scapp

scapp

Scaffold a C++ App

What?

Create a scaffold for your C++ app in seconds, supporting Git, CMake, editorconfig, vcpkg and different C++ standards.

How?

Install the app like this: npm install -g scapp. This will install the app globally, so you can use it from any directory.

Run the app by typing scapp on any command prompt.

This is a CLI app that asks the user for information like app name, version, use editorconfig or not, etc. Then scaffolds a folder with all that input.

Why?

If your are like me and enjoy starting new C++ projects to try new things, maybe you are tired of manually configure the outrageous quantity of compiler and linker options just to use a simple library. And in Windows it gets worse, much worse.

I wish that someday, C++ coders will enjoy an ecosystem similar to Node.js for JavaScript.

For now, use this if you please. It’s mean to configure and scaffold a modern C++ app. You only need to add the dependencies on the vcpkg.json and in the corresponding CMakeLists.txt (more info inside those files, read them!).

That’s the reason why I’ve created this tool: laziness.

Features

My plan, for now, is to make the app compatible with the tools I use, which are: CMake, editorconfig, Git, and vcpkg.

I usually code with VSCode editor with a bunch of C++ extensions that allow me to compile and run the app from the editor, so no support for MSVC or make, yet.

• Adds a pretty complete .gitignore generated from here.
• .editorconfig.
• Various CMakeLists.txt already configured.
• A vcpkg.json also configured.
• Which C++ standard to use (ie: C++20 (ISO/IEC 14882:2020)).
• Compiler flags.

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