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C++ tutorials, C and C++ news, and information about Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and Vcpkg from the Microsoft C++ team.

Embedded Software Development in Visual Studio
Embedded Software Development in Visual Studio
December 6, 2021 Dec 6, 2021 12/6/21
In this post we will walk you through Visual Studio installation of the embedded workload, how to acquire embedded tool dependencies with vcpkg, then demonstrate edit, build, deploy, and debugging directly in Visual Studio with new peripheral register and RTOS object views. We will demonstrate all of this with an Azure RTOS ThreadX project.
Bootstrap your dev environment with vcpkg artifacts
Bootstrap your dev environment with vcpkg artifacts
December 6, 2021 Dec 6, 2021 12/6/21
We are happy to announce a new experience for acquiring artifacts using vcpkg. We define an artifact as a set of packages required for a working development environment. Examples of relevant packages include compilers, linkers, debuggers, build systems, and platform SDKs. With this important change, vcpkg can not only download and build your ...
C++ build throughput investigation and tune up
C++ build throughput investigation and tune up
November 19, 2021 Nov 19, 2021 11/19/21
Building C++ code is a complex process, launching many build tools in parallel and often running for a long time. It is always desirable to make it faster, but also a challenge to understand what the most effective way would be to achieve this. We’d like to share some techniques we use to get a “bigger” picture of the build, as well ...
Microsoft C++ Team at CppCon 2021
Microsoft C++ Team at CppCon 2021
October 25, 2021 Oct 25, 2021 10/25/21
The Microsoft C++ team has an exciting lineup of sessions at CppCon 2021. Many of us will also be present at our team’s booth in the main hall for the first two days of the conference. Come say hi and let us know if you have any questions about our talks, products, or anything else! You can also join the #visual_studio channel on the ...