How I Set Up Every Audio Plugin C++ Project with JUCE, CMake, and Unit Tests [TEMPLATE REPO]

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ABOUT THE VIDEO

From the video you will learn:
✅ how to start any audio plugin C++ project
✅ how to structure your code repository for maximum clarity and productivity
✅ why using CMake is better than using the Projucer that ships with JUCE
✅ how to integrate CMake and JUCE (including important compilation flags you shouldn't miss)
✅ how to generate a Visual Studio/XCode/Make/etc. project out of your CMake project
✅ how to effortlessly integrate third-party (external) libraries to your CMake project with the CPM package manager
✅ how to ensure maximum safety of your code by raising the warning level and treating warnings as errors
✅ how to build you audio plugin CMake project
✅ how to introduce unit tests for your audio plugin with GoogleTest
✅ how to run the unit tests

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TIME CODES

00:00 Introduction
02:09 Tutorial start: what is CMake, top-level CMake file
05:13 CPM package manager integration, JUCE integration
13:50 Plugin project setup
25:00 Unit test project setup, GoogleTest integration
35:50 Possible improvement
37:20 Summary

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