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Maybe it has gotten better. I found it way too much, but then I am writing Python in Notepad++. All I saw was far too many options and an assumption that you

Maybe it has gotten better. I found it way too much, but then I am writing Python in Notepad++. All I saw was far too many options and an assumption that you were Writing At Enterprise Scale.

artimaeis 3y ago
If it was a whole decade ago it's hard to state how much the ecosystem has changed since then. Since 2014 they've released Community Editions of Visual Studio, with a lot more useful features and less restrictive licensing than the old Express editions. But if you're used to writing Python in Notepad++ I'd skip VS entirely. You can install the dotnet SDK and just keep using Notepad++. Here's literally everything to write a CLI app in .NET 7: A csproj file: <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> <PropertyGroup> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework> <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings> <Nullable>enable</Nullable> </PropertyGroup> </Project> A program.cs file: Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!"); Then open a terminal and navigate to the folder you put the files in and run `dotnet build`. Or just pass in the folder in the argument `dotnet build .\demo\demo.csproj`. Voila. A CLI executable is built in the .\bin\Debug directory.
- at_a_remove 3y ago
  Is there a book you would recommend that targets small-scale usage like mine? A CLI, a GUI, or maybe a Windows Service that fires off every so often. I have noticed someone in a previous job who wrote an application that somehow tied itself to IIS despite not having any web site needed as a front end and found that somewhere between baffling (was there something I just wasn't getting? Is this how things are done now?) and intimidating (wow, that's a lot of infrastructure for something so small). I'm looking for something which might target the IDE and little tips like the you have helpfully included.

Maybe it has gotten better. I found it way too much, but then I am writing Python in Notepad++. All I saw was far too many options and an assumption that you were Writing At Enterprise Scale.

artimaeis 3y ago

If it was a whole decade ago it's hard to state how much the ecosystem has changed since then. Since 2014 they've released Community Editions of Visual Studio, with a lot more useful features and less restrictive licensing than the old Express editions. But if you're used to writing Python in Notepad++ I'd skip VS entirely. You can install the dotnet SDK and just keep using Notepad++. Here's literally everything to write a CLI app in .NET 7: A csproj file: <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> <PropertyGroup> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework> <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings> <Nullable>enable</Nullable> </PropertyGroup> </Project> A program.cs file: Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!"); Then open a terminal and navigate to the folder you put the files in and run `dotnet build`. Or just pass in the folder in the argument `dotnet build .\demo\demo.csproj`. Voila. A CLI executable is built in the .\bin\Debug directory.

at_a_remove 3y ago
Is there a book you would recommend that targets small-scale usage like mine? A CLI, a GUI, or maybe a Windows Service that fires off every so often. I have noticed someone in a previous job who wrote an application that somehow tied itself to IIS despite not having any web site needed as a front end and found that somewhere between baffling (was there something I just wasn't getting? Is this how things are done now?) and intimidating (wow, that's a lot of infrastructure for something so small). I'm looking for something which might target the IDE and little tips like the you have helpfully included.