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GSL 3.0.0 Release

Jordan MaplesApril 16, 2020Apr 16, 202004/16/20

Update June 4th, 2020 - GSL version 3.1.0 has been released. Please see the latest release page for information regarding GSL 3.1.0. For all future updates, please see refer to the release page on GitHub. GSL 3.0.0 Release Version 3.0.0 of Microsoft's implementation of the C++ Core Guidelines Support Library (GSL) is now available

Visual Studio Code C++ extension: Nov 2019 update

Marian Luparu [MSFT]November 4, 2019Nov 4, 201911/4/19

Find All References, Rename Symbol refactoring, support for localization, new navigation breadcrumb controls, and improvements to the Outline view are only a few of the improvements in the November 2019 update of Visual Studio Code C++ extension.

Improved C++ IntelliCode now Ships with Visual Studio 2019

Nick UhlenhuthApril 24, 2019Apr 24, 201904/24/19

IntelliCode support for C++ previously shipped as an extension, but it is now an in-box component that installs with the “Desktop Development with C++” workload in Visual Studio 2019 16.1 Preview 2. Make sure that IntelliCode is active for C++ by enabling the “C++ base model” under Tools > Options > IntelliCode > General:

std::optional: How, when, and why

Casey CarterSeptember 4, 2018Sep 4, 201809/4/18

This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team here at Microsoft and other guests answer questions we have received from customers. The questions can be about anything C++ related: MSVC toolset, the standard language and library, the C++ standards committee, isocpp.org, CppCon, etc. Today’s post is by Casey Carter.

C++ Core Checks in Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 2

Sunny ChatterjeeMarch 22, 2018Mar 22, 201803/22/18

This post was written by Sergiy Oryekhov. The C++ Core Guidelines Check extension received several new rules in Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 2. The primary focus in this iteration was on the checks that would make it easier to adopt utilities from the Guidelines Support Library. Below is a quick summary of these additions. For more detaile

C++ Code Analysis Improvements for Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 1

Kyle ReedMarch 13, 2018Mar 13, 201803/13/18

点这里看中文版 We're making it easier to configure and use the C++ code analysis features with a set of changes targeting 15.7. In the first 15.7 preview we've cleaned up the UI, fixed our documentation links and, most importantly, simplified the way analysis extensions are configured. If you're not familiar with C++ Core Check, it's

Arithmetic overflow checks in C++ Core Check

Sunny ChatterjeeFebruary 23, 2018Feb 23, 201802/23/18

点这里看中文版 We've improved the C++ Code Analysis toolset with every major compiler update in Visual Studio 2017. Version 15.6, now in Preview, includes a set of arithmetic overflow checks. This article discusses those checks and why you’ll want to enable them in your code. If you’re just getting started with C++ Code Analysis i

Diagnostic Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0

Yuriy SolodkyyJuly 21, 2017Jul 21, 201707/21/17

This post as well as described diagnostics significantly benefited from the feedback by Mark, Xiang, Stephan, Marian, Gabriel, Ulzii, Steve and Andrew. Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0 release comes with a number of improvements to the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler's diagnostics. Most of these improvements are in response to the diagnostics improv

Building your C++ application with Visual Studio Code

Ankit AsthanaOctober 24, 2016Oct 24, 201610/24/16

Over the last few months, we have heard a lot of requests with respect to adding capability to Visual Studio Code to allow developers to build their C/C++ application. The task extensibility in Visual Studio Code exists to automate tasks like building, packaging, testing and deploying. This post is going to demonstrate how using task extensibi

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