appendix A. Preparing your development environment

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 software development kit (SDK), which provides the .NET command-line interface (CLI). Alternatively, if you’re using Windows and not comfortable with the command line, you can choose File > New > Project in Visual Studio to dive straight in. With ASP.NET Core, it’s all about choice!

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