Build on any OS with Visual Studio Code

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Marcus Hudritsch edited this page May 2, 2019 · 23 revisions

All C++ projects can also be built with the platform independent IDE Visual Studio Code from Microsoft. Anyway, for Windows, we recommend to build and work with the full Visual Studio.
Clone the SLProject GIT repository into a directory of your choice.
Install the latest CMake. You need at least CMake Version 3.3.
Install Visual Studio Code
Open Visual Studio Code and install the extension for C/C++, CMake and CMake Tools.
With File/Open... choose the SLProject folder. The cmake configuration and generation should automatically start. This can last a minute or so. You will also be asked which of the found compiler toolchains shall be used. After that, a cmake icon appears at the bottom of the left toolbar.
Click on the cmake icon to show the cmake project structure tree.
Click on the hammer icon on top of the cmake structure tree. This will build the app-Demo-SLProject-debug executable into the folder named build.
To run the app-Demo-SLProject select the Run in terminal command in the context menu: