Creating a .NET Project¶
Open the Integrated Terminal¶
From here forward we will assume that you are working from within the Visual Studio Code IDE.
You can run commands on the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code, which is usually located at the bottom of the screen. If you lose visibility of the terminal, you can open it through the View menu.
Removing Visual Clutter
We recommend hiding any "chat" and "agent" AI panes so that you can focus on the code. These additional panes can be distracting when you are learning new concepts.
Once you can work fluently within the IDE, you can toggle the visibility of these panes as needed. The AI is a great tool to help you understand provided code examples. Early in your career it should be used sparingly to write code.
Run the dotnet new Command¶
The dotnet new command creates a new project in the current directory. We will use the console template to create a new console application project.
This will create several files in the current directory. Open the Program.cs file and you will see a basic "Hello, World!" program.
This is currently the only source code in the project. Our next step is to turn this code into something that the computer can execute.
Additional Resources¶
If you need a reminder of the dotnet CLI commands, see the following article and related documentation on Microsoft docs:
- dotnet CLI commands for the full list of commands and their usage.