cpp vscode development (cmake, build, and debugging) configurations

c_cpp_properties.json

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Linux",
      "includePath": [
        "${workspaceFolder}/**"
      ],
      "defines": [
        "_DEBUG",
        "UNICODE",
        "_UNICODE"
      ],
      "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/g++",
      "cStandard": "c11",
      "cppStandard": "c++17",
      "intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64",
      "configurationProvider": "vector-of-bool.cmake-tools",
      "compileCommands": "${workspaceFolder}/build/compile_commands.json"
    }
  ],
  "version": 4
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
project (main)

# book.cpp implementing book.h definitions
add_library(Book book.h book.cpp)

add_executable(main main.cpp)

# linking Book library to main
target_link_libraries (main Book)

launch.json

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "build and debug",
      "type": "cppdbg",
      "request": "launch",
      "program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
      "args": [],
      "stopAtEntry": false,
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
      "environment": [],
      "externalConsole": false,
      "MIMode": "gdb",
      "setupCommands": [
        {
          "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
          "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
          "ignoreFailures": true
        }
      ],
      "preLaunchTask": "build",
      "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
    }
  ]
}

tasks.json

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "build",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "make",
      "dependsOn": [
        "cmake"
      ],
      "group": {
        "kind": "build",
        "isDefault": true
      }
    },
    {
      "label": "cmake",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "cmake",
      "args": [
        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug",
        "CMakeLists.txt"
      ],
      "group": "build"
    }
  ]
}

VSCode C++ Development Configuration

Using these configurations adds the ability to:

• make your C++ project with CMake
• use and link header files to your project (should be configured in CMakeLists.txt)
• debug

Usage

• put tasks.json, launch.json, and c_cpp_properties.json files, into .vscode/ directory.
• put CMakeLists.txt file into your workspace directory.