How to Create, Compile, And Run a single file in CLion

Question

I am working on some c++ stuff and I hate having to create a whole new project just to run a few things on a file.

I also don\'t like how when you creat

Answer 1

CLion is based on CMake. So if you want to not use CMake, you can use other editors like Sublime Text.

But a simple CMake script could solve the problem.

The following CMake script automatically adds cpp files in the current directory and its subdirectories to executables (filename as the target name).

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
project(MyApp)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)

file(GLOB APP_SOURCES *.cpp */*.cpp)
foreach (testsourcefile ${APP_SOURCES})
    get_filename_component(testname ${testsourcefile} NAME_WE)
    message("${testname}")
    add_executable(${testname} ${testsourcefile})
endforeach (testsourcefile ${APP_SOURCES})