Tools and C++ Updates

Developers wishing to gain familiarity with the Visual Studio 2017 development platform

• start the course
• recognize the key new features in Git for VS 2017
• utilize the structure visualizer in a project in VS 2017
• validate architecture dependencies with VS 2017
• work with the roaming extensions manager in VS 2017
• work with the identity services manager in VS 2017

• identify the C++ conformance improvements in VS 2017
• list and describe the new C++ compiler switches in VS 2017
• demonstrate the use of codegen in Visual C++ in VS 2017
• describe the C++ code security improvements in VS 2017
• use the improved C++ toolset in VS 2017
• illustrate the use of improved diagnostics for VS 2017
• describe the key improvements to the C++ Standard Library
• work with the various IntelliSense improvements for C++
• demonstrate how to read and edit C++ code using the improved Open Folder in VS 2017
• describe what Cmake is and illustrate its use in Visual Studio
• identify the various workloads available for C++ in VS 2017 and describe their features
• use the UWP Bridge to convert a Windows desktop application to a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app
• configure the C++ Code Analysis tool
• build a project utilizing the /bigobj switch for VS 2017

• use C++ code in Visual Studio