Writing C# on Linux with Visual Studio Code

Question

I read the question Developing C# on Linux and most people answered recommended to use MonoDevelop to write C# on Linux. What about Visual Studio Code? Did anyone try to write C# on Linux with this IDE? Did it work well?

Answer 1

Now, .NET Core is available and supports quite good cross-platform development opportunities. (Even, if you are developing on Windows, but you would like to run your code on a Linux-based system.)

For developing on Linux, Visual Studio Code is one of the best tools - in my humble opinion - and it's being developed/improved every second nowadays. You can find several Extensions to help you out, such as the C# extension.

Anyhow, once you run Visual Studio Code and begin your development process, the application will try to detect your needs, and you will be prompted to install several extensions, which might be useful for you (such as the C# extension, debuggers, documentations, etc.)

It is not a real Visual Studio (and in some cases not even MonoDevelop) - yet -, but - as I said - it is under development now, and gives nice support for C# and even ASP.NET development on Linux. It is on the way to become a powerful and light weighted tool on operating systems, where Visual Studio can't run.

Note: If you haven't used .NET Core before, it might be the best to check some of the differences first, for example the usage of the .json configuration files, used by your solution and projects.