Modern C++ Continuous Integration

This project is illustrating this blog post.

Build status	Systems / Compilers
	Linux (clang38 / gcc6) OSX (XCode 8.3 clang)
	Windows (Visual Studio 2017 / 2015)

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This is an example of doing a Modern C++ project with CI.

It use basic C++14 syntax, but nothing really complicated.

This project try to follow C++ Core Guidelines whenever its possible.

CMake is the chosen build system using ctest.

libraries used

• spdlog for a moderm log system. (as submodule)
• catch as the test framework. (as submodule)

project structure

folder	Content
/lib	library
/lib/src	library sources
/lib/include	library includes
/lib/test	library test
/app	application
/app/src	application sources
/app/test	application test
/third_party	third party software

Generate project

  cmake -H. -BBuild

Auto detect everything.

If you like to set a implicit compiler set the variable CXX=${COMPILER}, for example COMPILER could be gcc, clang and so on.

Auto detect in Windows usually generate a Visual Studio project since msbuild require it, but in OSX does not generate and XCode project, since is not required for compiling using XCode clang.

Specify build type debug/release

  # generate a debug project
  cmake -H. -BBuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
  # generate a release project
  cmake -H. -BBuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

Specify architecture

  # 64 bits architecture
  cmake -H. -BBuild -Ax64
  # ARM architecture
  cmake -H. -BBuild -AARM
  # Windows 32 bits architecture
  cmake -H. -BBuild -AxWin32

Generate different project types

  # MinGW makefiles
  cmake -H. -BBuild -G "MinGW Makefiles"
  # XCode project
  cmake -H. -BBuild -G "XCode"
  # Visual Studio 15 2017 solution
  cmake -H. -BBuild -G "Visual Studio 15 2017"

Build

From the Build folder

  # build the default build type (in multi build types usually debug)
  cmake --build .
  # build a specific build type
  cmake --build . --config Release

Run tests

From the Build folder

  # run all test using the default build type
  ctest -V
  # run all test in Release build type
  ctest -V -C Release

references

• https://cmake.org/
• https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/cpp/
• https://www.appveyor.com/docs/lang/cpp/
• https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines
• https://github.com/philsquared/Catch
• https://github.com/gabime/spdlog
• https://github.com/cognitivewaves/CMake-VisualStudio-Example
• http://derekmolloy.ie/hello-world-introductions-to-cmake/
• https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake/Testing_With_CTest
• https://www.appveyor.com/docs/lang/cpp/
• https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/cpp/
• https://github.com/philsquared/Catch/blob/master/docs/build-systems.md
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14446495/cmake-project-structure-with-unit-tests