An Introduction to Software Development under GNU/Linux

A short tutorial I wrote on developing C/C++ applications under GNU/Linux. It goes from describing the toolchain, building a simple application, automating the build process, and closes with shared and static libraries.

From the Introduction…

In this tutorial, I will guide you through your transition to developing C++ applications under
GNU/Linux. This will go from choosing the toolchain, to using it to compile and debug applications and
libraries. Interestingly, not only this information applies to C, but it even applies to other languages like
Pascal and Objective-C. This is true because, for example, the compiler and debugger suite we would be
using, can both be used to compile and debug applications in several languages, and hence, what you’d
learn once for C++ can be applied on other languages, if the need aroused.

Link to PDF file.

Posted September 23rd, 2007. Filed under: Articles.