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Building your C++ application with Visual Studio Code

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 ...