Loading a Hello World Extension

[ktodyruik]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a simple hello world extension and load it into .NET interactive. Extension loading seems finicky somehow and I just can't seem to get my extension to load. As it's an issue of finding it or not finding it, there's no feedback, and so I'm left just scratching my head, wondering what detail I'm missing.

I have a simple C# .NET 5 solution/project, referencing Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive, with <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild> to build the nuget package to bin/Debug.

I created a simple class that implements IKernelExtension

Added the following at the top of my workbook in VSCode.

#i nuget:C:\NotebookProjects\KernelExtensions\src\KernelExtensions\bin\Debug
#r "nuget:KernelExtensions,*-*"

It loads the package. When I run the cell I get:

Restore sources
C:\NotebookProjects\KernelExtensions\src\KernelExtensions\bin\Debug
Installed Packages
KernelExtensions, 1.0.1-alpha

But no extension loading message.

Sorry for this very basic question. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!