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L. JacksonThe Complete ASP.NET Core 3 API Tutorialhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6255-9_2

2. Setting Up Your Development Environment

Les Jackson1 
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia
 

Chapter Summary

In this chapter, we detail the tools and setup you’ll require to follow the examples in this book.

When Done, You Will

  • Understand what tools you’ll need to install

  • Have installed those tools and configured your environment ready for development

The Three Amigos: Windows, Mac, and Linux

One of the benefits of the .NET Core Framework (when compared with the original .NET Framework) is that it’s truly cross-platform,1 meaning that you can develop and run the same apps on Windows, OSX (Mac), or Linux. For the vast majority of this book, the OS ...

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