Using a Conan Recipe (the basics)
I’m using Simple Web Server for a project and I wanted a way to pull the library down via Conan. I found a recipe for the library a couple months ago but was...
Posts by Tag
- conan 7
- cmake 6
- c++ 5
- qt 4
- resources 3
- macos 2
- boost 2
- git 1
- beginner 1
- projects 1
- pdcurses 1
- xenforo 1
- crypto 1
- cpp 1
- windows 1
conan
Conan: Adding a new build_type to an existing package
I am still working my way through learning Conan. I only make changes to it when I have to, which luckily isn’t often but whenever I do it’s aways a learning...
Hacking Together a Conan Package
This is how I hacked together a Conan package for use with my Windows console project. I wasn’t concerned with having Conan automatically build the project’s...
Conditionally including packages with Conan
Conan conanfile.py for consumers
Getting started with Conan on an existing medium sized project
My motivation to using Conan is a project I’ve been working on, on and off, for several years now. The project uses several third party libraries which have ...
Notes for Monday, October 15, 2018
Conan NO_OUTPUT_DIRS and KEEP_RPATHS
Working with Conan
I have been experimenting with Conan on my Mac. Ideally I would like to use it with Owl instead of the manual solution I have right now. This is essentially ...
cmake
CMake Script Mode and Variables
CMake lets users write scripts in “Script Mode” that can do various tasks. I originally tried doing:
Simple CMake to Compile Resources
Recently I have been working on a project that has a Simple Web Server, so I needed a way to serve HTML files.
Linking errors with boost on macOS
I recently revived an old project and tried to get it to build on my Mac. I was immediately met with this error:
Working with Qt
Intro
Notes for 2018-11-05 (Conan, GCC ABI)
Listing available Conan package configurations
Notes for 2018-10-17
Conan Profile
c++
Windows can and does reuse memory right away
I have an object that will sometimes delete and immediately reallocate some memory. For example: ```cpp class Object { public: char* GetNewBuffer() ...
Writing const and non-const Getters
One use of const_cast is to avoid duplicating code when implementing getters in a class. If you want users of your class to have write-access to a member obj...
Error opening terminal: xterm-256color
PDCurses worked just fine on Windows, but running the same code on macOS with ncurses kept giving me this error:
Passing by Value vs Passing by Reference
Note: This was written for a friend of mine who is taking a programming class.
Notes for Friday (2018-10-12)
These are a few things I learned today .
qt
Modern Day Owl
Qt’s macdeployqt & debug binaries
Qt Automatic Slot Names
I’ve been using Qt for several years now in a couple different projects. Only today did I learn about QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName.
Notes for 2019-04-10
Qt’s macdeployqt & debug binaries
Notes for 2019-02-06
Switching Qt Versions
resources
Simple CMake to Compile Resources
Recently I have been working on a project that has a Simple Web Server, so I needed a way to serve HTML files.
Working with Qt
Intro
Notes for 2018-11-05 (Conan, GCC ABI)
Listing available Conan package configurations
macos
Notes for 2018-10-17
Conan Profile
Working with Conan
I have been experimenting with Conan on my Mac. Ideally I would like to use it with Owl instead of the manual solution I have right now. This is essentially ...
boost
Linking errors with boost on macOS
I recently revived an old project and tried to get it to build on my Mac. I was immediately met with this error:
Using boost::exception error information
Adding exception info to boost::exception’s
git
Notes for Friday (2018-10-12)
These are a few things I learned today .
beginner
Passing by Value vs Passing by Reference
Note: This was written for a friend of mine who is taking a programming class.
projects
Prioritizing Projects
Like most developers, I have several ideas I’m juggling at any given time.
pdcurses
Error opening terminal: xterm-256color
PDCurses worked just fine on Windows, but running the same code on macOS with ncurses kept giving me this error:
xenforo
Xenforo 2.x Addon: xf-addon:create not working
Creating the Addon
crypto
Naivecoin Addendum
Currently I am building a cryptocurrency in C++. The project can be found here. This is not a project where I’ve forked another code base, instead the purpos...
cpp
Naivecoin Addendum
Currently I am building a cryptocurrency in C++. The project can be found here. This is not a project where I’ve forked another code base, instead the purpos...
windows
Windows can and does reuse memory right away
I have an object that will sometimes delete and immediately reallocate some memory. For example: ```cpp class Object { public: char* GetNewBuffer() ...