Preparing Windows for ASP.NET Core Development

Important It is very important to prepare your Windows properly for developing ASP.NET Core. Please read and follow the instructions completely and carefully.

To prepare your Windows for ASP.NET Core, you must install all the components required to build and run ASP.NET Core web applications, including .NET Core SDK. See System Requirements for details.

Testing .NET Core SDK

Open command prompt or Windows Powershell, initialize a sample application, enter the following commands one by one:

mkdir myapp

cd myapp

dotnet new mvc

dotnet run

If you see the output like:

then the application is ready to run. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:5000, if you see:

then you have .NET Core running properly on your machine, you can try your first ASP.NET Maker web application by following Quick Start.