based-ghost / ghost.console

A .NET console application built with Spectre.Console.

Ghost.Console

This is a .NET 7.0 console application built with Spectre.Console that demonstrates simple API communication via endpoints from JSONPlaceholder.

Tech stack

• .NET 7.0 - .NET 7.0 SDK.
• Spectre.Console - robust library that helps create beautiful console applications.
• xUnit.net - unit testing for the console application project.
• Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting - manages hosting and startup infrastructure for the application.
• Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration - binds configuration from appsettings.json to concrete types.
• Microsoft.Extensions.Http - enables the HttpClient factory pattern for configuring/retrieving named HttpClients in a composable way.

Building & running locally

Prerequisites

1. Install the .NET 7.0 SDK.
2. Clone this repository to your local machine.

Building & running the project

dotnet commands can be issued via Windows Terminal, Powershell, Command Prompt, etc. (the GIF above is using Windows Terminal). Alternatively, you can open the solution in VS or VSCode and execute commands there.

1. Build the projects: run dotnet build in the root folder.

   Directory containing the GhostConsole.sln file.

2. Run the console app: run dotnet run in the ./GhostConsole folder.

   Directory containing the GhostConsole.csproj file.

3. Run the unit tests: run dotnet test in the ./GhostConsole.Tests folder.

   Directory containing the GhostConsole.Tests.csproj file.