Premake
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| Premake | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Jason Perkins |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Lua |
| Engine | |
| Type | build automation tool |
Premake is a software development tool for generating build configuration files for platform specific build tools based on configuration files that are platform agnostic. The tool is open-source.
Features
[edit | edit source]Notable features include:[1]
- Supports building a codebase written in C, C++, and C#
- Support for generating build configuration files for Visual Studio, GNU Make, Xcode, Code::Blocks, CodeLite, and MonoDevelop
- Can build on different environments using the same premake configuration files[clarification needed]
Examples
[edit | edit source]The following is an example premake configuration file.
solution "MySolution"
configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
project "MyProject"
kind "ConsoleApp"
language "C++"
includedirs { "include" }
files { "src/**.h", "src/**.cpp" }
configuration "Debug"
symbols "On"
defines { "_DEBUG" }
configuration "Release"
flags { "Optimize" }
defines { "NDEBUG" }
Notable uses
[edit | edit source]Projects that use Premake include: 0 A.D., Bullet, Open Dynamics Engine, VDrift, and wxFormBuilder,[2]
References
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