Update 2019: .NET Core 3.0+ projects will now include an executable for the platform you build on by default. This is just a shim executable and your main logic is still inside a .dll file. But .NET Core 3.0 also introduced single-file deployments so deploying with dotnet publish -r win-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=True –self-contained false will create … Read more
This works by creating all the necessary libraries that are referenced by classic .NET libraries. E.g. in .NET Core the implementation of Object or Attribute is defined in System.Runtime. When you compile code, the generated code always references the assembly and the type => [System.Runtime]System.Object. Classic .NET projects however reference System.Object from mscorlib. When trying … Read more
For debugging purposes, you can use the DLL file. You can run it using dotnet ConsoleApp2.dll. If you want to generate an EXE file, you have to generate a self-contained application. To generate a self-contained application (EXE in Windows), you must specify the target runtime (which is specific to the operating system you target). Pre-.NET … Read more