compiling c# code via the cli on linux with the official .NET SDK

Question

With mono you'd compile and run C# code by doing csc test.cs && mono test.exe. How would you do it with the official .NET SDK on Ubuntu?

Answer 1

Depending on what your goal is:

• dotnet run - This will build and run your application directly
• dotnet test - This will build everything and run your unit tests
• dotnet publish - This will build your application for deployment
• dotnet build - This will build your application (for development only). Generally, you don' want to use this: one of the others on this list will be a better way to do what you want. If you want to share this with users, you want dotnet publish instead.