/cpp_starter_project

A template CMake project to get you started with C++ and tooling

Primary LanguageCMakeThe UnlicenseUnlicense

cpp_starter_project

ci codecov Language grade: C++ CodeQL

About cpp_starter_project

This is a C++ Best Practices GitHub template for getting up and running with C++ quickly.

By default (collectively known as ENABLE_DEVELOPER_MODE)

  • Address Sanitizer and Undefined Behavior Sanitizer enabled where possible
  • Warnings as errors
  • clang-tidy and cppcheck static analysis
  • conan for dependencies

It includes

  • a basic SDL example
  • examples for fuzz, unit, and constexpr testing
  • large github action testing matrix

It requires

  • cmake
  • conan
  • a compiler

For a simplified project, check out the cpp_starter_project.

Ths Boilerplate project will merge new features first, then they will be merged (as appropriate) into cpp_starter_project.

Getting Started

Use the Github template

First, click the green Use this template button near the top of this page. This will take you to Github's 'Generate Repository' page. Fill in a repository name and short description, and click 'Create repository from template'. This will allow you to create a new repository in your Github account, prepopulated with the contents of this project.

After creating the project please wait until the cleanup workflow has finished setting up your project and commited the changes.

Now you can clone the project locally and get to work!

git clone https://github.com/<user>/<your_new_repo>.git

More Details

Testing

See Catch2 tutorial

Fuzz testing

See libFuzzer Tutorial