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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.

Customizable code formatting: "All C++ code formatting settings from Visual Studio IDE are now supported in VS Code. What’s more, the C++ extension has built-in EditorConfig support for all these new ...

Code Focused. C++ Debugging in Visual Studio: Let's Start with the Basics. Debugging is a crucial part of the development process. In this new series of tried and true C++ tips, we look at the basics ...

To that end, Visual Studio 2019 (finally) drops Windows XP support for C++ projects; you'll have to use the old Visual Studio 2017 C++ compiler if you want to continue targeting the long-obsolete ...