joelcancela / cpp-cli

A C++ CLI for VSCode

C++ CLI

CLI for C++ projects by Jeremy Junac

Prerequisites

The CLI only needs Python 2.7. But if you want to use all the functionalities, you will also need :

• make
• gcc/g++
• gdb
• VSCode

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Taken0711/cpp-cli.git

If you want to use the CLI from anywhere, you can put a link in your $PATH (assuming that ~/bin is in your $PATH):

ln -s ./cpp-cli.py ~/bin/cpp-cli

Usage

Generating a new project with Makefile and VSCode settings files

cpp-cli new <PROJECT-NAME>

This command generates a project containing :

• A basic main with a cout.
• Its Makefile.
• The .json settings files for vscode (settings.json, launch.json, c_cpp_properties.json and tasks.json) to build, debug and launch your project, using make, gcc and gdb.

Generating Class

You can use the cpp-cli g class command to generate C++ classes:

cpp-cli g class <MyClass>

Note : the PATH must be your newly created project.

This command creates a basic cpp and a header file. The CLI will automatically add dependency in the Makefile.
You can also create several classes in one command:

cpp-cli g class MyFirstClass MySecondClass MyThirdClass

VSCode shortcuts

Building

Default is Ctrl+B.
Debugging and launching automatically launch the build task.

Debugging

Default is F5.
Automatically launches the build task.

Launching without debug

Default is Ctrl+F5.
Automatically launches the build task.