Getting Started using Visual Studio Code Sample

This sample is part of the Getting started with .NET Core on macOS, using Visual Studio Code walkthrough. Please see that topic for detailed steps on the code for this sample.

Key Features

This sample builds a program and an associated unit test assembly. You'll learn how to structure projects as part of a larger solution, and incorporate unit tests into your projects.

Build and Run

To build and run the sample, change to the src/library directory and type the following two commands:

dotnet restore dotnet build

dotnet restore (see note) installs all the dependencies for this sample into the current directory. dotnet build creates the output assembly (or assemblies).

Next, change to the app directory and run those same two commands again.

After that, type this command to run the executable:

dotnet run

dotnet run runs the output executable.

To run the tests, change to the test-library directory and type the following three commands:

dotnet restore dotnet build dotnet test

dotnet test runs all the configure tests

Note that you must run dotnet restore (see note) in the src/library directory before you can run the tests. dotnet build will follow the dependency and build both the library and unit tests projects, but it will not restore NuGet packages.

This sample focuses on setting up and using Visual Studio Code as your development editor. The topic walks through all the setup and configuration steps for that environment.

[!INCLUDEDotNet Restore Note]