Setting up a new CMake project can consume a lot of time, especially if you want to set up dependencies, generate documentation and set up automated testing.
This CMake template speeds up the process by providing a complete project with C++11, Doxygen and googletest integration. When using it for the first time, run
$ python init.py
and answer a few questions (name, version, ...) to initialize your project. This will customize the name of the executable, the documentation, and so on.
To build the project, run
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
By default, the project will be compiled to both a library and an executable (via main.cpp).
You can add additional source files in src/CMakeLists.txt by modifying the line
set(SRC ...)
Documentation can be generated with
$ make doc
A tutorial on the doxygen syntax can be found here.
You can also make use of the googletest library to write and execute automated tests.
Simply create new tests in the test directory.
They will be automatically compiled into an executable and can be run with
make check
For an introduction to writing tests with googletest, follow this link.