C++ Team Blog

Pure Virtual C++ 2021 Schedule Available

Sy Brand April 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 04/20/21

The schedule for Pure Virtual C++ 2021 is now live on the event website. Remember to sign up to be the first to access our extra on-demand C++ demos and get more virtual surprises. Schedule All times are on Monday 3rd May 2021 UTC. Abstracts and speaker bios are available on the website...

CMake Presets integration in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code

Erika April 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 04/20/21

CMakePresets.json was released in CMake 3.19 and 3.20 and allows users to specify common configure, build, and test options and share them with others. We have added support for CMakePresets.json in Visual Studio and the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code. You can now invoke CMake with the same CMakePresets.json file in Visual Studio...

Visual Studio Code C++ Extension April 2021 Update: CUDA C/C++ IntelliSense and Apple Silicon Support

Julia Reid April 15, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 04/15/21

The April 2021 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available! This latest release offers brand new features—such as IntelliSense for CUDA C/C++ and native language server support for Apple Silicon— along with a bunch of enhancements and bug fixes. To find out more about all the enhancements, check out our...

MSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10 Preview 2

Helena Gregg April 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 04/14/21

In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10 Preview 2 we have continued to improve the C++ backend with new features, new and improved optimizations, build throughput improvements, and better security. Here is a brief list of improvements for you to review...

Finding Bugs with AddressSanitizer: MSVC Compiler

Augustin Popa April 7, 2021 Apr 7, 2021 04/7/21

Special thanks to Aaron Gorenstein for authoring this blog post. The AddressSanitizer (ASan) is generally available for MSVC since the recently-released Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9. We’ve already shown how easy it can be to find bugs in even production-ready code like EASTL. Here I’ll share an example of how it found a real bug in ...

Sign Up for the Pure Virtual C++ 2021 Conference

Sy Brand April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21

Last year we ran the first Pure Virtual C++, a free one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community. This May we're doing it again! Sign-up for free on the website to be the first to hear about our program schedule, access our extra on-demand C++ demos, and get more virtual surprises. The live event will run May 3rd 14:30-17:30 ...

vcpkg Host Dependencies for Cross-Compilation

Robert Schumacher March 31, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 03/31/21

If you’re not familiar with our C++ library manager vcpkg, welcome! This post covers an intermediate/advanced topic, so you may want to first get an overview and try things out from the vcpkg GitHub page or some of our previous blogs. Introduction One of the best features of C++ is that it generates tailored, specialized code for...

Static Analysis Fixes, Improvements, and Updates in Visual Studio 2019 16.9

Jordan Maples March 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021 03/17/21

MSVC static analysis update for Visual Studio 16.9.

IntelliSense Improvements in Visual Studio 2019

Will Buik March 10, 2021 Mar 10, 2021 03/10/21

We’ve made many great improvements to C++ IntelliSense over the course of the Visual Studio 2019 release. We’ve collected a few of the highlights in case you are interested in upgrading to Visual Studio 2019 or just want to learn how to be more productive when writing C++ code. If you have followed our blog since the 2019 Previews, you may...

Address Sanitizer for MSVC Now Generally Available

Augustin Popa March 9, 2021 Mar 9, 2021 03/9/21

This post was last updated on March 10th, 2021. Special thanks to Aaron Gorenstein who provided most of the content for this blog post. Special thanks as well to Kevin Cadieux and Jim Radigan who also made contributions. You can check out a demo on this feature in the latest Visual Studio Toolbox episode on YouTube: Visual Studio ...