You need to install these tools or use the tools already installed on your computer. Check if you have a compiler installed Note: There may already be a C++ compiler and debugger provided by your …

Check the Desktop development with C++ workload and select Install. Note: You can use the C++ toolset from Visual Studio Build Tools along with Visual Studio Code to develop, build, and test any …

This will provide you with the necessary tools to compile your code, debug it, and configure it to work with IntelliSense. To install the MinGW-w64 toolchain, check out this video or follow the steps below:

After watching these quick tutorials, you'll be able to enjoy VS Code's rich C++ feature set. Getting started with C++ in 5 minutes This video shows you how to install the C/C++ extension and a C++ …

Once you create the file and VS Code detects it is a C++ language file, you may be prompted to install the Microsoft C/C++ extension if you don't already have it installed.

To install on a Windows machine, select the Help me install a compiler option that redirects you to the step-by-step walkthrough of how to install a C/C++ compiler.

Make sure you have a C++ compiler, such as Clang, installed before attempting to run and debug helloworld.cpp in VS Code. Open helloworld.cpp so that it is the active file.

If you want more control over the C/C++ extension, you can create a c_cpp_properties.json file, which will allow you to change settings such as the path to the compiler, include paths, C++ standard …

To use a different version of clang-format than the one that ships with the extension, change the C_Cpp.clang_format_path setting to the path where the clang-format binary is installed.

The following JSON snippet is an example configuration for c_cpp_properties.json. You only need to include relevant variables in your JSON file, and any missing fields are filled in with their default …