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Have you had experience using the CMake build automation system in your projects?

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CMake is an automated build system used to manage the compilation and building process of C and C++ projects. It allows describing the build configuration in a cross-platform format (CMakeLists.txt), which then generates build files for various systems (Makefile, Visual Studio, Ninja, etc.).

In CMake projects, you typically:

  • Define source files, dependencies, and compilation options in CMakeLists.txt.
  • Run cmake to generate build files.
  • Use the generated files to compile the project.

An example of a simple CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project(MyApp)

add_executable(myapp main.cpp utils.cpp)

If you have experience working with CMake, you probably have created such files, configured build options, possibly used external libraries, and managed configurations for different platforms.