cppcon2023

Overview on how to constuct a plugin based system in C++

Build project

To build the plugin manager, run the following commands: Unix:

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build
ctest --test-dir build

Windows: TODO MacOS: TODO

Running the example plugin manager

To Run the example plugin manager, run the following command from the build directory you created above:

./plugin_cpp

The expected output should be print the message I am planning motion simply.

Inspect library symbols in Linux

To inspect the symbols of a library in Linux, run the follow command

nm -gD <Path To Library Artifact>

If you wish to unmangle the cpp symbols, add the -C flag

nm -gDC <Path To Library Artifact>