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    C++ with Visual Studio and WSL2
    C++ with Visual Studio and WSL2
    ErikaErikaJanuary 14, 2021Jan 14, 202101/14/21
    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 ...

    1CMakeLinux
    Build and debug Qt projects on Linux with Qt Visual Studio Tools
    Build and debug Qt projects on Linux with Qt Visual Studio Tools
    ErikaErikaOctober 6, 2020Oct 6, 202010/6/20
    Qt is a popular cross-platform framework for application development and user interface design. Its various libraries and toolsets can be used to create, test, and deploy applications that target multiple platforms and operating systems including Linux, Windows, macOS and embedded/microcontroller systems. Qt recently released a new version of...

    1AnnouncementC++
    Linux development with Visual Studio: first-class support for gdbserver, improved build times with Ninja, and updates to the Connection Manager
    Linux development with Visual Studio: first-class support for gdbserver, improved build times with Ninja, and updates to the Connection Manager
    ErikaErikaJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20
    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 ...

    7C++CMake
    New templates for debugging CMake projects on remote systems and WSL in Visual Studio 2019
    New templates for debugging CMake projects on remote systems and WSL in Visual Studio 2019
    ErikaErikaApril 3, 2020Apr 3, 202004/3/20
    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 ...

    3AnnouncementC++
    Qt to support Visual Studio Linux projects
    Qt to support Visual Studio Linux projects
    ErikaErikaFebruary 20, 2020Feb 20, 202002/20/20
    Qt is a popular cross-platform framework for application development and user interface design. Its various libraries and toolsets can be used to create, test, and deploy applications that target multiple platforms and operating systems including Linux, Windows, macOS and embedded/microcontroller systems. Qt recently announced its plan to ...

    2AnnouncementC++
    CMake, Linux targeting, and IntelliSense improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2
    CMake, Linux targeting, and IntelliSense improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2
    ErikaErikaJanuary 24, 2020Jan 24, 202001/24/20
    Visual Studio’s native support for CMake allows you to target both Windows and Linux from the comfort of a single IDE. Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 introduces several new features specific to cross-platform development, including: File copy optimizations for CMake projects targeting a remote ...

    2C++CMake
    Improvements to Accuracy and Performance of Linux IntelliSense
    Improvements to Accuracy and Performance of Linux IntelliSense
    ErikaErikaJanuary 10, 2020Jan 10, 202001/10/20
    This blog post was written by Paul Maybee, a Principal Software Engineer on the C++ Cross-Platform Team.  Accurate C++ IntelliSense requires access to the C++ headers that are referenced by C++ source files. For Linux scenarios the headers referenced by a Linux MSBuild or CMake project are copied to Windows by Visual Studio from the Linux ...

    1C++CMake
    Debugging Linux CMake Projects with gdbserver
    Debugging Linux CMake Projects with gdbserver
    ErikaErikaDecember 18, 2019Dec 18, 201912/18/19
    Update 2/20/20: We have addressed a bug which allows you to debug simple CMake projects using one level of CMakeLists.txt files with gdbserver in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 3. The example launch configuration has been updated below. Gdbserver is a program that allows you to remotely debug applications running on Linux. It is ...

    1C++CMake
    Build C++ Applications in a Linux Docker Container with Visual Studio
    Build C++ Applications in a Linux Docker Container with Visual Studio
    ErikaErikaDecember 13, 2019Dec 13, 201912/13/19
    Docker containers provide a consistent development environment for building, testing, and deployment. The virtualized OS, file system, environment settings, libraries, and other dependencies are all encapsulated and shipped as one image that can be shared between developers and machines. This is especially useful for C++ cross-platform ...

    8C++CMake
    Electronic Arts and Visual Studio’s Linux Support
    Electronic Arts and Visual Studio’s Linux Support
    ErikaErikaNovember 7, 2019Nov 7, 201911/7/19
    Electronic Arts (EA) is using Visual Studio’s cross-platform support to cross-compile on Windows and debug on Linux. The following post is written by Ben May, a Senior Software Engineer of Engineering Workflows at EA. Thanks Ben and EA for your partnership, and for helping us make Visual Studio the best IDE for C++ cross-platform development...

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