VSCode C/C++ + Cmake project bootstrap

Requirements

• CMake
• CMake tools for VSCode
• C/C++ tools for VSCode
• Compilers and debuggers
  • Visual Studio (To run its build tools and debugger) on windows, or MinGW or...
  • GCC / Clang or whatever cmake can be configured and work with

Step by step

1. Open the project in code
2. In command palette run >cmake:configure

• Choose a kit (Visual Studio Community 2019 Release for Windows)

3. Build target with >cmake:build
4. Debug and Run with >cmake:debug or >cmake:Run without debugging

Look at the bottoms statusbar and learn

Main rules and tips

• After you add/remove a file, run cmake:configure

Read https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/tutorial/index.html