scriptcs in Two Minutes

Want to say you've used scriptcs? Follow this post and you can say that in about two minutes.

(For the longer version, go here: https://github.com/scriptcs/scriptcs)

At a command prompt, run this:

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "iex ((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin

Then run this:

cinst scriptcs

That's it. Really. Now you can write C# at a command prompt:

C:\>scriptcs

scriptcs (ctrl-c or blank to exit)

> var message = "Hello, world!";

> Console.WriteLine(message);

Hello, world!

Want to save some C# and run it any time? Do this:

C:\Temp>copy con helloworld.csx

var message = "Hello, world!";

Console.WriteLine(message);

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\Temp>scriptcs helloworld.csx

Hello, world!

Note: I got an error when trying to run this at the root of the C: drive, so I just switched to my temp folder and it worked.

Enjoy!