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ASP.NET Core development tools

ASP.NET Core development tools

From the course: Learning ASP.NET Core: MVC, Razor Pages, Web APIs & Other Foundations

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ASP.NET Core development tools

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- [Instructor] There are only a couple of things you absolutely need to install before you can get started with ASP.NET Core Development. The first is the .NET SDK. You can get that directly from Microsoft at dotnet.microsoft.com. That site has downloads available for various .NET runtimes, but to create your own applications, you're going to need the SDK. It includes all of the runtimes as well as the libraries and tools you'll need to create your own apps. The only other thing you really need is an editor where you can write some code. This can really be just about any text editor. You'll probably find the experience much more pleasant if your editor has some support for C#, although that's not technically required. If you already have a favorite editor, check to see if there's a C# extension or plugin for it. If you don't already have a favorite editor, I'll give you a couple of quick recommendations. The first is Visual Studio. This is Microsoft's full-blown integrated development…

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