How do I make a C# Console app build and debug in Visual Studio Code?

How do I make a C# Console app build and debug in Visual Studio Code?

I have already built my C# Console App in Visual Studio Code. The issue I have is when I reopen the folder where the project file is in Visual Studio Code and then rebuilding the code and debugging it again.

Here is what I do and what happens. After I open the folder where the project file resides, I click on this to process the code to debug:




And then I click on the appearing “Run and Debug” button




But then the bottom status bar says “Looking for CSS classes in the workspace…” followed by a percentage in paragraphs. Why is this? Why does this happen when there are no CSS classes at all and my project is a C# project?




Why is this? This is just a brief snapshot of some difficulties I find when I reopen a project after I have closed Visual Studio Code. I have experienced other errors and problems in building and running my code.

To continue, in order to deal with the project as a solution, I click on this icon to open the solution panel.




This seemingly allows me to view the solution. As the following view appears, I click on the project.cs file and attempt a debugging session from there.




With this file being displayed, I clicked on the menu option, Run → Start Debugging




Then, at this point, in the pop up option window that appears in the middle and top of the development environment, I pick “C#”:




Something went wrong and in the bottom right of my IDE, I get this message:




Please advise. What should I do now?