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

June 21, 2018 Jun 21, 2018 06/21/18

Rong Lu

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension June 2018 Update Today we’re very happy to announce the availability of the June 2018 update to the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code! In this update, we are continuing our efforts to make IntelliSense configuration easier by auto-detecting compile_commands.json files for IntelliSense, significantly ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension May 2018 Update – IntelliSense configuration just got so much easier!

May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 05/8/18

Rong Lu

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension May 2018 Update – IntelliSense configuration just got so much easier! This morning we shipped the May 2018 update of the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, the most significant update to this extension in its 2-year history! 😊 The team has been working extremely hard for the past month to bring many...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension March 2018 update

March 29, 2018 Mar 29, 2018 03/29/18

Rong Lu

Today we are excited to announce the March 2018 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension! This update includes improved auto-complete for local and global scopes and a simplified configuration process for system includes and defines, enabling a better out-of-box IntelliSense experience. You can find the full list of changes in the ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Feb 2018 update

February 20, 2018 Feb 20, 2018 02/20/18

Rong Lu

点这里看中文版 The February 2018 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is here! In addition to several bug fixes, this update added colorization for inactive code regions, making it easy to read C and C++ code. You can find the full list of changes in the 0.15.0 release notes. Colorization for inactive regions Inactive code...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Jan 2018 update

January 17, 2018 Jan 17, 2018 01/17/18

Rong Lu

点这里看中文版 Today we are shipping the first update of the year to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension! This update includes IntelliSense and code navigation performance improvements and a CPU Usage setting for the tag parser to specify the CPU resources to be used. Also, just recently we open-sourced part of the extension on ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Dec 2017 update – support for more Linux distros

December 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 12/11/17

Rong Lu

Happy holidays! Today we’re shipping the December 2017 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension – our last major update of this year, with out-of-box support for more Linux distros and built-in guidance on how to configure for a better IntelliSense experience. The original blog post, which provides an overview of this extension, ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Nov 2017 update – Multi-root workspaces support is here!

November 9, 2017 Nov 9, 2017 11/9/17

Rong Lu

This week has been very exciting for the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension! It crossed 4 million downloads earlier this week only 18 months after its first release! Today, we are shipping the November 2017 update, which enables the extension to work with multi-root workspaces seamlessly, making VS Code an even more powerful C/C++ development ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension October 2017 update

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17

Rong Lu

点这里看中文版 Yesterday we shipped the October 2017 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension. Following the lightbulb suggestions for IntelliSense include path feature that was shipped last month, we're adding another feature to make IntelliSense setup easier - support for the compile_commands.json file, eliminating the need ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension August 2017 Update

August 22, 2017 Aug 22, 2017 08/22/17

Rong Lu

Last week we shipped the August 2017 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension. Besides several bug fixes, this update includes a new command for resetting the IntelliSense database file and continued improvements to the new compiler-based IntelliSense engine. Thanks to everyone who provided us feedback on the new IntelliSense engine in...