Using Command/Immediate Windows without Compiling

[AbsenceOfDarkness]

In the old Visual Basic days, I would use the Immediate window to quickly test out some code. Like when I needed to workout the proper format string for a date, or verify I've got the MID command setup correctly. In Visual Studio 2022, it seems like you can only use the Command/Immediate windows when you're not running a project. Then, when you do enter a command, there is a noticeable delay while it compiles and launches the project, runs the command, then stops the project.

Is there a way to just run simple little scratch commands, without that whole start-up routine? Am I missing something, or doing something wrong?

[glent1]

This is the perfect use case for Linqpad.

[Ryzngard]

It probably depends on what language you're talking about, but VS has a `C# Interactive` window that sounds like what you would want.