Sometimes it's handy to have access to your language to do quick things without starting Visual Studio and creating a new console app.
Is there something like Python's interactive mode or groovy shell, except for C#?
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Have a look at CsharpRepl (part of the Mono project). Never used it myself, I hasten to add.
For LINQ stuff, you should also look at LINQPad.
Jon Skeet
2010-01-13 17:15:06
+1 for LinqPad, very handy
Binary Worrier
2010-01-13 17:20:52
Indeed, LINQPad is useful for more than just LINQ!
Craig Stuntz
2010-01-13 17:25:31
LinqPad is a great piece of software but i find Snippet Compiler to be the lightest and quickest for testing snippets. Give it a try as well.
Paul Sasik
2010-01-13 17:29:56
I always run a VS Console App project in the background.
Mehrdad Afshari
2010-01-13 17:43:28
CsharpRepl works quite well. Doesn't interpret files, but there was some development on it.
Dykam
2010-01-13 18:22:19
+1 for LINQPad, I hadn't used that before. I don't have mono installed here, I'll have to check out CsharpRepl later tonight.
Seth
2010-01-13 21:36:53
CSharpRepl *works*, but it's a little rough around the edges.
Seth
2010-01-14 04:06:59
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Here is a Mono CsharpRepl which is what you are looking for.
This documents the features available in the C# interactive shell that is part of Mono's C# compiler. An interactive shell is usually referred to as a read eval print loop or repl. The C# interactive shell is built on top of the Mono.CSharp (http:/monodoc/N:Mono.CSharp) library, a library that provides a C# compiler service that can be used to evaluate expressions and statements on-the-fly.
David Basarab
2010-01-13 17:15:39
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Looking at the first couple of results is usually not a good idea, no matter the search engine. You need to explore the first page or two, perhaps even three, if you are feeling ambitious. This, in addition to trying different search terms really helps broaden your search.
2010-01-13 17:35:17
CSI doesn't seem to support the latestfeatures of the language. I found a tip here: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/2635407/Update-for-NET-Framework-3-5.aspx that was supposed to fix this, but I was unable to get that version working properly.
Casebash
2010-02-17 05:58:32
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Like others noted, Mono's CSharpRepl is probably the right answer. However, if you're not fixed to C#, then PowerShell is a pretty nice environment of playing around with .NET. I frequently use it to test regular expressions, format strings, etc. All the kinds of stuff you have ConsoleProject163 lying around for :)
Joey
2010-01-13 17:18:52
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In addition to the other good answers here (+1), there is also CSI and the immediate window in Visual Studio.
Craig Stuntz
2010-01-13 17:24:27
The immediate windows is nice, but you can't define classes on the fly.
Casebash
2010-02-17 05:52:33
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You can use this developed by Miguel De Icaza, is shipped with mono and have code completion
Kristian Damian
2010-01-13 17:27:31