Visual Studio Code and C# - Beginners Guide

I created this video to help C# developers or even complete beginners who are interested in programming, who are unfamiliar with Visual Studio Code, get started using this powerful and flexible code editor.
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Download and Install .NET Core SDK
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dotnet.microsoft.com/download
Download Visual Studio Code
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code.visualstudio.com/download
For Information on NuGet Packages
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www.nuget.org
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[@dedankimathi7136]

Nice work Gavin, ive learnt alot. Thanks and God bless you man.

[@GavinLon]

You are very welcome! :)

[@grenskrenofficial7846]

I can see the dislikes came from the use of long names, but this video is severely underrated... Thankyou! I learned a lot.

[@GavinLon]

Thanks, that is great feedback. I'll try to be aware of that for future tutorials. Thanks for your feedback. It is greatly appreciated.

[@alexandershcherbakov1663]

Thank you for such a detailed tutorial! It's much better than others that I've seen. It was really helpful.

[@GavinLon]

You are very welcome! I appreciate your positive feedback :)

[@Praveen.Kumar.]

This is really helpful!

[@GavinLon]

Thanks for letting me know! It's always great to get positive feedback!

[@noktisx]

if i have in a grey golor and disabled the button of Start the program, what can i do? i can only press Attachment (next to Start)

[@kevinrambo]

Thank you for posting this, it is very helpful. You are a very good teacher. Fluent and pleasant to listen to.

[@GavinLon]

You are very welcome! Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind comment.

[@kontaictvideos7529]

Great job

[@GavinLon]

Thank you! :)

[@Millten00]

Great video! I believe it's a little bit overwhelming for someone that never code in C#. But with basic knowledge and small experience it was very helpful video to clarify some quirks.

[@GavinLon]

Great! Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it! :)

[@kayodekehinde3756]

Thanks, Gavin nice and beautiful explanation...

[@GavinLon]

Thanks so much for your kind comment. You are very welcome :)

[@Ledzz_]

i dont under stand the directory file bit idk what to do

[@infinitespace1982]

Whenever I run the dotnet new console command, it always return multiple lines of error messages which include “Root element is missing” “Restore failed” “Post action failed”

[@pratikbhosale6975]

Thank you

[@GavinLon]

You are very welcome :)

[@thetheoryoflexism8903]

Does anyone know why my comes up with 'dotnet' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file 😭?

[@GavinLon]

It sounds like you need to install the .NET SDK. The latest version can be found here, dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0

[@thewayne9747]

thank you, but please tell me, is that work with winform project ?

[@GavinLon]

You are very welcome! I think this web page on stackoverflow answers your question well, stackoverflow.com/questions/40562192/windows-form-application-on-visual-studio-code

[@thewayne9747]

@@GavinLon thank you boss

[@GavinLon]

@@thewayne9747 You are very welcome!

[@lanceasuncion886]

I've downloaded the 5.0 and in my command prompt it says No SDKs were found, can u help me?

[@GavinLon]

Unfortunately based on the information you have provided, all I can say, is it must be a problem with your installation. It sounds like you may have to perform an appropriate reinstall.

[@lanceasuncion886]

@@GavinLon i've already done that for how many times

[@daveg5857]

So, this is a beginner's guide for VS Code, but for experienced C# programmers. I didn't know that. I'm lost.

[@Chaos_Rifle]

what exactly is the difference bewteen the .net core sdk, and the .net framework sdk?? my understanding is the core sdk is crossplatform, but older, and framework is windows only, but newer???

[@GavinLon]

I've created two videos which may help you with your understanding in this regard. The following link is to a video on .NET Framework and .NET Core, kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZzIfmqOi9x4mqM, and the following link is to a video on .NET 5, which is the latest .NET runtime due to be released this year, kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3XFhnSYrp2aibM. I hope this helps.

[@Chaos_Rifle]

@@GavinLon Thanks! you have more information on your channel than I can readily find on microsoft's own documentation.

[@GavinLon]

Thanks so much for your comment. I'm glad you are finding my content helpful.

[@johnsonbolhayon4790]

what with the super long as* naming

[@screener0797]

This seems way to complex for complete beginners

[@GavinLon]

I think getting getting setup for using C# with Visual Studio Code is unavoidable complex because Visual Studio Code was not intended only for C# and is adaptable for many diverse developer platforms. I would recommend using the Visual Studio Community Edition IDE (which can be downloaded for free) for complete beginners who want to learn C#.

[@user-tw6kf6fv1i]

I was searching for omnisharp and was confused when it did not pop up *sob

[@GavinLon]

Search for C# Dev Kit instead of omnisharp.

[@brassbandit3060]

You gotta slow down and explain a bit more about directories and such. I could barely follow what you were even saying

[@padmabharali2859]

Looks like I will be needing a 3 year degree just to install this , I guess I will stick to pirated version of visual studio

[@GavinLon]

You can download the Community edition of Visual Studio for free. Please check out a video guide created to help guide a learner through the installation process of Visual Studio Community Edition for Windows at this URL, kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJmcpHuHZ9V1bpI

[@padmabharali2859]

@@GavinLon I will but can you pls tell me one thing , when setting up visual studio it so simple , one click here and one click there , but when setting up this code editor why things are so complicated ?

[@GavinLon]

@@padmabharali2859 Visual Studio Code is more complicated because even through it is created by Microsoft it is created to be a code editor not just for Microsoft languages but for multiple languages, e.g. JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, Node.js and C++. It is modular and not dedicated to just Microsoft technologies. This makes it more complicated but if you learn to use it, you'll see that it is a very powerful code editor.

[@padmabharali2859]

@@GavinLon sir , what kind of other advantages do visual studio code has over visual studio if one uses for only c# ? If we don't, include open source and light weight

[@GavinLon]

@@padmabharali2859 As well as Windows, you can also run Visual Studio Code on Linux and Mac platforms. Note that there is also a version of Visual Studio that can run on a Mac and you can run MonoDevelop on Linux platforms. With Visual Studio Code, the editor is detached from the extensions that can be installed for Visual Studio Code making it very flexible and extensible. Visual Studio Code is excellent for front end web development (JavaScript, CSS, HTML5). Okay so in your question you were specifically asking about C#. I would recommend using Visual Studio for C# development over using Visual Studio Code. I prefer to use Visual Studio for developing C# applications.