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Build and Debug C++ with WSL 2 Distributions and Visual Studio 2022

Erika Sweet July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21

Visual Studio 2022 introduces a native WSL 2 toolset for C++ development. This toolset is available now in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 Preview 2. WSL 2 is the new, recommended version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) architecture that provides better Linux file system performance, GUI support, and full system call compatibility. ...

Preview of using CMake Presets for Azure Sphere development

Marc Goodner May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 05/27/21

We are happy to announce that CMake Presets preview support is available in the Visual Studio 16.10 release as well as CMake Tools version 1.7 for Visual Studio Code. Erika introduced CMake Presets and why you should use them, this post will focus on how they can be used for Azure Sphere development across Visual Studio, VS Code, and GitHub...

CMake Presets integration in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code

Erika Sweet April 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 04/20/21

CMakePresets.json was released in CMake 3.19 and 3.20 and allows users to specify common configure, build, and test options and share them with others. We have added support for CMakePresets.json in Visual Studio and the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code. You can now invoke CMake with the same CMakePresets.json file in Visual Studio...

Remote Debug Support in Visual Studio 2019

Lisbeth Cardoso Guerra February 26, 2021 Feb 26, 2021 02/26/21

Visual Studio 2019 offers remote debug support for MSBuild and CMake projects targeting Windows and Linux. Thanks to remote debugging, our customers can target a wider, more diverse range of scenarios. We offer the flexibility to customize your deployment and automatically copy any dependencies needed to the target machine.

Windows ARM64 support for CMake projects in Visual Studio

Erika Sweet January 21, 2021 Jan 21, 2021 01/21/21

In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 Preview 3 we added support for deploying CMake projects to a remote Windows machine and debugging them with the Visual Studio remote tools. CMake developers targeting ARM64 Windows can now cross-compile (with cl or clang-cl), deploy, and debug their projects directly from Visual Studio. You can download and ...

C++ with Visual Studio and WSL2

Erika Sweet January 14, 2021 Jan 14, 2021 01/14/21

Our team released native support for C++ with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Visual Studio in 2019. “Native support” means that all commands are executed locally instead of over a SSH connection. Since then, WSL2 has been announced and we’ve received questions about our support for WSL2 in Visual Studio. The purpose of this ...

Linux development with Visual Studio: first-class support for gdbserver, improved build times with Ninja, and updates to the Connection Manager

Erika Sweet June 2, 2020 Jun 2, 2020 06/2/20

With Visual Studio 2019 you can build and debug C++ projects on a remote Linux system or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). You can get started with Linux development in Visual Studio using MSBuild-based Linux projects or our native support for CMake. CMake lets you use the same source code and build scripts to target multiple platforms ...

New templates for debugging CMake projects on remote systems and WSL in Visual Studio 2019

Erika Sweet April 3, 2020 Apr 3, 2020 04/3/20

We heard your feedback that it can be difficult to configure debugging sessions on remote Linux systems or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 we introduced a new debugging template to simplify debugging with gdb. The new cppgdb template We heard your feedback that the old ...

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension: Multi-root workspaces and file-based API

Erika Sweet February 7, 2020 Feb 7, 2020 02/7/20

The February 2020 update of the Visual Studio Code CMake Tools extension is now available. This release includes two of the extension’s top feature requests: file-based API support and multi-root workspaces. For a full list of this release’s improvements check out the release notes on GitHub. Multi-root workspace support The latest ...

Easily Add, Remove, and Rename Files and Targets in CMake Projects

Will Buik February 6, 2020 Feb 6, 2020 02/6/20

It’s easier than ever to work with CMake projects in Visual Studio 2019 16.5 Preview 2. Now you can add, remove, and rename source files and targets in your CMake projects from the IDE without manually editing your CMake scripts. When you add or remove files with the Solution Explorer, Visual Studio will automatically edit your CMake project...

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