cargo newcpp

This tool extends Cargo to allow for the creation of new C++ projects in the spirit of cargo new <project>

Ensure that you have a fairly recent version of rust/cargo installed. On Ubuntu you might also want to install cmake and gcc or g++ so that you can actually build project.

console,ignore cargo install cargo-newcpp

Create a new project

Create a new CPP project with the following command.
console,ignore cargo newcpp <your_project_name>

This will output to the following default project scaffolding.

scaffolding

Building the CPP project with cargo

Once you've create the project, you can use the following example to build the project. console,ignore cd <your_project_name> cargo buildcpp