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VSCode is 'quite ok' on Linux as gdb frontend. The main limitation is the really bare bones variable view panel. With the MS C/C++ and CMake Tools extensions de
by flohofwoe 2y ago
VSCode is 'quite ok' on Linux as gdb frontend. The main limitation is the really bare bones variable view panel. With the MS C/C++ and CMake Tools extensions debugging pretty much works out of the box and feels 'IDE like' (in that you can select the build and debug targets instead of writing a launch.json and tasks.json file, and starting into the debugger for the current debug target is just pressing F5).
The other debugger frontend that works quite ok is QtCreator.
- ninepoints 2y agoVery mid compared to Visual Studio in my experience. You don't even get a modules window, and there's a whole litany of core C++ debugging features missing.
- flohofwoe 2y agoYeah, but compared to the Visual Studio debugger, pretty much everything is stuck in the stone age unfortunately.
- jcalabro 2y agoI agree with this whole thread. I do use VS Code as my debugger frontend for C++ on Linux, but it's a real bummer compared to what's available on Windows. Hence this series!