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dotnet CLI cheatsheet

Back to .NET 10 and the dotnet CLI.

SDKs

Section titled “SDKs”
Terminal window
dotnet --version          # SDK selected for this folder (honours global.json)
dotnet --list-sdks        # every installed SDK
dotnet new globaljson --sdk-version 10.0.400 --roll-forward latestFeature

Create

Section titled “Create”
Terminal window
dotnet new list                       # available templates
dotnet new webapi -n Orders.Api       # ASP.NET Core API project
dotnet new install xunit.v3.templates # once: adds the xUnit v3 templates
dotnet new xunit3 -n Orders.Tests     # xUnit v3 test project
dotnet new sln -n Orders              # solution file (.slnx)
dotnet sln add Orders.Api Orders.Tests

Build, run, test

Section titled “Build, run, test”
Terminal window
dotnet build                          # restore + build
dotnet run --project Orders.Api       # build + run
dotnet watch --project Orders.Api     # run with hot reload
dotnet test                           # run tests

Packages and references

Section titled “Packages and references”
Terminal window
dotnet add Orders.Api package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
dotnet add Orders.Tests reference Orders.Api
dotnet list package --outdated

Publish

Section titled “Publish”
Terminal window
dotnet publish Orders.Api -c Release                     # framework-dependent output
dotnet publish Orders.Api -c Release -t:PublishContainer # container image, no Dockerfile