Getting Started

Comet is a few things:

• a platform agnostic UI toolkit
• a programming pattern

To Make Your Ride More Enjoyable

1. Install the Comet Project Templates

Open a terminal and run:

dotnet new -i Clancey.Comet.Templates.Multiplatform

2. Install the VS Code Comet Debug extension

Install the Comet Debug from the Marketplace.

Start a New Project

dotnet new comet -n RideTheComet

.NET MAUI

To launch the .NET MAUI project, you will need to specify a $(TargetFramework) via the -f switch:

dotnet build RideTheComet -t:Run -f net7.0-android
dotnet build RideTheComet -t:Run -f net7.0-ios
dotnet build RideTheComet -t:Run -f net7.0-maccatalyst

Using VS Code

code RideTheComet

Ride the Comet!

Start debugging. With the Comet Debug extension installed you can type CMD + Return.

VS Code should have already selected the iOS project as your startup project, and prompt you to select a simulator from your Xcode installation.

Once running, you can make changes to your view code and your app running in the simulator will update in real-time. Any invalid code will either report an error to you in the output window, or may crash the app and require reboot to get going again. So write good code!