Developing with Visual Studio Code on Windows#

This topic describes the steps needed to setup Visual Studio Code for PrimoBurner development on Windows. These steps have been verified to work on on Windows 11 (22H2).

Visual Studio Code#

Download and install from Visual Studio Code site.

Open Visual Studio Code and press Ctrl + Shift + P. Select Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.

Also install the C/C++ Extension Pack.

Create CMake project#

Follow the steps in Create a Command Line Tool using CMake to create a CMake project.

Automate the build#

Add the following Visual Studio Code specific files to the .vscode subdir:

.vscode/tasks.json#

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Build",
            "type": "shell",
            "windows": {
                "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build.ps1"
            },
            "group": "build"
        }
    ]
}

.vscode/launch.json#

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Debug (cppvsdbg)",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "windows": {
                "type": "cppvsdbg",
                "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/debug/enum-devices.exe"
            },
            "preLaunchTask": "Build"
        }        
   ]
}

Test the build#

Test the build by pressing Ctrl + Shift + B. Visual Studio Code should execute the build.ps1 script automatically.

Test the debugging#

Set a breakpoint on the first line of int main() inside src/main.cpp. Press F5 to launch the debugger. It should stop at the breakpoint.