How To Create A C# Console Application And Debug In Visual Studio Code

Introduction

1. Install Visual Studio Code.
2. Install the .NET Core SDK.

Create Console Application

1. Open a project -> Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Open the Integrated Terminal from Visual Studio Code selecting
3. Terminal > New Terminal from the sub menu.
4. The dotnet command creates a new application of type console for you. The -o parameter creates a directory named ConsoleApplicationDemo where your app is stored and populates it with the required files. The cd ConsoleApllicationDemo command puts you into the newly created app directory.
   
   
   

5. Switch the path to the folder ConsoleApplicationdemo using the below command.
6. D:\> cd ConsoleApplicationdemo
7. Enter the below command to open the ConsoleApplication project in VS Code
8. D:\ConsoleApplicationdemo> code.
   
   
   
   
9. Repeated Step 3 for opening the terminal command prompt.
10. Run dotnet restore command to resolve the dependencies of the project and give you access to the required .NET Core packages that are needed to build your project
    
    
    

11. Type the following command: dotnet run. Run the console application and the below screen output appears.
    
    
    

Debugging