Computer Graphics - VS Code configuration

launch.json

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
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    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "build and debug project",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/raytracer",
            "args": ["examples/example.json", "examples/example.json.ppm"],
            "stopAtEntry": true, // you might wanna turn this off when you've confirmed that debugging works
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": false,
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ],
            "preLaunchTask": "make project",
            "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
        }
    ]
}

tasks.json

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "make project",
            "type": "shell",
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/build"
            },
            "command": "make",
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        }
    ]
}