To set the folder for the project, go to File > Open folder (or press ), a dialog like this will pop up:Ĭreate a new folder and press 'Select folder', the dialog will close and the window will reload and open the folder we have created. Good job! Now we have an environment for depeloping our first C++ project!Ĭreating our first C++ project with Visual Studio Code!Īfter setting up VSC for C++ development, we just need to create a new project! This is done in a few steps: Then we will search for 'easy c++' and then install the extension called 'Easy C++ Projects'Īfter installing the extensions, a blue button will appear saying Reload, clicking it will reload the window and activate the extensions we just installed, as shown here: To develop C++ we will install two extensions, the first one is C/C++, which is already shown in the last figure, to install it just click the green button that says Install: Click the last button to open Extensions: VSC has a very simple layout: a bar on the left with 5 buttons (File explorer, Find, Git integration, Debug, Extensions), a status bar on the bottom and a window with tabs for the editors. The first time you open VSC you will see a welcome window. You can download Visual Studio Code here, you will land on a page like this:Ĭlick the download button and wait a few seconds for the download to start.

Welcome to my first post! I will be showing you how I develop C++ using Visual Studio Code along with the C++ and Easy C++ Projects extensions.įirst we will need a code editor or IDE, I personally like Visual Studio Code (VSC for short) because it is lightweight like Sublime, but has some of the features I like from IDEs, specially Intellisense.

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