C++ with VSCode

readme.md

Develop C/C++ with VSCode on Windows

Install MS Extension Pack:

• ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack)

Install MinGW

• https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/
• mingw32-base
• mingw32-gcc-g++
• set environment variable to bin path C:\MinGW\bin\

chello.c

#include<stdio.h>

int main() {
	printf("Hello Mario C World from VS Code and the C/C++ extension!\n");
	return 0;
}

hello.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    vector<string> msg {"Hello Mario", "C++", "World", "from", "VS Code", "and the C/C++ extension!"};

    for (const string& word : msg)
    {
        cout << word << " ";
    }
    cout << endl;
}

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
      {
        "name": "g++.exe - Build and debug active file",
        "type": "cppdbg",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
        "args": [],
        "stopAtEntry": false,
        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
        "environment": [],
        "externalConsole": false,
        "MIMode": "gdb",
        "miDebuggerPath": "gdb.exe",
        "setupCommands": [
          {
            "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
            "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
            "ignoreFailures": true
          }
        ],
        "preLaunchTask": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file"  //should be the same of label in tasks.json 
      }
    ]
  }

task.json

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "type": "shell",
        "label": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file",
        "command": "g++.exe",
        "args": ["-g", "${file}", "-o", "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"], //current open file
        "options": {
          "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        },
        "problemMatcher": ["$gcc"],
        "group": {
          "kind": "build",
          "isDefault": true
        }
      }
    ]
  }