Building a library and executable with 300 C++ files.

[Aleix Pol]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 29.11.10 19:00:13, Syron wrote:
> > 2010/11/29 Michael Hart <michael.george.hart at gmail.com>:
> > > Being a very senior and experienced C++ developer for the most part all
> I
> > > ever cared about was the C++ language and the various APIs I used in
> getting
> > > an application to market. So what may seem appalling to you, I can only
> make
> > > the assumption I was using automake as my build tool.
> >
> > I think it's strange that you're a senior developer and have never
> > dealt with any build system - understanding how build systems work is
> > an important thing, that's what I learned as soon as I wrote my first
> > project with more than one file. And I am also worried about the fact
> > that you have 300 C++ files in _one_ directory, that seems like a big
> > mess.
> > If you spend some time learning a build system (qMake, CMake,
> > whatever), you will soon learn how powerful they are.
>
> Well, if you're always only targetting Windows you can easily get around
> without knowing any buildsystem if you stick to VS for building your
> app. Though at some point for larger or legacy projects you will get to
> dive into the various options that VS offers for customization. At least
> I think you can. But then again, VS uses a much more constrained
> buildsystem and is not as capable as CMake (leaving aside the
> missing cross-platform support).
>
> Or you have someone in the team that cares about the buildsystem-stuff
> and all the C++ developers ever have to care about is adding the files
> at the right place. Thats how it works with KDevelop for example, there
> are one or two persons with in-depth cmake knowledge that handle all the
> harder stuff. The rest of the team mostly just add the files in the
> right cmake-files.
>
> That being said, IMHO it KDevelop should be able to handle
> adding/deleting files via its existing cmake-change-wizard. All thats
> really needed is a hook when files are being added to the project. I
> actually thought this was already done for 4.1, but maybe it gets in for
> 4.2??
>
> Andreas
>
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We can do most of that already, we're just missing the
add_library/executable wizard. That should be fairly easy to add, though.

Aleix
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