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Jul 23, 2024
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Genetec uses Visual Studio, CMake, vcpkg, and Docker for remote Linux C++ development

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Over the past couple of months, the Microsoft C++ team reached out to a series of customers voting on a suggestion ticket asking for Remote Linux Unit Testing support to understand their full set of interactions and needs with CMake and remote Linux scenarios in Visual Studio. After these discussions, we built out a backlog of work items to deliver...

C++CMakeLinux
Jun 10, 2024
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Bosch widely adopts Visual Studio 2022 after experiencing performance improvements for C++ Linux cross-compilation

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Introduction The Bosch security camera team had been evaluating Visual Studio as a unified development setup for their team’s C++ development, which includes remote Linux C++ development for cross-compiling.  While evaluating Visual Studio 2022, the team had a positive experience of using Visual Studio for their C++ development due to notab...

C++CMakeLinux
Dec 12, 2023
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Azure Networking Team reaches peak productivity with Visual Studio’s new remote Linux capabilities and improvements

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Over the past couple of months, the Microsoft C++ team reached out to a series of customers voting on a suggestion ticket asking for Remote Linux Unit Testing support to better understand their full set of interactions and needs with CMake and Remote Linux scenarios in Visual Studio. After these discussions, we built out a backlog of work items to ...

C++CMakeLinux
Sep 18, 2023
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What’s New for the Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

The Remote File Explorer gives you the capability to access your files and folders on your remote machines that you are connected to through the Connection Manager in Visual Studio, without having to leave the IDE. Since we last spoke, the team has implemented new features to further enhance your remote file workflows by listening to your direct fe...

C++Linux
Jun 14, 2023
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Automatically Install Windows Subsystem for Linux from Visual Studio using New Seamless Integration

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Have you ever wanted to try using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to target Linux from your C++ project, but haven’t gone through the documentation or CLI installation process? Now, from Visual Studio with the Linux and Embedded Workload, Visual Studio makes it easier than ever to get to that one-click install of WSL. Download the latest preview ...

C++CMakeNew Feature
Feb 15, 2023
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Minecraft’s WSL build time cut in half after working with Visual Studio C++ team

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

The Minecraft Publishing team, within Mojang Studios, reached out to the Visual Studio C++ team because they needed to expand C++ development to a new platform (Linux) while respecting their existing technological base (MSBuild) and these constraints prevented them from pursuing more established cross-platform pipelines. When developing with these ...

C++LinuxGame Development
Jan 25, 2023
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Debug Linux Console apps in Visual Studio’s Integrated Terminal

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

We have now added the capability for users to debug their C++ Linux Console applications from the Integrated Terminal in Visual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 3! To learn more about what the Integrated Terminal does and how to work with it in Visual Studio, please see this C++ feature announcement blog post.  Now, using the Linux Console embedded in t...

C++Linux
Nov 1, 2022
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Microsoft Office team uses Remote MacOS Debugging Capability in Visual Studio

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

The Microsoft Office team approached the C++ team after seeing the Visual Studio announcement for support for debugging applications running on C++ from Windows through the Blizzard blog post. They had a need for a similar workflow, but for Macs instead of Linux. The C++ team worked closely with the Office engineers to adapt the same underlying tec...

C++Linux
Sep 21, 2022
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A Visual Studio Debugger Extension for the Raspberry Pi Camera

Paul Maybee
Paul Maybee

While developing a sample application for a Raspberry Pi with a camera using the RaspiCam library, it occurred to me that it would be convenient and fun to be able to see the current camera input while debugging the application.  The Visual Studio debugger supports type-specific custom visualizers and end-user extensions that implement UI for these...

C++Linux
Jul 12, 2022
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Integrated Terminal in Visual Studio: New SSH integration for Linux targeting

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

In the latest version of Visual Studio, users are now able to leverage the integrated terminal to access their remote targets when developing for remote machines from Windows. This updated terminal includes an interactive SSH shell. It can be accessed by going to View->Terminal in Visual Studio.  Now, instead of starting an SSH session in...

C++Linux