How do I make a C# Console app build and debug in Visual Studio Code?

[xarzu]

How do I make a C# Console app build and debug in Visual Studio Code?

I have already built my C# Console App in Visual Studio Code. The issue I have is when I reopen the folder where the project file is in Visual Studio Code and then rebuilding the code and debugging it again.

Here is what I do and what happens. After I open the folder where the project file resides, I click on this to process the code to debug:

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And then I click on the appearing "Run and Debug" button

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But then the bottom status bar says "Looking for CSS classes in the workspace..." followed by a percentage in paragraphs. Why is this? Why does this happen when there are no CSS classes at all and my project is a C# project?

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Why is this? This is just a brief snapshot of some difficulties I find when I reopen a project after I have closed Visual Studio Code. I have experienced other errors and problems in building and running my code.

To continue, in order to deal with the project as a solution, I click on this icon to open the solution panel.

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This seemingly allows me to view the solution. As the following view appears, I click on the project.cs file and attempt a debugging session from there.

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With this file being displayed, I clicked on the menu option, Run -> Start Debugging

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Then, at this point, in the pop up option window that appears in the middle and top of the development environment, I pick "C#":

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Something went wrong and in the bottom right of my IDE, I get this message:

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Please advise. What should I do now?

 

[Solaris17]

What extensions do you have installed? Maybe try disabling them. To me this seems like some kind of extension interference.

 

[silentbogo]

I'm pretty sure it's some issue with your extensions.
The question is: why use VS Code, and not go straight to Visual Studio IDE? No need to bother with random extensions and deal with misconfiguration etc.
VS code is a fancy notepad that tries to be a "jack of all trades" IDE. Never really got into it, specifically because of all these issues. Basically if I need a programming notepad - I use notepad++ on windows, or gedit (or whatever's default on my system ATM) on linux.
If I need an IDE - I just use an IDE.

 

[trparky]

I'm pretty sure it's some issue with your extensions.
The question is: why use VS Code, and not go straight to Visual Studio IDE? No need to bother with random extensions and deal with misconfiguration etc.
VS code is a fancy notepad that tries to be a "jack of all trades" IDE. Never really got into it, specifically because of all these issues. Basically if I need a programming notepad - I use notepad++ on windows, or gedit (or whatever's default on my system ATM) on linux.
If I need an IDE - I just use an IDE.

I concur. The full Visual Studio is the right tool for the job.