Generating Linux programs in Windows Visual Studio C++

You can use Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2022 to generate, debug and analyze Linux binaries:

1. Install WSL, restart computer
2. Open cmd, type wsl to enable linux prompt, install tools: 
1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt install g++ gdb make ninja-build rsync zip
3. Open Visual Studio, on menu Tools - Get Tools and Features, add "Linux development with C++" if you haven't done already:
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5. In Visual Studio, 
1. Create new project and select CMake project:
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3. After project is created, change Local Machine to WSL:Ubuntu. Change Startup item to your project name:
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5. If Visual Studio notifies you that CMake needs to be updated/installed, let it do it.
6. Press debug button to build and run:
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8. At the bottom of the screen, in Output window, change it to CMake:
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10. Visual Studio tells you where it has generated the Linux binary. Copy this folder to clipboard:
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12. Go to View - Terminal. In the opened PowerShell terminal at the bottom, type wsl and press enter, the prompt will change to linux :
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14. Type cd and paste the folder you copied:
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16. Now you can also run your Linux binary from terminal:
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18. To use valgrind, first install it in PowerShell by typing sudo apt install valgrind
19. Now you can use valgrind on your binary without leaving Visual Studio by typing (replace ./CMakeProject4 with your own project name): valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes ./CMakeProject4:
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21. To copy the binary to a Windows folder, you can open File Explorer from Linux prompt by typing explorer.exe .:
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23. Congratulations!