
Update Nov 2, 2017: Visual Studio 2017 15.5 now offers Boost.Test support by default, so this extension is no longer necessary! Simply open the Visual Studio Installer and select “Test Adapter for Boost.Test” from the “Desktop development with C++” workload.The adapter automatically discovers unit tests and enables IDE tools to run and manage unit tests based on the Boost.Test framework, see test execution results, and for Visual Studio Enterprise users, check code coverage. vcxproj directly from a PDB for quick code browsing and IntelliSense. The extension can record most of the commands in Visual Studio including text editing operations.Ĭreate a.

Macros for Visual Studio is an extension for Visual Studio that enables the use of macros to automate repetitive tasks in the IDE.

Update Dec 6, 2017: A A Visual Studio 2017 version of ImageWatch is now available. It comes with built-in support for OpenCV image types (e.g. Image Watch is a Visual Studio extension that provides a watch window for viewing in-memory bitmaps when debugging native C++ code.

This extension allows you to hover over a squiggle to get a LightBulb, or use the default keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Dot (Ctrl+.) to learn how to quickly fix a problem in your code. We happy to announce that the following extensions are now available for Visual Studio 2017. We wanted to let you know that we are addressing this feedback and many of the extensions you have mentioned are now available on Visual Studio 2017. We have also heard from many of you that not having certain C++ extensions available on Visual Studio 2017 was preventing you from moving to the latest version. In this blogpost we want to highlight several Visual Studio extensions that can make your life better as a C++ developer if you’re using Visual Studio 2017 or considering upgrading. ⏱ Updated on Jan 17, 2018 with information on ImageWatch and Child Process Debugging
