Contents

• C/C++ Software Build Systems
• Copyrights
• Dedication
• Preface
  • Introduction
  • Approach of this book
    • 1) Learn along with source code
    • 2) Bit-by-bit
    • 3) Simple. But not too simple
    • 4) Live code. Live book. Working Code
  • Organization of the book

• 1. Basic Compilation
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Basic Compilation
    • 1.2.1. Basic Compilation - MSVC
  • 1.3. Anatomy of the C source code
  • 1.4. Explanation of compilation
  • 1.5. Change the generated file name
    • 1.5.1. Change the generated file name - MSVC
  • 1.6. Building with two files
  • 1.7. Compiler Flags — Warning
  • 1.8. Fix compiler warning
  • 1.9. Use common header file
    • 1.9.1. Anatomy of the C header file
  • 1.10. More complex compilation — many output binaries
    • 1.10.1. The files
    • 1.10.2. Compilation only for English
    • 1.10.3. Compilation for all languages
    • 1.10.4. Compilation using cl.exe
  • 1.11. Build using a Makefile
    • 1.11.1. Compilation only for English
    • 1.11.2. Compilation for all languages
    • 1.11.3. Anatomy of the Makefile - targets and rules
  • 1.12. Makefile with more default convention
    • 1.12.1. Compiling using Makefile
    • 1.12.2. Running generated binaries using Makefile
  • 1.13. Makefile with Variables
    • 1.13.1. Anatomy of the Makefile with variables
  • 1.14. Makefile — With CFLAGS
  • 1.15. Running Make multiple times
  • 1.16. Running Make multiple times — After editing a file
    • 1.16.1. 1st Run
    • 1.16.2. 2nd Run
  • 1.17. Dependencies in a Makefile
    • 1.17.1. 1st Run
    • 1.17.2. 2nd Run
    • 1.17.3. Anatomoy of the make file - dependencies
  • 1.18. Using GCC to create dependency files for the Makefile
    • 1.18.1. 1st Run
    • 1.18.2. 2nd Run
  • 1.19. Final source code for basic compilation
    • 1.19.1. The Makefile
    • 1.19.2. Common Header File
    • 1.19.3. Source Files
• 2. Makefile Generators
  • 2.1. CMake
    • 2.1.1. Basic build with CMake
    • 2.1.2. CMake build with library
    • 2.1.3. CMake build with library (documented)
    • 2.1.4. CMake build with Shared Library
  • 2.2. Basic build with Premake
• 3. Build Diversity Management
  • 3.1. Platform / Host
  • 3.2. Compiler
  • 3.3. Choice of different libraries.
  • 3.4. Makefiles just keep getting complex (and slow)
• 4. Static Code Analysis
  • 4.1. What is static code analysis
• 5. Appendix
  • 5.1. Tools
    • 5.1.1. Assembler
    • 5.1.2. cl.exe (Microsoft Visual Studio C Compiler)
      • 5.1.2.1. Compiler Options — Output
      • 5.1.2.2. Compiler Options — Warnings
      • 5.1.2.3. Compiler Options — Other
    • 5.1.3. CMake
    • 5.1.4. Compiler
    • 5.1.5. ELF (Executable and Linkable Format)
    • 5.1.6. Executable
    • 5.1.7. GCC (GNU C Compiler)
      • 5.1.7.1. Compiler Options — Output
      • 5.1.7.2. Compiler Options — Warnings
    • 5.1.8. GYP
    • 5.1.9. Interface
    • 5.1.10. Library
    • 5.1.11. Linker
    • 5.1.12. Make / GNUMake / GMake
    • 5.1.13. Ninja
    • 5.1.14. Premake
    • 5.1.15. SCons
  • 5.2. Build Information
    • 5.2.1. Change Log
    • 5.2.2. Build Version
  • 5.3. Contact