mekpie 0.1.1

Make Building C as Simple as Pie

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# Make Building C as Simple as Pie

Mekpie is an opinionated build system for small scale C projects. The core premise of Mekpie is that you should not be spending time worrying about Make files, compiler arguments, or build times, when working on a small C projects. By enforcing a simple directory structure and always providing a clean build, Mekpie saves you time and effort. For added convenience Mekpie takes notes from tools like [Rust’s cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/index.html) and [Node’s npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) and provides options for building, running, cleaning, and testing your current project.

Mekpie is a small scale project and is not supposed to replace tools like [CMake](https://cmake.org/) or provide any sort of package management capabilities. Use Mekpie when the alternative is a shoddy Make file or manually compiling.

Currently Mekpie supports the gcc, clang, avr-gcc, and emscripten compilers, as well as allows users to write custom compiler configurations.

## Installing

Mekpie is a python package. Use pip to install it! `bash $ pip install mekpie `

## Getting Started

Create a new project by running mekpie new. Mekpie will walk you through the configuration ` $ mekpie new "project-name" ┌ Configuring mekpie... │ Please provide a name for your project (default project-name): │ Selected project-name. │ Mekpie supports the following c compilers, please select one (compilers must be installed seperately): │ - gcc_clang for use with the gcc or clang compiler │ - emscripten for use with the emscripten c to js compiler │ - avr_gcc for use with avr-gcc and avrdude │ Please select a cc (default gcc_clang): │ Selected gcc_clang. │ ┌ Configuring gcc_clang... │ │ Please select a compiler command (default cc): │ │ Selected cc. │ │ Please select a debug command (default lldb): │ │ Selected lldb. │ └ gcc_clang configured! └ mekpie configured! project-name created successfully! `

Then navigate to the project directory and run ` $ mekpie run Project succesfully cleaned. Project succesfully built. (0.060s) Hello, World! `

That’s it!

## [Read More](https://ejrbuss.net/mekpie)

## Contact

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