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C++ tutorials, C and C++ news, and information about Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and Vcpkg from the Microsoft C++ team.
May 28, 2019May 28, 201905/28/19In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 we have updated the version of CMake we ship inbox to CMake 3.14. This comes with performance improvements for extracting generated build system information. Additionally, we now support virtually all the Visual Studio capabilities regardless of the CMake binary origin so long as the CMake version is at least 3.14.
May 14, 2019May 14, 201905/14/19The Quick Info tooltip has received a couple of improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3.
Quick Info Colorization
While Quick Info was previously all black text, the tooltip now respects the semantic colorization of your editor:
If you’d like to customize your semantic colorization,
May 13, 2019May 13, 201905/13/19There’s seeing your build, and then there’s REALLY seeing your build. The difference can be quite dramatic, unveiling a new world of possibilities. As part of a partnership between IncrediBuild and Visual Studio, you can enjoy these possibilities directly within Visual Studio.
May 10, 2019May 10, 201905/10/19In Visual Studio 2019 you can target both Windows and Linux from the comfort of a single IDE. In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3 we announced several new features specific to the Linux Workload: native support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL),
May 8, 2019May 8, 201905/8/19In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3 we have integrated AddressSanitizer (ASan) into Visual Studio for Linux projects. ASan is a runtime memory error detector for C/C++ that catches the following errors:
Use after free (dangling pointer reference)
Heap buffer overflow
Stack buffer overflow
Use after return
Use after scope
Initialization order bugs
You can enable ASan for MSBuild-based Linux projects and CMake projects that target a remote Linux system or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
May 7, 2019May 7, 201905/7/19In the latest Preview release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1, we’ve added two quick fixes to the Code Analysis experience focused around uninitialized variable checks. These quick fixes are available via the Quick Actions (lightbulb) menu on relevant lines, accessed by hovering over the line or squiggle,
May 6, 2019May 6, 201905/6/19In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3 we have added native support for using C++ with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). WSL lets you run a lightweight Linux environment directly on Windows, including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications.
April 19, 2019Apr 19, 201904/19/19Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0 is now available and is binary compatible with VS 2015/2017. In this first release of VS 2019, we’ve implemented more compiler and library features from the C++20 Working Paper, implemented more <charconv> overloads (C++17’s “final boss”),
April 16, 2019Apr 16, 201904/16/19We’re excited to announce that Visual Studio Code is included in the new release of tooling for Particle IoT developers. Developers using the Particle platform can now use Visual Studio Code as their default editor for building IoT apps!
Particle provides a widely-used IoT platform that consists of hardware,
April 15, 2019Apr 15, 201904/15/19Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 1 introduces in-editor documentation for CMake commands, variables, and properties. You can now leverage IntelliSense autocompletion and quick info tooltips when editing a CMakeLists.txt file, which will save you time spent outside of the IDE referencing documentation and make the process less error-prone.
