Often times, I start a new instance of Visual Studio, just to create a console application that has some output and/or input. It s a temporary sandbox I use to test a method or something else and close a few minutes later.
Can you think of any tools to replace this?
I use to have an application that had two text fields: one on top to take C# code, and one on the bottom, to act as an stdout. But I can t remember the name.
Take a look at LINQPad. It s light-weight and has lots of features. Great for short snippets. Snippet Compiler is another good one. It used to be my main choice before LINQPad. Its author doesn t seem to be actively updating it lately.
These are the two main ones from my suggestions listed here: Are there any alternatives to FastSharp?
EDIT: In addition, the Mono project has a C# REPL.
You can use the command-line C# compiler csc.
It s as simple as writing a makefile, really.
In Visual Studio, the Immediate Window allows you to enter commands at runtime, and you can also enter watches - which are more static but also accomplish the same task. Anyway, both could be considered a "poor man s" REPL.
Try the C# REPL Script Environment that is part of the O2 Platform
It will give you a perfect environment to try out all C# features and APIs (conceptually the O2 REPL environment is similar to LinqPAD)
You should also take a look at Roslyn from Microsoft. On Multiple Roslyn based tools (all running Stand-Alone outside VisualStudio) , the first one is a simple Roslyn REPL
Besides the great answers already like LINQPad I d recommend taking a look at CShell, it s a small C# REPL IDE that let s you type some code in no time.
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