C++ build system

C++ build system

1. Use VS Code, CMake, and Batch Files to Simplify Your C++ Builds

Build scripts are often complicated, sometimes even requiring things like Python or Perl to make them work. Here's a simple way to handle even moderately complicated projects.

2. Windows desktop development with C++ in Visual Studio

The Windows desktop platform has long been the most popular platform among C++ application developers. With C++ and Visual Studio, you use Windows SDKs to target many versions of Windows ranging from Windows XP to Windows 10, which is well over a billion devices. Popular desktop applications like Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and Google Chrome all are built using the same Win32 APIs that serve as the foundation for Windows desktop development. Developing for Windows desktop allows you to reach the highest number of users on any non-mobile development platform.

3. Bring your C++ code to Visual Studio

C++ has been around for a long time and throughout its history many tools have been built to make life easier for C++ developers. This has led to a diverse C++ ecosystem in terms of the editing tools, build systems, coding conventions, and C++ libraries that we use in our day-to-day work. As a C++ developer, you are probably accustomed to using a variety of tools from different vendors for different purposes. Rest assured that you will not trade-in your flexibility in how you develop your C++ projects once you start using Visual Studio. Visual Studio provides industry-leading development tools for C++ for any platform you’re targeting.

4. 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. Thank you vector-of-bool for all of your hard work getting this extension to where it is today!