Nystrom's Crafting Interpreters: An Implementation in C++

Build

mkdir build
cd build

cmake ..
cmake --build .

Or, to optionally build and run tests and benchmarking, use this cmake command instead:

cmake .. -DENABLE_TESTING=TRUE

This project comes with vagrant files to make it easier to build on a variety of platforms with a variety of compilers.

cd vagrant/ubuntu-xenial64-g++-7
vagrant up

Or.

cd vagrant/ubuntu-xenial64-clang-5
vagrant up

In the VM, run:

mkdir build
cd build

cmake /cpplox
cmake --build .

cd vagrant/w16s-vs17c
vagrant up

Install CMake. The installer will be on the desktop. Select the option to add cmake to the system PATH.
Install Visual Studio's Desktop Development with C++. Navigate to Control Panel > Programs and Features. Select Microsoft Visual Studio and press Change. Update the Visual Studio installer, then update Visual Studio itself. Finally, modify the installation and tick the box to install Desktop Development with C++.

In the VM, open a command prompt and run:

pushd \\vboxsvr\cpplox
cd /d %userprofile%

mkdir build
cd build

cmake z: -A x64
cmake --build . --config Release

Are you behind a proxy? I feel your pain. Start by running:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-proxyconf

Then in the Vagrantfiles, uncomment the config.proxy lines and enter your real proxy values.