How to launch watch mode in Visual Studio 2017 ASP.NET Core 1.1.1

问题

I'm trying to run my web application in watch mode referring to How to watch for file changes "dotnet watch" with Visual Studio ASP.NET Core but in newer version (core 1.1.1) I can't find launchSettings.json file, so where put settings? I installed Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools but I don't have a button "watch" in Visual Studio.

回答1:

You can find the launchSettings.json in the Solution Explorer under the menu Properties. There you can add the settings for your "watch" profile.

You can add following profile settings:

"Watch": {
    "executablePath": "C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\dotnet.exe",
    "commandLineArgs": "watch run",
    "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
    }
}

launchSettings.json in Solution Explorer

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42703858/how-to-launch-watch-mode-in-visual-studio-2017-asp-net-core-1-1-1