Based on our record, Vcpkg seems to be a lot more popular than Microsoft Visual Studio. While we know about 24 links to Vcpkg, we've tracked only 1 mention of Microsoft Visual Studio. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Re: C/C++ development: anybody using conda/pixi for dependency management? Here's an example of compiling a C++ SDL program using pixi and the SDL dependency from conda-forge [1]. Seems viable as a replacement for things like vckpg [2] which only builds from source. I'm still researching this but it seems like rattler [3] is the tool to use to build/publish packages. The supported repos are: prefix.dev's own... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
Plenty of raw information should be available here, the actual vcpkg repo: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg. Source: over 1 year ago
Actually, there is: C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Source: over 1 year ago
The installation is described in the readme of vcpkg on github and is straightforward: clone the project, execute the installation script and you are ready to go! - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
You didn't ask about this, but I think its worth mentioning Conan and vcpkg. Of the two I have found vcpkg easier to work with, but both can be good solutions. Combining one of these package managers with CMake presets can make getting a project setup on a new machine almost trivial (great for CI or onboarding new devs). Source: over 1 year ago
While the editor seems to old fashioned there isn't anything particularly wrong in using it for learning. Alternatively you can propose to your teacher about https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/express/ . IMO editor is not a big factor when we are talking about high school learning. Source: about 3 years ago
Conan - Conan is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and Single-player video game developed by Nihilistic Software and published by THQ.
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pacman (package manager) - The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of ...
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