Install CMake

• Type in the browser search field: cmake download
• Download and install CMake
• Type cmake --version in CMD

Installation of Visual Studio 2022 Community with CMake support

• Type in the browser search field: vs 2022 download
• Click on the first found link:

• Click on the "Free download" button:

• The "VisualStudioSetup.exe" file (4.23 MB) will be downloaded. Run this file
• Check the "desktop-development-in-cpp.png" flag:

• The "C++ CMake tools for Windows" should be set:

• Click on the "Install" button

If you forgot to set the "C++ CMake tools for Windows" flag above you can make it later

• Click on the Windows "Start" button, type "visual st", and click on the "Visual Studio Installer":

• Click on the "Modify" button:

• Set the "C++ CMake tools for Windows" flag to ON:

• Click on the "Modify" button in the right bottom corner:

The first "Hello, World" using VS 2022 and CMake

• Run Visual Studio 2022
• Click on the "Create a new project" button:

• Click on the "CMake Project":

• Click the "Next" button

• Type a project name:

• Set a location for a project:

• For example:

• Check the "Place solution and project in the same directory:"

• Click on the "Create" button:

• The following project files was created:

• You can start the program without debugging by clicking on the empty green triangle:

• The program showed a result in the console:

Debugging in VS 2022

• Double click on the "hello-world-cpp.cpp" file to open it
• Set a breakpoint by click on the left bar to stop a program here:

• Click on the button with a green triangle:

• The program will be stopped on the breakpoint:

• Click on the "Step Over" button (or F10) to make a one step in the program:

• A one step was made:

• You can set another breakpoints, click on the "Continue" button, click the "Step Into" (F11), watch values of the variables, stop debugging (Shift+F5), and so on.
• You can set conditional breakpoints by right mouse button click on the left bar: