FastSharp - Quick C# Snip Executer (Think Immediate Window without Visual Studio)

This Blog Can Also Be A Hat - FastSharp - Write it, Execute it

"Last year I wrote this program which I named FastSharp.  It is a text editor which lets you compile and run C# code that would normally exist inside a method.  The inspiration for this came from getting tired of opening up Visual Studio and creating a project when all I want to do is execute one line of code and see what it outputs.

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Things To Consider and Future Consideration

1. FastSharp can only do console output not input.  I was unable to figure out how to make Console.ReadLine() work inside the program.  This will be an important future feature if someone can figure it out.
2. FastSharp compiles only C# code but it is not hard to make it work for Visual Basic, which would also be a nice feature upgrade.
3. FastSharp uses the out-of-the-box winforms RichTextBox control as the code editor.  It would be nice to replace this with a code editor that color coded or even give intellisense :)

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I hate posts that start a "Thought Storm"... Posts that get me thinking about all the cool things I could do with it and code I could write...   ;)

There are enough times where I fire up VS just so I can try something very quickly via the Immediate Window and this project caught my eye.

Now all I need to do is get it to support VB, maybe add color and intellisense and I'd be gold... lol... Yeah, that's all I need to do (and I think I've posted things that will help me do all those...). And since the source is available (yeah for "Source Available" projects!) all I need is time and mental bandwidth...

Greg.Add("FastVB Project")