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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Jeff Martin
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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Jeff Martin

Overview of this book

Visual Studio 2015 is the premier tool for developers targeting the Microsoft platform. Learning how to effectively use this technology can enhance your productivity while simplifying your most common tasks, allowing you more time to focus on your project. Visual Studio 2015 is packed with improvements that increase productivity, and this book walks you through each one in succession to help you smooth your workflow and get more accomplished. From customization and the interface to code snippets and debugging, the Visual Studio upgrade expands your options — and this book is your fast-track guide to getting on board quickly. Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook will introduce you to all the new areas of Visual Studio and how they can quickly be put to use to improve your everyday development tasks. With this book, you will learn not only what VS2015 offers, but what it takes to put it to work for your projects.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Targeting Linux with Visual Studio 2015


The Linux operating system has been a popular alternative to Windows for many years. It has found great popularity in server environments, as well as powering many familiar systems, such as Google's Android. With the rise of new devices such as the Raspberry Pi and the staying power of non-Windows operating systems, many developers have found themselves looking for a way to pair their experience with Visual Studio onto these other systems.

Thanks to a new component of VS2015, it is now possible to use Visual Studio to write C++ code that can be compiled and debugged on a Linux- or UNIX-based system. The Visual C++ for Linux extension opens up the world of Linux development while enabling you to use the VS2015 tools you are already familiar with.

In this recipe, you will see how easy it is to use your copy of VS2015 to develop for Linux.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you need to make sure that you have a copy of Visual Studio Community 2015 (or higher...