Create C# .sln file with Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code provides a way to create the new project templates.

1. Navigate to visual studio code terminal ( press Ctrl + `)
2. Type the command dotnet new sln
3. You can also create the new project, check list of available project templates using command dotnet new -l

The detailed documentation is Available Here.

Open VS Code terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to create solution folder. Use following commands

dotnet new sln -o MyApiApp

The -o parameter lets you specify the output directory

Navigate to solution direction

Cd .\MyApiApp\ 

Create new projects under root solution folder

dotnet new console -o MyApiApp.ConsoleApp
dotnet new webapi -o MyApiApp.WebApi 
dotnet new classlib -o MyApiApp.Repository 
dotnet new xunit -o MyApiApp.Tests

Add projects to solution (use tab to navigate path).

dotnet sln MyApiApp.sln add .\MyApiApp.ConsoleApp\MyApiApp.ConsoleApp.csproj .\MyApiApp.WebApi\MyApiApp.WebApi.csproj .\MyApiApp.Repository\MyApiApp.Repository.csproj .\MyApiApp.Tests\MyApiApp.Tests.csproj 

Add project references

dotnet add .\MyApiApp.WebApi\MyApiApp.WebApi.csproj reference .\MyApiApp.Repository\MyApiApp.Repository.csproj 
dotnet add .\MyApiApp.ConsoleApp\MyApiApp.ConsoleApp.csproj reference .\MyApiApp.Repository\MyApiApp.Repository.csproj 
dotnet add .\MyApiApp.Tests\MyApiApp.Tests.csproj reference .\MyApiApp.WebApi\MyApiApp.WebApi.csproj .\MyApiApp.Repository\MyApiApp.Repository.csproj