Debugging C/C++ with Visual Studio Code

Shows how to debug C/C++ using gdm in VS Code.
In this case, demonstrated from linux.

[johnkile]

I spent hours trying to figure out the VS Code Debugging configuration on my own and was left with nothing but frustration. Numerous web searches were unproductive as well. I am so glad I found this video. Your simple narrative was just what I needed. Wish I had found this earlier, but I'm "over the top" that I'm now on my way and can get back to debugging my projects. THANK YOU!!!

[ahnaffaiyaz]

Thank you. Was wasting hours trying to make this work. Much appreciated.

[MalamIbnMalam]

Awesome video! It helped a lot! I am actually working with a codebase in C for embedded systems and some grad school projects in C++. This eliminates the need for me to use CLion. Visual Studio Code is definitely one of Microsofts best kept secrets. I also use Linux so this was definitely an amazing tutorial. Thanks!

[mito._]

can you show us how to make the debugger recompile the executable each time?

[jialincai]

Thank you! After hours googling how to use the debugger, this video fixed my problem in under 10 minutes :)

[JavArButt]

Thanks for this short video - it did exactly what the videos title said it would do :D

[nobytes]

Another tip for vscode you can do ctrl+shift+p, task, create build task and you can do a build task to compile the code for you.

[jiachuandeng]

even much clearer than VS code offical tutorial

[sparshtemani]

Thanks a lot for this video, I have been looking up how to do this for a while now.

[CastleBomber]

you the man bro! thanks for the debugger help

[talentotech-pe]

I've been trying to set the debugger up to use it in Visual Studio code with C with my mac.
The problem I find is when I get to a scanf(), I just don't know where or how to input the value. My terminal is not running the program and in the debug console I get an error msg if I try to input the value there.
Any help with this would be really appreciated. Thanks!

[felipexg]

Thanks you for this content. Although its simplicity, it was very useful.

[edwardmacnab]

is the code runner extension required because I find no mention of it in the vscode link you provided, only C/C++ extension and the mingW installation are mentioned .

[rjeejacobjacob]

Suppose I don't have the .cpp source file but only the binary "a.out", which is already running. Is there a way for me to monitor the variables and expressions after attaching the debugger to the a.out process?

[ameynaik]

Looks like C++ is not supported in Visual Studio for mac. What is the best debugger for a Mac OS based machine?

[giangnguyentruong]

Please help me. I have error when I debug "which has no line number information". How to fix this?

[xamogxusx]

Cool ! Working good. Can you execute gdb commands from the terminal though? To do memory debugging.

[rajeshpawar]

How do I add the linker for library in c++ in vscode . I want to able to play audio files using the lwinmm lib

[smzsscu]

Thank you soooo much! I was trying to debug my c++ project and it just was not working. Turns out I forgot to compile it using -g 😢, but thanks for the help!!

[andreasellsen]

How would one do this for a C app that compiles with a Makefile?