Release build in Visual Studio Code

Question

When building my C# project, how can I switch to Release configuration in VS Code?

Right now I launch my application with Ctrl+F5 or Debug -> Start Without Debugging which also builds it, but this creates only a debug build at bin/Debug. There is no Build menu in VS Code.

Here's my tasks.json:

{     "version": "2.0.0",     "tasks": [         {             "taskName": "build",             "command": "dotnet",             "type": "process",             "args": [                 "build",                 "${workspaceFolder}/dotnetcore-test.csproj"             ],             "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"         }     ] } 

Answer 1

edit the task.json like this:

{     "version": "2.0.0",     "tasks": [         {             "taskName": "build Debug",             "command": "dotnet",             "type": "process",             "args": [                 "build",                 "${workspaceFolder}/dotnetcore-test.csproj"             ],             "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"         },         {             "taskName": "build Release",             "command": "dotnet",             "type": "process",             "args": [                 "build",                 "${workspaceFolder}/dotnetcore-test.csproj",                 "-c",                 "Release"             ],             "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"         }             ] } 

then when you press Ctrl+Shift+B the Command Palette will let you choose between Build Release and Build Debug

source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-build?tabs=netcore2x

Answer 2

You can perform a release build via the terminal with:

dotnet build -c release 

If you want to run in release, use:

dotnet run -c release 

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-build