Templ Project Csharp Extension Pack

Essential C# development environment for VSCode - comprehensive .NET tooling with IntelliSense, debugging, testing, and modern C# features

📦 What's Included

This extension pack includes 8 carefully selected extensions to enhance your csharp development experience in vscode.

✅ Core Extensions (4)

These extensions are essential for csharp development:

• C# - Base language support for C#
• C# Dev Kit - Official C# extension from Microsoft
• EditorConfig for VS Code - EditorConfig Support for Visual Studio Code
• Error Lens - Improve highlighting of errors, warnings and other language diagnostics

💡 Additional Extensions (4)

These extensions provide extra functionality and convenience:

• C# Extensions - C# IDE Extensions for VSCode
• .NET Core Test Explorer - Test Explorer for .NET Core (MSTest, xUnit, NUnit)
• C# Snippets - C# Snippets for Visual Studio Code
• Roslynator - A collection of 500+ analyzers, refactorings and fixes for C#, powered by Roslyn

🚀 Installation

Method 1: Install from Marketplace

1. Open Vscode
2. Go to Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Templ Project Csharp Extension Pack"
4. Click "Install"

Method 2: Install via Command Line

code --install-extension @templ-project/csharp-extension-pack

Method 3: Install from VSIX

1. Download the latest .vsix file from Releases
2. Open Vscode
3. Run Extensions: Install from VSIX... command
4. Select the downloaded file

⚙️ Configuration

After installation, you may want to configure some settings for optimal csharp development:

csharp.format.enable

"csharp.format.enable": true

Enable C# formatting

csharp.semanticHighlighting.enabled

"csharp.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true

Enable semantic highlighting for C#

csharp.completion.trigger

"csharp.completion.trigger": true

Enable completion triggers

dotnet.server.useOmnisharp

"dotnet.server.useOmnisharp": false

Use the new .NET Language Server instead of OmniSharp

dotnet.completion.showCompletionItemsFromUnimportedNamespaces

"dotnet.completion.showCompletionItemsFromUnimportedNamespaces": true

Show completion items from unimported namespaces

dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForParameters

"dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForParameters": true

Enable inlay hints for parameters

dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForLiteralParameters

"dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForLiteralParameters": true

Enable inlay hints for literal parameters

dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForIndexerParameters

"dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForIndexerParameters": true

Enable inlay hints for indexer parameters

dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForObjectCreationParameters

"dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForObjectCreationParameters": true

Enable inlay hints for object creation parameters

dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForOtherParameters

"dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForOtherParameters": false

Enable inlay hints for other parameters

dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForTypeParameters

"dotnet.inlayHints.enableInlayHintsForTypeParameters": true

Enable inlay hints for type parameters

files.associations

"files.associations": {
  "*.cs": "csharp",
  "*.csx": "csharp",
  "*.cake": "csharp",
  "*.cshtml": "aspnetcorerazor",
  "*.razor": "aspnetcorerazor"
}

File associations for C# files

[csharp]

"[csharp]": {
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-dotnettools.csharp",
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.formatOnType": true,
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
  }
}

C# specific editor settings

dotnet-test-explorer.testProjectPath

"dotnet-test-explorer.testProjectPath": "**/*Tests.csproj"

Pattern to find test projects

dotnet-test-explorer.useTreeView

"dotnet-test-explorer.useTreeView": true

Use tree view for test explorer

⌨️ Recommended Keybindings

• Format current C# file: ctrl+shift+f
• Go to definition: f12
• Find all references: shift+f12
• Go to symbol in file: ctrl+shift+o
• Go to symbol in workspace: ctrl+t
• Show code actions (quick fixes): ctrl+.

📝 Extension Details

🏷️ Categories

📄 License

Extension Pack License

This extension pack is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE.md for details.

Third-Party Extension Licenses

Important: Each extension included in this pack has its own license terms. templ-project is not responsible for the licensing, functionality, or security of third-party extensions.

Disclaimer

• We do not guarantee the functionality, security, or compatibility of included extensions
• We are not responsible for any issues caused by third-party extensions
• Users install and use extensions at their own risk
• Please review each extension's license and privacy policy before use

🤝 Contributing

Found an issue or want to suggest an extension? Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

📊 Extension Pack Stats

• Total Extensions: 8
• Required Extensions: 4
• Optional Extensions: 4
• Target IDE: vscode
• Language Focus: csharp

This extension pack is maintained by templ-project and updated regularly to include the most useful csharp development extensions.