[CMake] Are the poor reviews of Mastering CMake Justified?

[DJ]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I think I may be stuck having to learn cmake because several software 
libraries that I am starting to use build with cmake.

Based on the feedback, for no I'll pass on the book and see what I can 
do by reading online.

One of the things that seems to me to be missing is some kind of quick 
description of the overall "theory of cmake". I am a top-down kind of 
person, so I really dislike being left with nothing but "here, type this 
in" which is what a lot of the web stuff seems to be. A sketch of how it 
works conceptually would help me. (Of course, I need examples too.)

Just sayin'.

Best,

- Jake -

On 15-12-18 04:02 PM, DJ wrote:
> I have only very recently encountered the need to use cmake. It seems 
> this need came all at once out of the blue.
>
> It appears to me that there is a general perception that good tutorial 
> material is in short supply. I have followed various tutorials that 
> are available online and find them less than stellar. I am mostly 
> familiar with gnu toolchain stuff. I admit that I am biased here 
> because my own work presents zero requirement for cross-platform 
> builds. So far I find cmake documentation to be considerably inferior 
> to gnu documentation, but that's just me.
>
> This all led me to consider purchasing the book Mastering CMake. 
> However, reviews on Amazon are generally very critical of the book. It 
> is indeed expensive. Should I bother to shell out for it, or do others 
> here share this negative evaluation of it? I don't want to waste my 
> money.
>
> Best,
>
> - Jake -
>
>