Visual Studio Remote Compile and Run

Question

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to use Visual Studio 2012 as a full linux development suite. I know this is not the regular question here but work with me. What i have so far is the ability to use Visual Studio as a text editor to edit inside a virtual machine of Linux running on my computer.

The way that I have done this is to set up a permanent ssh portal that acts as as a hard drive in my windows. I have done this using a program called WebDrive:

So that is cool, it means I have the ability to fully view my Linux c++ project from Visual Studio. This provides all of the cool c++ editing things that i like about visual studio.

So where to from here?

Basically what I have now is a heavy glorified text editor.

What I would like to do is get the whole 'shabam' working.

I would like to be able to compile and run code from visual studio remotely on a server address. Is it possible? The code is built with cmake and g++ compiler?

Answer 1

Your best bet would be http://www.wingdb.com/. WinGDB allows working within VS studio and compiling on a remote Linux machine directly. Full step through debugging within VS is supported. For DLLs you can attach to remote process running on your Linux build server within VS. Great solution for working within the kinder VS dev environment but still having the full power of the Linux dev stack. Auto-generation of makefiles via VS project files too. Hope this helps.