Table of contents
1. Download and installation of VSCode
2. Initialization configuration
3. Configure the environment required for C/C++
4. Configure the VSCode compilation environment
1. Download and installation of VSCode
1.VSCode download
Government:Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows
Choose the version to download according to your system, I choose windows
2. Installation of VSCode
Run the .exe file you just downloaded
Click to agree to the agreement and proceed to the next step
Customize the storage path. It is best not to put it on the C drive. Find a drive with a large capacity.
Next step
The default here is fine, add it to the start menu, click Next
Check the box in the picture and click Next
Note:
1: Create a shortcut on the desktop: check
2: Add VSCode to the right-click menu and support opening files: check
3: Add VSCode to the right-click menu and support opening directories: check
4: After checking, many text formats will be changed to be opened with VSCode, such as .txt files: uncheck
5: Add to PATH (environment variable), automatically added, no manual configuration required: check
Confirm the information you just configured and click Install
Waiting for installation
Click Finish
After clicking Finish, you will automatically enter this interface.
Configure Chinese interface
Click the last button in the left column
Enter Chinese in the search box, the first one is Simplified Chinese, click install
If you want to use English, you don’t have to change it.
After installation, this thing pops up in the lower right corner
Click restart
Then after reopening, it will be the Chinese interface.
2. Initialization configuration
Let’s get to know the interface first
The left column from top to bottom is: Resource Manager, Search Function, Source Code Management, Debug, and Install Plugins
The start interface allows initialization settings
[Theme Settings] I choose dark colors, which are better for the eyes.
[Sync to other devices] Click and select
[Just one shortcut to access everything] Click and select
Select [Rich support for all languages]
Select [Open your code]
Select an empty folder and open it
Click to trust
VSCode is now installed
3. Configure the environment required for C/C++
Configure the local compiler MinGW
MinGW: It can be understood as a software that contains a variety of compilation environments that can be installed freely.
Download link:Download directly after opening
Select installation path
【This step is very important! ! ! ! ! 】
Install dependencies
After clicking Continue or open the MinGW Installation Manager (on the desktop), -
Check the compiler software, and Mark will be ok once checked
After the installation is complete, open the D:\software\vscode-MinGW\bin path
It’s the compilers that are installed.
When this operation is not performed, there is only one exe file in the bin, which is the manager of the desktop.
Add the path [D:\software\vscode-MinGW\bin] to the environment variable
Suddenly openMy phone->Attributes ->High-grade system installation->Environmental change
Copy this path to the path in the environment variable and it will be ok
Type gcc -v on the command line
Check if the installation is successful
Jiang Zi is ok~~~
4. Configure the VSCode compilation environment
Install C/C++ plug-in
Has code prompt function
