Visual C++ 2015 Update 2 Bug Fixes
We’re happy to have shipped Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 (grab a copy here!). This is a quick glance at the Visual C++ bugs resolved that were reported on the Microsoft Connect portal. We have fixed 330...
View ArticleUpdate your Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension now!
Would like to thank all who have tried out the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code and have already provided rich feedback on their experiences, filed issues with us. Pairing with the Visual Studio...
View ArticleVisual C++ 2015 Update 2 Bug Fixes
We’re happy to have shipped Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 (grab a copy here!). This is a quick glance at the Visual C++ bugs resolved that were reported on the Microsoft Connect portal. We have fixed 330...
View ArticleUpdate your Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension now!
Would like to thank all who have tried out the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code and have already provided rich feedback on their experiences, filed issues with us. Pairing with the Visual Studio...
View ArticleIntroducing a new, advanced Visual C++ code optimizer
We are excited to announce the preview release of a new, advanced code optimizer for the Visual C++ compiler backend. It provides many improvements for both code size and performance, bringing the...
View ArticleC/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code
Today is an exciting day for all of us on the C++ team here at Microsoft! We love that we offer the great development experience C and C++ developers enjoy in Visual Studio on Windows, but at the same...
View ArticleUpdate your Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension now!
Would like to thank all who have tried out the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code and have already provided rich feedback on their experiences, filed issues with us. Pairing with the Visual Studio...
View ArticleC/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code
Today is an exciting day for all of us on the C++ team here at Microsoft! We love that we offer the great development experience C and C++ developers enjoy in Visual Studio on Windows, but at the same...
View ArticleUpdate your Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension now!
Would like to thank all who have tried out the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code and have already provided rich feedback on their experiences, filed issues with us. Pairing with the Visual Studio...
View ArticleCustom ETW Heap Events in Visual Studio 15 Preview 2
Background Visual Studio 2015 introduced the Diagnostic Tools window including the native memory profiler. The native memory profiler collects Windows ETW events from the heap provider and analyzes...
View ArticleMay update for the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code
We would like to thank all of you who have tried out the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code and have already provided rich feedback on your experiences and filed issues and requests with us. We are...
View ArticleUsing C++ Coroutines to simplify async UWP code
The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) introduced many async APIs; there are now almost 1700 of them. In fact, the team switched every API that could take 50ms or more to complete to async mode. Coding...
View ArticleUpdate your Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension now!
Would like to thank all who have tried out the C/C++ extension in Visual Studio Code and have already provided rich feedback on their experiences, filed issues with us. Pairing with the Visual Studio...
View ArticleClang 3.8 in the May release of Clang with Microsoft CodeGen
This blog post written by Dave Bartolomeo, Yuriy Solodkyy, and Andrew Pardoe We have just released our fifth out-of-band update of Clang/C2 toolset. As always, this release has been driven by your...
View ArticleC++ Core Guidelines Checkers are now in a single NuGet package
It has been an exciting year since the C++ Core Guidelines and checkers were announced starting with Bjarne Stroustrup’s opening keynote at CppCon 2015. We’ve shipped multiple releases of our...
View ArticleStandards version switches in the compiler
This blog post written by Gabriel Dos Reis, Ulzii Luvsanbat, and Andrew Pardoe. In Visual C++ 2015 Update 3 we are introducing tools to help you control the version of the ISO C++ programming language...
View ArticleExpression SFINAE improvements in VS 2015 Update 3
This post written by Xiang Fan and Andrew Pardoe Last December we blogged about partial Expression SFINAE support in VS 2015 Update 1. Some of the things we heard from you after that post are that you...
View ArticleCompiler improvements in VS 2015 Update 3 RC
The C++ compiler team is excited for you to try out the compiler in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. We’ve made significant progress towards C++ standards conformance between the first release of Visual...
View ArticleVisual C++ for Linux Updates
We’re happy to provide an update on the VC++ for Linux extension which has a new release today. Go get it now (and come back). We’ve had a few drops since our initial release to make general...
View ArticleBuild your Android applications in Visual Studio using Gradle
This blog post is going to talk about how you can use Gradle to build Android libraries (.AAR) and APK’s and leverage Maven dependencies all in Visual Studio so let’s get started! If you are new to...
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