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Bosch widely adopts Visual Studio 2022 after experiencing performance improvements for C++ Linux cross-compilation

June 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024 06/10/24
Sinem Akinci
Introduction (image) The Bosch security camera team had been evaluating Visual Studio as a unified development setup for their team’s C++ development, which includes remote Linux C++ development for cross-compiling.  While evaluating Visual Studio 2022, the team had a positive experience of using Visual Studio for their C++ ...

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.18 Update: Quick Start with CMake and more…

May 28, 2024 May 28, 2024 05/28/24
Sinem Akinci
The May release of CMake Tools in VS Code is now available. With this release, we have some new updates to the extension to improve CMake integrations with the extension's support. Some major highlights include improvements to the CMake: Quick Start command and support for CMake presets v7 and v8. To view the full list of updates with ...

Building your C++ Code with CMake in VS Code

May 9, 2024 May 9, 2024 05/9/24
Alexandra Kemper
Build systems can help you manage your C++ project as it grows in scope and complexity, whether you are adding new features, dependencies, or cross-platform support. A popular choice in the C++ community is CMake which supports cross-platform development, streamlines build processes and configurations, and has many levels of customization. It ...

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.17 Update: CMake Presets v6, Overriding Cache Variables, and Side Bar Updates

February 13, 2024 Feb 13, 2024 02/13/24
Sinem Akinci
The February release of the CMake Tools extension in VS Code is now available. With this release, we have three major new updates to the extension, including some of our highly upvoted requests: To view the full list of updates with this release, please look at our CHANGELOG. This release features 2 contributions from our open...

Azure Networking Team reaches peak productivity with Visual Studio’s new remote Linux capabilities and improvements

December 12, 2023 Dec 12, 2023 12/12/23
Sinem Akinci
Over the past couple of months, the Microsoft C++ team reached out to a series of customers voting on a suggestion ticket asking for Remote Linux Unit Testing support to better understand their full set of interactions and needs with CMake and Remote Linux scenarios in Visual Studio. After these discussions, we built out a backlog of work ...

Debug vcpkg portfiles in CMake script mode with Visual Studio Code

November 16, 2023 Nov 16, 2023 11/16/23
Ben McMorran
We recently announced support for debugging the CMake language using the VS Code CMake Tools extension. Now in version 1.16 of the extension, you can fine-tune the debugger configuration using a launch.json file. This enables debugging in CMake script mode in addition to the existing debugging of CMake project generation.  CMake script ...

Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.16 Update: New CMake Tools Sidebar and CMake Debugging options

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23
Sinem Akinci
The November release of the CMake Tools extension in VS Code is now available. With this release, we have two major new updates to the extension:  The full list of updates can be seen in our change log. This release features 10 contributions from the open-source community. Thank you all for your continued support!  Release ...

Enhancing the CMake Targets View in Visual Studio

September 20, 2023 Sep 20, 2023 09/20/23
Sinem Akinci
The CMake Targets View in Visual Studio is a view that allows you to visualize your CMake project structure by the CMake targets and build specified target libraries and executables. To make this view more usable, we have implemented a few new improvements to make it easier than ever to navigate your CMake targets. This includes improved ...

Introducing CMake Debugger in VS Code: Debug your CMake Scripts using Open-Source CMake Debugger

August 9, 2023 Aug 9, 2023 08/9/23
Sinem Akinci
The new CMake Debugger that was introduced in Visual Studio is now available in VS Code. Now, you can debug your CMakeLists.txt scripts from VS Code using the CMake Tools Extension. To see the full release notes for this release and what else is included, including bug fixes, please see the release notes. Background The Visual C++ team ...

Automatically Install Windows Subsystem for Linux from Visual Studio using New Seamless Integration

June 14, 2023 Jun 14, 2023 06/14/23
Sinem Akinci
Have you ever wanted to try using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to target Linux from your C++ project, but haven’t gone through the documentation or CLI installation process? Now, from Visual Studio with the Linux and Embedded Workload, Visual Studio makes it easier than ever to get to that one-click install of WSL. Download the latest ...