Run C# Console Application on Visual Studio Code Editor on Windows

Question

Is there any way to create (from scratch) and run simple C# Console app in VSCode editor. ? Can you please provide step-by-step instruction how I can do that? What kind of files I must to include (except HelloWolrd.cs obviously)? What kind of commands I must to execute?

Solution 1

Navigate to the folder you want to create the console app in. In VSCode, use Ctrl + ` to open the terminal window or go to View and select Integrated Terminal. Now type the following below.

1. dotnet new console
2. dotnet restore
3. dotnet run

Solution 2

The best way at this present time to create a console application is to create a DNX style Console Application.

I would advise that you download and install the generator-aspnet Yeoman generator and use that to generate a DNX Console application. Once you've got generator-aspnet installed, in your terminal/console app type yo aspnet and select Console Application.

Here's a thorough guide to creating a DNX Console application which will work with VS Code: http://docs.asp.net/en/latest/dnx/console.html

Solution 3

I was trying to get a 'hello world' set up using visual studio code and c# on mac/osx.

the way I did it was as follows:

1. Install VS Code and the c# extension

2. Here (https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos) are instructions for installing dotnet core using brew:

   • Install OpenSSL brew update brew install openssl ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/ ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
   • Install dotnet core pkg: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=827526

3. create a folder somewhere and in that folder run dotnet new

4. Go into vs code and open the folder to get the project loaded

5. open the terminal in that folder and run dotnet run

To create run as a task

• CMD + shift + P then type task

• select the Task: Configure Task Runner option

• in the tasks.json file after the build task, add the following:

{ "taskName":"run", "args": [ "${workspaceRoot}/project.json" ] }

Comments

[Will L]

@e4c5 Done. Have updated the answer to provide the most important bit. Also, I feel as though my initial answer was entirely valid as creating a simple DNX Console application to be used with VS Code will likely never change in the future!

[e4c5]

Thank, you. I have upvoted. I was just pointing out the stackoverflow policy.

[arichards]

Short, sweet, basically native--but I had to install .NET Core SDK first. Found here: microsoft.com/net/core#windowscmd .

[BinaryJoe01]

Thanks for keeping it simple and to the point. @arichards Thank you for the link. When you install .NET Core SDK make sure to close your terminal/editor before running the dotnet commands in the answer above.