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Now announcing: Makefile support in Visual Studio Code!

Julia Reid February 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 02/17/21

We are excited to announce a brand-new extension for building and debugging Makefile projects in Visual Studio Code: Makefile Tools (preview)! The extension is in pilot stages, but we’ve curated a list of over 70 popular opensource Makefile projects that work with Makefile Tools. Give it a try and let us know what you think! Installing the ...

Visual Studio Code C++ Extension: Cross-Compilation IntelliSense Configurations

Julia Reid February 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 02/9/21

The February 2021 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available! This latest release provides support for cross-compilation IntelliSense configurations and over 60 bug fixes! To find out more about all the enhancements, check out our release notes on GitHub. Cross-compilation IntelliSense configurations With this latest ...

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

Erika 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 ...

CMake Tools Extension for Visual Studio Code

Erika November 21, 2019 Nov 21, 2019 11/21/19

Microsoft is now the primary maintainer of the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension was created and previously maintained by vector-of-bool, who has moved on to other things. Thank you vector-of-bool for all of your hard work getting this extension to where it is today! About the extension The CMake Tools extension ...

Visual Studio Code C++ extension: Nov 2019 update

Marian Luparu November 4, 2019 Nov 4, 2019 11/4/19

Find All References, Rename Symbol refactoring, support for localization, new navigation breadcrumb controls, and improvements to the Outline view are only a few of the improvements in the November 2019 update of Visual Studio Code C++ extension.

Visual Studio Code C/C++ Extension: July 2019 Update

Tara Raj July 24, 2019 Jul 24, 2019 07/24/19

The July 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is now available. This release includes many new features, including semantic colorization and improvements to the IntelliSense Configuration Settings Editor UI and IntelliSense cache. For a full list of this release’s improvements, check out our release notes on GitHub. ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension: May 2019 Update

Tara Raj May 3, 2019 May 3, 2019 05/3/19

The May 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is now available to C/C++ extension Insiders. This release includes many new features, including Visual Studio Code Remote Development extensions with C/C++, an IntelliSense Configurations settings UI, and IntelliSense improvements.

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension: March 2019 Update

Tara Raj April 4, 2019 Apr 4, 2019 04/4/19

The March 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is now available. This release includes many new features and bug fixes, including IntelliSense caching, Build and Debug Active File, and configuration squiggles. For a full list of this release’s improvements, check out our release notes on GitHub. IntelliSense Cache (AutoPCH...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension: January 2019 Update

Tara Raj January 31, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 01/31/19

[Updated on 11/4/2019] - Removed mentions of "Improved Member Function Completion" which is no longer supported based on user feedback. The January 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available. This release includes many new features and bug fixes including documentation comments support, improved #include ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension August 2018 Update

Rong Lu August 23, 2018 Aug 23, 2018 08/23/18

Late last week we shipped the August 2018 update to the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. This update included support for “Just My Code” symbol search, a gcc-x64 option in the intelliSenseMode setting, and many bug fixes. You can find the full list of changes in the release notes. “Just My Code” symbol search Keyboard shortcut...

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