This is a cookiecutter template for a C++ project using CMake and Conan. It is heavily influenced by a similar project by Jason Turner. The main differences are:

• This is a cookiecutter template.
• This has no sample code other than an empty main.cpp.
• This has no default libraries already defined as dependencies.

First, setup your own project with cookiecutter:

cookiecutter gh:tarcisioe/cpp-template

This will create a directory with the name you defined in project_slug. Enter that directory, then define the dependencies you wish to download and build with conan in CMakeLists.txt by uncommenting PACKAGES and listing them right after that:

conan(
    PACKAGES
        fmt/0.6.10
)

Finally, create your build directory:

cmake -B build

To link your dependencies, add them to your targets (e.g. main in src/CMakeLists.txt) like this:

target_link_libraries(
    main
        PUBLIC
            (...)
            CONAN_PKG::fmt
)

Then, build your project:

cmake --build build

Enjoy your project with your dependencies, a compile database already generated, warnings enabled, etc. :)