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Review on Conan.io by Johnathan Sherman

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Easily integrate new libraries into existing C++ applications

It's easy to set up, has good documentation and all features are well-documented (or have example code available). We've had some issues with our CI server/build process but that seems isolated in this case. If you're using build bots or other external systems then adding support could be difficult if it doesn't already exist. Make sure your integration tests can handle building multiple versions of projects at once - just like doing an apt install! Helps us catch things easily when we need to make changes, eases development by allowing us to work from any computer without having too many dependencies locally installed. The benefit of being able to quickly get started writing software rather than waiting weeks before getting anything done as part of my previous job outweighs any downsides I found so far. Using Conan allows me to develop much faster thanks to its speed compared to local installations. Our test suite takes about 1 minute per project.

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Pros
  • Easy installation.
  • Good documentaion,
  • Can run commands directly through conans command line interface for ease testing purposes.+ Builds artifacts automatically+ Faster compilation cycle times due tesing builds remotely+
  • Many options built into package manager suchas environment variables which allow customization
Cons
  • Some problems