already starting off more right

.gitignore

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ obj/
 # Local History for Visual Studio Code
 .history/
 
+appsettings.json

Program.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 
 namespace directors_assistant
 {
@@ -6,7 +7,11 @@ namespace directors_assistant
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
+            var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", true, true)
+                .Build();
+            var name = config["name"];
+            Console.WriteLine($"Hello {name}!");
         }
     }
 }

appsettings.example.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "name": "guy who didn't configure"
+}

directors-assistant.csproj

@@ -6,4 +6,15 @@
     <RootNamespace>directors_assistant</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="5.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="AppSettings.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>