Category: Code

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Xml;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
            {
                string data = 
                    wc.DownloadString("https://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.rss");
                XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
                xml.LoadXml(data);
                var node = xml.SelectNodes("//rss/channel/item[1]");

                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
                Console.WriteLine("{0} by {1}",
                    node[0]["description"].InnerText,
                    node[0]["title"].InnerText
                    );

                Console.ResetColor();
            }
        }
    }
}

We don’t deal with .NET framework, or .NET Core anymore. We call it ‘.NET’. As of writing this blog, the latest version available is .NET 5. And, these steps works in previous versions of .NET Core also.

Assuming you have downloaded the latest version of .NET.

Step 1:Open command prompt

Step 2: Type: dotnet new console -name “HelloWorld“

You must see a new folder named “HelloWorld” crated with a directory structure like this:

You can open Program.cs to see its contents. It has a very basic program to display “Hello World!” message.

Step 3: Your .NET console application is ready. First, you have to build it

Type command: dotnet build “HelloWorld”

You can see HelloWorld.exe file is created, in addition to some other files in your folder \HelloWorld\bin\Debug\net5.0

Step 4: Run!

You can simply run the exe file directly going to the location, or by typing this command:

Type command:

Step 5: Alternate way to run the program

Go inside your program folder, i.e., “HelloWorld“, then type command:

dotnet run HelloWorld

or simply, dotnet run