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July 2021 - C++ Team Blog

Visual Studio Code C++ July 2021 Update: Disassembly View, Macro Expansion and Windows ARM64 Debugging

July 28, 2021 Jul 28, 2021 07/28/21
Julia Reid
The July 2021 update of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code is here, bringing you brand new features— such as a Disassembly View while debugging, inline macro expansions, and debug support for Windows ARM64 architecture—along with a bunch of enhancements and bug fixes. To find out more about all the enhancements, check out our ...

Build and Debug C++ with WSL 2 Distributions and Visual Studio 2022

July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21
Erika Sweet
Visual Studio 2022 introduces a native WSL 2 toolset for C++ development. This toolset is available now in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 Preview 2. WSL 2 is the new, recommended version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) architecture that provides better Linux file system performance, GUI support, and full system call compatibility. ...

Code Scanning C++ with GitHub Actions

July 7, 2021 Jul 7, 2021 07/7/21
Nick Uhlenhuth
Last year, GitHub released code scanning, which enables developers to incorporate security checks into their CI/CD environment and developer workflow. This post demonstrates the basics of using CodeQL, the analysis engine behind code scanning, with GitHub Actions.What is CodeQL?CodeQL is an analysis engine that automates security checks by...