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VS Code C++ Extension 1.19 Release: 3.6x faster Go To Symbol & 1.5x faster colorization

April 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 04/18/24
Alexandra Kemper
With our recent 1.19 release, performance was our biggest focus for the C++ Extension in Visual Studio Code. This included features like progressive population of IntelliSense results and faster symbol searching. With these enhancements, you can begin writing C++ code when opening a file quicker than ever before. Additionally, we also added ...

Visual Studio Code C++ December 2021 Update: clang-tidy

December 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 12/14/21
Julia Reid
The latest insiders release of the C++ extension is here, bringing clang-tidy support to VS Code! Clang-tidy is a clang-based C++ linter tool that detects common errors in your code, like style violations and bugs that can be deduced via static analysis. Clang-tidy integration was one of our top asks on GitHub, so we’re excited to announce ...

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

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

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension July 2018 Update and IntelliSense auto-configuration for CMake

July 25, 2018 Jul 25, 2018 07/25/18
Rong Lu
Last week we shipped the July 2018 update to the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. In this update we added support for a new experimental API that allows build system extensions to pass IntelliSense configuration information to our extension for powering up full IntelliSense experience. You can find the full list of changes in the July ...

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...