PyMakeCli

Build C/C++ projects easily using YAML and Python.

Why did I build this?

I built this because I use C/C++ daily in my ecosystem. CMake is a complex and painful concept to learn. And the best part is, once you learned CMake and you can write quite complex build scripts, you still hate it. This is why PyMakeCli exists. PyMakeCli replaces CMake and allows you to worry about your projects code and not it's build script. PyMakeCli is cross-platform to the extent that the platform has Python >= 3.6 installed.

Note: This is still in development and may not work as expected.

Installation

pip install pymake-cli

Usage

pymake-cli --help

Example

To use this you need to create a .yaml file in the root of your project. hint: You can also specify the path of the .yaml file in each command. hint: The config_file_path is optional and will default to config.yaml in the current directory.

Init

pymake-cli init <config_file_path> [-d]

Build

pymake-cli build <config_file_path> [-d] [-s]

Run

pymake-cli run <config_file_path>

Update

This command will update the .yaml file with the current config structure.

pymake-cli update <config_file_path> 

Options

On each command you can specify the following options:

• <config_file_path>: The path to the .yaml file.
• -d or --debug: This will print debug information.

The -s or --shell option allows you to run shell commands as defined in the config file.

Try it out

You can try it out by cloning this repo and running the following commands:

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/james-garfield/PyMakeCli.git

# Change directory
cd PyMakeCli

# Install package
pip install -e .

# Change into example directory
cd example

# Run commands
pymake-cli build
pymake-cli run

Things I am working on

• Update command. The current command leaves the new config file disorganized.
• Add tests.
• Init should have specific templates you can choose from. i.e. (wasm, )
• Add a pymkenv/ folder to save C/C++ projects
  • Download into pymkenv using pymk install
• Cache for faster build times.
• AI generate, command for resolving include and cpp config using AI.