launch.json cannot detect the project binary

Environment data

Product Information: Version: 1.0.0-preview2-1-003177 Commit SHA-1 hash: a2df9c2576 Runtime Environment: OS Name: Windows OS Version: 10.0.14393 OS Platform: Windows RID: win10-x64 VS Code version: 1.8.1 C# Extension version:1.6.2

Steps to reproduce

"configurations": [
        {
            "name": ".NET Core Launch (console)",
            "type": "coreclr",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "build",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/Debug/<target-framework>/<project-name.dll>",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "externalConsole": false
        },

launch.json

For "program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/Debug/<target-framework>/<project-name.dll>",, you must find and paste in the exact path of the dll file like ${workspaceRoot}/bin/Debug/netcoreapp1.1/project1.dll in order to hook the debuger up. In this case, what’s the point of having the wildcard placeholder anyway?

IMO, the real issue here is the project kick-starting process is way too tedious for a console project.

Actual behavior

You see, to start the project, we have to go through following steps:

1. We can only put the bin folder under the root folder, otherwise the .vscode/ will not work. If we need more than one project -> Open more than one new windows, instead of creating multiple sub-folder in the same workspace.
2. Run dotnet new
3. Run dotnet restore
4. Choose debug page on sidebar, click on run button, and select launch.json profile to “.net Core”
5. Click on Set task runner, but it only generate a default file, apperently there is nothing to set.
6. Paste the exact path of main dll to program attribute of configuration of launch.json, as being said, otherwise the debugger won’t work.
7. Start Debugging

Expected behavior

What we really want:

1. New folder
2. Run dotnet new in it.
3. Start Debugging

I wonder if it is possible. Is this the wrong place to report the issue?

[TheIdanLapid]

dotnet new Prints: “Usage: new [options]… (and then the rest of the help text)”

dotnet restore Prints: “Nothing to do. None of the projects specified contain packages to restore.”

But still I can’t run the program.cs with F5 because of this line in launch.json: “program”: “${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/<insert-target-framework-here>/<insert-project-name-here>.dll”

I don’t have a bin/Debug folder in my sln folder because I couldn’t even debug it once. I’m stuck on this error before it even starts debugging/running.

[DustinCampbell]

Thanks very much for your feedback @qiansen1386. I’m going to go ahead and close this, as we already have at least one issue tracking further work. Do let us know if you have further feedback. Thanks!