Added BLOOM_COMPILED_RESOURCES_PATH_OVERRIDE macro to avoid using compiled resources in debug builds

src/Helpers/Paths.cpp

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+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <array>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <climits>
+#include <src/Exceptions/Exception.hpp>
+
+#include "Paths.hpp"
+
+using namespace Bloom;
+
+std::string Paths::applicationDirPath() {
+    auto pathCharArray = std::array<char, PATH_MAX>();
+
+    if (readlink("/proc/self/exe", pathCharArray.data(), PATH_MAX) < 0) {
+        throw Exceptions::Exception("Failed to obtain application directory path.");
+    }
+
+    return std::filesystem::path(std::string(pathCharArray.begin(), pathCharArray.end())).parent_path();
+}

src/Helpers/Paths.hpp

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+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Bloom
+{
+    class Paths
+    {
+    public:
+        /**
+         * Returns the path to the directory in which the Bloom binary resides.
+         *
+         * @return
+         */
+        static std::string applicationDirPath();
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the path to the Resources directory, located in the application directory.
+         *
+         * @return
+         */
+        static inline std::string resourcesDirPath() {
+            return Paths::applicationDirPath() + "/../resources/";
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the path to Bloom's compiled resources.
+         *
+         * If the debug configuration is enabled, this function will return the absolute path to Bloom's source code,
+         * meaning we won't use compiled resources for debug builds. This is useful for debugging and tweaking QT UI
+         * files such as QT stylesheets and UI templates.
+         * @return
+         */
+        static inline const std::string compiledResourcesPath() {
+#ifdef BLOOM_COMPILED_RESOURCES_PATH_OVERRIDE
+            return std::string(BLOOM_COMPILED_RESOURCES_PATH_OVERRIDE);
+#else
+            return std::string(":/compiled");
+#endif
+        }
+
+    };
+}