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Linux development with C++ in Visual Studio

April 11, 2017 Apr 11, 2017 04/11/17
Erika Sweet
This post was updated on December 11, 2020 Visual Studio 2017 introduced the Linux Development with C++ workload. We generally recommend Visual Studio’s native support for CMake for all C++ Linux development. Visual Studio’s CMake support allows you to target multiple platforms (Windows, a remote Linux system, the Windows Subsystem for ...

Learn C++ Concepts with Visual Studio and the WSL

February 22, 2017 Feb 22, 2017 02/22/17
Andrew Pardoe
点这里看中文版 Concepts promise to fundamentally change how we write templated C++ code. They're in a Technical Specification (TS) right now, but, like Coroutines, Modules, and Ranges, it's good to get a head start on learning these important features before they make it into the C++ Standard. You can already use Visual Studio 2017 for...

Targeting the Windows Subsystem for Linux from Visual Studio

February 8, 2017 Feb 8, 2017 02/8/17
Marc Goodner
Update Jan. 8, 2020: Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 and later has native support for WSL. This eliminates the need to establish an SSH connection and is the recommended workflow for building and debugging on WSL. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was first introduced at Build in 2016 and was delivered as an early beta in Windows 10 ...

Using C++ Resumable Functions with Libuv

February 2, 2017 Feb 2, 2017 02/2/17
Jim Springfield
Previously on this blog we have talked about Resumable Functions, and even recently we touched on the renaming of the yield keyword to co_yield in our implementation in Visual Studio 2017. I am very excited about this potential C++ standards feature, so in this blog post I wanted to share with you a real world use of it by adapting it to the ...

Visual C++ for Linux 1.0.5 Updates

September 13, 2016 Sep 13, 2016 09/13/16
Marc Goodner
The Visual C++ for Linux announcement post has been updated with the content below. If you are already familiar with this extension this post covers what is new since our last update. We recently posted new bits for our 1.0.5 release of the Visual C++ for Linux extension for Visual Studio 2015. This release has some major performance ...

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 ...