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The latest in C++, Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg from the MSFT C++ team

Using Copilot Chat with C++ in VS Code

March 13, 2024 Mar 13, 2024 03/13/24
Sinem Akinci
If you are a C++ developer who uses VS Code as your editor, Copilot Chat can help you with many of your everyday coding tasks by allowing you to iterate with your code in natural language. Download GitHub Copilot Chat To access GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat, you will need an active subscription to GitHub Copilot. Chat features are ...

What’s New in vcpkg (February 2024)

February 29, 2024 Feb 29, 2024 02/29/24
Augustin Popa
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.02.14 release and changes to vcpkg documentation throughout February. This month’s vcpkg release was mainly minor bug fixes, while several new documentation articles were added. Some stats for this period:   vcpkg changelog (...

What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2022 17.9

February 13, 2024 Feb 13, 2024 02/13/24
Sy Brand
We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 is now generally available! This post summarizes the new features you can find in this release for C++. You can download Visual Studio 2022 from the Visual Studio downloads page or upgrade your existing installation by following the Update Visual Studio Learn page. Standard ...

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.17 Update: CMake Presets v6, Overriding Cache Variables, and Side Bar Updates

February 13, 2024 Feb 13, 2024 02/13/24
Sinem Akinci
The February release of the CMake Tools extension in VS Code is now available. With this release, we have three major new updates to the extension, including some of our highly upvoted requests: To view the full list of updates with this release, please look at our CHANGELOG. This release features 2 contributions from our open...

A Year of C++ Improvements in Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg

February 12, 2024 Feb 12, 2024 02/12/24
Sy Brand
As we enter the new year, it’s a good time to look back at all the features and improvements we made for C++ developers in our tools in 2023. We’ve made advancements across Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, our toolchain, and the vcpkg package manager in both performance and functionality. Some particular areas of focus have been ARM64 ...

Quick Tips for using Copilot Chat with C++ in Visual Studio

February 6, 2024 Feb 6, 2024 02/6/24
Sinem Akinci
GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when you have an active subscription to the service. Copilot Chat is your AI pair-programmer that allows you to speak in plain text through the chat interface to accomplish programming tasks such as understanding sections of code, generating test cases, and ...

MSVC Toolset Minor Version Number 14.40 in VS 2022 v17.10

February 1, 2024 Feb 1, 2024 02/1/24
Daniel Griffing
As we approach delivery of Visual Studio 2022 v17.9, the MSVC toolset version is 14.39. In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10, the MSVC Toolset minor version will continue with 14.40 and continue incrementing in the ‘14.4x’ series. The file version and directories in Visual Studio v17.10 and subsequent installations will appear as follows...

Testing the MSVC Compiler Backend

January 31, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 01/31/24
Troy Johnson
This post provides a behind-the-scenes look at how we test MSVC's backend, which is responsible for optimization and code generation. Many people worldwide use our compiler and expect it to provide a high-quality experience in terms of correctness (compiled code behaves as written), performance (speed of the compiled code), and throughput (...