A CMake Tutorial for Visual C++ Developers

CMake is a cross-platform open-source tool for defining the build process for native applications independently of compilers and environments. This article provides an introduction to CMake through a series of examples to help you, as VC++ developers, to create and maintain CMake projects. Examples like building message, setting variables, adding subdirectories, adding libraries and executables, including and linking directories, adding library dependencies, and setting build dependencies. We will also look at building the scripts explicitly and building cross-IDE.