C++ tutorials, C and C++ news, and information about Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and Vcpkg from the Microsoft C++ team.
April 25, 2017Apr 25, 201704/25/17Earlier today we shipped the April 2017 update to the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. We are excited to introduce the following new features in this update:
Error Squiggles
Quick Info
Go to Declaration
Bash on Windows debugging support
The original blog post has been updated with these changes.
April 21, 2017Apr 21, 201704/21/17Are you new to Visual Studio and working with C++? Then you’ve come to the right place. Whether you’re a student writing one of your first programs or a seasoned C++ developer with years of experience, you’ll find Visual Studio to be a powerful environment for C++ development.
April 20, 2017Apr 20, 201704/20/17Visual Studio comes packed with a set of productivity tools to make it easy for C++ developers to read, edit, and navigate through their code. In this blog post we will dive into these features and go over what they do.
April 19, 2017Apr 19, 201704/19/17Testing is an increasingly important part of a software development workflow. In many cases, it is insufficient to test a program simply by running it and trying it out – as the scope of the project gets more involved, it becomes increasingly necessary to be able to test individual components of the code on a structured basis.
April 18, 2017Apr 18, 201704/18/17When it comes to building mobile applications, many developers write most or a part of the apps in C++. Why? Those who are building computationally intensive apps such as games and physics simulations choose C++ for its unparalleled performance, and the others choose C++ for its cross-platform nature and the ability to leverage existing C/C++ libraries in their mobile applications.
April 17, 2017Apr 17, 201704/17/17Today’s preview release of Visual Studio 2017 15.2 update comes with several improvements and new features in CMake Tools for Visual Studio – recently updated to cover 15.2. We have upgraded the included version of CMake to 3.7.2 and enhanced the discoverability of features in the CMake menu.
April 17, 2017Apr 17, 201704/17/17Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications utilize a new Windows API and app model that creates a single output binary that can feasibly run on any Windows 10 device, ranging from desktops to HoloLens. Because a app can run on a wide variety of devices with different form factors and types of input,
April 17, 2017Apr 17, 201704/17/17The Windows desktop platform has long been the most popular platform among C++ application developers. With C++ and Visual Studio, you use Windows SDKs to target many versions of Windows ranging from Windows XP to Windows 10, which is well over a billion devices.
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April 14, 2017Apr 14, 201704/14/17C++ has been around for a long time and throughout its history many tools have been built to make life easier for C++ developers. This has led to a diverse C++ ecosystem in terms of the editing tools, build systems, coding conventions,
April 14, 2017Apr 14, 201704/14/17If your project targets one of the Windows platforms only (Desktop or UWP), you should consider using MSBuild as your C++ build system. If you consider expanding beyond these platforms though, consider using CMake to specify your build. To learn more,
