Environment setup

The development can be done locally, via Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio Community, or using Docker and Microsoft's .Net 6 SDK image.

The preferred setup is using .Net 6 and Visual Studio Code. You can also develop using Docker and .Net 6 image from Microsoft.

Local setup

.Net 6

Download and install .Net 6 SDK (opens new window) from here: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 (opens new window)

Visual Studio Code

Download and install Visual Studio Code (opens new window) from here: https://code.visualstudio.com/download (opens new window)

Docker setup

Docker

Installing docker for Windows, MacOs or Linux must be done following the guidelines from Docker website (opens new window)

Recommended image

Microsoft is offering official docker images for dotnet 6 and other tools or products. For developing dotnet applications we need to install the following docker image:DotNet 6 official image (opens new window). Follow the instructions on Docker.com to get the image available locally or run the following command in the terminal:

docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0

Visual Studio Code

Download and install Visual Studio Code from the official web site: VS Code website (opens new window)

Extension

In order to be able to run the dotnet tools from inside a docker container, the following VS Code extension must be installed: Extension (opens new window)

Connect to image

To start and stop the docker image use the docker Dashboard.

To connect to the running image, open Visual Studio Code , then execute CTRL + SHIFT + P, then search for: Remote-Containers: Attach to Running Container and select the instance started from Docker Dashboard.