CROSS-PLATFORM PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Erika Sweet (she/her) Microsoft C++ TeamWelcome to CppCon 2020! Visit our table at the Expo Hall https://aka.ms/cppcon/expo • Meet the Microsoft C++ (e.g. NuGet) Language specific package managers (e.g. vcpkg, Conan) Our recommendation for C++ cross-platform developmentC++ package managers: Conan, vcpkg Bring down and build libraries from source The solution spaceDebugging: the solution space Cross-platform IDEs, editors, and tools CLion, VS Code, Qt CreatorDebugging: the solution space Cross-platform IDEs, editors, and tools CLion, VS Code

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35-year career in video games and embedded software • Started using C++ in 1995 • First cross-platform project in 1994Cross-Platform Architecture Goals • Take advantage of all platforms • Focus on the compiler

tools examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 7.4 Cross-building examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . target any existing platform: ranging from bare metal to desktop, mobile, embedded, servers, and cross-building. Conan works with any build system too. There are built-in integrations to support the most CMakeLists.txt doesn’t need to be aware at all about Conan). These integrations can also achieve a better IDE integration, for example via CMakeP- resets.json. See also: • Tools reference 2.5 New custom user

tools examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 7.4 Cross-building examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . target any existing platform: ranging from bare metal to desktop, mobile, embedded, servers, and cross-building. Conan works with any build system too. There are built-in integrations to support the most CMakeLists.txt doesn’t need to be aware at all about Conan). These integrations can also achieve a better IDE integration, for example via CMakeP- resets.json. See also: • Tools reference 2.5 New custom user

tools examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 7.4 Cross-building examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . target any existing platform: ranging from bare metal to desktop, mobile, embedded, servers, and cross-building. Conan works with any build system too. There are built-in integrations to support the most CMakeLists.txt doesn’t need to be aware at all about Conan). These integrations can also achieve a better IDE integration, for example via CMakeP- resets.json. See also: • Tools reference 2.5 New custom user

tools examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 7.4 Cross-building examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . target any existing platform: ranging from bare metal to desktop, mobile, embedded, servers, and cross-building. Conan works with any build system too. There are built-in integrations to support the most CMakeLists.txt doesn’t need to be aware at all about Conan). These integrations can also achieve a better IDE integration, for example via CMakeP- resets.json. See also: • Tools reference 2.5 New custom user

tools examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 7.4 Cross-building examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . target any existing platform: ranging from bare metal to desktop, mobile, embedded, servers, and cross-building. Conan works with any build system too. There are built-in integrations to support the most CMakeLists.txt doesn’t need to be aware at all about Conan). These integrations can also achieve a better IDE integration, for example via CMakeP- resets.json. See also: • Tools reference 2.5 New custom user

CppCon 2021 CppCon 2021 What’s New In ‘ Visual Studio 64-bit IDE, C++20, WSL2, and More Marian Luparu (he/him) @mluparu Sy Brand (they/them) @TartanLlama C++ Product Team, Microsoft @VisualC https://aka Compiler & Libraries 3. by simplifying acquisition in C++ via vcpkg 4. by improving the Visual Studio IDE 5. by continuing to enhance the C++ experience for Visual Studio Code Our agenda today Visual Agenda 1. Conformance 2. Code Safety 3. Cross-platform development 4. Developer and Team Productivity Visual Studio Agenda 1. Conformance 2. Code Safety 3. Cross-platform development 4. Developer and

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 5 Virtual storage 79 5.1 Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 5.2 Disk image files (VDI, VMDK, VHD, HDD) 12.2.1 Guest shows IDE/SATA errors for file-based images on slow host file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 12.2.2 Responding to guest IDE/SATA flush requests Linux host floppy not found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 12.7.5 Strange guest IDE error messages when writing to CD/DVD . . . . . . . 212 12.7.6 VBoxSVC IPC issues . . . . . . . .