c-cpp-project-generator README

Create C/C++ projects

Features

Project will generate the following:

Project structure: Common folders like src and bin

VSCode task: Configurations for building and running your project

Requirements

• If you are on linux you must install gcc and make
• If you are on Windows you must install mingw

How to use

• Go to command pallete (usually : ctrl + shift + p)
• To create a project, search for "Create C project" or "Create C++ project"
• To create a file, search for "Create C file" or "Create C++ file"
• Specify the name of the file
• That's it, project will be created and your file will open

Extension Settings

Known Issues

• launch.json doesn't work with workspace or file names that have spaces
• If you create a file with the same name as an existing file, the existing one will be overwritten

Release Notes

1.3.0

• Feature: Can now name the source file to be created when you choose to create a project or file
• Feature: Added two command pallete options to create an individual C/C++ file in the current project's src directory

1.2.1

• Fix: Fixes minor tabbing issue in source file templates

1.2.0

• Feature: The created source file now opens in the editor after creating the project or file.
• Feature: Now uses current workspace as the directory to create the project in. You don't need to choose a folder anymore.
• Improvement: Slightly altered .c/.cpp source file templates
• Improvement: Debug now debugs the current source file's outputted file in bin
• Improvement: Debug now doesn't use the external console
• Misc: Removed auto creation of include and lib folders
• Misc: Removed auto creation of tasks.json and Makefile
• Misc: Removed VSCodeUI.ts
• Misc: Removed unnecessary args for Windows systems
• Misc: Removed unnused imports

1.1.2

• Fix: Fixes issue that stopped source file from building
• Updated dependencies

1.1.1

• Fix vulnerabilities
• Add how to use

1.1.0

• Cleanups + fixes
• Doesn't include c_cpp_properties anymore, c/c++ extension should find it automatically

1.0.4

• Fixed makefile executable on windows for make clean

1.0.2

• Fixed include path on linux
• Added icon

1.0.1

• Improved debugging
• Better compatibility with windows, mac os, linux
• Added clean task

1.0.0

• Initial release