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Jun 4, 2018
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Use Boost.Hana via vcpkg with the latest MSVC compiler

Ulzii Luvsanbat [MSFT]

Overview As we continue to work towards improving the conformance of the MSVC compiler for the C++ community, we would like to enable more C++ libraries, and today we are bringing Boost.Hana to Visual C++.  Building on our recent C++ conformance progress, customers can now use Boost.Hana with the VS2017 15.7 update after we've applied some source ...

AnnouncementVcpkg
May 8, 2018
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Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension May 2018 Update – IntelliSense configuration just got so much easier!

Rong Lu

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension May 2018 Update – IntelliSense configuration just got so much easier! This morning we shipped the May 2018 update of the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, the most significant update to this extension in its 2-year history! 😊 The team has been working extremely hard for the past month to bring many new featu...

AnnouncementVisual Studio Code
Apr 24, 2018
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Announcing a single C++ library manager for Linux, macOS and Windows: Vcpkg

EricMittelette

At Microsoft, the core of our vision is “Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform” and we are committed to bringing you the most productive development tools and services to build your apps across all platforms. With this in mind, we are thrilled to announce today the availability of vcpkg on Linux and MacOS. This gives you immediate access to the vcpk...

AnnouncementVcpkgNew Feature
Mar 29, 2018
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Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension March 2018 update

Rong Lu

Today we are excited to announce the March 2018 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension! This update includes improved auto-complete for local and global scopes and a simplified configuration process for system includes and defines, enabling a better out-of-box IntelliSense experience. You can find the full list of changes in the release n...

AnnouncementVisual Studio Code
Feb 20, 2018
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Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Feb 2018 update

Rong Lu

点这里看中文版 The February 2018 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is here! In addition to several bug fixes, this update added colorization for inactive code regions, making it easy to read C and C++ code. You can find the full list of changes in the 0.15.0 release notes. Colorization for inactive regions Inactive code regions that are co...

AnnouncementVisual Studio Code
Feb 6, 2018
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Vcpkg: introducing installation options with Feature Packages

EricMittelette

We are happy to announce a new feature for vcpkg in version 0.0.103: Feature Packages. Vcpkg is a package manager to help acquiring and building open source libraries on Windows; vcpkg currently offers over 600 C++ libraries available for VS2017 and VS2015. With Feature Packages you have more control over how you build a library as you can specif...

AnnouncementVcpkgNew Feature
Jan 17, 2018
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Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Jan 2018 update

Rong Lu

点这里看中文版 Today we are shipping the first update of the year to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension! This update includes IntelliSense and code navigation performance improvements and a CPU Usage setting for the tag parser to specify the CPU resources to be used. Also, just recently we open-sourced part of the extension on GitHub. IntelliSense an...

AnnouncementVisual Studio Code
Jan 10, 2018
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C++ Static Analysis Improvements for Visual Studio 2017 15.6 Preview 2

Kyle Reed

点这里看中文版 We've made a few changes to the C++ static analysis feature that should make it faster and easier to use. The behavior has changed slightly, and the menus have been moved around a bit, but we think that the new experience is faster and more consistent. Let's take a quick look at the changes. Single File Analysis Developers tend to focus o...

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Dec 14, 2017
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Image Watch is now available for Visual Studio 2017

Marian Luparu

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 have received many...

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Dec 13, 2017
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Android NDK R15C support goes in-box in Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.6 Preview

Rong Lu

Visual Studio has provided in-box support for building C++ Android and iOS apps or libraries since VS 2015, enabling cross-platform C++ mobile development with full editing and debugging capabilities all in one single IDE. Just recently, we updated the tools to make it easier for you to work with newer versions of the Android platform. This includ...

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