Introducing .NET Coding Pack For VS Code

.NET Coding Pack is the new quick way to get started learning .NET

.NET team has been creating many tools to improve the experience for new developers, this includes new features in C# like static namespace and global using to simplify the syntax.

The .NET quick start web page was renovated and now it’s easy to find the resources to start with this technology. Check it out here.

Go to the Free learn-to-code toolkit section and Download the installer for your operating system. 

The installation is petty easy and contains resources, files and extensions, to work with .NET in Visual Studio Code:

After completing the installation we can launch Visual Studio Code and try this pack. 

This started guide contains a list of C# functionalities explained with details that you can try and edit to see the code behavior.

For example, If we update the "Hello World" demo we can execute it then and see the result below:

For more details check this video out:

Remember that we have also the option to start with C# in the browser with no tools installed in our local environments.

In-browser tutorial is completely open and free.