Code blocks for the blog article /2016/12/10/net-core-tooling-what-are-you-options

dotnet-program.cs

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
        }
    }
}

dotnet-project.json

{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "buildOptions": {
    "debugType": "portable",
    "emitEntryPoint": true
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0"
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "netstandard1.6": {},
    "netcoreapp1.0": {
      "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
          "type": "platform",
          "version": "1.0.0"
        }
      },
      "imports": "dnxcore50"
    }
  }
}

dotnet-shell.sh

dotnet new
touch new-file.cs
dotnet build
log  : Lock file has not changed. Skipping lock file write. Path: /Your/Directory/Here/project.lock.json
log  : /Your/Directory/Here/project.json
log  : Restore completed in 1208ms.
Project HelloWorld (.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0) will be compiled because expected outputs are missing
Compiling HelloWorld for .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0

Compilation succeeded.
    0 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

Time elapsed 00:00:01.7556973
dotnet run
Exception thrown: 'System.NullReferenceException' in dwCheckApi.dll
Loaded '/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/1.0.2/System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll'. Cannot find or open the symbol file.
Loaded '/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/1.0.2/System.Reflection.Metadata.dll'. Cannot find or open the symbol file.
Loaded '/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/1.0.2/System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll'. Cannot find or open the symbol file.
Loaded '/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/1.0.2/System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream.dll'. Cannot find or open the symbol file.

Compilation failed.
    0 Warning(s)
    2 Error(s)

Time elapsed 00:00:02.2353944
dotnet new --help
.NET Initializer

Usage: dotnet new [options]
Options:
  -h|--help             Show help information
  -l|--lang <LANGUAGE>  Language of project [C#|F#]
  -t|--type <TYPE>      Type of project
  yo aspnet

visual-studio-program.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var someValue = default(int);
            var someBool = false;
            if (args.Any())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("What?!");
                return;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Hello, World");
        }
    }
}