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  • Introduction
  • Conan migration guide to 2.0
  • Training Courses
  • Install
  • Getting Started
  • Using packages
  • Creating Packages
  • Uploading Packages
  • Developing packages
    • Package development flow
    • Package layout
    • Packages in editable mode
    • Workspaces
  • Package apps and devtools
  • Versioning
  • Mastering Conan
  • Systems and cross building
  • Extending Conan
  • Integrations
  • Configuration
  • Howtos
  • Reference
  • Cheatsheet
  • Videos and links
  • FAQ
  • Glossary
  • Changelog
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  • Developing packages

Developing packages

This section shows how to work on packages with source code continuously being modified.

  • Package development flow
    • conan source
    • conan install
    • conan build
    • conan package
    • conan export-pkg
    • conan test
    • conan create
  • Package layout
    • Before starting
    • Declaring the layout
    • Example: Everything together
    • Example: export_sources_folder
    • Example: conanfile in subfolder
    • Example: Multiple subprojects
  • Packages in editable mode
    • Put a package in editable mode
    • Using a package in editable mode
    • Working with editable packages
    • Revert the editable mode
  • Workspaces
    • Conan workspace definition
    • Single configuration build environments
    • Multi configuration build environments
    • Out of source builds
    • Notes
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