MonoGameTemplate

https://www.reddit.com/r/monogame/comments/cst49i/the_ultimate_guide_to_getting_started_with/

prerequisites

Prerequisites Part 1:

Download and install the latest versions of the following:

1. Visual Studio Code

2. MonoGame for Visual Studio (we only need the pipeline tool)

3. .NET Core SDK

Prerequisites Part 2:

NOTE: You only need to run the following commands once.

Install NUnit templates for writing unit tests:

dotnet new -i NUnit3.DotNetNew.Template

Install MonoGame project templates.

dotnet new -i MonoGame.Template.CSharp

Step-by-Step guide:

If you get errors, most of the time it can be solved using this or restarting vscode.

dotnet restore

1. Create the solution and the app.

dotnet new sln
dotnet new mgdesktopgl -o <MyProject>
dotnet sln add <MyProject>/<MyProject>.csproj

2. Edit the <MyProject>/<MyProject>.csproj file

 <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <!-- Set to "netcoreapp" plus the first 2 digits of your .NET Core SDK version. -->
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
 </PropertyGroup>

 <ItemGroup>
     <MonoGameContentReference Include="**\*.mgcb" />
 </ItemGroup>

 <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Content.Builder" Version="3.7.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Framework.DesktopGL.Core" Version="3.7.0.7" />
 </ItemGroup>

 <!-- Actually cleans your project when you run "dotnet clean" -->
 <Target Name="SpicNSpan"  AfterTargets="Clean">
     <!-- Remove obj folder -->
     <RemoveDir Directories="$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)" />
     <!-- Remove bin folder -->
     <RemoveDir Directories="$(BaseOutputPath)" />
 </Target>

3. Add a folder for the tests.

   └── <MyProject>
      ├── <MyProject>.sln
      ├── <MyProject>
      |   └── <MyProject>.csproj
      └── <MyProject>.Tests

4. Add the references and the Test to the solution.

cd ./<Myproject>.Tests
dotnet new nunit
dotnet add reference ../<MyProject>/<MyProject>.csproj
cd ..
dotnet sln add ./<MyProject>.Tests/<MyProject>.Tests.csproj

Change the TargetFrameWork in Tests.csproj to netcoreapp3.1 and add the cleaning function to it.

5. in <MyProject>.Tests/<Package>/<MyClassTests>.cs

using NUnit.Framework;

 namespace <MyProject>.Tests.<Package>
 {
  [TestFixture]
 public class <MyClassTests>
 {
 
     [SetUp]
     public void SetUp()
     {
         // Code here will be run once before every test.
     }
     
     [TearDown]
     public void TearDown()
     {
         // Code here will be run once after every test.
     }
     
     [Test]
     public void FunctionBeingTested1_Condition_ExpectedResult()
     {
         // Write some test code.
         // e.g. Assert.AreEqual(expectedValue, actualValue);
     }
     
     [Test]
     [Repeat(100)]
     public void FunctionBeingTested2_Condition_ExpectedResult()
     {
         // Tests can also be repeated N times.
         // Here, this test will be repeated 100 times.
         
         // Write some test code.
         // e.g. Assert.AreEqual(expectedValue, actualValue);
     }
 }
}

6. Useful commands

dotnet test //for running the tests
dotnet clean //for clean the folders
dotnet build //for building the app

7. Create an executable

Windows:
 dotnet clean
 dotnet build
 dotnet publish -r win-x64 -c release -o ./Build

Mac:
 dotnet clean
 dotnet build
 dotnet publish -r osx-x64 -c release -o ./Build

Linux:
 dotnet clean
 dotnet build
 dotnet publish -r linux-x64 -c release -o ./Build