C# for Visual Studio Code (powered by OmniSharp)
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Welcome to the C# extension for Visual Studio Code! This extension provides the following features inside VS Code:
- Lightweight development tools for .NET Core.
- Great C# editing support, including Syntax Highlighting, IntelliSense, Go to Definition, Find All References, etc.
- Debugging support for .NET Core (CoreCLR). NOTE: Mono debugging is not supported. Desktop CLR debugging has limited support.
- Support for project.json and csproj projects on Windows, macOS and Linux.
The C# extension is powered by OmniSharp.
Get Started Writing C# in VS Code
What's New in 1.14.0
- Support for C# 7.2
- Debugger support for extracting source files embedded in PDBs
- Preliminary support for Linux ARM debugging
- Improved Symbol/Documentation text display
- Addressed problems with projects not being refreshed by OmniSharp after a package restore
- Added option to disable warning about project.json deprecation
- Many other bug fixes!
See our change log for all of the updates.
Supported Operating Systems for Debugging
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Currently, the C# debugger officially supports the following operating systems:
- Windows (64-bit only)
- macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and newer
- Ubuntu 14.04+ (and distros based on it)
- Debian 8.7+
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) / CentOS / Oracle Linux 7.3+
- Fedora 23 / 24 / 25
- OpenSUSE 42.2+
This list is currently the same as the x64 .NET Core 2.0 operating systems (see .NET Core list). Note that other Linux distributions will likely work as well as long as they include glibc, OpenSSL 1.0, and libunwind.
Found a Bug?
Please file any issues at https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/issues.
Debugging
The C# extension now supports basic debugging capabilities! See http://aka.ms/vscclrdebugger for details.
Development
First install:
- Node.js (newer than 4.3.1)
- Npm (newer 2.14.12)
To run and develop do the following:
- Run
npm i - Run
npm run compile - Open in Visual Studio Code (
code .) - Optional: run
npm run watch, make code changes - Press F5 to debug
To test do the following: npm run test or F5 in VS Code with the "Launch Tests" debug configuration.
License
The Microsoft C# extension is subject to these license terms. The source code to this extension is available on https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode and licensed under the MIT license.