Sinem Akinci

Program Manager II, Visual C++ Team

C++ Product Manager working on CMake and Linux experiences in Visual Studio and VS Code

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Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.16 Update: New CMake Tools Sidebar and CMake Debugging options

November 15th, 2023
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 ...

Microsoft Visual C++ at CppCon 2023 Trip Report

November 2nd, 2023
The Visual C++ team attended CppCon 2023, the largest in-person C++ conference, in Aurora, Colorado from October 2-6th. There were over 700 attendees from the C++ community, and we really enjoyed getting a chance to meet all of you and talk about your unique backgrounds and C++ experiences.(image) Some of our team member’s talks are now ...

Enhancing the CMake Targets View in Visual Studio

September 20th, 2023
The CMake Targets View in Visual Studio is a view that allows you to visualize your CMake project structure by the CMake targets and build specified target libraries and executables. To make this view more usable, we have implemented a few new improvements to make it easier than ever to navigate your CMake targets. This includes improved ...

What’s New for the Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio

September 18th, 2023
The Remote File Explorer gives you the capability to access your files and folders on your remote machines that you are connected to through the Connection Manager in Visual Studio, without having to leave the IDE. Since we last spoke, the team has implemented new features to further enhance your remote file workflows by listening to your ...

Introducing CMake Debugger in VS Code: Debug your CMake Scripts using Open-Source CMake Debugger

August 9th, 2023
The new CMake Debugger that was introduced in Visual Studio is now available in VS Code. Now, you can debug your CMakeLists.txt scripts from VS Code using the CMake Tools Extension. To see the full release notes for this release and what else is included, including bug fixes, please see the release notes. Background The Visual C++ team ...

Automatically Install Windows Subsystem for Linux from Visual Studio using New Seamless Integration

June 14th, 2023
Have you ever wanted to try using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to target Linux from your C++ project, but haven’t gone through the documentation or CLI installation process? Now, from Visual Studio with the Linux and Embedded Workload, Visual Studio makes it easier than ever to get to that one-click install of WSL. Download the latest ...

What’s New for Makefile Tools in VS Code Version 0.7.0 – Variable Expansion and more…

May 15th, 2023
The Makefile Tools team in VS Code has shipped the latest 0.7.0 version of the extension. In this version, we have enabled variable expansion for your Makefile projects in settings, so you no longer need to write plain paths for your Makefiles in the settings.json for the extension and can instead utilize variables that the Makefile extension ...

What’s New for CMake Tools 1.14 in VS Code – Test Explorer

April 27th, 2023
The team has been working hard to provide new highly requested capabilities for CMake users. Now, in version 1.14, we have provided a new Test Explorer for using CTest with your CMake projects. This release also features open-source community contributions from users. Thanks for your contributions! Test Explorer One of our most highly-...

View files on your Remote Machines using the new Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio

February 27th, 2023
We are excited to announce that we have added a new tool window, the Remote File Explorer, to Visual Studio in version 17.6 Preview 1.  This window provides you with the ability to browse, upload, and download files and folders on your remote machines that you are connected to via the Connection Manager within your Visual Studio instance...

CMake debugger allows you to debug your CMake scripts and more

February 22nd, 2023
The VS CMake team has been working in close collaboration with Kitware on developing a debugger for CMake scripts in the Visual Studio IDE (see this open Kitware issue for more details). We will be contributing this work back upstream (targeting the 3.27 release) so that the developer community can have it and work to improve it together, by ...