Set ( CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20 ) # Target C++ standard is required to build the project This is what the project directory looks likeĬmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 3.19 ) project ( MyProject LANGUAGES CXX DESCRIPTION 'My awesome project!' VERSION 0.1 ) # Target C++ standard The following is what I happen to use as a template.

Everyone has their own “best” way of doing it. Note that there is no “best” setup when it comes to project templates. Next we’ll setup the actual project template… Project Template Basic Structure Set the formatter to be used when formatting C/C++ source filesĪt this point VS Code is (almost) ready for C++ development!.This is a text-based auto-complete that relies on the open file’s content for suggestions

if the “Smart intellisense” fails because of errors in the source file. Enable the tag-parser code-completion back-end (aka Dumb auto-complete) as a fallback option, i.e.This makes intellisense more accurate as it provides the extension with the exact compile flags used Compilation database file path (generated by CMake).Automatically add “(” when auto-completing a function call.'C_Cpp.autocompleteAddParentheses' : true, 'C_' : 'build/compile_commands.json', 'C_' : 'c++20', 'C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback' : 'Enabled', 'C_Cpp.formatting' : 'clangFormat' , (Optional) Add the following somewhere in settings.json (Open VS Code’s settings then switch to JSON view from the top-right corner of the UI): Just copy the ID from the list above, open the “command pallet” in VS Code ( Ctrl-P) and type in ext install (without the ) and hit Enter. Tip! You don’t have to search for the extension. (Optional) sndst00m.starfall-visual-studio-code Syntax highlighter with basic auto-completion for CMakeĬode completion, semantic syntax highlighting, intellisense, and debugger integrationĬ/C++ source formatting support via ClangFormat We’ll have to install some helper extensions to make life easier when working with C/C++ source files. You can use LLDB if you want, though I haven’t tried setting that up with VS Code (yet!), so you’re on your own if you take that route! VS Code Setup Package names might be different on different distributions! You can use the “search” function of your package manager ( apt search, for example) if you have difficulty figuring out the name on your distribution of choice. Sudo pacman -Syu clang gdb code cmake ninja

Visual studio code for c++