Microsoft C++, C, and Assembler documentation

Learn to use the Visual Studio IDE

• Start a guided tour of Visual Studio
• Open code from a repo
• Write and edit code
• Build your code
• Debug your code
• Test your code

Write C++ and C apps in Visual Studio

• Create a console calculator app
• Create a Windows Desktop app with Win32
• Create a Windows Desktop app with MFC
• Create a Windows DLL
• Create a static library
• Create a .NET component
• Create a Universal Windows Platform app

Use the command-line tools

• Compile C++ code
• Compile C code
• Compile C++/CX
• Compile C++/CLI

Use C++ and C in Visual Studio Code

• Get started with Visual Studio Code
• Install the Microsoft C/C++ extension
• Use Microsoft C/C++ in Windows
• Use C++ in the Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Use C++ on Linux
• Use C++ on macOS

Workloads

• Universal Windows Platform development
• Windows Desktop development
• Linux development
• Embedded development
• Mobile development
• Game development

Features

• Build reliable and secure programs
• Edit and refactor code
• Build code projects
• Debug your code
• Analyze your code
• Profile app performance
• Port and upgrade code
• Sanitize code for bugs

Libraries

• C++ standard library reference
• C runtime library reference
• MFC and ATL Windows Desktop libraries
• Parallel programming libraries
• Cloud and networking libraries
• Universal Windows Platform libraries
• vcpkg package manager