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May 2020 - C++ Team Blog

Profiling template metaprograms with C++ Build Insights

May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020 05/28/20
Kevin Cadieux
The use of templates in C++ programs can sometimes lead to longer builds. C++ Build Insights puts tools at your disposal for analyzing template usage patterns and their associated impact on build time. In this article, we show you how to use the vcperf analysis tool and the C++ Build Insights SDK to understand and fix problematic template ...

Join us this week at Microsoft Build digital event

May 18, 2020 May 18, 2020 05/18/20
Marian Luparu
We are looking forward to this week's main event, Microsoft Build 2020. Build 2020 starts tomorrow Tuesday, May 19 and will run for 48 continuous hours as a digital-only event that is open to anyway around the world, at no cost. This is the first major tech conference to go full-digital with an experience designed from the ground-up for a ...

Visual Studio Code C++ extension: May 2020 update

May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 05/14/20
Julia Reid
The May 2020 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available. This latest release offers brand new features—ARM and ARM64 IntelliSense modes and C++ language-specific code folding—along with a bunch of enhancements and bug fixes. To find out more about all the changes, check out our release notes on GitHub. ARM and ARM64 ...

Faster builds with PCH suggestions from C++ Build Insights

May 8, 2020 May 8, 2020 05/8/20
Kevin Cadieux
The creation of a precompiled header (PCH) is a proven strategy for improving build times. A PCH eliminates the need to repeatedly parse a frequently included header by processing it only once at the beginning of a build. The selection of headers to precompile has traditionally been viewed as a guessing game, but not anymore! In this article, ...

Vcpkg 2020.04 Update and Product Roadmap

May 1, 2020 May 1, 2020 05/1/20
Augustin Popa
This is the April 2020 blog post on vcpkg, the cross-platform, open source C/C++ library manager. In this post, we will share some information on the 2020.04 release of vcpkg and discuss the vcpkg product roadmap, which we are publishing and will keep up to date over time. To try out vcpkg for yourself and save yourself some time acquiring ...