Is VSC not compatible with .net core 2 projects? - asp.net-core

Question

Environment: Ubuntu 16.04, .NET Core SDK Preview 2.0.0 (006497), VSC 1.14.2
Things used to work fine under .net core 1. Now, I have upgraded my system to .net core 2.
From the command line, I created a new project and ran it:
$ dotnet new mvc
$ dotnet run
The webpage works as expected.
Now, I open the folder in VSC and tried to debug the app. First time, VCS helps create launch.json and tasks.json. Here is my tasks.json contents:
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "build",
"command": "dotnet",
"type": "shell",
"group": "build",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "silent"
},
"problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
}
]
}
In the terminal view, I see that VCS tries to run the build command as dotnet <. This throws an error that preLaunchTask "build" exited with error code 129.
I tried to fix this by adding args: ["build"] to the task. This seems to fix the build but I now get another error about launch.json not being configured properly.
Wondering if there is some step that I simply missed. Regards.

Answer 1

The answer was provided by mvermef in his comment. I am just adding a new post here so I can mark it as an answer.
The problems with VSC are explained at https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/2.0/2.0.0-preview2-known-issues.md. The most important thing is that you remove your existing C# extension and replace it with the latest beta version. Now, if you create a new project from the command line and load it in VSC, you should be able to debug it.