Jake, I've read the older edition. Yes, I also think it could be written better and most of the information is available online. Still, it provided me with authorative information, concentrated into a single book, (as opposed to be scattered over the internet). It really helped me to lay down the foundations of my CMake knowledge. Tamas
On Friday, December 18, 2015, DJ <ja...@arqux.com> wrote: > I have only very recently encountered the need to use cmake. It seems this > need came all at once out of the blue. > > It appears to me that there is a general perception that good tutorial > material is in short supply. I have followed various tutorials that are > available online and find them less than stellar. I am mostly familiar with > gnu toolchain stuff. I admit that I am biased here because my own work > presents zero requirement for cross-platform builds. So far I find cmake > documentation to be considerably inferior to gnu documentation, but that's > just me. > > This all led me to consider purchasing the book Mastering CMake. However, > reviews on Amazon are generally very critical of the book. It is indeed > expensive. Should I bother to shell out for it, or do others here share > this negative evaluation of it? I don't want to waste my money. > > Best, > > - Jake - > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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