Marian Luparu, Author at C++ Team Blog

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Updates to Visual Studio Build Tools license for C and C++ Open-Source projects

August 18th, 2022

Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT) can now be used for compiling open-source C++ dependencies from source without requiring a Visual Studio license, even when you are working for an enterprise on a commercial or closed-source project. This change expands user rights to the Build Tools and does not limit the existing Visual Studio Community ...

Happy 20th Birthday CMake!

September 16th, 2020

CMake is now 20! Kitware posted yesterday an interview with Bill Hoffman, the original creator for CMake and shared that August 31 was CMake's 20th birthday Here, in the C++ team, we are not only heavy CMake users. We also believe that CMake is a foundational piece for all C++ cross-platform developers and, as such, we strive to enable the ...

Project OneFuzz: new open source developer tool to find and fix bugs at scale

September 15th, 2020

We're excited to echo Microsoft Security team's announcement that Project OneFuzz is now available as an open-source project in GitHub. To learn more about the announcement, head over to our Microsoft Security blog to read "Microsoft announces new Project OneFuzz framework, an open source developer tool to find and fix bugs at scale". From ...

Join us this week at Microsoft Build digital event

May 18th, 2020

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: Nov 2019 update

November 4th, 2019

Find All References, Rename Symbol refactoring, support for localization, new navigation breadcrumb controls, and improvements to the Outline view are only a few of the improvements in the November 2019 update of Visual Studio Code C++ extension.

C++ Binary Compatibility and Pain-Free Upgrades to Visual Studio 2019

January 31st, 2019

Visual Studio 2019 pushes the boundaries of individual and team productivity. We hope that you will find these new capabilities compelling and start your upgrade to Visual Studio 2019 soon. As you are considering this upgrade, rest assured that Visual Studio 2019 makes it distinctively easy to move your codebase from previous versions of ...

Visual Studio Code C++ extension: October 2018 update and a simplified Insiders program

December 5th, 2018

The October 2018 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension has recently shipped. It comes with a ton of bug fixes, improved Go to Definition support, integrated terminal support when debugging, and a simpler way to opt into our extension’s Insiders program. For a detailed list of this release’s improvements, check out the release ...

Books on C++17

September 25th, 2018

This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team here at Microsoft and other guests answer questions we have received from customers. The questions can be about anything C++ related: MSVC toolset, the standard language and library, the C++ standards committee, isocpp.org, CppCon, etc. Today’s post is by Marian Luparu...

Announcing C++ Just My Code Stepping in Visual Studio

June 29th, 2018

In Visual Studio 2017 release 15.8 Preview 3 we’re announcing support for Just My Code stepping for C++. In addition to previously supported callstack filtering, the Visual Studio debugger now also supports stepping over non-user-code. As you “Step In”, for example in an algorithm from the Standard library with a custom predicate or in a...

Image Watch is now available for Visual Studio 2017

December 14th, 2017

点这里看中文版 Image Watch is a Visual Studio extension that provides a watch window for viewing in-memory bitmaps when debugging native C++ code. It comes with built-in support for OpenCV image types (e.g. cv::Mat, cv::Mat_<> , etc.). We know that, for many of you, this is an important part of your C++ debugging experience. We...

Marian Luparu

Group Product Mgr, Microsoft C++ Team

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