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I am new to dotnet core.

In Visual Studio, when using debug mode, how can I read the console for messages from Console.WriteLine("Test Message")?

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  • side note: I would recommend looking into ILogger. It not only logs into the console but also many other places Commented Jun 18, 2021 at 1:31

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In visual studio, look for the button you use to debug (green arrow with "IIS Express" written). In front of "IIS Express" you should see a dropdown arrow. Click on the dropdown and select your app name. Now, when you re-run your project on debug, you will find purple console window popup. Your Console.WriteLine should show there.

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The console writes to the output window, the one that starts spitting out lines when the project is building when you hit run.

OK! Finally figured it out, it's System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(); For asp.net core, from this post Where does Console.WriteLine go in ASP.NET? I made a new project and got my string to show up in the output window using this line.

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Its not a Console Application, I am building Web API. Is there a way to read the console?
@Jim_Mcdonalds my mistake, is what you're doing running in a browser? If so you can right click -> inspect and then click "Console"
its a backend server build on dotnet core web api.
@Jim_Mcdonalds okay, gimme a min
@Jim_Mcdonalds do you mean asp.net core?

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