appendix A. Preparing your development environment
This appendix covers
- Installing the .NET SDK
- Choosing an editor or IDE
For .NET developers in a Windows-centric world, Visual Studio was pretty much a developer requirement in the past. But with .NET and ASP.NET Core going cross-platform, that’s no longer the case.
All of ASP.NET Core (creating new projects, building, testing, and publishing) can be run from the command line for any supported operating system. All you need is the .NET SDK, which provides the .NET Command Line Interface (CLI). Alternatively, if you’re on Windows and not comfortable with the command line, you can still use File > New Project in Visual Studio to dive straight in. With ASP.NET Core, it’s all about choice!
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