Microsoft C++ Team At CppCon 2019: Videos Available
Last month a large contingent from the Microsoft C++ team attended CppCon. We gave fourteen presentations covering our tools, developments in the standard, concepts which underlie the work we do, and...
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An Update on C++/CLI and .NET Core
The first public release of our C++/CLI support for .NET Core 3.1 is now available for public preview! It is included in Visual Studio 2019 update 16.4 Preview 2. We would love it if you could try it...
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Visual Studio Code C++ extension: Nov 2019 update
The November 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available. This latest release comes with a big list of improvements: Find All References, Rename Symbol refactoring, support for...
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Introducing C++ Build Insights
C++ builds should always be faster. In Visual Studio 2019 16.2, we’ve shown our commitment to this ideal by speeding up the linker significantly. Today, we are thrilled to announce a new collection of...
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EA and Visual Studio’s Linux Support
EA is using Visual Studio’s cross-platform support to cross-compile on Windows and debug on Linux. The following post is written by Ben May, a Senior Software Engineer of Engineering Workflows at EA....
View ArticleSet Environment Variables for Debug, Launch, and Tools with CMake and Open...
There are many reasons why you may want to customize environment variables. Many build systems use environment variables to drive behavior; debug targets sometimes need to have PATH customized to...
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CMake Tools Extension for Visual Studio Code
Microsoft is now the primary maintainer of the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension was created and previously maintained by vector-of-bool, who has moved on to other things....
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Build C++ Applications in a Linux Docker Container with Visual Studio
Docker containers provide a consistent development environment for building, testing, and deployment. The virtualized OS, file system, environment settings, libraries, and other dependencies are all...
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Debugging Linux CMake Projects with gdbserver
Gdbserver is a program that allows you to remotely debug applications running on Linux. It is especially useful in embedded scenarios where your target system may not have the resources to run the full...
View ArticleC++ Inliner Improvements: The Zipliner
Visual Studio 2019 versions 16.3 and 16.4 include improvements to the C++ inliner. Among these is the ability to inline some routines after they have been optimized, referred to as the “Zipliner.”...
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