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Clang/LLVM Support in Visual Studio

Will BuikApril 24, 2019Apr 24, 201904/24/19

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2 comes with support for Clang/LLVM out-of-the-box. Visual Studio has had great tooling for MSVC and GCC for quite a while now. The latest preview brings Clang into the fold. Visual Studio 2019 includes out of the box support for editing, building, and debugging CMake projects with Clang/LLVM. If you ...

Visual Studio CMake Support – Clang/LLVM, CMake 3.14, Vcpkg, and Performance Improvements

Will BuikApril 24, 2019Apr 24, 201904/24/19

We’ve introduced a bunch of improvements to our CMake support in the latest preview of Visual Studio 2019 Update 1. The latest release includes Clang/LLVM support, CMake 3.14, better vcpkg integration, and many more enhancements. If you are not familiar with Visual Studio’s CMake support, check out how to get started.

Exploring Clang Tooling Part 3: Rewriting Code with clang-tidy

Stephen KellyNovember 6, 2018Nov 6, 201811/6/18

In the previous post in this series, we used clang-query to examine the Abstract Syntax Tree of a simple source code file. Using clang-query, we can prototype an AST Matcher which we can use in a clang-tidy check to refactor code in bulk. This time, we will complete the rewriting of the source code. Let's return to MyFirstCheck.cpp ...

Exploring Clang Tooling Part 2: Examining the Clang AST with clang-query

Stephen KellyOctober 23, 2018Oct 23, 201810/23/18

This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team 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 guest author Stephen Kelly, ...

Exploring Clang Tooling Part 1: Extending Clang-Tidy

Stephen KellyOctober 19, 2018Oct 19, 201810/19/18

Exploring Clang Tooling, Part 0: Building Your Code with Clang

Stephen KellySeptember 18, 2018Sep 18, 201809/18/18

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