Ever wonder what the difference is between CMake and GNU Make? Answers online tend to focus on how CMake is a meta-build system, has a mouse clicky GUI interface available, and GNU make is older. While that’s all true, it tells you nothing about what it’s like to use either of them. So, let me […]
This morning I had to renew my Malaysian drivers license, and I had to do it in person. In typical government office style here, you have to take a number, and then wait for your number to be called. When we arrived, we discovered that the old push-button machine for taking a number had been […]
I’ve been working on The CMake Tutorial for the last few months. It’s designed to help get people up to speed with modern CMake, quickly. I’m pleased to announce that it’s finally available… in pre-release form. The first 6 chapters are done, and take you from nothing through to building software complete with linking to […]
Having trouble connecting Filezilla to an FTP server that’s behind a NAT router? If it connects, but then gives a “Failed to retrieve directory listing” error, then you have likely hit a classic NAT router problem.I first encountered this when trying to connect to ZitaFTP Server when it was running from within the Qemu emulator. […]
I had a look at the most common questions about CMake that people ask Google. Some of them had rather poor answers. So, here are some rapid-fire answers to the most common questions.Want to get up to speed with CMake quickly? Click here…What is CMake? And What is it Used For?CMake is a build system […]
in Part 9 of this challenge, Scarfy was happily jumping and running around in his 2D world, and even had background music. That’s a great achievement, but rather boring. All he can do is run and jump. Today I’m going to add coins for him to collect. He’s going to have fun running around collecting […]
A few weeks ago I got curious about the increased interest in AmigaOS 4.x emulation, and decided to run a survey. The results are in. Many thanks to the 447 people who took the time to fill in the survey. Let’s have a quick look at the results…The Results in Brief Roughly one quarter (25.5%) […]
My previous CMake tutorial taught the basics: how to compile multiple source files into one program. That’s great and all, but you’re almost guaranteed to need third-party libraries when writing something that’s actually useful. You don’t want to be writing all that code yourself. So, today we’re going to tackle linking your program to third-party […]
I’ve noticed C++ beginners asking how to compile code beyond the usual minimal examples. It seems that many tutorials are so busy explaining basics such as variables, if/else flow-control, & loops, that they forget to explain how to compile anything but the most basic single file programs. I’m going to rectify that today. Here’s how […]
What is file syncing? It’s a question I didn’t even think of answering, because I’ve worked with computers so long that it’s obvious to me, and it’s easy to forget that others don’t know (it’s the curse of knowledge). I quickly realized I was wrong when I started spreading the word about file syncing software […]
