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Author: Jussi Pakkanen
ISBN: 978-952-94-2892-2
Language: English
Number of pages:
321
Published by: Diffraction Labs
Year of publication: 2020
The Meson Manual is a full user's manual for the Meson build system written by Jussi Pakkanen, the original creator and current project lead of Meson. Written in an informative and concise no-nonsense style, the text makes the material easily approachable even for people with little previous knowledge on build systems in general or Meson in particular. Plenty of practical examples are used to ensure that the information is readily usable on real world projects.
The book starts with the basics such as how compilers and linkers work, what is the difference between static and dynamic linking (both at compile time and at runtime) and some differences between different toolchains and operating systems. This is followed by a thorough description of Meson's syntax, behaviour and functionality. A few bigger projects are examined to see how all of this can be applied to real world projects. The second half of the book is a thorough reference manual of all Meson functionality, including sample code for almost every function, module and method.
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All purchases of the book are entitled to download updated editions at no extra cost. The currently available version (3rd edition) will be the last release of the manual.
The sales of the book were discontinued at the end of 2020.