Microsoft Visual Studio recently introduced C#6, which has many new features like the following:
Expression-level features
- Null-conditional operators
- Index initializers
- Extension Add methods
- nameof expressions
- String interpolation
- Overload resolution
Statement-level features
- Exception filters
- Await in catch and finally blocks
Member declaration features
- Auto-property initializers
- Parameterless constructors in structs
- Getter-only auto-properties
- Expression-bodied function members
Import features
In this article we will learn how to enable C# 6 / VB 14 in Visual Studio.
Open your project and go to Tools, NuGet Package Manager, then click Manage NuGet Packages for solution and search for 'Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform'
Install this in your project first
Or you can Install this by writing PM> Install-Package Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform in your NuGet Package manager Console.
It will install Microsoft.Net.Compilers 1.0.0 and Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform 1.0.1.
2nd way: Select your project and go to Website tab. Here you just have to click on Enable C# 6 / VB 14,
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It will also do the same thing, install C#6 / VB 14 NuGet Package in your projects.
Now open class file and check the following new feature: Auto-property initializers.
For that create a property as sin the following. Here you can initialize the property at declaration time.
- public string AddressLine1 { get; set; } = "Mumbai";
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If you haven't installed C#6 Vb 14 then, it will give you an error, since it is a C# 6 feature.
Hope you like this article, In my next article we will learn new Features of C#.