Chapter 3. Creating an application using .NET 6.0

Learn how to create a C# hello-world application.

Procedure

  1. Create a new Console application in a directory called my-app: 

    $ dotnet new console --output my-app

    The output returns: 

    The template "Console Application" was created successfully.

Processing post-creation actions...
Running 'dotnet restore' on my-app/my-app.csproj...
  Determining projects to restore...
  Restored /home/username/my-app/my-app.csproj (in 67 ms).
Restore succeeded.

    A simple Hello World console application is created from a template. The application is stored in the specified my-app directory.

Verification steps

  • Run the project: 

    $ dotnet run --project my-app

    The output returns: 

    Hello World!