Run C# Console Application on Visual Studio Code Editor on Windows - visual-studio-code

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?

Answer 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:
dotnet new console
dotnet restore
dotnet run

Answer 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

Answer 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:
Install VS Code and the C# extension
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
Create a folder somewhere and in that folder run dotnet new
Go into VS code and open the folder to get the project loaded
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"
]
}