RAA - hxabuild

HxaBuild is a command-line tool that automates C++ project building. It aims at moderately simple general project structures, and intends to automate as much as possible -- to be as easy as possible to use immediately.

When HxaBuild is run, it scans project directories, notes file changes compared to the previous scan, and issues compile or link commands accordingly. Dependencies within the project are tracked.

The purpose was simplicity, not power. For many projects, 'make' and its replacements are over-complicated and demand too much setup. Building is essentially a simple task: compile changed source files, and link changed object files -- in many cases it ought to be almost completely automatable and preconfigured.

With HxaBuild, just stay within the general project pattern, and all you need to do is modify some default settings for directories, file filters, and compiler commands. There is no language to learn, and hardly any configuration to do.