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Tutorial how to use Travis CI with C++.

• View the tutorial (screen friendly)
• Download the PDF
• Want to pick a minimal example? Go to statuses
• Want to see a setup with many of these tools combined? Go to the_richel_setup
• Want to read a blog post about Travis CI? Go to blog post about Travis CI
• Want to hear a CppCast episode about Travis CI? Go to CppCast episode about Travis CI

C++ libraries and tools explored

In alphabetical order

• Bio++: C++ biology libraries
• Boost: Boost is a collection of C++ libraries (homepage)
• Boost.Test: Boost.Test is a C++ testing framework within the Boost libraries
• ChaiScript: embedded scripting language (ChaiScript GitHub)
• clang: C++ compiler
• CMake: makefile generator
• Codecov: Codecov is a webservice to display a gcov code coverage result, that plays well with GitHub. It can be actived from a Travis script
• Coverity: a static code analysis tool [FAILS]
• cppcheck: static code analysis
• fparser: Warp's function parser
• GCC: GNU Compiler Collection, a collection of compilers, in this case, the C++ compiler called g++
• gcov: gcov is a GNU tool to measur the code coverage of (among others) C++ code. It can be actived from a Travis script
• git: git is a version control system. It tracks the changes made in the project and allows for viewing the project its history
• GitHub: GitHub is a site where git repositories are hosted. It gives a git project a website where the files can be viewed. Next to this, there is a project page for issues like bug reports and feature requests
• gprof: gprof is a GNU tool to profile (among others) C++ code. It can be actived from a Travis script
• GSL: Microsoft implementation of the Guidelines Support Library
• helgrind: a thread error detector
• libnds: Nintendo DS library
• memcheck: detect memory leaks
• OCLint: static code analyis (homepage) (GitHub)
• qmake: makefile generator for Qt projects
• Qt: a C++ GUI library
• QTest: the Qt testing framework
• Qwt: a Qt charts/graphs library
• Rcpp: Rcpp is an R package that allows mixing R and C++ code
• Rcpp11: Rcpp is an R package that allows mixing R and C++11 code
• SFML: a C++ multimedia library
• SLOCcount: estimate the value of your code
• Travis CI: Travis CI is a continuous integration (hence the 'CI' in its name) tool that plays well with GitHub. It is activated when someone uploads his/her code to the GitHub
• Unreal Engine 4: a proprietary C++ game engine
• Urho3D: a free and open-source C++ game engine
• Wt: a C++ web application library

Non-C++ tools explored

In alphabetical order. Go to statuses to find these.

• C: some C code examples
• convert: convert images using ImageMagick
• cowsay: an ASCII art cow displaying a message
• lyx: convert LyX to PDF
• proselint: check your prose for style
• R: some R code examples
• spell: check your prose for spelling
• shunit2: bash script testing framework

Statuses

Go to statuses.

Contributing

Great! See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Code of conduct

This project follows the Contributor Covenant. See code_of_conduct.md.

Contributors

• @rugk

Other Travis tutorials

• Travis R tutorial
• General Travis tutorial