Meetup #6: Applied CMake

Please join us for our sixth official C++ Helsinki Meetup! We finally meet again for talks and discussion about the C++ programming language.

We are again being sponsored by the awesome coding school Hive Helsinki, who are hosting the meetup on their campus. Anyone interested in the C++ programming language is welcome to attend!

Code of Conduct: By attending C++ Helsinki you agree to abide by the Berlin Code of Conduct. It is a primary goal of our meetup that our attendees feel safe, welcome, and included. If you have any concerns at all, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers Timur Doumler and Jeroen Akershoek here on meetup.com.

This month, instead of focusing on C++ itself, we will be diving into the weeds of the CMake build system, which is often a stumbling block for C++ developers. We have the following talk for you:

Mark Gillard –
Applied CMake: Lessons learned by blowing it up and starting again

Join Mark in reliving a six month effort to fix a very problematic tangle of bad CMake, and pick up some best practices along the way.

Mark Gillard is a Senior Flight Software Engineer at ICEYE, a Finnish microsatellite company based in Espoo. Prior to his current role, he was the lead developer on a realtime soft tissue physics engine for Osgenic, a Helsinki-based surgical simulation and training company. Before coming to Finland, Mark was a teacher, researcher and consultant at Flinders University in South Australia, working with haptic controllers to find novel ways of modeling and teaching different surgical interactions. Mark first learned to code as a teenager, making mods in UnrealScript for Unreal Tournament 2004, and these days almost all of his work is C++.

Schedule:

18:00 - 18:10 - Intro
18:10 - 19:10 - Talk by Mark Gillard
19:10 - 20:00 - Socializing

How to get there:

The event space is on the 4th floor, at Hive Helsinki, Haapaniemenkatu 5A, 00530. The entrance is located next to Sörnäisten Rantatie, on the Näkinpuisto side. Take the stairs to the 4th floor or ring the buzzer if you need the elevator. The entire space is accessible.