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

April 25, 2017 Apr 25, 2017 04/25/17
Rong Lu
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 ...

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

March 7, 2017 Mar 7, 2017 03/7/17
Rong Lu
Last week marked an important and exciting milestone for the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code: this extension has been installed for over 1 million times since it shipped just a year ago! Thanks to everyone who tried it and provided us invaluable feedback to help shape the extension what it is today. But we are still early in this ...

Building your C++ application with Visual Studio Code

October 24, 2016 Oct 24, 2016 10/24/16
Julia Reid
Did you know that you can build and debug C++ projects in Visual Studio Code with your compiler and debugger of choice? Although VS Code is a light-weight editor, you can set it up to resemble a full IDE, customizing IntelliSense, build, and debug configurations for your environment.  There are two recommended approaches for ...