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I'm relatively new to the .NET environment and need to develop in VS Code (no VS available for reasons). I also need to use an assembly, build for the .NET 4 framework, but every single thread only lists .NET Core for VS Code. If I understand correctly both are .NET frameworks, but Code can be used on more plattforms and is based on the .NET 2.x/3.x framework?

So my question is, how can I compile and debug C# code with an .NET 4 assembly in VS Code?

I've already tried and installed .NET 4.8 but VS Code still requires Core.

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  • VS Code is highly extensible and customizable. It would take me wonder, if this weren't possible. Do you have the official C# extension installed? And .net framework 4.8 SDK, I guess? Maybe (not sure, though) you need to install the appropriate project templates, too. Commented Sep 24, 2019 at 6:34

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Visual Studio Code for .Net Framework

First thing, the more recent updates for Visual Studio Code do support building and debugging projects for .NET Framework, but it is very limited:

The C# extension supports limited full .NET framework debugging. It can only debug 64-bit applications with portable PDBs. https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/wiki/Desktop-.NET-Framework

As it says in OmniSharp (responsible for C# extension) github, the project must be a 64-bit application with portable PDBs.

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