both build systems And, I’ll try to get both build systems to do roughly the same thing, within reasonable limits […]

Which build system should you use: CMake? Or Ninja? That’s actually a rather weird question, but it’s a question that gets asked all the same. So let’s answer it…For a full answer, watch the video. In brief: Ninja is designed with one goal in mind: speed. To achieve maximum build speed, they’ve traded scriptability for speed. […]