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C++

C++ is used for low-level programming as an alternative to Rust.

Installation

Install mingw (or Build Tools for Visual Studio) and Conan. Python is needed to install Conan.

uv tool install conan
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profiles/default

Usage

Initialization

mkdir <name>
cd <name>
conan new cmake_lib -d name=<name> # or
conan new cmake_exe -d name=<name>

Dependencies

During project initialization, add:

conan new cmake_lib -d name=<name> -d requires=<dep1>/<version> -d requires=<dep2>/<version> -d tool_requires=<dep3>/<version> -d tool_requires=<dep4>/<version>

tool_requires is dev dependences.

Dependencies

Doxygen has a broken build, so use global install instead.

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conan install . --build=missing
conan install . -s build_type=Debug --build=missing
doxygen -g

Create

• .gitignore

Edit

• Doxyfile

Run

VS Code Debugger

Build

VS Code CMake Build

Docs

doxygen

Directory

lib

• include
  • <name>.hpp
• src
  • <name>.cpp
• CMakeLists.txt
• conanfile.py

exe

• src
  • <name>.cpp (main)
  • <name>.hpp
• CMakeLists.txt
• conanfile.py

Overall

• include
  • …
• src
  • …
• <lib1>
• <lib2>
• <exe1>
• <exe2>
• …

Upgrading

After upgrading, run:

conan cache clean

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