C++ Team Blog

Genetec uses Visual Studio, CMake, vcpkg, and Docker for remote Linux C++ development

July 23, 2024 Jul 23, 2024 07/23/24

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 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 items to ...

Improving GitHub Copilot Completions in VS Code for C++ Developers

July 22, 2024 Jul 22, 2024 07/22/24

Erika Sweet

GitHub Copilot code completions are autocomplete-stye suggestions that appear inline as you code. Until today, they have used context from your active file and other tabs open in the editor to inform the suggestion that is returned. However, we know that more contextually relevant input leads to better suggestions. Our team has made changes to...

What’s New in vcpkg (June 2024)

June 27, 2024 Jun 27, 2024 06/27/24

Augustin Popa

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.06.15 release, 2024-06-10 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout June. This month’s release includes some error message improvements and bug fixes. Some stats for this period:   vcpkg changelog (...

Understand your C++ symbols using Copilot in Visual Studio’s Quick Info

June 18, 2024 Jun 18, 2024 06/18/24

Sinem Akinci

Navigating your codebase and forget what exactly that method does? Looking for quick, easy-to-digest information on your code at any point in your development journey? We are excited to announce that now when you hover over symbols in your codebase, you'll have the ability to invoke Copilot conveniently within the Quick Info dialog to learn...

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++ ...

Integrating C++ header units into Office using MSVC (3/n)

June 5, 2024 Jun 5, 2024 06/5/24

Cameron DaCamara, Zachary Henkel

Overview Introduction In our previous two (part 1, part 2) blog posts we discussed how Office was thinking holistically about header units. In this installment we’d like to share the concrete steps taken to integrate header units into the build of Microsoft Word, and their effect on build throughput. ...

What’s New in vcpkg (May 2024): Dedicated Pages for Each Package on vcpkg.io

May 31, 2024 May 31, 2024 05/31/24

Augustin Popa

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.05.24 release as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout May. This month’s update also includes individual pages for each package on the vcpkg website as well as several new documentation articles. Some stats for this period...

C++ Refactoring tools in Visual Studio

May 30, 2024 May 30, 2024 05/30/24

Mryam Girmay

Code refactoring is the process of restructuring existing code, while its outward functionality remains unchanged. By refactoring, you can simplify complex code structures, reduce code redundancy, and enhance code reusability. Visual Studio offers many tools to help refactor your C++ code. This article will delve into these tools, using the ...

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 ...

What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2022 17.10

May 22, 2024 May 22, 2024 05/22/24

Sy Brand

We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 is now generally available! This post summarizes the new features you can find in this release for C++. You can download Visual Studio 2022 from the Visual Studio downloads page or upgrade your existing installation by following the Update Visual Studio Learn page. Standard ...