So, you’ve set up a cross-compiler, and have built some Amiga software. Now you need a fast and efficient way to copy them to an Amiga for testing. USB flash drives are tedious and slow. We’re developers and sometimes need to test multiple versions an hour. If you’re some kind of wizard, then you could set […]
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. […]
In the previous video I showed you how to set up an Amiga cross-compiler on your machine. The next step to setup a good code editor or Integrated Development Environment (IDE). My preferred editor and IDE is currently VS Code, and I’m going to show you how to set it up for cross-compiling to AmigaOS. […]
The second to last chapter of The CMake Tutorial is done! It’s now 93% complete, and I have to say that it’s much bigger and more comprehensive than I originally planned (179 pages of sharp, no-fluff content).That’s because I wanted to cover everything a developer would need to go from zero CMake knowledge to being […]
I had a few people ask me to explain endianness in computing, because they found it confusing- They knew that some processors are little-endian, while others are big-endian, but couldn’t get their heads around what that means, and how to deal with it. So, I’m going to explain what endianness is, why you probably own’t need […]
The other day, a code review done by The Cherno caught my attention. The code’s author was a self-taught programmer who asked him to review and roast his code. And roast it he did. Actually, he roasted the build system because attempting to build the code took so much time that he never got round […]
ERROR Another chapter of The CMake Tutorial is done, making it roughly 87% complete. This is the first chapter in part V, which covers building larger projects. I’ve also added a small section to Chapter 6 on how you can use pre-installed dependencies, yet still use an in-repo source-code copy as backup (plus some warnings […]
The video above shows you how to get a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4 up and running on your machine quickly. Here’s a short summary of how it’s done… Setup Docker Containers First, download and install Docker (https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/). They have installation instructions for multiple platforms, so find yours and follow it. Next, we need a Docker […]
Meson, Meson, what about Meson? Meson has been the most requested build system for me to compare. For those who don’t know, Meson is one of the newest kids on the build system block. From their website, it’s meant to be “both extremely fast, and even more importantly, as user friendly as possible.” So their […]
Alright, it’s time to compare CMake and Make again, but with code that uses a third-party library. Why? Because almost anything interesting or useful is going to use third-party libraries.A quick reminder of the rules: I’ll build the same code using both build systems And, I’ll try to get both build systems to do roughly […]
