A CPP file contains C++ programming code you must compile before you can run the file's code on your Windows system. You use Visual Studio to compile the CPP code on Windows.

Along with Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 comes a few changes to Visual C++ in regards to build tools as well as the addition of experimental tools that the VS team has been emphasizing in a series of ...

"Throughout the years, our customers have helped shape the direction of C++ development in VS Code by asking for key features and reporting bugs," said Julia Reid, program manager, Visual C++, in a ...