[API Proposal]: Since we can run source code in visual studio, why don't we make running from source code a thing

[Xyncgas]

Background and motivation

So c# can be like javascript / python, I just give people source codes, and they will download whatever package I used from nuget, and it just runs and people can change the source code so it's flexible.

And there isn't a way to run from source file like python but it's certainly possible I feel like.

It saves a lot trouble with configuring the program, for simple stuffs like changing the port my program is listening of course you can use a json config, but it's way more flexible if people can change stuffs in the source code

API Proposal

N/A

API Usage

dotnet run myapp.cs

Alternative Designs

No response

Risks

No response

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Issue Details

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Background and motivation

So c# can be like javascript / python, I just give people source codes, and they will download whatever package I used from nuget, and it just runs and people can change the source code so it's flexible.

And there isn't a way to run from source file like python but it's certainly possible I feel like.

It saves a lot trouble with configuring the program, for simple stuffs like changing the port my program is listening of course you can use a json config, but it's way more flexible if people can change stuffs in the source code

API Proposal

N/A

API Usage

dotnet run myapp.cs

Alternative Designs

No response

Risks

No response

Author:	Xyncgas
Assignees:	-
Labels:	api-suggestion, area-Meta, untriaged
Milestone:	-

[stephentoub]

Duplicate of dotnet/sdk#12328. Also dotnet/designs#213, dotnet/csharplang#3507, https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/meetings/2021/LDM-2021-05-12.md#simple-c-programs. Thanks.