diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 49385f010..eecf595ed 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,22 +3,27 @@ ## Building/Running 1. Run `build.cmd` or `build.sh` from the root -2. Use `scripts/dotnet` to try out the `dotnet` command. +2. Use `artifacts/{os}-{arch}/state2/dotnet` to try out the `dotnet` command. You can also add `artifacts/{os}-{arch}/state2` to the PATH if you want to run `dotnet` from anywhere. ## Notes -Right now the CLI uses [DNX](https://github.com/aspnet/dnx) as an application host. Eventually it will become self-hosted, but for now that means a few things: +Right now the CLI uses [DNX](https://github.com/aspnet/dnx) for NuGet restore. + +## Visual Studio * Requires VS 2015 with Web Development Tools installed to open in VS - * Beta7 is available here and should work: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48738&fa43d42b-25b5-4a42-fe9b-1634f450f5ee=True + * Beta8 is available here and should work: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49442 * Install `WebToolsExtensionsVS14.msi` and `DotNetVersionManager-x64.msi` - * There are also more recent builds available here: `\\vwdbuild01\Drops\WTE\Release.Nightly\Dev14\Latest-Successful\Release\Signed\MSI` (run `InstallWTE.cmd`) * Requires that you have a DNX installed (the build script _should_ set it up for you though) * Compilation is not required before building, but you must run `dnu restore` (which comes from the DNX commands) after changing dependencies. If you add/remove dependencies in VS, it will run it for you -## A simple test (windows only for now) +## Visual Studio Code + +* You can also use Visual Studo code https://code.visualstudio.com/ + +## A simple test Note: The explicit `--framework` and `--runtime` switches will definitely be going away :) 1. `cd test\TestApp` -2. `..\..\scripts\dotnet run --framework dnxcore50 --runtime win7-x86` +2. `dotnet publish --framework dnxcore50 --runtime win7-x64`