cpp-vscode-mingw

cpp-vscode-mingw

Raylib 4.5 Template C++ (C++ 17 64 bits) for Visual Studio Code & MinGW-w64

1. Download and extract (if needed)

• MinGW64 : MSVCRT runtime / Win64 (download)
• Raylib 4.5 : raylib-4.5.0_win64_mingw-w64.zip (download)

2. Create environments variables

• MINGW64 : Mingw64 folder - (e.g. : %MINGW64% = D:\Apps\mingw64)
• RAYLIB : Raylib folder - (e.g. : %RAYLIB% = D:\Apps\raylib)
• Add %MINGW64%\bin to your Path variable

3. Visual Studio Code

Install Extension

• ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack : (download)

Run and Debug

• BUILD-DEBUG : build and run in debug mode

Terminal > Run Task...

• DEBUG-build : build debug version to /build/debug/game.exe
• DEBUG-clean-dist-copy : deletes all files in the /build/debug folder and copy all the content of the folder /dist to /build/debug
• DEBUG-quick-clean : deletes .exe files in /build/debug and .o files in /src
• RELEASE-build : build release version to /build/release/game.exe
• RELEASE-clean-dist-copy : deletes all files in the /build/release folder and copy all the content of the folder /dist to /build/release
• RELEASE-quick-clean : deletes .exe files in /build/release and .o files in /src
• MY-RC-BUILD : build Windows resources file my.rc (icon...)