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 […]
It’s finally here: The Kea Campus membership portal is finally open and waiting for you. I first started hinting about it two months ago (link). I ran a survey, documented the process of building the membership portal, got delayed… and now it’s finally here. But what is it? Who is it for? And what’s inside?To […]
I’m in the process of building a membership portal on this website (see here). As part of this, I’ve “had to” integrate OptimizeMentor** with WooCommerce. OptimizeMentor is software for online course and membership that I already own as part of the OptimizePress Suite.** It’s great software with one big problem: it does NOT work with […]
CMake and Make are two different build systems for C/C++. But how do they compare? And which should you choose? To answer those questions, let’s compare the two at a practical level. By that I mean that I’m going to build actual C++ code using both build systems, so you can see them both in […]
Good news! The CMake Tutorial, is now roughly 80% done. The next chapter is written, and I’ve also added a workaround for MacOS X/CLang users who were having trouble building the RayLib examples.What do you get? How Will The CMake Tutorial Help Me?In its current state, The CMake Tutorial takes you from nothing, through: Setting […]
The inspiration for this post comes from a comment that suggested a video series on compilers, toolchains, and build systems. My first thought was: “NO! Learning how to do the same thing over and over with different languages and frameworks is the bane of a software developer’s existence. I’m NOT doing that!”Besides, all build systems […]
