使用 VisualStudio 进行跨平台 C++ 开发

Question

I want to start a cross-platform C++ project with VisualStudio 2019. After some research I found two possible ways:

CMake

Tutorial: Create C++ cross-platform projects in Visual Studio

Create and configure a Linux CMake project

CMake is pretty common for cross-platform projects, but I haven't done much with it and it feels like you need to put in much effort to make it run as you want to. But you have a huge amount of possibilities to configure it. This SO questions also recommends CMake, but says that there are other ways.

VS Shared Project

Shared Project: An Impressive Feature of Visual Studio 2015

Cross-platform code sharing with Visual C++

If you use cross-platform code sharing in VS you have several projects in your solution (one for each platform) and at least one shared project, which includes your source + header files. The platform specific projects include all the configuration settings and the program entry point. The shared code can be used from each project as if it is in the project. All the configuration is possible in VS. It looks less complex but with limited possibilities.

Question

Both ways look like they would fit my needs, but I haven't found a comparison between them. I already coded running examples for both of them, but those small code bases haven't given me the insight I need.

What are the pro's and con's of those two ways? Considering attributes like build-speed, flexibility, time to learn/master/market, VS feature support, unit testing, continuous integration, ...

Answer 1

Take a look at Premake . You can generate Makefiles and VS project from simple lua configurations. Not a lot of projects use premake but my experience so far has been positive.