Links in a Chain (C++)

You can find the instructions for this lab at More Than Equations. Create a new repository on GitHub to house your code. Be sure to make the repository public so that I can view and grade it.

We will use CMake to build executables (e.g. tests, the driver program, the benchmarks, etc.). Additionally, we will use Catch2 for unit testing and benchmarking.

Building Executables With CMake

You can use CMake to compile and build the executables for the project. First, you need to create a build/ directory in the project. The build directory will house all of the compiled files as well as the Makefile for the project. Note that we do NOT check the build/ directory into version control since each person will have to regenerate the executables on their own machine.

mkdir build
cd build

Once you are inside of the build directory, you can run the following command to build all of the executables for the project:

cmake .. && make

Testing the App

Any tests that you define in the tests/ directory must have a corresponding entry in CMakeLists.txt. After you build executables using CMake, you can run the corresponding test files from within the build/ directory.

Running the App

The main.cpp file at the root of the project must have a corresponding entry in CMakeLists.txt. After you build executables using CMake, you can run the driver program from within the build/ directory.

Running Benchmarks

Benchmarking is provided with Catch2. You can write benchmarking assertions alongside test assertions right in your test files.