C#

Links/REFs

• Download DotNet SDK
• DotNet Script
• Run C# scripts with .NET Core
• .NET CLI overview

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Using dotnet script from Windows Terminal

This tool can run C# code in the terminal, and is useful for experimenting with C# syntax and libraries.

dotnet tool install -g dotnet-script

Once installation is complete, we can run it by executing the dotnet-script command. We can then type C# code and see the result in the terminal:

Use Ctrl+C to exit.

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Add a C# menu option to Windows Terminal

{
    "guid": "{eae0e5d6-8091-4a5e-af17-12b57cff0337}",
    "name": "C#",
    "commandline": "dotnet-script",
    "closeOnExit": "always"
}

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Intro to VSCode for C# Developers - From Installation to Debugging

• Tim Corey Tutorial

1. New-Item -Name "VSCodeIntroSolution" -Path "C:\Temp" -ItemType Directory
2. Set-Location "C:\Temp\VSCodeIntroSolution"
3. dotnet new sln -n "VSCodeIntroSolution"
4. dotnet new console -n "IntroUI"
5. dotnet new classlib -n "IntroLibrary"
6. dotnet sln VSCodeIntroSolution.sln add (Get-ChildItem */*.csproj).FullName
7. dotnet add "C:\Temp\VSCodeIntroSolution\IntroUI\IntroUI.csproj" reference "C:\Temp\VSCodeIntroSolution\IntroLibrary\IntroLibrary.csproj"
8. Set-Location "C:\Temp\VSCodeIntro\IntroUI\"
9. code -r .
10. Set-Location "C:\Temp\VSCodeIntro\"
11. code -r .
12. Set-Location "C:\Temp\VSCodeIntro\IntroUI\"
13. dotnet run
14. C:\Temp\VSCodeIntro\IntroUI\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\IntroUI.exe
15. Add-Type -Path C:\Temp\VSCodeIntro\IntroUI\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\IntroLibrary.dll
16. To add NUGet package cd into the Library folder and:
17. dotnet add package xyz

Writing Portable Modules

• Writing Portable Modules

1. Check if dotnet psmodule is already installed dotnet new --list | Select-String psmodule
2. Install the psmodule template dotnet new -i Microsoft.Powershell.Standard.module.Template
3. New-Item -Name "PwshModule" -Path "C:\Temp" -ItemType Directory
4. Set-Location "C:\Temp\PwshModule"
5. dotnet new psmodule
6. code -r .
7. dotnet build
8. Import-Module "C:\Temp\PwshModule\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\PwshModule.dll"
9. Get-Command -Module PwshModule
10. Test-SampleCmdlet -?
11. Test-SampleCmdlet -FavoriteNumber 7 -FavoritePet Cat