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Visual C++ - Microsoft Pushes C++ into the Future.....
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By Kenny Kerr | April 2016
Visual C++ has a reputation for lagging behind the curve. If you need the latest and greatest C++ features you should just use Clang or GCC, or so the oft-repeated story goes. I would like to suggest that there has been a change to the status quo, a glitch in the matrix, a disturbance in the force, if you will. It’s true that the Visual C++ compiler has an incredibly old code base that has made it difficult for the C++ team at Microsoft to add new features rapidly (goo.gl/PjSC7v). This is starting to change, though, with Visual C++ being ground zero for many new proposals to the C++ language and the Standard Library. I’m going to highlight a few new or improved features in the Visual C++ Update 2 release that I’ve found particularly compelling and that illustrate that there is life yet in this tenured compiler.Visual C++ for Linux Development....
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Today we’re making a new extension available that enables C++ development in Visual Studio for Linux. With this extension you can author C++ code for Linux servers, desktops and devices. You can manage your connections to these machines from within VS. VS will automatically copy and remote build your sources and can launch your application with the debugger. Our project system supports targeting specific architectures, including ARM. Read on for how to get started with our new Linux projects.
Today we only support building remotely on the Linux target machine. We are not limited by specific Linux distros but we do have dependencies on the presence of some tools. Specifically, we need openssh-server, g++, gdb and gdbserver. Use your favorite package manager to install them, e.g. on Debian based systems:.....One new Visual Studio “15” Preview Now Available....
the new installer downloads in less than 300MB,
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At Build 2016 we shared a preview of the next version of Visual Studio, which we call Visual Studio “15” (not to be confused with Visual Studio 2015). The download is available here. This is a Preview and is unsupported, so please refrain from installing it on your production environments.
This preview lays a lot of groundwork for vNext, so you may not see a ton of new features. The release notes have the complete list of what’s new in the release, but here are some highlights.
Perhaps the most prominent thing you’ll notice when you go to install this release is that there are two ways to install. With Visual Studio “15”, we are previewing a new lightweight installer that focuses on making installation much faster and less impactful. The smallest installation of Visual Studio with the new installer downloads in less than 300MB, and includes basic code editing support for over 20 languages along with debugging and source code control. You can optionally add support for other features: .NET desktop development with WPF and WinForms, Python, C++ and Unity. It’s a great way to preview new features in the next version of Visual Studio without impacting your production development work.
(hint: they don't do semantic checks on non-instantiated templates)