xtdc

xtdc is project management command line tool.

xtdc can create a new project on many templates.

xtdc can build, open, run, install, test or uninstall an existing project.

Templates project

xtdc contains many project template. All project listed below are created with CMake and target your system (Visual Studio on Windows, Xcode on macOS and Code::Blocks or makefile on Linux).

GUI Application sdk :

• xtd (C++)
• xtd_c (C)
• cocoa (objective-c)
• fltk (C++)
• Gtk+ 2 (C)
• Gtk+ 3 (C)
• Gtk+ 4 (C)
• Gtkmm (C++)
• wxWidgets (C++)
• Qt 5 (C++)
• Win32 (C++)
• Win32_c (C)
• Winforms (C#)
• WPF (C#)

Console Application SDK/language :

• xtd (C++)
• xtd_c (C)
• C++
• C
• C#
• objective-c

Shared or static library SDK/language :

• xtd (C++)
• xtd_c (C)
• C++
• C
• C#
• objective-c

Unit Test project SDK/language :

• xtd (C++)
• xtd_c (C)
• gtest (C++)
• catch2 (C++)

Usage

xtdc [<options> | command [<command-argument>] [<command-options>]]

The options are:

-i, --info       Display information.
-v, --version    Display version in use.
-h, --help       Display help.

The commands are:

new              Initializes project.
generate         Generate project from existing source files.
add              Adds new project to project.
update           Regenerates a project.
run              Compiles and immediately executes a project.
build            Builds a project.
install          Install a project.
clean            Clean build output(s).
open             Open a project in default ide.
targets          List project targets.
test             Runs unit tests using the test runner specified in the project.
uninstall        Uninstall a project.
documentation    Open xtd documentation.
examples         Open xtd examples.
guide            Open xtd reference guide.
web              Open xtd website.
help             Show help.

Run xtdc command --help for more information on a command.

Some examples

Create and run a xtd GUI application project

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal", and type the following:

xtdc new gui my_xtd_project
cd my_xtd_project
xtdc run

or

mkdir my_xtd_project
cd my_xtd_project
xtdc new gui
xtdc run

Create and open an objective-c console application project

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal", and type the following:

xtdc new console --sdk objective-c my_objective_c_project
cd my_objective_c_project
xtdc open

Create and test a xtd unit test application project

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal", and type the following:

xtdc new test my_xtd_unit_test_project
cd my_xtd_unit_test_project
xtdc test

For more info about xtdc

Open "Command Prompt" or "Terminal", and type the following:

xtdc --help

For each command type xtdc 'command' --help to view specific command help.

For example to view help on open command :

xtdc open --help

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