CodinGame Starter Project

This repository is a starter project to develop C++ CodinGame bots. You can read this article on my blog to learn how to use it.

Contents

• src/bot.cpp, the main source file for the bot
• src/configuration.h, the main configuration file for the bot
• tests/unit_tests.cpp, the main unit tests file
• merge_source_files.py, a simple python script to merge source code into a single file
• .vscode/ folder that activate C++ indexing and python linting in the project
• CMakeLists.txt, to generate a build configuration.

Requirements

This project is meant to be used with the following tools installed:

• cmake to generate a build configuration for your projects
• ninja or make to build your projects (those are the only generators that produces compile_commands.json files, used by VSCode to parse and index C++ sources)
• clang to compile c++ files
• python to execute merge_source_files
• lld to link compiled c++ files.

If you want to use another compiler or another linker, add options for your configuration in the CMakeLists.txt file.

It is part of a set-up I use to develop C++ CodinGame bots. A VSCode extension feeds the following variables to the cmake file:

• REPOSITORY_ROOT, which is the path to my main repository, storing all my tools and my bots
• INCLUDE_DIR, path to the folder containing all the common headers I use for bots and tools
• LIB_DIR, path to the folder containing all the common libraries I use for my tools