C++ Team Blog

A Year of C++ Improvements in Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg

February 12, 2024 Feb 12, 2024 02/12/24

Sy Brand

As we enter the new year, it’s a good time to look back at all the features and improvements we made for C++ developers in our tools in 2023. We’ve made advancements across Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, our toolchain, and the vcpkg package manager in both performance and functionality. Some particular areas of focus have been ARM64 ...

OpenMP improvements in Visual Studio C/C++ compiler: loop collapse

February 7, 2024 Feb 7, 2024 02/7/24

Natalia Glagoleva

The MSVC compiler adds support for OpenMP "collapse" feature on for loops.

Quick Tips for using Copilot Chat with C++ in Visual Studio

February 6, 2024 Feb 6, 2024 02/6/24

Sinem Akinci

GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when you have an active subscription to the service. Copilot Chat is your AI pair-programmer that allows you to speak in plain text through the chat interface to accomplish programming tasks such as understanding sections of code, generating test cases, and ...

MSVC Toolset Minor Version Number 14.40 in VS 2022 v17.10

February 1, 2024 Feb 1, 2024 02/1/24

Daniel Griffing

As we approach delivery of Visual Studio 2022 v17.9, the MSVC toolset version is 14.39. In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10, the MSVC Toolset minor version will continue with 14.40 and continue incrementing in the ‘14.4x’ series. The file version and directories in Visual Studio v17.10 and subsequent installations will appear as follows...

Testing the MSVC Compiler Backend

January 31, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 01/31/24

Troy Johnson

This post provides a behind-the-scenes look at how we test MSVC's backend, which is responsible for optimization and code generation. Many people worldwide use our compiler and expect it to provide a high-quality experience in terms of correctness (compiled code behaves as written), performance (speed of the compiled code), and throughput (...

What’s New in vcpkg (January 2024)

January 30, 2024 Jan 30, 2024 01/30/24

Augustin Popa

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.01.12 release and changes to vcpkg documentation throughout January. This month’s vcpkg release was mainly minor bug fixes, while several new documentation articles were added. Some stats for this period:   vcpkg changelog (...

C++ in VS Code: Getting Started & Configuring IntelliSense

January 22, 2024 Jan 22, 2024 01/22/24

Alexandra Kemper

Ever wondered how you can configure IntelliSense in the C++ Extension  in Visual Studio Code? Or the easiest way to run your C++ code? With the new features added to the C++ extension, configuring IntelliSense and setting up a project is easier than ever. This includes a “Getting Started with C++” walkthrough, configure IntelliSense ...

MSVC ARM64 optimizations in Visual Studio 2022 17.8 

January 9, 2024 Jan 9, 2024 01/9/24

Jiong Wang (ARM Ltd), Hongyon Suauthai (ARM)

Visual Studio 2022 17.8 has been released recently (download it here). While there is already a blog “Visual Studio 17.8 now available!” covering new features and improvements, we would like to share more information with you about what is new for the MSVC ARM64 backend in this blog. In the last couple of months, we have been improving ...

#include Diagnostics in Visual Studio

January 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 01/8/24

Mryam Girmay

We’re excited to announce that the #include Diagnostics feature is now available in Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 2. This new feature allows you to better understand the behavior of #include directives by providing detailed information on each directive’s references and build time.  (image) To begin utilizing this feature, ...

What’s New in the vcpkg 2023.12.12 Release

December 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023 12/16/23

Augustin Popa

The 2023.12.12 release of the vcpkg package manager is available. This blog post summarizes changes from November 21st, 2023 to December 12th, 2023 for the Microsoft/vcpkg, Microsoft/vcpkg-tool, and Microsoft/vcpkg-docs GitHub repos. Some stats for this period:   Feature changes   Bug ...