This is a book written by programmers, for programmers. We have assumed basic knowledge and familiarity with the following:

• The command line for your favorite operating system
• Native tools for building software on your favorite operating system
• The compiled languages C++, C, or Fortran, and the corresponding compilers on your favorite operating system
• The Python programming language

You can download the example code examples for this book from https://github.com/dev-cafe/cmake-cookbook. For more details please see the Setting up Your System section.

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/CMakeCookbook_ColorImages.pdf.

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code commands in text, folder names, filenames, module names, and target names.

A block of code is set as follows:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)

project(recipe-01 LANGUAGES CXX)

add_executable(hello-world hello-world.cpp)

Any command-line input is written in bold and contains a $ prompt in front of the command to type:

$ mkdir -p build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..

To distinguish command-line input and output, we keep output non-bold:

$ ./hello-world

Hello World!