Visual C++ for Linux Development with CMake--Marc Goodner

By Adrien Hamelin | Aug 28, 2017 01:25 PM | Tags: community

How to use Visual:

Visual C++ for Linux Development with CMake

by Marc Goodner

From the article:

In Visual Studio 2017 15.4 you can now target Linux from your CMake projects. This enables you to work on your existing code base that uses CMake as your build solution without having to convert it to a VS project. If your code base is cross-platform you can target both Windows and Linux from within Visual Studio.

This post will give an overview of the CMake support for Linux in Visual Studio. You can go here to learn more about CMake in Visual Studio generally.

Boost 1.65 is available

By Adrien Hamelin | Aug 23, 2017 09:23 AM | Tags: community boost

A new version is here.

Boost 1.65 is available

From the article:

Version 1.65.0
August 21st, 2017 20:50 GMT

C++17 Features And STL Fixes In VS 2017 15.3--Stephan T. Lavavej

By Adrien Hamelin | Aug 15, 2017 01:39 PM | Tags: community

It's always getting better!

C++17 Features And STL Fixes In VS 2017 15.3

by Stephan T. Lavavej

From the article:

Visual Studio 2017’s first toolset update, version 15.3, is currently in preview and will be released in its final form very soon. (The toolset consists of the compiler, linker, and libraries. After VS 2017 RTM, the 15.1 and 15.2 updates improved the IDE. The 15.3 update improves both the IDE and the toolset. In general, you should expect the IDE to be updated at a higher frequency than the toolset.)

build2 0.6.0 adds Modules TS support for VC++, Clang, GCC

By Adrien Hamelin | Aug 9, 2017 01:08 PM | Tags: community

A new version is out.

build2 0.6.0 adds Modules TS support for VC++, Clang, GCC

From the article:

These notes provide a more detailed discussion of major new features in the build2 release 0.6.0, including motivation for implementing them and their usage examples. For the complete list of changes, see the Release Announcement or the NEWS files in the individual packages.

Diagnostic Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0--Yuriy Solodkyy

By Marco Arena | Jul 22, 2017 05:32 AM | Tags: visual studio

Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0 release comes with a number of improvements to the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler’s diagnostics:

Diagnostic Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0

by Yuriy Solodkyy

From the article:

Most of these improvements are in response to the diagnostics improvements survey we shared with you at the beginning of the 15.3 development cycle...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension July 2017 Update--Rong Lu

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 21, 2017 11:05 AM | Tags: community

Did you try it?

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension July 2017 Update

by Rong Lu

From the article:

2 million downloads! This is very exciting for the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension, considering it was just 4 months ago when we hit the 1 million milestone!

CLion 2017.2 released with Clang-Tidy and more -- JetBrains

By Anastasia Kazakova | Jul 19, 2017 12:25 PM | Tags: None

Welcome new release of JetBrain's cross-platform C/C++ IDE!

CLion 2017.2 released

by Anastasia Kazakova

From the article:

CLion 2017.2 is all about C++ parser correctness, new code analysis features and performance improvements. Clang-Tidy integration, C++ cast operators and other code analysis enhancements help to ensure the code quality, while the rest bring general improvements to the user experience.

The highlighted new features are:

• Clang-Tidy checks and complementary quick-fixes come to CLion. This includes checks from C++ Core Guidelines, modernize checks and many others.
• C++ support enhancements:
  • C++17 is now available in the New Project wizard
  • Precompiled headers are now supported when using Microsoft Visual C++ compiler (in addition to GCC and Clang)
  • Code intentions and quick-fixes use C++ cast operators for C++ code instead of C-style cast
  • Dozens of improvements in C++ parser and built-in code analysis engine
• A new Force Step Into action for getting into disassembly code only when you really want to.
• Cancelable CMake reload and Go to navigation actions to ensure better IDE performance.
• Bundled CMake 3.8.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Supports Intel® AVX-512--Eric Battalio

By Marco Arena | Jul 12, 2017 12:06 AM | Tags: visual studio

Exploring Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512, and how they are supported in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Supports Intel® AVX-512

by Eric Battalio

From the article:

Intel AVX-512 raises the bar for vector computing. Like the Intel Advanced Vector Extension (Intel AVX) instruction set extension that preceded it...

Security Features in Microsoft Visual C++--Andrew Pardoe

By Marco Arena | Jun 29, 2017 01:33 AM | Tags: visual c++

The Microsoft Visual C++ toolset offers numerous features that help you write secure, correct code:

Security Features in Microsoft Visual C++

by Andrew Pardoe

From the article:

Secure code starts before you write your first line of code. The compiler toolset can’t show you design defects that might lead to security exploits...

PVS-Studio 6.16 released

By Andrey Karpov | Jun 28, 2017 01:16 AM | Tags: tools static code analyzer errors devops

PVS-Studio is a static code analyzer that detects errors and potential vulnerabilities in the source code of programs written in C/C++/C#. Version 6.16 has obtained 11 new general analysis diagnostics.

PVS-Studio 6.16 released

by Andrey Karpov

About the release:

In a sense, this is a milestone for us. The thing is that we cannot add more numbers of general analysis warnings, otherwise they will concur with the numbers of micro-optimization diagnostics. It seemed to us that the list of 300 diagnostics was endless, but now it is over and we got to the point of 800, where we have micro-optimization diagnostics. In the next release we plan to resume numbering the general-analysis warnings with V1000. Download and enjoy the new version of PVS-Studio now by clicking here.

P.S. How to use PVS-Studio for Free.