ad-hoc c# compiler - does it exist?

[John Grandy]

Does anyone know about this ad-hoc c# compiler?

I've heard that there's a c# compiler that's works as a single file you just
drop into a directory and use to compile stand-alone .cs files in a very
simple manner. It might even automatically recompile whenever the .cs file
is saved ...

Using this compiler to quickly create/modify c# console applications sounds
quite useful as a much more powerful replacement for cmd.exe and associated
..bat / .cmd files ...

Anyone have more info in this area ?

Thanks.

 

[Bruce Wood]

There is a command-line C# compiler that ships with the Framework, I
believe. I don't think that you need Visual Studio in order to compile
a program: you can use command-line tools to do everything that the
build within Visual Studio does.

Check out this link for starters:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../cscomp/html/vcgrfbuildingfromcommandline.asp

 

[Guest]

Google Snippet Compiler

 

[mdb]

Does anyone know about this ad-hoc c# compiler?

I've heard that there's a c# compiler that's works as a single file
you just drop into a directory and use to compile stand-alone .cs
files in a very simple manner. It might even automatically recompile
whenever the .cs file is saved ...

Not sure its exactly what you want, but this might help...

SnippetCompiler: http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/

It has some issues, but it works pretty well.