1.1: Setting Up Dev Environment
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ASP.NET Core applications can be developed in Visual Studio, similarly to an MVC 5 project. However, to demonstrate the new addition of the CLI, we will use the Visual Studio Code text editor in this tutorial, although any text editor will suffice.
If you do not have it installed - download .
If you do not have it installed, download the .
Check that it is installed correctly by typing this into your command line:
This should return the information about the version of the SDK, the runtime environment, and the .NET Core version.
These are optional, but highly recommended VS Code extensions for ASP.NET development.
There are many more extensions to explore based on your preferences or needs - but, these are the most essential.
If you encountered an error - you either installed it incorrectly, or it did not get added to your environment variables. See solution .
If you're working in Visual Studio, this is optional. If you are working on a Mac or Linux, or you don't want to install SQL Server Management Studio - try the .
Download and install
for testing our API