LINQPad ➡️ .NET Notebook

Convert .linq to .ipynb so that you can run your LINQPad scripts in VSCode.

Usage

Convert from VS Code

Install Extension from VS Code Extensions Marketplace (or search for 'LinqPad Script to .NET Notebook' in VS Code), open linqpad file, right click in editor and choose Convert

Repo for extension

Convert from .NET notebook

User creates .ipynb and runs 2 cells of C# code New .ipynb is generated and opened in VS Code (on Windows).

In a new/existing .NET Interactive Notebook (.ipynb) - use VS Code's .NET Interactive Extension to open it

Cell 1

#i "C:\Users\amb12\source\repos\ambrose-leung\build\nupkg" //if building locally
#r "nuget:Ambrose.Linqpad.Convert.KernelExt"

Cell 2 (Requires the path to the .linq file to be entered manually)

#!convert2dnn "C:\path\to\linqpadscript.linq" //dnn = Dot Net Notebook

Technical

• Uses Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents nuget to create .ipynb
• Will use Chino.Jupyter.Extensions to implement #load functionality
• Logic for conversion is packaged as a .NET library
• Implements IKernelExtension to expose the magic command #!convert2dnn

Backlog and Feature Requests

• Go to Issues tab
• This is currently in the "Proof of concept" stage and may not be actively developed