Visual Studio 2k5 - Interactive Window?

[SinNisTeR]

Is there a way to add an interactive window to visual studio for C# like you can for F#? I've gotten used to doing a lot of Scheme recently and DrScheme has a wonderful interactive window where you can test out bits of code without debugging. This would do wonders for me in C#. I know there is one when you're debugging, but I'm trying to skip entering into the debugger if possible.

edit: typo

 

[tfinch2]

Not in Visual Studio AFAIK.

 

[SinNisTeR]

Any word for VS2008 having this feature?

 

[Noobsa44]

What your describing is typically done with scripting languages (and not done with compiled languages) in which you have a command line window or something like that and can run a few lines of code just to see how it will react. I know Ruby (and Ruby.net or whatever it's called) does this, but I don't believe I've seen the feature in VS 2008. You could always make your own scripting program or use one from http://www.codeproject.com/.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Noobsa44
What your describing is typically done with scripting languages (and not done with compiled languages) in which you have a command line window or something like that and can run a few lines of code just to see how it will react. I know Ruby (and Ruby.net or whatever it's called) does this, but I don't believe I've seen the feature in VS 2008. You could always make your own scripting program or use one from http://www.codeproject.com/.

There is an open source project that does it for C#, but it uses Mono. He asked specifically for VS2k5 though.

 

[programmer]

The debugger is your friend 🙂

 

[Markbnj]

If you want to be able to do little test bits of code when the debugger is not running, then download the .Net Snippet Compiler.

http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/

 

[SinNisTeR]

Originally posted by: programmer
The debugger is your friend 🙂

It's not that I don't like/use the debugger.. It's that I don't want to compile and execute it to run a bit of code. Especially if the code I'm working on takes quite a bit of setup to be able to test.

Thanks for the recommendation Markbnj. I'm going to try it now.