kikeEsteban / boiling-CPP-VC

Example and docs for CPP development with Visual Code

Create basic C++ project with CMAKE and VSCode

Source: Visual Code CMake Tutorial

Prerequisites

• C++ Compiler and debuger: gcc and gdb
• C++ builder: make All this programs installed with sudo apt-get instll build-essential gdb
• Add VS plugins C++ and CMake from Microsoft

Creating Hello World program

• To open command pallete: Ctrl+Shift+P
• Command cmake:config to specify compiler
• Command cmake:quick to generate base project
• Command cmake: Select Variant to select build type between:

• Debug: disables optimizations and includes debug info
• Release: Includes optimizations but no debug info
• MinSizeRel: Optimizes for size. No debug info.
• RelWithDebinfo: Optimizes for speed and includes debug info.

• Command: cmake: Build to build project for selected target
• Use breack points and click on Debug action to control the program flow

Mode info:

• Overview of C++ extension
• CMake Visual Code tool