Ready-to-use VS Code C++ playground

Prerequisites

• Install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017/2019 from here: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Install VS Code
• Install VS Code C++ official extension

How to build, debug, and run this in VS Code

• Run Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017/2019 from start menu
• Inside developer command prompt run command code
• Open this folder in VS Code
• Open src/hello_world.cpp
  • Press Ctrl+Shift+B to build
  • Press F5 to build and debug
  • Press Alt+Shift+F to format
• Enjoy!

More information here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-msvc