C# PowerShell Module - Hello World

dotnet new classlib -o ./ASNS.Intro -f net8.0

Run the following command to add the PowerShell SDK to the project

dotnet add package Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK -v 7.5.4

Your csproj should now look like this

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">  
  
  <PropertyGroup>  
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>  
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>  
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>  
  </PropertyGroup>  
  
  <ItemGroup>  
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK" Version="7.5.4" />  
  </ItemGroup>  
  
</Project>

just for good measure, go ahead and run dotnet build to make sure everything works as expected

you should see output like the following

❯ dotnet build
Restore complete (0.3s)
  ASNS.Intro net8.0 succeeded (1.7s) → bin/Debug/net8.0/ASNS.Intro.dll

Build succeeded in 2.3s

Excellent! you have a powershell module! Ok, not quite, but you do have a C# Class library, it just doesn’t expose anything yet, or include anything for that matter

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