Using Visual Studio Code with Microsoft to Create Fortran Projects

In recent times, I've had the opportunity to explore creating Fortran projects, and I'm excited to report that I've successfully debugged and executed a simple Fortran code on a single file (.f). My journey began when I installed the toolkits from Intel on my Windows 10 machine. I was eager to ensure that the additional compilers were included in Visual Studio 2019.

To verify this, I simply clicked on Debug to compile and run my C++ code. As I've primarily used Visual Studio 2019 for writing simple C++ scripts with no dependencies on Windows, I was interested in exploring its capabilities further. On Linux, I had created and configured task.json and a Makefile files using VS Code and the gfortran compiler to debug and compile my code.

My objective was to compare the compilation between gfortran from GNU on Linux and ifort on a Windows computer. To achieve this, I installed the Intel Fortran Compiler (ifort) on my Windows 10 machine by installing the intel oneAPI Base Toolkit and the oneAPI HPC toolkit.

Before proceeding, I would like to apologize for any grammatical errors in this article, as English is not my native language. I will do my best to ensure clarity and coherence throughout the text.

With these toolkits installed, I had seven Fortran files (.f) that needed to be compiled, with six requiring compilation. By using VS Code with ifort on Windows, I was able to compare the compilation process with gfortran from GNU on Linux. This comparison allowed me to assess the performance and efficiency of both compilers for Fortran code.

In conclusion, my experience using Visual Studio Code with Microsoft to create Fortran projects has been positive, and I'm excited to explore further the capabilities of this powerful development environment.

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