.NET nanoFramework on Linux?

[okromario]

Hi everyone,
is there a way to use the .NET nanoFramework on Linux, either via the CLI or with VS Code?

I might have missed it in the documentation, but I’d like to use it for my future ESP32 projects without needing a Windows setup.

Best regards.

[networkfusion]

There is the vscode extension, but note that it is experimental... https://github.com/nanoframework/nf-VSCodeExtension

[Ellerbach]

And to complete a bit the answer, you can also have a look at the IoT TestStream repo: https://github.com/nanoframework/nanoFramework.IoT.TestStream

There are a lot of things for Linux support, including on things which are definitely not out of the box like running tests and things like this. We're using it (still experimental) for hardware tests running in Linux based Docker container. And it works nicely btw.

Check out the pipelines to see how to run the tests, look at how to install the test framework, it's using mono on the back. I'm sure you'll find your way :-) And with the VS extension, you can actually do a lot! Only thing you cannot it debugging.

And PR to improve all this welcome as indeed our Linux support requires some ❤️.

[okromario]

Thank you very much for your suggestions. I look forward to trying them out soon.