VB.NET, Visual Studio and Namespaces

Question

How to make Visual Studio 2017 + VB.NET create new classes already with namespace, as it does in C#?

I’ve tried creating and editing item templates using the parameter $itemfolder$, but it doesn’t seem to work:

Template

Namespace $itemfolder$

    Public Class $safeitemrootname$

    End Class

End Namespace

Exit

Namespace $itemfolder$

    Public Class MyClass2

    End Class

End Namespace

Already using the parameter $rootnamespace$, does not work as it should:

Template

Namespace $itemfolder$

    Public Class $safeitemrootname$

    End Class

End Namespace

Exit

Namespace ConsoleApp1

    Public Class MyClass

    End Class

End Namespace

Solution Explorer

I was hoping the namespace was ConsoleApp1.TestNamespace or TestNamespace.

Have some way to get VS2017 to automatically add namespaces to new VB.NET classes?

I know Resharper works, but he gets paid.

Answer 1

No, this is not possible. Visual Basic does not support the concept of creating namespaces same as C#, for you to create a project "with several standard namespaces" you should first remove the namespace design standard.

Where is written "Your Application" you leave empty, without writing anything. Unfortunately it is something very boring to do.

And to create a file, just type the namespace in the archive itself:

Namespace System
    Public Class ConsoleClone
        Public Shared Sub WriteLine(ByVal text$)
             Console.WriteLine(text)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

And you will call as:

System.ConsoleClone.WriteLine("Olá, mundo!")

Not to be ignorant, I’ve been trying to find a way to do this for a long time, and I haven’t found one. I don’t even know if it is possible to do this, all my programming time with Visual Basic turned me this way, and it is not as laborious as expected.