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The latest in C++, Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg from the MSFT C++ team

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

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

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!

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

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 September 2017 Update – more IntelliSense goodness!

The Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension has had over one million downloads in the past two months! We are very happy to see so much interest in the most popular C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. Even more exciting for us last week was the release of the September 2017 update, which brings in many new features to the extension...

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

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...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension July 2017 Update – time to try out the new IntelliSense!

2 million downloads! This is very exciting for the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension, considering it was just 4 months ago when we hit the 1 million milestone! Today we are shipping the July 2017 update to the extension. Besides several bug fixes, we are continuing to polish the new IntelliSense experience that we shipped last month. This ...

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

Today we are excited to announce the release of the June 2017 update of the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. This update enables semantic-aware member list auto-completion and improves the overall default IntelliSense behavior, providing a smoother out-of-box IntelliSense experience. If you haven't tried it before, download VS Code (...

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

Earlier this month, the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code hit another exciting milestone – it has been installed over 1.5 million times since it first shipped in March last year! Thanks to everyone who has sent us feedback to help us make it this far. We will continue to make improvements to the extension based on your feedback. (image...

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

Earlier today we shipped the April 2017 update to the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. We are excited to introduce the following new features in this update: The original blog post has been updated with these changes. If you have this extension installed already, Visual Studio Code sends a notification for the update and ...