How to compile c in Microsoft s new Visual Studio Code

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I have installed the preview version of Microsoft s new code editor  Visual Studio Code   It seems quite a nice tool    The introduction mentions you can program c  with it  but the setup document does not mention how to actually compile c  files    You can define  mono  as a type in the  launch json  file  but that does not do anything yet  Pressing F5 results in   make sure to select a configuration from the launch dropdown       Also  intellisense is not working for c   How do you set the path to any included frameworks   Launch json    configurations                              Name of configuration  appears in the launch configuration drop down menu               name    Cars exe                  Type of configuration  Possible values   node    mono                type    mono                  Workspace relative or absolute path to the program               program    cars exe                                      type    mono

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Intellisense does work for C  6  and it s great   For running console apps you should set up some additional tools    ASP NET 5  in Powershell   amp   Branch  dev  iex   new-object net webclient  DownloadString  https   raw githubusercontent com aspnet Home dev dnvminstall ps1     Node js including package manager npm  The rest of required tools including Yeoman yo  npm install -g yo grunt-cli generator-aspnet bower You should also invoke  NET Version Manager  c  Users Username  dnx bin dnvm cmd upgrade -u   Then you can use yo as wizard for Console Application  yo aspnet Choose name and project type  After that go to created folder cd   MyNewConsoleApp  and run dnu restore  To execute your program just type  gt run in Command Palette  Ctrl Shift P   or execute dnx   run in shell from the directory of your project

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SHIFT CTRL B should work  However sometimes an issue can happen in a locked down non-adminstrator evironment   If you open an existing C  application from the folder you should have a  sln  solution file  etc    Commonly you can get these message in VS Code  Downloading package  OmniSharp   NET 4 6   x64    19343 KB                       Done  Downloading package   NET Core Debugger  Windows   x64    39827 KB                       Done   Installing package  OmniSharp   NET 4 6   x64   Installing package   NET Core Debugger  Windows   x64    Finished Failed to spawn  dotnet --info     this is a possible issue   To which then you will be asked to install  NET CLI tools  If impossible to get SDK installed with no admin privilege - then use other solution

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Since no one else said it  the short-cut to compile  build  a C  app in Visual Studio Code  VSCode  is SHIFT CTRL B     If you want to see the build errors  because they don t pop-up by default   the shortcut is SHIFT CTRL M    I know this question was asking for more than just the build shortcut   But I wanted to answer the question in the title  which wasn t directly answered by other answers comments

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Install the extension  Code Runner   Check if you can compile your program with csc  ex   csc hello cs   The command csc is shipped with Mono  Then add this to your VS Code user settings    code-runner executorMap              csharp    echo    calling mono n   amp  amp  cd  dir  amp  amp  csc  nologo  fileName  amp  amp  mono  dir fileNameWithoutExt exe               csharp    echo    calling dotnet run n   amp  amp  dotnet run          Open your C  file and use the execution key of Code Runner   Edit  also added dotnet run  so you can choose how you want to execute your program  with Mono  or with dotnet  If you choose dotnet  then first create the project  dotnet new console  dotnet restore

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