April 2019 | C++ Team Blog

Clang/LLVM Support in Visual Studio

Will BuikApril 24, 2019Apr 24, 201904/24/19

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2 comes with support for Clang/LLVM out-of-the-box. Visual Studio has had great tooling for MSVC and GCC for quite a while now. The latest preview brings Clang into the fold. Visual Studio 2019 includes out of the box support for editing, building, and debugging CMake projects with Clang/LLVM. If you

Install the “Clang compiler for Windows” optional component as part of the “Desktop development with C++” workload.

Visual Studio CMake Support – Clang/LLVM, CMake 3.14, Vcpkg, and Performance Improvements

Will BuikApril 24, 2019Apr 24, 201904/24/19

We’ve introduced a bunch of improvements to our CMake support in the latest preview of Visual Studio 2019 Update 1. The latest release includes Clang/LLVM support, CMake 3.14, better vcpkg integration, and many more enhancements. If you are not familiar with Visual Studio’s CMake support, check out how to get started.

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:

Visual Studio C++ Template IntelliSense Populates Based on Instantiations in Your Code

Nick UhlenhuthApril 23, 2019Apr 23, 201904/23/19

Ever since we announced Template IntelliSense, you all have given us great suggestions. One very popular suggestion was to have the Template Bar auto-populate candidates based on instantiations in your code. In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2, we’ve added this functionality via an “Add All Existing Instantiations” option in the

C++17/20 Features and Fixes in Visual Studio 2019

Stephan T. Lavavej - MSFTApril 19, 2019Apr 19, 201904/19/19

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0 is now available and is binary compatible with VS 2015/2017. In this first release of VS 2019, we've implemented more compiler and library features from the C++20 Working Paper, implemented more <charconv> overloads (C++17's "final boss"), and fixed many correctness, performance, and throughput issues. Her

Accelerating Compute-Intensive Workloads with Intel® AVX-512

Intel CorporationApril 19, 2019Apr 19, 201904/19/19

This guest post was authored by Junfeng Dong, John Morgan, and Li Tian from Intel Corporation. Introduction Last year we introduced Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) support in Microsoft* Visual Studio* 2017 through this VC++ blog post. In this follow-on post, we cover some examples to give you a taste of how Intel® A

Visual Studio Code now available through Particle Workbench

Marc GoodnerApril 16, 2019Apr 16, 201904/16/19

We’re excited to announce that Visual Studio Code is included in the new release of tooling for Particle IoT developers. Developers using the Particle platform can now use Visual Studio Code as their default editor for building IoT apps! Particle provides a widely-used IoT platform that consists of hardware, software, and connectivity. At

Quick Info for "add_subdirectory" CMake command

In-Editor Documentation for CMake in Visual Studio

ErikaApril 15, 2019Apr 15, 201904/15/19

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 1 introduces in-editor documentation for CMake commands, variables, and properties. You can now leverage IntelliSense autocompletion and quick info tooltips when editing a CMakeLists.txt file, which will save you time spent outside of the IDE referencing documentation and make the process less erro

developer command prompt launches VS Code workspace folder. In VS Code open a file and right click in the editor window to see the "build and debug active file" menu option. Selecting the menu option starts a debugger session on the active file.

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension: March 2019 Update

Tara RajApril 4, 2019Apr 4, 201904/4/19

The March 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is now available. This release includes many new features and bug fixes, including IntelliSense caching, Build and Debug Active File, and configuration squiggles. For a full list of this release’s improvements, check out our release notes on GitHub. IntelliSense Cache (AutoPCH)

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