C++ Team Blog

The latest in C++, Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg from the MSFT C++ team

GitHub Copilot Extensions for C++ developers and beyond now available in VS Code

August 7, 2024 Aug 7, 2024 08/7/24

Sinem Akinci

GitHub Copilot is now more extensible than ever for extension authors in VS Code. At the Microsoft Build conference, we announced that VS Code extensions can now leverage APIs for Copilot to build custom chat participants that users can interact with in the GitHub Copilot Chat view in VS Code. To learn more, please watch the Build session ...

Improving GitHub Copilot Completions in VS Code for C++ Developers

July 22, 2024 Jul 22, 2024 07/22/24

Erika Sweet

GitHub Copilot code completions are autocomplete-stye suggestions that appear inline as you code. Until today, they have used context from your active file and other tabs open in the editor to inform the suggestion that is returned. However, we know that more contextually relevant input leads to better suggestions. Our team has made changes to...

Understand your C++ symbols using Copilot in Visual Studio’s Quick Info

June 18, 2024 Jun 18, 2024 06/18/24

Sinem Akinci

Navigating your codebase and forget what exactly that method does? Looking for quick, easy-to-digest information on your code at any point in your development journey? We are excited to announce that now when you hover over symbols in your codebase, you'll have the ability to invoke Copilot conveniently within the Quick Info dialog to learn...

Use AI-Powered Rename Suggestions to rename your C++ variables in Visual Studio

May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024 05/13/24

Sinem Akinci

We are very excited to announce C++ support for AI-Powered Rename Suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022. Seamlessly integrated into your familiar Rename workflow in the IDE, AI-powered rename suggestions dynamically generate name suggestions for any C++ identifier. It will generate proposed names based on its usage and your ...

Time Travel Debugging team uses Copilot Chat for C++

April 10, 2024 Apr 10, 2024 04/10/24

Sinem Akinci

Ken Sykes and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza (JCAB) are both Principal Software Engineers who work on the Time Travel Debugging team at Microsoft, which is the team that maintains and develops the Windows Debugger (WinDbg) and related technologies. Their codebase is developed with C++ and CMake, and they primarily use Visual Studio Code for ...

How Copilot is being used by the Time Travel Debugging team for repetitive C++ coding

April 3, 2024 Apr 3, 2024 04/3/24

Sinem Akinci

Background Ken Sykes and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza (JCAB) are both Principal Software Engineers who work on Time Travel Debugging at Microsoft. They are part of the team that maintains and develops the Windows Debugger (WinDbg) and related technologies. Their codebase is developed with C++ and CMake and they primarily use VS Code for day-to...

Using Copilot Chat with C++ in VS Code

March 13, 2024 Mar 13, 2024 03/13/24

Sinem Akinci

If you are a C++ developer who uses VS Code as your editor, Copilot Chat can help you with many of your everyday coding tasks by allowing you to iterate with your code in natural language. Download GitHub Copilot Chat To access GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat, you will need an active subscription to GitHub Copilot. Chat features are ...

Quick Tips for using Copilot Chat with C++ in Visual Studio

February 6, 2024 Feb 6, 2024 02/6/24

Sinem Akinci

GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when you have an active subscription to the service. Copilot Chat is your AI pair-programmer that allows you to speak in plain text through the chat interface to accomplish programming tasks such as understanding sections of code, generating test cases, and ...

Jul	AUG	Sep
	26
2023	2024	2025

C++ Team Blog

Copilot - C++ Team Blog