Multiple projects set up

Remarks#

Unit tests project set up currently can be found here

Referencing local projects

There is no such things as .sln and .proj files.
Instead of them folders are being used in Visual Studio Code.
Each project folder should have a seperate project.json file.

/MyProject.Core
   SourceFile.cs
   project.json

/MyProject.Web
   /Controllers
   /Views
   project.json

To reference MyProject.Core from MyProject.Web project edit MyProject.Web\project.json file and add the dependency:

// MyProject.Web/project.json
{
   "dependencies": {
      "MyProject.Core": {"target": "project"},
    ...
   }
   "buildOptions": {
      "emitEntryPoint": true 
   }
}

The line "emitEntryPoint": true says that MyProject.Web is a start project for the solution. MyProject.Core should have this flag disabled in its project.json file:

 // MyProject.Core/project.json
 {
   ...
   "buildOptions": {
      "emitEntryPoint": false 
   }
}

Build the project (Mac: ⌘+Shift+B, Windows: Ctrl+Shift+B) and each project should have own \bin and \obj folders with new .dll files.

Solution structure

It is very common to group projects, for example, place test projects under the /test folder and source projects under the /src folder. Add global.json file and make similar structure:

global.json
/src/
    /MyProject.Core/
       SourceFile.cs
       project.json

    /MyProject.Web/
       /Controllers
       /Views
       project.json

/test/
    /MyProject.Core.UnitTests/
       SourceFileTest.cs
       project.json

    /MyProject.Web.UnitTests/
       /Controllers
       /Views
       project.json

Edit empty global.json file and specify project groups:

{
    "projects":["src", "test"]
}

VS Code uses tasks.json to run tasks (e.g. building a solution) and launch.json for starting a project (e.g. debugging). If you cannot find these files try to start debugging by pressing F5 and ignore errors, VS Code will generate under the root folder .vscode folder with the files.

Edit launch.json file and specify the path to your start up library, change MyProject.Web with your project name:

{
    "configurations": [
    {
        ...
        "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/MyProject.Web/bin/Debug/netcoreapp1.0/MyProject.Web.dll",
        "args": [],
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/src/Washita.Web", 
        ...
   }
}

Edit tasks.json file and specify the path to your start up library, change MyProject.Web with your project name:

{
    "tasks": [
        {
        "taskName": "build",
            "args": [
                "${workspaceRoot}/src/MyProject.Web"
           ],
           "isBuildCommand": true,
           "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
       }
   ]
}

Now you should be able to build and debug .NET source files.

However Intellisense will disappear due the multiple project configuration. To fix it open any .cs file and switch to the appropriate project (project.json) by choosing Select project in the bottom right corner: