cargo newcpp

This tool extends Cargo to allow for the creation of new C++ projects in the spirit of cargo new <project>

Ensure that you have a fairly recent version of rust/cargo installed. On Ubuntu you might also want to install cmake and gcc or g++ so that you can actually build project.

Recommended prereqs

If you'd like to kick the tires on the build feature (cargo buildcpp) you will want the following installed

sudo apt install gcc, g++, ninja-build, build-essential, cmake

cargo install cargo-newcpp

Create a new project

Create a new CPP project with the following command.

cargo newcpp <your_project_name>

This will output to the following default project scaffolding.

Building the CPP project with cargo

Once you've create the project, you can use the following example to build the project.

cd <your_project_name> 
cargo buildcpp