index.yml

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title: Microsoft C++, C, and Assembler documentation
summary: Learn how to use C++, C, and assembly language to develop applications, services, and tools for your platforms and devices.
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metadata:
  title: Microsoft C/C++ Documentation
  description: Learn how to use C++ to develop applications, services, and tools for your platforms and devices.
  ms.service: visual-cpp
  ms.topic: hub-page
  author: tylermsft
  ms.author: twhitney
  ms.date: 06/04/2020
  ms.custom: intro-landing-hub

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# itemType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | video | whats-new
  items:
    # Card
    - title: Install Visual Studio and choose your C++ workloads
      itemType: download
      url: build/vscpp-step-0-installation.md
    # Card
    - title: Welcome to C++ in Visual Studio
      itemType: overview
      url: overview/visual-cpp-in-visual-studio.md
    # Card
    - title: Get started with Visual Studio and C++
      itemType: get-started
      url: get-started/tutorial-console-cpp.md
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    - title: What's new for C++ in Visual Studio
      itemType: whats-new
      url: overview/what-s-new-for-visual-cpp-in-visual-studio.md

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  title: Get started with C++ and C
  items:
    # Card
    - title: Learn to use the Visual Studio IDE
      links:
        - text: Start a guided tour of Visual Studio
          url: /visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-ide
          itemType: overview
        - text: Open code from a repo
          url: /visualstudio/get-started/tutorial-open-project-from-repo
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Write and edit code
          url: /visualstudio/ide/index-writing-code
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Build your code
          url: /visualstudio/ide/compiling-and-building-in-visual-studio
          itemType: tutorial 
        - text: Debug your code
          itemType: tutorial
          url: /visualstudio/debugger/quickstart-debug-with-cplusplus
        - text: Test your code
          itemType: tutorial 
          url: /visualstudio/test/writing-unit-tests-for-c-cpp
    # Card
    - title: Write C++ and C apps in Visual Studio
      links:
        - text: Create a console calculator app 
          url: get-started/tutorial-console-cpp.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Create a Windows Desktop app with Win32
          url: windows/walkthrough-creating-windows-desktop-applications-cpp.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Create a Windows Desktop app with MFC
          url: mfc/reference/creating-an-mfc-application.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Create a Windows DLL
          url: build/walkthrough-creating-and-using-a-dynamic-link-library-cpp.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Create a static library
          url: build/walkthrough-creating-and-using-a-static-library-cpp.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Create a .NET component
          url: dotnet/walkthrough-compiling-a-cpp-program-that-targets-the-clr-in-visual-studio.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Create a Universal Windows Platform app
          url: /windows/uwp/cpp-and-winrt-apis/get-started
          itemType: tutorial
    # Card
    - title: Use the command-line tools
      links:
        - text: Compile C++ code 
          url: build/walkthrough-compiling-a-native-cpp-program-on-the-command-line.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Compile C code 
          url: build/walkthrough-compile-a-c-program-on-the-command-line.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Compile C++/CX 
          url: build/walkthrough-compiling-a-cpp-cx-program-on-the-command-line.md
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Compile C++/CLI 
          url: build/walkthrough-compiling-a-cpp-cli-program-on-the-command-line.md
          itemType: tutorial
    # Card
    - title: Use C++ and C in Visual Studio Code
      links:
        - text: Get started with Visual Studio Code 
          url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Install the Microsoft C/C++ extension 
          url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Use Microsoft C/C++ in Windows
          url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-msvc
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Use C++ in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 
          url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-wsl
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Use C++ on Linux
          url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-linux
          itemType: tutorial
        - text: Use C++ on macOS
          url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-clang-mac
          itemType: tutorial


tools:
  title: Languages and frameworks
  items:
    - title: C++
      imageSrc: /media/logos/logo_Cplusplus.svg
      url: cpp/index.yml
    - title: C
      imageSrc: /media/logos/logo_C.svg
      url: c-language/index.yml
    - title: Microsoft Assembler
      imageSrc: media/index/logo-asm.svg
      url: intrinsics/index.yml
    - title: C++/CX for Windows Runtime
      imageSrc: /media/logos/logo_Cplusplus.svg
      url: cppcx/visual-c-language-reference-c-cx.md
    - title: C++/CLI for .NET
      imageSrc: /media/logos/logo_Cplusplus.svg
      url: dotnet/dotnet-programming-with-cpp-cli-visual-cpp.md
    - title: Active Template Library (ATL)
      imageSrc: media/index/logo-atl.svg
      url: atl/atl-com-desktop-components.md
    - title: Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
      imageSrc: media/index/logo-mfc.svg
      url: mfc/mfc-desktop-applications.md
    - title: C++/WinRT for Windows Runtime
      imageSrc: /media/logos/logo_Cplusplus.svg
      url: /windows/uwp/cpp-and-winrt-apis/

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  sections:  
    - title: C++ and C workloads, features, and libraries
      summary: Develop for your choice of platforms with Visual Studio tools.
      items:
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        - title: Workloads
          links:
            - text: Universal Windows Platform development
              url: cppcx/universal-windows-apps-cpp.md
            - text: Windows Desktop development
              url: windows/overview-of-windows-programming-in-cpp.md
            - text: Linux development
              url: linux/index.yml
            - text: Embedded development
              url: embedded/index.yml
            - text: Mobile development
              url: cross-platform/index.yml
            - text: Game development
              url: /windows/uwp/gaming/e2e/
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        - title: Features
          links:
            - text: Build reliable and secure programs
              url: code-quality/build-reliable-secure-programs.md
            - text: Edit and refactor code
              url: ide/writing-and-refactoring-code-cpp.md
            - text: Build code projects
              url: build/projects-and-build-systems-cpp.md
            - text: Debug your code
              url: /visualstudio/debugger/debugging-native-code
            - text: Analyze your code
              url: code-quality/index.yml
            - text: Profile app performance
              url: /visualstudio/profiling
            - text: Port and upgrade code
              url: porting/visual-cpp-porting-and-upgrading-guide.md
            - text: Sanitize code for bugs
              url: sanitizers/index.yml
        # Card
        - title: Libraries
          links:
            - text: C++ standard library reference
              url: standard-library/cpp-standard-library-reference.md
            - text: C runtime library reference
              url: c-runtime-library/c-run-time-library-reference.md
            - text: MFC and ATL Windows Desktop libraries
              url: mfc/mfc-and-atl.md
            - text: Parallel programming libraries
              url: parallel/parallel-programming-in-visual-cpp.md
            - text: Cloud and networking libraries
              url: cloud/cloud-and-web-programming-in-visual-cpp.md
            - text: Universal Windows Platform libraries
              url: cppcx/namespaces-reference-c-cx.md
            - text: vcpkg package manager
              url: /vcpkg/
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