Visual Studio

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Visual Studio#

Visual Studio is a multi-language development environment, so on first run you will need to install the C++ specific tooling. You can view the tools and features you have installed (and install the rest, with admin access) through the Visual Studio Installer or the “Tools > Get Tools and Features…” tab at the top of Visual Studio. The following are necessary for Visual Studio:

Desktop Development with C++

The following are recommended for multiplatform development - they will allow you to use the Clang-cl compiler on Windows which is closer to a Linux environment:

Linux Development with C++
C++ Clang-c for v142 build-tools (x64/x86)
C++ Clang Compiler for Windows (11.0.0)

TODO#

Add sections for how-to navigate, how to build, etc.

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