I tried to get C++ working in vscode but ran into trouble getting it to debug with gdb. I was looking for a smooth "hit f5 to compile and run (with breakpoints)" experience like I am used to with VS, but unfortunately there are no tutorials I could find on making that happen. The C++ extension is available, but I can't figure out what exactly it does or how to use it. It suffers from that common problem where they give you a config file, but don't tell you the possible options. There is an opportunity for a good blog post here if someone out there knows how to do this!

I've used it a lot for C with great success, although that's not C++.

Give it a shot with the cpptools (I think that's what it's called), as well as the clang extension (which improved the experience by an order of magnitude).