About CMake BASIS¶
History¶
The CMake BASIS project was started early in 2011 to improve and standardize software packages developed at the Section of Biomedical Image Analysis (SBIA) of the University of Pennsylvania. It started with the decision to use CMake as a build system which has been greatly extended using custom CMake macros and functions and the implementation of a standardized project template. The initial idea was to provide a project template based on CMake which would standardize the project directory structure as well as the software build. This project template would allow the developers to concentrate on actual software development rather than on deciding upon the directory structure, the directory names, and the basic CMake configuration. Over time, these components were transformed into important parts of the CMake BASIS package.
Purpose¶
The CMake BASIS software package documents and implements a standard for project organization, software build, implementation and documentation. We aim to provide a comprehensive way to streamline software development.
CMake BASIS includes a software development standard, a Project Template implementing the Filesystem Layout, CMake Modules which not only follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, but also implement the build system standard as well as the standard for testing and packaging software developed using BASIS.
CMake BASIS provides basic utility functions for each supported programming language which implement certain aspects of the software implementation standard such as the calling conventions on how to execute subprocesses and the parsing of command-line arguments. Where possible, these utility implementations were adopted from other open source software projects and integrated with BASIS.
People¶
Software Development
Contributors
The following people notably helped to define and shape BASIS.
Former Advisors at SBIA
