Visual Studio Code 101 #4 : 7+ C_C++ extension in recommendation (Clang-Format)

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Visual Studio Code 101 #4 : C/C++ extension in recommendation

∘ Introduction
∘ Story Series
∘ Main Part on VSC extension
∘ C/C++ Extension Pack on VSC extension
∘ Summary

Introduction

Visual Studio Code is a powerful and free IDE and support 10+ language development and rich of marketplace that is managed by Microsoft official. In this story, we would share the experience on 100+ extensions, and cutting the best extensions for C/C++ extension that you can’t miss. Moreover, we recommend these extensions to speed your productivity up 30% and high efficiency on writing your code.

In this section “Visual Studio Code 101 #4 : 7+ C/C++ extension in recommendation”, we recommend you can refer the introduction C/C++ for Visual Studio Code, it show how to enable cross-platform C and C++ development on Windows, Linux, and macOS that including install extension, compiler, sample code, debugging, and remote development on container.

Finally, we are going to introduce useful extension, and we wish these extensions could help you speed up your working efficiency.

Story Series

Now, I hope to share some experience to decrease the gap from a novice to an expert. This series will introduce Visual Studio Code 101 from 0 to 100 migration from the other IDE, it contains below parts :

Series

Visual Studio Code 101 #1 : Introduction and Get start
Visual Studio Code 101 #2 : 20+ Recommend VSC extension you have to install in general purpose
Visual Studio Code 101 #3 : 20+ Recommend VSC extension you have to install in advanced purpose
Visual Studio Code 101 #4 : 7+ C_C++ extension in recommendation (Clang-Format)
Visual Studio Code 101 #5 : 10+ Python extension in recommendation
Visual Studio Code 101 #6 : 10+ Javascript Node React extension in recommendation
Visual Studio Code 101 #7 : 10+ HTML CSS extension in recommendation
Visual Studio Code 101 #8 : 10+ Docker and kubernetes container extension in recommendation
Visual Studio Code 101 #9 : 10+ CICD Jenkins, Gitlab, Github Action, and Azure-pipeline extension in recommendation
Visual Studio Code 101 #10 : DevOps Engineer extension in recommendation
Visual Studio Code 101 #11 : Cloud Engineer extension in recommendation

Main Part on VSC extension

C/C++ Extension Pack on VSC extension

Got your C/C++ perfect fit in VSCode IDE!!

Clang-Format

CodeName: xaver.clang-format
Description: Use Clang-Format in Visual Studio Code.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to coding C++ with clang-format, however, I think that depend your teams’ coding style. It is a option.
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C/C++ Extension Pack

CodeName: codezombiech.gitignore
Description: Popular extensions for C++ development in Visual Studio Code.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to coding C++ and run utest in terminal. For me, this extension is C/C++ all in one package. Just download if you are the C/C++ developer. Don’t miss that.
Package: this extension include below items:
C/C++
C/C++ Themes
CMake
CMake Tools
Doxygen Documentation Generator
Better C++ Syntax
Remote Development Extension Pack
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C/C++

CodeName: ms-vscode.cpptools
Description: C/C++ IntelliSense, debugging, and code browsing.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to coding C++ and this extension adds language support for C/C++ to Visual Studio Code, including features such as IntelliSense and debugging.
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C/C++ Themes

CodeName: ms-vscode.cpptools-themes
Description: UI Themes for C/C++ extension.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to coding C++ and this extension adds language support for C/C++ to Visual Studio Code, including features such as IntelliSense and debugging.
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CMake

CodeName: twxs.cmake
Description: CMake langage support for Visual Studio Code.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to write my cmake file with language support. There feature such as snippets, code comments, completion lists are useful to quickly finish your cmake file.
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CMake Tools

CodeName: ms-vscode.cmake-tools
Description: Extended CMake support in Visual Studio Code
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to write my cmake file. This extension provides the native developer a full-featured, convenient, and powerful workflow for CMake-based projects in Visual Studio Code.
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Doxygen Documentation Generator

CodeName: cschlosser.doxdocgen
Description: Let me generate Doxygen documentation from your source code for you.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You should use that. I use this extension to write my C++ document. This extension provides provides Doxygen documentation generation on the fly by starting a Doxygen comment block and pressing enter.
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Better C++ Syntax

CodeName: jeff-hykin.better-cpp-syntax
Description: The bleeding edge of the C++ syntax.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You can try that. I use this extension to better view on C/C++ files, but I think that dependent on you.
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Remote Development

CodeName: ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack
Description: An extension pack that lets you open any folder in a container, on a remote machine, or in WSL and take advantage of VS Code’s full feature set.
Given Ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars
VSC Link: Link
Comment: You can try that. I use this extension to run C/C++ program in container. For dev/itg/prd environment, if your infra team build the dockerfile for your, you can try develope in docker, too.
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Summary

In this post, we recommend install the C/C++ Extension Pack extension to use C/C++ development, and cutting the best extensions that you should try. Again, we recommend these extensions to speed your productivity up 30% and high efficiency on writing your code.