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Documentation for C++20 Ranges

April 26, 2023 Apr 26, 2023 04/26/23
authorsSy Brand, Tyler Whitney
C++20 introduced Ranges to the standard library: a new way of expressing composable transformations on collections of data. This feature adds a huge amount of expressive power and flexibility to C++. As with many concepts in C++, that power comes with new concepts to learn, and some complexity which can be difficult to navigate. One way of ...

Side-by-side Minor Version MSVC Toolsets in Visual Studio 2019

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19
Will Buik
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3 ships with the first side-by-side minor versions of the v142 MSVC toolset. We first shipped minor side-by-side versions of MSVC toolsets with Visual Studio 2017, but a few things have changed in 2019. This post covers what’s new; primarily more granular versions of the toolsets in the installer and ...

Using Visual Studio for Cross Platform C++ Development Targeting Windows and Linux

November 26, 2018 Nov 26, 2018 11/26/18
Marc Goodner
A great strength of C++ is the ability to target multiple platforms without sacrificing performance. If you are using the same codebase for multiple targets, then CMake is the most common solution for building your software. You can use Visual Studio for your C++ cross platform development when using CMake without needing to create or generate...

STL Features and Fixes in VS 2017 15.8

September 18, 2018 Sep 18, 2018 09/18/18
Billy O'Neal
15.7 was our first feature complete C++17 library (except floating-point <charconv>), and in 15.8 we have addressed large numbers of outstanding bugs. As usual, we’ve maintained a detailed list of the STL fixes that are available. Visual Studio 2017 15.8 is available at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/. New Features...

Shared PCH usage sample in Visual Studio

July 5, 2018 Jul 5, 2018 07/5/18
EricMittelette
This post was written by Olga Arkhipova and Xiang Fan Oftentimes, multiple projects in a Visual Studio solution use the same (or very similar) precompiled headers. As pch files are often big and building them takes a significant amount of time, this leads to the popular question: is it possible for several projects to use the same pch file...

Configuring C++ IntelliSense and Browsing

March 27, 2018 Mar 27, 2018 03/27/18
Oleg Kharitonov
Whether you are creating a new (or modifying an existing) C++ project using a Wizard, or importing an project into Visual Studio from another IDE, it’s important to configure the project correctly for the IntelliSense and Browsing features to provide accurate information.  This article provides some tips on configuring the projects and ...

Continuous Integration for C++ with Visual Studio Team Services

February 17, 2017 Feb 17, 2017 02/17/17
BryanDiLaura
Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) is an easy way to help your team manage code and stay connected when developing. VSTS supports continuous integration using a shared code repository that everyone on the team uses to check in code changes. Every time any code is checked in, it is fully integrated by running a full automated build. By ...

Targeting the Windows Subsystem for Linux from Visual Studio

February 8, 2017 Feb 8, 2017 02/8/17
Marc Goodner
Update Jan. 8, 2020: Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 and later has native support for WSL. This eliminates the need to establish an SSH connection and is the recommended workflow for building and debugging on WSL. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was first introduced at Build in 2016 and was delivered as an early beta in Windows 10 ...