CMake Training

This CMake training covers how to efficiently write CMake scripts for small to larger projects along with best practices. This training also provides an overview of unit testing with CTest, packaging with CPack and continuous integration with CDash.

This training mixes theory and application with a set of tutorials and exercises.

Objectives

Understand the basics of CMake (variables, cache, flow, etc.)
Learn the best practice of Modern CMake
Configure simple and complex projects with CMake
Learn about the companion CMake tools: CPack, CTest and CDash

Prerequisites

C/C++ : Basic knowledge

Agenda

This course is approximately 12 hours, which can be divided into 3 sessions.

Getting started with CMake

CMake’s major features
CMake configuration workflow
Running CMake

Setup projects with CMake

CMake syntax: variables, cache, and flow management
Building libraries and executables
Overview of Modern CMake’s target-centric approach
Tips to speed up your builds

Modern CMake

Generator expressions
Installing targets
Tips to improve your CMake scripts

Companion tools

Writing tests with CTest
Coverage and dynamic analysis
Overview of CDash
Introduction to the packaging tool: CPack

Modern CMake

Importing and exporting targets
CMake’s Policy System
External Project & FetchContent
Noteworthy Changes from Recent CMake Releases

Advanced topics

MPI Support
CUDA Support
Cross Compilation
Fortran Support

Next Public Course

September 23, 2024, 1-5 pm, ET
September 24, 2024, 1-5 pm, ET
September 25, 2024, 1-5 pm, ET
Instructor: Betsy McPhail
Duration: 12 hours
Venue: Remote
Language: English
Price: $1400

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Use the code CMAKETRAINING through September 9, 2024 for a $280 discount.

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