function(add_component COMPONENT_NAME)
    set(COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME wmtk_${COMPONENT_NAME})

    option(WMTK_ENABLE_COMPONENT_${COMPONENT_NAME} "Enable wmtk component ${COMPONENT_NAME}" ON)

    IF(NOT ${WMTK_ENABLE_COMPONENT_${COMPONENT_NAME}})
        return()
    ENDIF()

    message(STATUS "Add component wmtk::${COMPONENT_NAME}.")

    add_library(${COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME})
    add_library(wmtk::${COMPONENT_NAME} ALIAS ${COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME})


    target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE wmtk::warnings wmtk::toolkit jse::jse)

    target_include_directories(${COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../..")

    # append include path to autogenerated files
    file(APPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/app/components_include.hpp"
     "#include <wmtk/components/${COMPONENT_NAME}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.hpp>\n")
    # append function pointer to autogenerated files
    file(APPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/app/components_map.hpp"
     "components_map[\"${COMPONENT_NAME}\"] = wmtk::components::${COMPONENT_NAME}::${COMPONENT_NAME};\n")

    # add component to wmtk app
    target_link_libraries(wmtk_app PRIVATE wmtk::${COMPONENT_NAME})

    # Group source files for IDEs
    file(GLOB_RECURSE COMPONENTS_FILES_FOR_SOURCE_GROUP "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.hpp" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h")
    source_group(TREE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" PREFIX "src" FILES ${COMPONENTS_FILES_FOR_SOURCE_GROUP})

    set_target_properties(${COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES FOLDER wmtk_components)

endfunction()