4 Using the development tools

This chapter covers

  • Using command-line tools to create an ASP.NET Core project
  • Adding code and content to a project
  • Building and running an ASP.NET Core project
  • Using the hot reload feature
  • Installing NuGet packages
  • Installing tool packages
  • Installing client-side packages
  • Using the debugger

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 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 ...

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