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Installing CppDepend VSCode Extension

Bring the power of CppDepend directly into your Visual Studio Code workflow.

Overview

This extension provides advanced code quality and architecture analysis seamlessly integrated inside Visual Studio Code. Since the extension is packaged as a VSIX file, you can install it by following the steps below.

Step by Step Installation

  1. 1Install the extension from the VSIX file: in the Extensions view, open the … menu and choose Install from VSIX…
    2. VS Code Extensions view: Install from VSIX menu
  2. 2Open the user settings with Ctrl+Shift+P and choose Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)
    3. VS Code Command Palette: Preferences Open User Settings JSON
  3. 3Configure the two CppDepend variables: cppdepend.serverPath (CppDepend install path) and cppdepend.projectPath (CppDepend project path)
    4. settings.json with cppdepend.serverPath and cppdepend.projectPath configured
  4. 4Launch CppDepend from the Command Palette
    5. Launching CppDepend from the VS Code Command Palette
  5. 5Click on Load Project on the CppDepend start page
    6. CppDepend start page in VS Code with Load Project button
  6. 6The project is loaded: the CppDepend Quality Dashboard is displayed inside VS Code
    7. CppDepend Quality Dashboard loaded in VS Code

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