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By Marco Arena | May 11, 2017 12:11 AM | Tags: visual studio
Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 preview is now available, containing an updated Visual C++ toolset:
C++17 Features In Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Preview
by Stephan T. Lavavej
From the article:
Like VS 2015’s Updates, we’re adding C++17 features in VS 2017’s Updates, at a similar release frequency...
By Marco Arena | May 8, 2017 01:40 AM | Tags: visual studio
The Visual C++ Team is elated to announce that with Visual Studio 2017, it has substantially improved the quality of the C++ Modules TS implementation in Visual Studio:
Using C++ Modules in Visual Studio 2017
by Andrew Pardoe
From the article:
Standard Library Modules support is included in Visual Studio 2017 RTM or newer. This capability is currently optional and off by default...
By Marco Arena | Apr 11, 2017 05:31 AM | Tags: visual studio
A quick tour of the Visual Studio native debugger and how it can help you in all areas of your C++ development:
C++ Debugging and Diagnostics
by Adam Welch
From the article:
Debugging is one of the cornerstones of software development, and it can consume a significant portion of a developer’s day. The Visual Studio native debugger provides a powerful and feature-rich experience for finding and fixing problems that arise in your applications...
By Marco Arena | Mar 7, 2017 03:06 PM | Tags: visual studio
The following Visual Studio 2017 launch day articles have gone live on the VCBlog:
Visual Studio 2017 for C++ developers – you will love it
C++ Code Analysis improvements in Visual Studio 2017 RTM
Check for const correctness with the C++ Core Guidelines Checker
Binary Compatibility and Pain-free Upgrade: Why Moving to Visual Studio 2017 is almost “too easy”
MSVC: The best choice for Windows
Use any C++ Compiler with Visual Studio
C++ game development workload in Visual Studio 2017
Completed UserVoice Suggestions in Visual Studio 2017
C++ Standards Conformance from Microsoft
Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension March 2017 Update
C++14 conformance improvements: constexpr and aggregate initialization
By Marco Arena | Feb 23, 2017 03:32 AM | Tags: visual studio experimental
Now you can learn Concepts TS in Visual Studio 2017 by targeting the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):
Learn C++ Concepts with Visual Studio and the WSL
by Andrew Pardoe
From the article:
Concepts enable adding requirements to a set of template parameters, essentially creating a kind of interface. The C++ community has been waiting years for this feature to make it into the standard...
By Marco Arena | Feb 17, 2017 07:08 AM | Tags: visual studio
In this episode, Marian Luparu and Iyyappa Murugandi chat with Steve about CMake support in Visual Studio:
GoingNative 56: CMake in Visual Studio
with Steve Carroll, Marian Luparu and Iyyappa Murugandi
By Marco Arena | Jan 12, 2017 08:07 AM | Tags: visual studio
The Visual C++ Team is asking for your feedback on vcpkg:
vcpkg 3 Months Anniversary, Survey
by Eric Mittelette
Link to the survey:
Visual C++ Survey - Vcpkg
From the article:
vcpkg, a tool to acquire and build C++ open source libraries on Windows, was published 3 months ago. We started with 20 libraries and now the C++ community has added 121 new C++ libraries...
By Marco Arena | Nov 26, 2016 05:46 AM | Tags: visual studio intermediate c++17
In this article, Marius shortly looks at the new standard library features from Visual C++ 2017:
New standard library features in Visual C++ 2017 RC
by Marius Bancila
From the article:
The new Visual C++ 2017, currently in release candidate phase, provides a series of updates and fixes to both the C++ compiler and the standard library...
By Marco Arena | Nov 22, 2016 06:38 AM | Tags: visual studio
The Visual C++ Team is excited to announce that the compiler in Visual Studio 2017 RC will feature a mode much closer to ISO C++ standards conformance than any time in its history:
Give Visual C++ a Switch to Standard Conformance
by Andrew Pardoe
From the article:
The Visual C++ Team is previewing a compiler mode whereby longstanding non-conforming C++ constructs are rejected. This includes fixes to pre-C++11 non-conformance bugs that affect a significant amount of existing code...
By Marco Arena | Oct 27, 2016 03:56 AM | Tags: visual studio
This post discusses features, techniques and tools you can use to reduce build time for C++ projects:
Recommendations to speed C++ builds in Visual Studio
by Sridhar Madhugiri
From the article:
Developers invoke build frequently while writing and debugging code, so improvements here can have a large impact on productivity. Many of the recommendations focus on this stage...