.NET just grew up... and became a script kiddie

.NET just grew up… and became a script kiddie

You can now run .NET like a script. No project files. No solution. Just: dotnet run myscript.cs

Like Shell scripts (Bash, PowerShell). Like Python. Like JavaScript.

But with strong typing and LINQ-y goodness, or accidentally async-void your error handling into oblivion.

Why I think this is the biggest thing announced at Build?: - Quick tasks? One-liner scripts? ✅ - Automation jobs? DevOps glue code? ✅ - Finally stop writing a console app just to test a regex? ✅

We’ve entered a new .NET dimension: The scripting realm.

It’s like ScriptCS from back in the day… (who remembers this?) but now it’s official and way cooler.

This isn’t just convenient. It’s a mindset shift.

.NET isn’t just for big enterprise apps anymore. Now it’s also for those small “I’ll-just-whip-this-up” moments.

Think you’ll try this out? Or even replace your current automation scripts?