A node primer for C#/.NET Developers

Installation #

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Install Visual Studio

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Install Node & Visual Studio Code (often called VSCode)

Project Setup #

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File > New Project

or

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dotnet new

.csproj file

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$ npm init -y

package.json

Dependency Management #

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Uses nuget to bring in external dependencies

Nuget > Manage Packges

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> nuget add package

pacakages.config

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Uses npm to bring in external dependencies

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$ npm install core-js --save

The --save flag says to add it to your package.json

Writing Code (Print Hello World) #

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Running Code #

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$ node index.js

Or you can take scripts that you would run in bash and add them to your package.json scripts section like this:

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"scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
}

And now we can tell npm to run our package like this:

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$ npm run start

Debugging Code #

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Attach to process

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launch.json

Referencing External Files #

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Debugging Code #

Object Oriented Programming #

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Summary #