Devlead.Console 2026.2.11.575

Devlead.Console

Devlead.Console is a streamlined NuGet source package designed to accelerate the development of .NET console applications. By providing out-of-the-box configurations for Inversion of Control (IoC), command-line parsing, logging, and other essential utilities, Devlead.Console allows developers to focus on building business logic rather than setting up foundational components.

Features

• Dependency injection / IoC container via Microsoft.Extensions
• Command-line parsing via Spectre.Console
• Logging via Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console
• Configuration via Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration
• Source-link for GitHub (or Azure Repos by setting MSBuild property AzureRepos to true)
• ...

Installation

dotnet add package Devlead.Console

Usage Example

Here's how to create a console application using Devlead.Console, which comes with sensible defaults to streamline your setup. Additionally, you can utilize optional partial methods to tailor the project to your specific needs:

public partial class Program
{
    // Configure in-memory settings (useful for development/testing)
    static partial void ConfigureInMemory(IDictionary<string, string?> configData)
    {
        configData.Add("TestService__Version", "1.0.0.0");
    }

    // Register your services
    static partial void AddServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services
            .AddOptions<TestServiceSettings>()
            .BindConfiguration(nameof(TestService));

        services.AddSingleton<TestService>();
    }

    // Configure commands
    static partial void ConfigureApp(AppServiceConfig appServiceConfig)
    {
        // Example: Add a root level command
        appServiceConfig
            .AddCommand<TestCommand>("test")
                .WithDescription("Example test command.")
                .WithExample(["test"]);

        // Example: Add nested commands using branches
        appServiceConfig
            .AddBranch(
                "yolo",
                c => c.AddCommand<TestCommand>("test")
                        .WithDescription("Example test command.")
                        .WithExample(["yolo", "test"])
            );

        // Example: Set application name
        appServiceConfig.SetApplicationName("myapp");
    }
}

This example demonstrates:

• Setting up configuration values in memory for development
• Registering services with dependency injection
• Creating commands at both root and nested levels
• Adding command descriptions and usage examples

The resulting CLI will support commands like:

myapp test
myapp yolo test

MSBuild Properties

You can customize the build behavior using the following MSBuild properties:

• UseDefaultProgram: Set to false to opt out of the default Program.cs file generation. This allows you to provide your own custom Program implementation.

  <PropertyGroup>
    <UseDefaultProgram>false</UseDefaultProgram>
  </PropertyGroup>
  

Example Projects

• ARI
• Blobify
• BRI
• DPI
• UnpackDacPac