Howtodebug.NETCoreRC2appwithVisualStudioCodeonWindows?

Simone Chiaretta (http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2016/05/20/How-to-debug-NET-Core-RC2-app-with-Visual-Studio.aspx)

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So, you installed .NET Core RC2 , you followed the getting started tutorial and you got your “Hello World!” printed on your command prompt just by using the CLI. Then you went the next step and you tried to use Visual Studio Code and the C# extension to edit the application outside of Visual Studio. And finally you want to try and debug and set a breakpoint inside the application, but you encountered some problems and nothing worked. Here is how to make it work.

Visual Studio Code needs to know how to launch your application, and this is specified in alaunch.json file inside the .vscode folder. From the debug window, click the “gear” icon and Code will create it for you: just choose the right environment “.NET Core”.

Then you must specify the path to your executable in the program property. In the standard hwapp sample app, replace