Add an official project generator script / project skeleton

[pdesaulniers]

As we've previously discussed.

DPF plugins use similar project structures and Makefiles, so there should probably be an official way of starting a new DPF project.

For those who already want something like that, this project is pretty neat: https://github.com/SpotlightKid/cookiecutter-dpf-effect

[codecat]

Perhaps use something like CMake/PreMake/GENie to build DPF, so that projects can be generated for whatever platform. If implemented well, you could make plugins that use DPF pretty easily by including a project file directly from DPF to link against.

[pdesaulniers]

The cookiecutter project has been updated to support UI generation and MIDI In/Out. For the time being, I think it's the sanest way of starting a new DPF project.

@codecat I'm not super familiar with these build systems. Can they handle something similar to the jinja templates we're using in the cookiecutter project? (basically, parameter substitution, and conditional generation of some code blocks)

[codecat]

No, it doesn’t work like a project template system. It merely provides an easy way for cross-platform project generation. The source files will still need to manually be written.

[mxmilkiib]

It would be handy if a template Makefile could have bits to uncomment for different setups, like compiling for LV2 only.

[pdesaulniers]

@mxmilkb The cookiecutter project has some flags in a Makefile for this purpose: https://github.com/SpotlightKid/cookiecutter-dpf-effect/blob/a36f83394c4365c13dd57588acfaba184ecadf72/%7B%7B%20cookiecutter.repo_name%20%7D%7D/plugins/%7B%7B%20cookiecutter.plugin_name%20%7D%7D/Makefile#L48-L59

[mxmilkiib]

A note as per IRC; an official turnkey template to fork, especially that builds with GH actions, like the JUCE and VCV ones available, would be a good way to help on-board developers.

https://github.com/sudara/pamplejuce

https://github.com/maxwellpollack/juce-plugin-ci

https://community.vcvrack.com/t/automated-building-and-releasing-plugins-on-github-with-github-actions/11364

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=557214