C++ Team Blog

What’s New in CMake for VS Code

June 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022 06/15/22

Sinem Akinci

The latest version of CMake tools is now available for download in the VS Code Marketplace or using the .vsix file. We have been working hard on improving the CMake experience and are excited to share some new features and improvements for users starting in version 1.11.  ‘CMake’ task provider updates  We have added more options to the...

Serial and Zephyr support for Visual Studio and VS Code

June 7, 2022 Jun 7, 2022 06/7/22

Marc Goodner

We are continuing to improve our embedded development support in Visual Studio and VS Code. We have recently introduced a serial monitor and RTOS support for Zephyr. These capabilities are present in Visual Studio 17.3 Preview 1 as part of the Linux and embedded development workload. The Embedded Tools extension for VS Code also includes these...

MSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2

June 7, 2022 Jun 7, 2022 06/7/22

Chris Pulido

In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 we have continued to improve the C++ backend with new features, new and improved optimizations, build throughput improvements, and better security. Here is a list of improvements for you to review. Do you want to experience the new improvements ...

vcpkg May 2022 Release: artifacts using JSON, COS and SPDX support, and more

May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022 05/17/22

Augustin Popa

The May 2022 release of the vcpkg package manager is available. This blog post summarizes changes from March 31st, 2022 to May 10th, 2022 for the Microsoft/vcpkg and Microsoft/vcpkg-tool GitHub repos. Some stats for this period:   Notable Changes vcpkg Artifacts update This is our first significant update to...

Pure Virtual C++ 2022 Recordings Available

May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022 05/13/22

Sy Brand

Pure Virtual C++, a free one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community, ran on 26th April 2022. All sessions are now available to watch online. Live sessions: Pre-conference sessions:  ...

MSVC’s STL Completes /std:c++20

May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 05/10/22

Casey Carter

We are happy to announce that the final C++20 Standard Library features are now stabilized and available in /std:c++20 mode in both Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 and Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11.14. This notably includes several proposals approved as Defect Reports (DRs) by the C++ Standard Committee against the C++20 Standard Library ...

OpenMP Task Support for C++ in Visual Studio

April 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 04/26/22

Bran Hagger

The MSVC compiler adds support for OpenMP tasks with the /openmp:llvm flag.

Pure Virtual C++ 2022 is Today

April 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 04/26/22

Sy Brand

Pure Virtual C++ 2022 is today at 14:00 UTC! Join us on Learn TV for a free one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community. You can find the schedule here.  ...

Customizing GitHub Codespaces for C++ Projects

April 25, 2022 Apr 25, 2022 04/25/22

Michael Price

A walkthrough for creating a GitHub Codespace, customizing the Codespace development container, and configuring Visual Studio Code for developing in a C++ project such as microsoft/vcpkg-tool.

Pure Virtual C++ 2022 Pre-Conference Sessions Available

April 22, 2022 Apr 22, 2022 04/22/22

Sy Brand

Our pre-conference sessions for Pure Virtual C++ 2022 are now online. Find them here, and hope to see you at the main event on 26th April! Session list: There's one session on Visual Studio for Unreal Engine and Game Developers which will be uploaded soon...