Basic VS Code setup
In the following, we want to make sure that we all start from a similar VS Code setup.
It is recommended to temporarily disable all of your existing VS Code extensions (don't worry, you can enable them again at any time).
In doing so, we might avoid any possible conflicts (e.g. clangd vs. Microsoft's C++ extension) and it is easier to see what each extension that we add brings to the table.
- Open the command palette (
Cmd+Shift+P) - Run the command
>Extensions: Disable All Installed Extensions
After disabling the extensions, out sidebar should look something like this:
If we go to our user settings in VS Code (>Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)), we should see something like
The greyed out sections belong to the disabled extensions.
The non-greyed out settings are your basic VS Code settings. They determine how the editor looks and behaves, what files/folders to include in searches, and so on.
For the rest of this tutorial, those basic settings should not matter. You can keep yours as they are or change them along the way. As a reference, you can look at the file user_settings.json.