Set Up C++ Development With Visual Studio Code on Windows 10

In this video I am going to show, How to Set Up C++ Development With Visual Studio Code on Windows 10. We will use MinGW with VS code as our compiler and debugging tool. So First I will show How to install mingw. The we will see how to create, build and compile our first C++ Program on VScode.



With an updated VS Code you can do it in the following manner:



Hit (Ctrl+P) and type:



ext install cpptools

Open a folder (Ctrl+K & Ctrl+O) and create a new file inside the folder with the extension .cpp (ex: main.cpp):



Type in your code and hit save.



Press (Ctrl+Shift+P and type, Configure task runner and then select other at the bottom of the list.



{

    "version": "2.0.0",

    "tasks": [

        {

            "label": "build hello world",

            "type": "shell",

            "command": "g++",

            "args": [

                "-g", "helloworld.cpp"

            ],

            "group": {

                "kind": "build",

                "isDefault": true

            }

        }

    ]

}

Hit (Ctrl+Shift+B to run Build task. This will create the .obj and .exe files for the project.



For debugging the project, Hit F5 and select C++(Windows).



In launch.json file, edit the following line and save the file:

Below is an example using the MinGW GDB debugger:



{

    "version": "0.2.0",

    "configurations": [

        {

            "name": "(gdb) Launch",

            "type": "cppdbg",

            "request": "launch",

            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/a.exe",

            "args": [],

            "stopAtEntry": false,

            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",

            "environment": [],

            "externalConsole": true,

            "MIMode": "gdb",

            "miDebuggerPath": "C:\\mingw\\bin\\gdb.exe",

            "setupCommands": [

                {

                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",

                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",

                    "ignoreFailures": true

                }

            ],

            "preLaunchTask": "build hello world"

        }

    ]

}



Hit F5.



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