A CPP file contains C++ programming code you must compile before you can run the file's code on your Windows system. You use Visual Studio to compile the CPP code on Windows.

In addition to unveiling Visual Studio Code 1.49, Microsoft on September 14 announced general availability of the 1.0 version of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, offering capabilities for ...

With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.

Learn how to use Copilot in Visual Studio using this extension. It offers inline code suggestions and completions to help you code faster.

Visual Studio Code is now using machine learning to detect what programming language is being used in a pasted-in file and then automatically set the appropriate mode. This experimental feature, ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 of the integrated development environment (IDE) with a new IntelliSense linter to help C++ developers efficiently clean up code.

Amanda Silver, partner director of program management at Microsoft, said the new features in Visual Studio 2019 were based on addressing the “biggest pain points” for developers in areas such ...