C/C++ setup for vs code

Table Of Content

• General info
• SetUp

General info

what is a workspace ?

A Visual Studio Code workspace is the collection of one or more folders that are opened in a VS Code window (instance)

The best part: The concept of a workspace enables VS Code to: Configure settings that only apply to a specific folder or folders but not others.

The code . command opens VS Code in the current working folder, which becomes your workspace.

In a workspace:

settings as well as debugging and task configurations are stored at the root in a .vscode folder with file c_cpp_properties.json, task.json, launch.json.

You can even create it using Command Palette key combination Ctrl+Shift+P

SetUp

1. Install MinGW or MinGW-w64 or TDM gcc

   inshort:

   Now the difference between MinGW, MinGW-w64, TDM GCC

   • MingGW is only for 32 bit-program
     !which can be run on 64 bit as well (not all(there are tricks as well))

   • MinGW-w64 is a newer which has the ability to support 32 & 64 bit

   • The MinGW distribution also doesn't use posix emulation to access threads in Windows (unlike MinGW-w64 or TDM64)

   • The TDM-gcc compiler also seems to implement the latest gcc version faster than the other projects.

   Its totally up to you according to your project

   • If you want to use the older graphics.h then go for MingW

   • If your working with something like SFML or SDL( Go for TDM GCC ) & OPENCV ( Go for MinGW-w64 )

     Set environemnt variable
     Search for Edit environment variables.
     In User variable click on Path & New path of compiler bin folder.
     select OK and save and exit

     Check from the terminal by the command

         g++ --version
         or
         gcc -v

2. Install C/C++ extension for VS Code from vs code extension tab or key Ctrl+Shift+X

   • Now Configure environemnt by command pallet CTRL+Shift+P type >c/c++: Edit Configurations (JSON) this will generate c_cpp_properties.json file

   • For task.json same in the command pallet type >tasks: Configure Task then select the task g++ for cpp file this will generate task.json file

3. That's it... Now create main.cpp in workspace

       #include <iostream>
       using namespace std;
       int main(){
           cout<<"Hola Amigooo";
           return 0;
       }   

   • After that to create executable or to run the program just use the key command Ctrl+Shift+B eso está todo hecho means that's all... done

4. You can take it to the next level by modifying task.json

   • You can give the arguments
   • Specify where to build the .exe
   • ...