Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++. The ...

Visual Studio 2026 brings faster performance, new C# and C++ Copilot agents, and seamless compatibility with existing ...

Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code are a bit more C++-friendly now that tools have improved support. Plus: Windows 10 evaulation VMs are now updated and available. What do C and C++ developers ...

If you’re starting to develop embedded software using Visual Studio Code (VS Code), a question at the top of your list is, “How do I debug my code?” In a vendor-supplied IDE using Eclipse, debugging ...

Microsoft said its compiler and standard library are feature-complete for C++ 20 in Visual Studio 2019 16.10, while a 16.11 preview centers on Hot Reload and .NET MAUI. Microsoft has released Visual ...

The low-cost single board computer and Microsoft's free development tools work well together, for both hobbyists and professionals. Raspberry Pis are everywhere. From the tiny new Pico microcontroller ...

PowerShell is now a lot more than a system management tool for Windows. The latest releases of PowerShell are built on the current cross-platform .NET and support macOS and Linux alongside the ...

Visual Studio has always been a big product with a raft of features that grew with each release. Visual Studio 2015 extends that trend in ways I never expected to see from Microsoft. Cross-platform ...

A new version of Microsoft’s integrated development environment (IDE) goes live today with the release of Visual Studio 2019 and its cousin Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Visual Studio is in a bit of a ...