Compiling and Running C/C++ code in VS Code in Windows 11

Compiling and Running C/C++ Code Using GCC in VS Code on Windows In this blog post, we will discuss how to compile and run C/C++ code using GCC in VS Code on Windows 11. Why doesn't VS Code work directly for C/C++? VS Code is a powerful code editor that supports a wide range of programming languages, including C/C++. However, it doesn't natively include the compiler used for C/C++ development on Windows. This is why we need to separately install GCC to run C/C++ code in VS Code. Steps to Install GCC and setting it up in VS Code Install GCC: Visit Winlibs and install the latest version. After downloading, find the installed zip and extract it. Find the file in Downloads folder. Extract the zip file. ...