When you create a *.cpp file, the extension adds features such as syntax highlighting (colorization), smart completions and hovers (IntelliSense), and error checking.

You can modify your tasks.json to build multiple C++ files by using an argument like "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp" instead of "${file}".This will build all .cpp files in your current folder.

Use the C/C++ Edit Configurations (JSON) command from the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)), then the c_cpp_properties.json file is created in the .vscode …

A launch.json file is used to configure the debugger in Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code generates a launch.json (under a .vscode folder in your project) with almost all of the required …

To create or edit your own snippets, select Configure Snippets under File > Preferences, and then select the language (by language identifier) for which the snippets should appear, or the New …

Tackle complex, multi-step tasks. Agent mode reads your codebase, suggests edits across files, runs terminal commands, and responds to compile or test failures — all in a loop until the job …

Create a CMake hello world project with CMake Quick Start In this article, you'll learn how to create a CMake hello world project from scratch using the CMake Tools extension in VS Code.

You create custom views of C++ object in the debugger with the Natvis framework. You can read the Custom views for native objects topic for details on using Natvis with the C/C++ extension.

You can modify your tasks.json to build multiple C++ files by using an argument like "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp" instead of "${file}".This will build all .cpp files in your current folder.

In the Source Control view, select the Create Pull Request button. This opens the PR creation form, where you can enter a title and description for the PR, and choose which branch to …