Exercise - Create your first F# application

2 minutes

In this exercise, use the .NET SDK console template to create, build, and run an F# project that prints Hello World to the console.

Create F# console application

Open the terminal.
In the terminal, enter the dotnet new console CLI command.
```
dotnet new console -o HelloWorld -lang F#
```

After a few seconds, a directory called HelloWorld appears with the code for your F# application.

Run your application

Navigate to your HelloWorld project directory.
In the terminal, enter the following command from inside your HelloWorld directory.
```
dotnet run
```
The console displays the following output:
```
Hello world from F#
```

Congratulations! You've built and run your first F# console application.