🖥️ Set up your dev workspace C++

In this article, I will show you how to setup your working environment for C++ Projects. Let’s get started:

1. Create a folder named: HOME_DEV, ideally in :
   • C:/ for Windows
   • ~ for Linux
   • /Users/${YOUR_NAME}/ for Mac

Examples:

- Windows: `C:/HOME_DEV/`
- Linux: `~/HOME_DEV`
- Mac: `/Users/${YOUR_NAME}/HOME_DEV`

💡 CLI: Run mkdir "/Users/${USER}/HOME_DEV" to create the folder.

Let’s refer to the path to the folder you have just created as $HOME_DEV

2. Create the $HOME_DEV environment variable that will store the path of the folder.
   • Windows
     • Type “Environnement” in Windows search bar.
     • In System Variables, add a variable $HOME_DEV with the value as C:/HOME_DEV/:
   • Unix
     Add to your .bash_profile ( or .zshrc) file the line below

     [...]
     export HOME_DEV="/Users/${USER}/HOME_DEV"
     [...]
     

Download and unzip the following archive. Then Copy/paste the content of the HOME_DEV folder in your $HOME_DEV folder.

HOME_DEV.zip

.📂 $HOME_DEV
├── Workspaces
│   ├── Project C++ 1
│   ├── Project C++ 2
│   │   ├── Application-A
│   │   ├── Application-B
│   │   └── Code Stuff
│   └── Storage
├── Data
│   ├── Images
│   ├── video
│   ├── Binary
│   ├── ...
└── Packages

Now you can go ahead and read our article on Dev tools we used for C++ projects.