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CMake support in Visual Studio

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Marian Luparu
⏱ Updated on October 5, 2017 with the latest functionality included with Visual Studio 2017 15.4 Visual Studio 2017 introduces built-in support for handling CMake projects. This makes it a lot simpler to develop C++ projects built with CMake without the need to generate VS projects and solutions from the command line. This post gives ...

C++ IntelliSense Improvements – Predictive IntelliSense & Filtering

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Augustin Popa
IntelliSense is one of the most commonly used features in Visual Studio. With it, developers can write code more efficiently and learn more about their codebase at the same time. In a sense, IntelliSense is both a guide and a productivity feature. We understand the importance of having a powerful IntelliSense system which displays highly ...

C++ compiler diagnostics improvements in VS “15” Preview 5

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Andrew Pardoe
This post written by Andrew Marino and Andrew Pardoe Visual C++ in VS “15” Preview 5 now allows you to see where errors are in a line of code—the column number—as opposed to just showing the line number. As C++ has grown it’s increasingly useful to have a little more help finding your errors. Consider this somewhat contrived ...

Range-v3 on MSVC is Available on GitHub

August 23, 2016 Aug 23, 2016 08/23/16
EricMittelette
We are delighted to announce that the Visual C++ Team just published an implementation of range-v3 on the Microsoft GitHub repo. This contribution comes hot on the heels of our recent work to improve expression SFINAE on our Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 VC++ compiler . This is the first implementation of the Range TS running in MSVC. In “...

Using Visual C++ Runtime in Centennial project

July 7, 2016 Jul 7, 2016 07/7/16
EricMittelette
Last update: 11/22/2017 Getting started During Build 2015, we announced the Desktop Bridge (formerly called Project Centennial) to bring your desktop apps to UWP. With the Desktop App Converter, you can package your desktop application as an appx package that can be deployed to a Windows 10 Desktop. See this link to learn more about the ...

C++ Edit and Continue in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16
Ramkumar Ramesh - MSFT
We’ve been continuing to improve on C++ Edit and Continue (EnC) since we shipped it in Visual Studio 2015 with the default debug engine and the VC 140 toolset. We’ve addressed a fair bit of customer feedback and based on this, I’ll go over the latest developments in C++ EnC for Update 3 (download) and other clarifications in this blog ...

Visual C++ for Linux Updates

June 7, 2016 Jun 7, 2016 06/7/16
Marc Goodner
Updated 6/14/2016: We updated the original announcement post with the content below if you want a single page that covers everything about this extension. The below remains the same and just covers the updates from the original release. We’re happy to provide an update on the VC++ for Linux extension which has a new release today. Go get ...

Lightweight C++ Installation in Visual Studio “15”

April 1, 2016 Apr 1, 2016 04/1/16
Visual CPP Team
Recently at the //build conference, we announced a preview of a new installation experience for Visual Studio that gives you a more focused subset of the tools you need, and minimizes the impact to your machine. In this new installer (which is separate from the full Visual Studio “15” Preview), we’re focusing on laying the groundwork to ...