Getting Started with C++ in Visual Studio

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Shows step-by-step setup: download Visual Studio 2022 (Community/Pro/Enterprise), pick C++ workloads, create a CMake project, change the project from C++20 to C++23 and use std::print with IntelliSense, set breakpoints and inspect locals in the debugger. Explains using vcpkg.json plus a builtin baseline commit ID, pointing CMake at the CMake toolchain file in the VCPKG root, runs vcpkg to install SDL3 (one of ~2,500 packages) and links SDL3 into the CMake app, then runs a simple SDL3 hello world.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:17Installing Visual Studio
3. 0:43Setting up C++ workloads
4. 1:19Creating a new project
5. 2:10Exploring CMake projects
6. 3:00Building and running
7. 3:40Debugging C++ code
8. 4:41Introduction to vcpkg
9. 5:50Adding dependencies
10. 6:58Integrating libraries
11. 9:25Conclusion

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