Professional CMake: A Practical Guide

The initial focus in the first few chapters is on building a basic executable or library, covering just
enough to give a new developer a quick introduction to CMake. Subsequent chapters expand that
knowledge to demonstrate how to get the most out of what CMake has to offer. The techniques
presented are aimed at real world use, with the intention of establishing good habits and teaching
sound methods which scale to very large projects and can handle more complex scenarios.
The later parts of the book all rely heavily on the material covered in this first part. Those who have
already been using CMake for some time may find the topics relatively familiar, but the material
also includes hard-won knowledge from real world projects and interaction with the CMake
community. Even experienced users should find at least the Recommended Practices section at the
end of each chapter to be a useful read.