Make sure you have the .NET 8 SDK and VS Code installed on your machine.

It is also helpful to install the C# Dev Kit extension in VS Code to enable features such as code navigation, code completion, and debugging.

Open the terminal in VS Code (Terminal | New Terminal).

Follow the instructions on the Quick Start: Command Line Interface page in the VS Code terminal to create all required files.

To quickly build the package in VS Code, open the command palette (View | Command Palette) and search for "Tasks: Configure Default Build Task". Select the "dotnet: build" task. Now the "build" keyboard shortcut (by default: CTRL + SHIFT + B) will build the package.