In this chapter, I introduce the tools that Microsoft provides for ASP.NET Core development and that are used throughout this book.
Unlike earlier editions of this book, I rely on the command-line tools provided by the .NET Core SDK and additional tool packages that Microsoft publishes. In part, I have done this to help ensure you get the expected results from the examples but also because the command-line tools provide access to all the features required for ASP.NET Core development, regardless of which editor/IDE you have chosen.
Visual Studio—and, to a lesser extent, Visual Studio Code—offers access ...
