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Building C/C++ code on the Command Line using Visual Studio for windows

April 8, 2015

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If you read our previous post ie., Best C / C++ Compiler : Compilation using gcc , it means now you are in love with C-programming. Well today we are going to tell you about compiling with VS (Visual Studio ) an ultimate tool for windows user .

VS ( VIsual Studio ) an ultimate tool for windows programmers

Well I never consider VS as a best compiler because it’s codes are not platform independent , it simply means that if you write a C program for windows using Visual Studio or turbo C/C++ , you can’t run them on Linux or mac OS . You need to change those code, that’s why I prefer gcc / g++ GNU Gross Compiler as best C/C++ compiler . You don’t read to recode your previous code . Just write it once and use anywhere. GCC is customizable too .

Still users who are ASP.NET programmers or who use c# (C Sharp or Visual basic ) are very familiar with Visual Studio and they don’t want to work with gcc . One more thing with visual studio is , it is not only compiler but also a full IDK( Integrated Development Kit) . There is no need to use any IDK if you are working with Visual Studio. If you are using Visual Studio Ultimate or Pro addition , you can programming for ASP.NET web app development , Directx ( Graphics with C for windows) , C# and many more . It have very good inbuilt environment for programmers.

Steps to compile C code with visual studio

It’s too familiar for ASP.NET or c# or visual basic programmers but for C programmers who use Turbo C for compilation ,it is a little bit new but exiting process . So follow the process step by step.

Press ctrl+s to Open search , now search for Visual Studio 2013 and Open it.
Now press ctrl+shift+N to create New project.
Click on templates and then on visual c++ as shown in step 1 in fig below .
Now select Visual c++ ==> Win32==> win32 console application as shown in step 2 and 3 .
Now just change the name of project and location as shown in step 4 and 5.and just click on ok
A new window will open , now just click on next and select Empty project (Warning:Don’t select Precompiled header, it will make your code more dependent) as shown in image below.
Now all is done 😀 . Just click on Finish as shown in above image .

Create Cpp file using Visual Studio

Right click on your project in solution explorer ==> Hover on Add ==> Click on New Item as shown in left screen of below image.
Click on c++ File and change name of your file as buffercode and click on ADD.

Write your code :

#include<iostream>
#include<conio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
printf("\nHello Buffercode");
printf("\nEnter any key to exit");
_getch();
return 0;

}

Run it by click on local window debugger as shown in below image .
Woooooooooh All is done now , it’s time to buffer your code 😉