Tutorial: Update step 3 style

Help/guide/tutorial/Adding Usage Requirements for a Library.rst

@@ -1,52 +1,142 @@
 Step 3: Adding Usage Requirements for a Library
 ===============================================
 
-Usage requirements allow for far better control over a library or executable's
-link and include line while also giving more control over the transitive
-property of targets inside CMake. The primary commands that leverage usage
-requirements are:
-
-  - :command:`target_compile_definitions`
-  - :command:`target_compile_options`
-  - :command:`target_include_directories`
-  - :command:`target_link_libraries`
-
-Let's refactor our code from :guide:`tutorial/Adding a Library` to use the
-modern CMake approach of usage requirements. We first state that anybody
-linking to ``MathFunctions`` needs to include the current source directory,
-while ``MathFunctions`` itself doesn't. So this can become an ``INTERFACE``
-usage requirement.
-
-Remember ``INTERFACE`` means things that consumers require but the producer
-doesn't. Add the following lines to the end of
-``MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt``:
+Exercise 1 - Adding Usage Requirements for a Library
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Usage requirements allow for far better control over a library or
+executable's link and include line while also giving more control over the
+transitive property of targets inside CMake. The primary commands that
+leverage usage requirements are:
+
+* :command:`target_compile_definitions`
+* :command:`target_compile_options`
+* :command:`target_include_directories`
+* :command:`target_link_libraries`
+
+Goal
+----
+
+Add usage requirements for a library.
+
+Helpful Materials
+-----------------
+
+* :command:`target_include_directories`
+* :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`
+
+Files to Edit
+-------------
+
+* ``MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt``
+* ``CMakeLists.txt``
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
+In this exercise, we will refactor our code from
+:guide:`tutorial/Adding a Library` to use the modern CMake approach. We will
+let our library define its own usage requirements so they are passed
+transitively to other targets as necessary. In this case, ``MathFunctions``
+will specify any needed include directories itself. Then, the consuming target
+``Tutorial`` simply needs to link to ``MathFunctions`` and not worry about
+any additional include directories.
+
+The starting source code is provided in the ``Step3`` directory. In this
+exercise, complete ``TODO 1`` through ``TODO 3``.
+
+First, add a call to :command:`target_include_directories` in
+``MathFunctions/CMakeLists``. Remember that
+:variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR` is the path to the source directory
+currently being processed.
+
+Then, update (and simplify!) the call to
+:command:`target_include_directories` in the top-level ``CMakeLists.txt``.
+
+Build and Run
+-------------
+
+Make a new directory called ``Step3_build``, run the :manual:`cmake
+<cmake(1)>` executable or the :manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to
+configure the project and then build it with your chosen build tool or by
+using ``cmake --build .`` from the build directory. Here's a refresher of
+what that looks like from the command line:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  mkdir Step3_build
+  cd Step3_build
+  cmake ../Step3
+  cmake --build .
+
+Next, use the newly built ``Tutorial`` and verify that it is working as
+expected.
+
+Solution
+--------
+
+Let's update the code from the previous step to use the modern CMake
+approach of usage requirements.
+
+We want to state that anybody linking to ``MathFunctions`` needs to include
+the current source directory, while ``MathFunctions`` itself doesn't. This
+can be expressed with an ``INTERFACE`` usage requirement. Remember
+``INTERFACE`` means things that consumers require but the producer doesn't.
+
+At the end of ``MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt``, use
+:command:`target_include_directories` with the ``INTERFACE`` keyword, as
+follows:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+  <details><summary>TODO 1: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
 
 .. literalinclude:: Step4/MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
-  :caption: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
+  :caption: TODO 1: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
   :name: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt-target_include_directories-INTERFACE
   :language: cmake
   :start-after: # to find MathFunctions.h
 
-Now that we've specified usage requirements for ``MathFunctions`` we can safely
-remove our uses of the ``EXTRA_INCLUDES`` variable from the top-level
+.. raw:: html
+
+  </details>
+
+Now that we've specified usage requirements for ``MathFunctions`` we can
+safely remove our uses of the ``EXTRA_INCLUDES`` variable from the top-level
 ``CMakeLists.txt``, here:
 
+.. raw:: html
+
+  <details><summary>TODO 2: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
+
 .. literalinclude:: Step4/CMakeLists.txt
-  :caption: CMakeLists.txt
+  :caption: TODO 2: CMakeLists.txt
   :name: CMakeLists.txt-remove-EXTRA_INCLUDES
   :language: cmake
   :start-after: # add the MathFunctions library
   :end-before: # add the executable
 
+.. raw:: html
+
+  </details>
+
 And here:
 
+.. raw:: html
+
+  <details><summary>TODO 3: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
+
 .. literalinclude:: Step4/CMakeLists.txt
-  :caption: CMakeLists.txt
+  :caption: TODO 3: CMakeLists.txt
   :name: CMakeLists.txt-target_include_directories-remove-EXTRA_INCLUDES
   :language: cmake
   :start-after: # so that we will find TutorialConfig.h
 
-Once this is done, run the :manual:`cmake  <cmake(1)>` executable or the
-:manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to configure the project and then build it
-with your chosen build tool or by using ``cmake --build .`` from the build
-directory.
+.. raw:: html
+
+  </details>
+
+Notice that with this technique, the only thing our executable target does to
+use our library is call :command:`target_link_libraries` with the name
+of the library target. In larger projects, the classic method of specifying
+library dependencies manually becomes very complicated very quickly.

Help/guide/tutorial/Adding a Library.rst

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ source file for the library is passed as an argument to
   :caption: TODO 1: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt
   :name: MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt-add_library
   :language: cmake
+  :end-before: # TODO 1
 
 .. raw:: html
 
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ library names with ``EXTRA_LIBS``. This looks like the following:
   :name: CMakeLists.txt-target_link_libraries-EXTRA_LIBS
   :language: cmake
   :start-after: add_executable(Tutorial tutorial.cxx)
-  :end-before: # add the binary tree to the search path for include files
+  :end-before: # TODO 3
 
 .. raw:: html
 

Help/guide/tutorial/Step3/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ option(USE_MYMATH "Use tutorial provided math implementation" ON)
 # to the source code
 configure_file(TutorialConfig.h.in TutorialConfig.h)
 
+# TODO 2: Remove EXTRA_INCLUDES list
+
 # add the MathFunctions library
 if(USE_MYMATH)
   add_subdirectory(MathFunctions)
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ add_executable(Tutorial tutorial.cxx)
 
 target_link_libraries(Tutorial PUBLIC ${EXTRA_LIBS})
 
+# TODO 3: Remove use of EXTRA_INCLUDES
+
 # add the binary tree to the search path for include files
 # so that we will find TutorialConfig.h
 target_include_directories(Tutorial PUBLIC

Help/guide/tutorial/Step3/MathFunctions/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 add_library(MathFunctions mysqrt.cxx)
+
+# TODO 1: State that anybody linking to MathFunctions needs to include the
+# current source directory, while MathFunctions itself doesn't.
+# Hint: Use target_include_directories with the INTERFACE keyword