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Dec 16, 2023
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What’s New in the vcpkg 2023.12.12 Release

Augustin Popa
Augustin Popa

The 2023.12.12 release of the vcpkg package manager is available. This blog post summarizes changes from November 21st, 2023 to December 12th, 2023 for the Microsoft/vcpkg, Microsoft/vcpkg-tool, and Microsoft/vcpkg-docs GitHub repos. Some stats for this period:   Feature changes   Bug fixes ...

C++Vcpkg
Dec 14, 2023
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What’s New for Makefile Tools in Visual Studio Code Release 0.8: Post-Configure Scripts and more…

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

The latest version 0.8 of Makefile Tools in Visual Studio Code has shipped and is now available. This release includes two new features: a setting to support adding post-configure scripts and settings to add argument support to parse into your pre- and post-configure scripts. This release also features several bug fixes and improvements, including ...

C++Visual Studio Code
Dec 12, 2023
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Azure Networking Team reaches peak productivity with Visual Studio’s new remote Linux capabilities and improvements

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Over the past couple of months, the Microsoft C++ team reached out to a series of customers voting on a suggestion ticket asking for Remote Linux Unit Testing support to better understand their full set of interactions and needs with CMake and Remote Linux scenarios in Visual Studio. After these discussions, we built out a backlog of work items to ...

C++CMakeLinux
Dec 12, 2023
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Directly Edit Unreal Engine Projects in Visual Studio 2022

David Li
David Li

Introduction We are excited to announce that Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Preview 2 offers direct support for Unreal Engine projects. We would like to give a special thank you to the folks at Epic Games. Our on-going collaboration made this feature possible. In addition, this feature relies on the latest features of Unreal Engine 5.4. You w...

C++Game Development
Nov 28, 2023
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What’s New in the vcpkg 2023.11.20 Release

Augustin Popa
Augustin Popa

The 2023.11.20 release of the vcpkg package manager is available. This blog post summarizes changes from October 19th, 2023 to November 19th, 2023 for the Microsoft/vcpkg, Microsoft/vcpkg-tool, and Microsoft/vcpkg-docs GitHub repos. Some stats for this period:   Key changes This vcpkg update includes some bugfixes...

C++Vcpkg
Nov 17, 2023
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Functions View for Build Insights in Visual Studio 2022 17.8

Eve Silfanus
Eve Silfanus

Introduction We are excited to unveil a new feature in Build Insights for Visual Studio: Functions View! This feature is available in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8. Functions View offers essential insights into functions and forceinlines within your codebases. Download Visual Studio 2022 17.8 We extend our sincere thanks thanks to the deve...

C++
Nov 16, 2023
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Debug vcpkg portfiles in CMake script mode with Visual Studio Code

Ben McMorran
Ben McMorran

We recently announced support for debugging the CMake language using the VS Code CMake Tools extension. Now in version 1.16 of the extension, you can fine-tune the debugger configuration using a launch.json file. This enables debugging in CMake script mode in addition to the existing debugging of CMake project generation.  CMake script mode is a...

C++CMakeVcpkg
Nov 15, 2023
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C++ Extension in VS Code 1.18 Release: Quick Fixes for missing header files, Extract to Function & More 

Alexandra Kemper
Alexandra Kemper

The 1.18 version of the C++ Extension in Visual Studio Code has been released. With this version of the extension, we have added several new features such as:    For the full list of changes, please reference the 1.18 release notes.   Quick Fixes for missing header files  Have you ever written C++ code and forgotten to add the ...

C++
Nov 15, 2023
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Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.16 Update: New CMake Tools Sidebar and CMake Debugging options

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

The November release of the CMake Tools extension in VS Code is now available. With this release, we have two major new updates to the extension:  The full list of updates can be seen in our change log. This release features 10 contributions from the open-source community. Thank you all for your continued support!  Release Schedule Up...

C++CMakeVisual Studio Code
Nov 14, 2023
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Unreal Engine and C++ Game Development Made Easy with Visual Studio 2022

David Li
David Li

Introduction Creating amazing games just got easier. We are very happy to announce the latest Unreal Engine integrations and powerful C++ productivity features in Visual Studio 2022. Our team has been tirelessly working to incorporate your feedback and bring even more features that will enhance your game development experience whether you work...

Game DevelopmentC++Announcement