How to Set up Visual Studio Code for C and C++ Programming

In this video you will learn How to Set up Visual Studio Code for Creating and Executing C and C++ Programs.

Visual Studio Code is the widely used editor in Computer Programming field.

It is the best editor for a beginner in programming because it is simple, easy to set up and has all those features needed.

First you need to Download and Install C C++ toolset ( Compiler , linker etc ) like mingw. After that you need to install Visual Studio Code. After that you need to install a couple of extensions to run C and Cpp Programs.

Download and Install Mingw

Download and Install Visual Studio Code

Setup Visual Studio code for Python Programming

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[EduardoMengesMattje]

the fact that this video has 1 million views shows how bad vscode is at telling the user basic functionality

[divyanshsati]

For people who are unable to get the output, save your code with ctrl s, and then run!

[pratikanand]

This is a great tutorial, I was stuck on configuring VS Code for C/C++ for hours and this video was very simple and easy to follow. Thanks a lot for the simple tutorial, it really helped a lot. Everything went smooth and VS code works perfectly!

[midnari]

Alright, the fact that you popped immediately for a C/C++ Visual Studios tutorial after you helped me with MinGW means you get my subscription. You're, sir, are fantastic.

[Alex-cohx]

Man you're a life changer. You made everything 10 times easier than it was shown in VSC's C++ installation guide.

[zainabsyeda]

This was unbelievably easy and it worked perfectly fine! I was breaking my head for two hours until i came across your video(s). Thank you so much for these tutorials.

[luisespinoza]

Thank you!!! I'm just starting to code in c++ and my professor couldn't explain it as easily as you just did!!

[puregold]

You have been a great help. Very clear instructions and easy to follow. Thank you so much ! I can finally start practicing C 😁

[Scottylili]

you're a life saver it was driving me crazy (didn't know how to run the code so it accepts input)

[harsh-oxgy]

Hey, how to configure settings to build a task, debugging it and than creating an executable exe. File. I have been looking for it for months now.no video has helped me till date.either they are too old or are for mac .😭😭

[shai.mp]

@ 4:15 when you typed test.c, vscode did identify as a c program but mine isnt doing so. mine does identify .cc that is C++ but the isn't identifying .c file. help please.

[Nuggz_TV]

Dude fucken finally I missed a whole class trying to follow someone else and with you it was smooth as butter, thanks man

[ShahidKhan-ufhd]

I got an error saying "The system cannot execute the specified program.". What's do I do?

[jpiujez]

Thank you so much for this video!!

Was having a hard time finding out how to put inputs into my code and you saved me :)

[chiragthakur]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE INSTALLATION, AND YOU HAVE CLEARED ALL MY DOUBTS. AND NOW I'VE SUCCESFULLY CREATED MY FIRST CODE, ♥

[kimvo]

This video saves tons of time! I had been struggling with compiling and running C in vscode for hours, and then I found this video. It's so helpful, straightforward. Thank you so much!

[sudhirpadhye]

Excellent videos. I followed every step that you have explained for C CPP and Python and its working. I had tried this many times but never worked. Thank you very much!

[victorstone]

Thank you so much for your help. I really liked the way you explained each step! Now I can execute C program on VS code, looking forward to some more amazing content.

[LoloSandag]

Hi, I'm having an issue if you could help
I keep getting the message:
intellisense mode windows-msvc-x64 is incompatible with compiler path

any idea what i can do?

[learnvocab]

hello @LearningLad, i got some problem in my VSCode
[Running] cd "c:\Users\pc\C\" && gcc test.c -o test && "c:\Users\pc\C\"test
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[Done] exited with code=1 in 0.026 seconds