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This tutorial shows how to create and run a .NET Core console application using Visual Studio for Mac.

Note

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  • In Visual Studio for Mac, select Help > Report a Problem from the menu or Report a Problem from the Welcome screen, which will open a window for filing a bug report. You can track your feedback in the Developer Community portal.
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Prerequisites

  • Visual Studio for Mac version 8.6 or later. Select the option to install .NET Core. Installing Xamarin is optional for .NET Core development. For more information, see the following resources:

    • Tutorial: Install Visual Studio for Mac.
    • Supported macOS versions.
    • .NET Core versions supported by Visual Studio for Mac.

Create the app

Create a .NET Core console app project named 'HelloWorld'.

  1. Start Visual Studio for Mac.

  2. Select New in the start window.

  3. In the New Project dialog, select App under the Web and Console node. Select the Console Application template, and select Next.

  4. In the Target Framework drop-down of the Configure your new Console Application dialog, select .NET Core 3.1, and select Next.

  5. Type 'HelloWorld' for the Project Name, and select Create.

The template creates a simple 'Hello World' application. It calls the Console.WriteLine(String) method to display 'Hello World!' in the terminal window.

The template code defines a class, Program, with a single method, Main, that takes a String array as an argument:

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Main is the application entry point, the method that's called automatically by the runtime when it launches the application. Any command-line arguments supplied when the application is launched are available in the args array.

Run the app

  1. Press ⌥⌘↵ (option+command+enter) to run the app without debugging.

  2. Close the Terminal window.

Enhance the app

Enhance the application to prompt the user for their name and display it along with the date and time.

  1. In Program.cs, replace the contents of the Main method, which is the line that calls Console.WriteLine, with the following code:

    This code displays 'What is your name?' in the console window and waits until the user enters a string followed by the enter key. It stores this string in a variable named name. It also retrieves the value of the DateTime.Now property, which contains the current local time, and assigns it to a variable named date. Finally, it displays these values in the console window.

    The n represents a newline character.

    The dollar sign ($) in front of a string lets you put expressions such as variable names in curly braces in the string. The expression value is inserted into the string in place of the expression. This syntax is referred to as interpolated strings.

  2. Press ⌥⌘↵ (option+command+enter) to run the app.

  3. Respond to the prompt by entering a name and pressing enter.

  4. Close the terminal.

Next steps

In this tutorial, you created a .NET Core console application. In the next tutorial, you debug the app.

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs for Microsoft Windows. Visual Studio is one stop shop for all applications built on the .Net platform. One can develop, debug and run applications using Visual Studio.

Both Forms-based and web-based applications can be designed and developed using this IDE. The Visual Studio has the below-mentioned features

How to Download and Install Visual Studio

Let's look at the download process of Visual Studio IDE so that we can work with creating programs in the subsequent tutorials.

Step 1) Visual Studio can be downloaded from the following link https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

You can select

  • Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition
  • Visual Studio 2017 Professional Edition (30 Day Free Trial)

In this tutorial, we will install the Professional Edition

Step 2) Click on the downloaded exe file

Step 3) In the next screen, click continue

Step 4) Visual Studio will start downloading the initial files. Download speed will vary as per your internet connection.

Step 5) In next screen, click install

Step 6) In next screen,

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  1. Select '.Net desktop development'
  2. Click install

Step 7) Visual Studio will download the relevant files based on the selection in step 6

Step 8) Once the download is done, you will be asked to reboot the PC

Step 9) Post reboot, open the Visual Studio IDE

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  1. Select a theme of your choice
  2. Click Start Visual Studio

Step 10) In Visual Studio IDE, you can navigate to File menu to create new C# applications.

That’s it to Visual Studio for C# installation.

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Visual Studio Key Features

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  1. Creation of an application in any .Net language– The Visual Studio IDE can be used to create an application in any .Net language. Hence, a developer can use C#, VB.Net or even F# to develop an application.
  2. Creation of any application type – The Visual Studio IDE can be used to create an application of any type. (Web-based application or Windows Forms-based application).
  3. Debug Applications on the fly – Applications can be tested as they are being built. The IDE allows one to run the program at any point of time during the development process. Hence, a developer can check for any errors during the development phase itself.
  4. Extensions –The IDE has the facility to install third-party extensions. An example can be Subversion, which is used for source code repository management. Subversion is used to upload code to a central repository. This is done so that a copy of the code will always exist. Visual Studio has the facility to integrate with such software from the IDE itself. Hence, a developer can work with code repositories from the IDE itself.