pioneercode/pioneer-console-boilerplate

Dependency injection, logging and configuration in a .NET Core console application.

Pioneer .NET Core Console Boilerplate

Boilerplated .NET Core console application that includes dependency injection, logging and configuration.

Requirements

The project.json file has been migrated to .csproj and will require the latest .NET tooling. Of which is available in Visual Sudio 2017 & up.

How do I get it

Nuget

Nuget package is hosted at Pioneer.Console.Boilerplate and can be installed by running the following...

dotnet new -i Pioneer.Console.Boilerplate::*

Git

https://github.com/PioneerCode/pioneer-console-boilerplate.git

How do I use it

Once the template is installed and available in dotnet new, you can run the following to scaffold your new project using this template.

dotnet new pioneer-console -n "MyName"

For additional information about config switches for the template, run the following...

dotnet new pioneer-console -h

Configuration

Config Parameter	Description
--title	Replaces title in console window header.

Meta

This came to life after I wrote the following blog posts.

• Dependency Injection, Logging and Configuration In A .NET Core Console Application
• How To Create A dotnet new Project Template In .NET Core

pioneer-console-boilerplate's Issues

Upgrade to dotnetcore V2

The appsettings.json doesnt get copied to the output folder on dotnet publish

Need to add this in the csproj file
<None Include="app-settings.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="Always" />