I have a question about best C++ coding practices. I noticed that for almost all applications the first/main .cpp file is “main.cpp”. My question is simple, what is best practice for naming the first/main .h file? “main.h”?
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I have a question about best C++ coding practices. I noticed that for almost all applications the first/main .cpp file is “main.cpp”. My question is simple, what is best practice for naming the first/main .h file? “main.h”?
By convention, the declarations needed for
xxx.cppgo inxxx.horxxx.hpp. So in your case it would bemain.h.However, you should name it with whatever makes sense.
Most of the time, your
main.cppwon’t do much, because it would use various classes. Each class will probably go inClassName.cpp(although not necessarily). So you may not need amain.h.