DotnetSolutionCreator creates dotnet solution with console app faster than you do it by Visual Studio. Optionally, you can add a unit test project.

create-sln.ps1

param (
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)]
    [string]$name = "TestSolution",
	
	[Alias('t')] 
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=2)]
	[switch]$isAddTestProject
 )
 
New-Item -Path "." -Name $name -ItemType "directory" 
Set-Location -Path $name

$slnPath = '{0}.sln' -f $name
$mainProjectName = '{0}/{0}.csproj' -f $name

dotnet new sln -n $name
dotnet new console -o $name

Write-Host "...Solution with name '$slnPath' created"

if ($isAddTestProject)
{
	$testsFolderName = '{0}.Tests' -f $name
	$testsProjectPath = '{0}/{0}.csproj' -f $testsFolderName
	
	dotnet new nunit -n $testsFolderName
	dotnet add $testsProjectPath reference $mainProjectName
	
	Write-Host "...Tests project created"
}

dotnet sln $slnPath add (ls -r **/*.csproj)
dotnet new gitignore
Write-Host "...gitignore created"

Set-Location -Path ".\.."

.\create-sln.ps1 TestConsole -t