I am in visual studio code. Trying to make this script work:

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
int main()
{
    sf::Window window(
        sf::VideoMode(640, 480),
        "Hello World");
    return 0;
}

I am new to C++ and this concept of importing external libraries, so I am encountering problems.

I need the SFML library. I downloaded it, and I copied it in the following path: ${workspaceFolder}/libraries/SFML-2.6.1/include.
In include I have /SFML/Graphics.hpp, as I need.

So now I link my task.json file:

 {
        "tasks": [
            {
                "type": "cppbuild",
                "label": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file",
                "command": "C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe",
                "args": [
                    "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
                    "-g",
                    "${file}",
                    "-o",
                    "-I ${workspaceFolder}/libraries/SFML-2.6.1/include", // Include path for SFML headers
                    "-L ${workspaceFolder}/libraries/SFML-2.6.1/lib", // Library path for SFML libraries
                    "${fileDirname}\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
                ],
                "options": {
                    "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
                },
                "problemMatcher": [
                    "$gcc"
                ],
                "group": {
                    "kind": "build",
                    "isDefault": true
                },
                "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
            }
        ],
        "version": "2.0.0"
    }

and then my properties.json file:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/libraries/SFML-2.6.1/include"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "compilerPath": "C:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe",
            "cStandard": "c11",
            "cppStandard": "gnu++14",
            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x86"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

When I run the script I get an error with the include, like it is not able to find Graphics.hpp.

What is wrong? Probably I need to better understand a few concepts of VisualStudio Code and how include works, but I am new to c++ coming from Python so please help me 🙂

Thanks!