Visual Studio Code (or VS Code for short) is a very common and widely used text editor and IDE (Integrated Development Environment). You can make VS Code very powerful like an IDE using a lot of extensions.īefore approaching the process of running your first C or C++ code on Visual Studio Code, let me guide you through the process and get it all set up based on the operating system you are using on your computer.

C and C++ compilersįor running C or C++ code, you just need to have a valid C/C++ compiler installed on your computer. If you are using a Linux operating system, then there is a high chance that it is already installed on your system. But we need to make sure that it is correctly installed.įor checking whether or not you have the compiler (GCC/G++/MinGW) installed on your system or not, you have to check the compiler version first. Simply open your terminal and use gcc -version and g++ -version. If you get the version number, then the compiler is already installed on your system. I'm a beginner c++ learner and I recently downloaded visual studio code and its c++ extension on mac. You can check the version using the same commands on any operating system, whether that is a Windows, Linux, or macOS-based operating system.

If you get feedback on your terminal that it does not know anything about GCC or G++, then you have to install the compiler correctly.

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