On a MacOs, to prepare your machine to be ready for .NET Core development, go get a really great tool from Pivotal: Workstation Setup
git clone https://github.com/pivotal/workstation-setup
cd workstation-setup
chmod +x setup.sh
# Run the script that specifically downloads dotnet dependencies alongside common tooling
./setup.sh dotnet
If you’d like a leaner install, refer Installing the .NET Core SDK section to get started.
To create a new solution, use the .NET Core CLI to generate it:
dotnet new sln --name [name-of-your-solution] --output [path-to-new-solution-on-file-system]
# E.g.
dotnet new sln --name NeverendingTeaShop --output NeverendingTeaShop/
This command creates a new folder in the directory where you ran the command
with the given name that was passed in via the output flag.
When navigating into the Solution folder, now is the optimal time to initialize the repository via
git init
Now that your project is a Git tracked code base, let’s make sure to create a .gitignore file specifically
tailored for .NET Core and C#.
Simply run the following:
curl https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/visualstudio > .gitignore
Alternatively, go to gitignore.io and copy the VisualStudio ignore file and paste it into
an empty .gitignore within your Solution.
EditorConfig configuration allows you to commit and track your code formatting style of your project. It’s important to make this decision early on (if you can!) of how your code should format, so anyone who contributes knows exactly what the formatting should be and the task of prettifying is left to the IDE.
Microsoft has published its own example EditorConfig file for .NET projects
Create an .editorconfig file and run the following:
curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ddubson/754257ef0b6037d2710b7750f0747ead/raw/513ef70ae856a4e5c30e5a4abd50c22c48d89d3f/.editorconfig > .editorconfig