[Issue] VSCode build task fails on Windows due to PowerShell parser error (&& chaining)

[sjoerdev]

i have vscode on windows, i have the cpp and cmake extensions installed. when i press f5 to run i get this error:

 *  Executing task: cmake -S 'C:\Users\sdev\Desktop\CoreDeck' -B 'C:\Users\sdev\Desktop\CoreDeck/build-debug' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCOREDECK_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DCOREDECK_SENTRY_DSN="https://bbb4503be53864c512a1bf57e63ffc50@o4511291657486336.ingest.de.sentry.io/4511291660697680" && cmake --build 'C:\Users\sdev\Desktop\CoreDeck/build-debug' --parallel --target CoreDeck 

ParserError: 
Line |
   1 |  function prompt { $(Get-Location):  } -Command cmake -S 'C:\Users\sde …
     |                                   ~
     | Unexpected token ':' in expression or statement.

[devmuaz]

This is a PowerShell parsing error, not a CMake error!
The simplest fix is to tell VSCode to run the build task in cmd.exe instead of PowerShell. You can either:

• Set the default terminal to Command Prompt: open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → "Terminal: Select Default Profile" → choose Command Prompt, then restart VSCode and try F5 again.
• Or install PowerShell 7+ (winget install Microsoft.PowerShell) and set that as the default — PowerShell 7 supports &&.

[sjoerdev]

@devmuaz i was using powershell 7 already

[devmuaz]

Hmm!

I personally don't usually use PowerShell at all, and I used to use cmd all the time!
Can you try building it separately on the cmd in a different terminal manually (without hitting F5) and see what's going on?

[devmuaz]

Hello @sjoerdev

This has been fixed by adding Windows-specific configs to both launch.json and tasks.json, as well as Linux and the existing macOS.

Also, updated the README.md file, specifically the section Build from source to include all the necessarry details required to build and run the app from its source.

The changes are made on main and develop branches. If you still getting issues running the app after pulling the latest changes, please let me know.