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I was recently asked what toolchains are, and how they relate to CMake. If you look up "toolchain" online, you'll find definitions that make complete sense to those who already...

So, you want to program in C++ on Linux? Here's how to set up your "dev. environment" quickly. It's mostly easy, with one potential pitfall...

They say, "don't judge a book by it's cover," but everyone does it anyway. There's a good reason for that: appearances communicate a lot about who we are.

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,...

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 had a look at the most common questions about CMake that people ask Google. Some of them had rather poor answers.

My previous CMake tutorial taught the basics: how to compile multiple source files into one program.

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, &...

I used to avoid CMake like the plague, and hated how everyone else seemed to use it for their C++ projects (it's the de-facto standard for C++).