Getting Your Machine Ready for ASP.NET Core Development

Setting up machine for asp net core development

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Summary

In this video tutorial by kudvenkat, you will learn how to set up your machine for ASP.NET Core development. The process starts by installing the necessary software, mainly an editor such as Visual Studio, and the .NET Core SDK. The tutorial uses Visual Studio as the editor, and describes how to download and install it, highlighting the importance of selecting the right workload during installation to ensure the .NET Core SDK is included. It also covers downloading the latest version of the .NET Core SDK, before concluding with verifying the installation by creating a new project.

Highlights

The video is a detailed guide on setting up the development environment for ASP.NET Core using Visual Studio. 🛠️
The importance of downloading the latest .NET Core SDK version is emphasized to avoid working with outdated versions! 🗓️
Visual Studio Community Edition is free and includes the necessary tools for developing with .NET Core. 💽

Key Takeaways

Choose the right editor for your ASP.NET Core development, be it Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or another favored option! 🎨
Always download the latest version of the .NET Core SDK to ensure you're up-to-date! 🔄
Follow simple on-screen instructions carefully during installation to ensure a smooth setup experience. 🖥️

Overview

Setting up a machine for ASP.NET Core development is a straightforward process with the right guidance. The tutorial begins by emphasizing the necessity of having a proper editor and the .NET Core SDK installed on your machine. Visual Studio is suggested as a preferred editor, but it's highlighted that any editor can be used based on personal preference and operating system.

The installation process for Visual Studio is broken down step-by-step, ensuring even beginners can follow along. The key focus is on selecting the crucial '.NET Core cross-platform development' workload to make sure the SDK is installed properly, which is vital for developing ASP.NET Core applications.

Finally, the video underscores the importance of downloading the latest .NET Core SDK version from the official Microsoft website. It walks through verifying the installation by creating a new project in Visual Studio, ensuring everything is set up for successful development. This comprehensive guide ensures that even those new to .NET Core can get their development environment up and running!

Setting up machine for asp net core development Transcription

00:00 - 00:30 this is part two of asp.net code tutorial in this video I'll install the required software and set up a machine for asp.net core development there are two pieces of software that we need to install to get our machine ready for dotnet code development first an editor like Visual Studio Visual Studio code sublime fame atom etc there are many editors that we can choose from and then we also need the dotnet core SDK as you
00:30 - 01:00 know SDK stands for software development kit first let's go ahead and install an editor I have a Windows operating system so I'm going to use Visual Studio as the editor for our dotnet core application development as you already know depending on the operating system you have and your personal preference you can choose any editor of your choice Visual Studio Community Edition is free to download and install as of this recording the latest stable version of
01:00 - 01:30 which estudia that's available is Visual Studio 2017 and can be downloaded from this URL Visual Studio dot microsoft.com navigate to this Visual Studio website and you can download Visual Studio 2017 edition by clicking here this is going to download an executable right click on the executable and run it as an administrator and then follow the simple on-screen instructions to have this Community Edition installed on your machine on my machine I have already
01:30 - 02:00 downloaded and installed it while installing Visual Studio on most of the screens we simply click Next on the workload selection screen we have to select this important workload and the name of the workload as you can see on the screen is dotnet core cross-platform development workload you can find this workload and at this section are the tool sets so make sure this workload is selected but this workload selected we have the dotnet core SDK also installed
02:00 - 02:30 so remember along with an editor we also need the dotnet core SDK to be able to develop dotnet core applications by default with Visual Studio 2017 we get the dot core SDK 2.1 version installed on my machine Visual Studio is already installed now let's quickly verify the version of.net core SDK that is installed by default with vision studio 2017 installation the easiest way to do
02:30 - 03:00 that is by creating a new dotnet core project so click on file new project select c-sharp dotnet core and asp.net core web application notice the only version of.net core that is available is 2.1 the default that is installed with Visual Studio 2017 but as of this recording the latest stable version of.net core SDK that is available for
03:00 - 03:30 download is 2.2 so instead of using this old version 2.1 which is installed by default with Visual Studio 2017 let's use the latest version to download the latest dotnet core SDK version visit this URL dotnet dot microsoft.com for slash download notice on this microsoft download side we have the dotnet core SDK available for different operating systems so depending on the operating
03:30 - 04:00 system that you have download the appropriate dotnet core SDK notice we have dotnet core SDK and dotnet core runtime the SDK includes everything that you need to build and run dotnet core applications it already includes the runtime as well so if you are installing dotnet core SDK then there is no need to separately install the runtime this runtime includes just the resources required to run existing dotnet core
04:00 - 04:30 applications in our case we want to be able to build and run dotnet core applications so let's download and install the.net core SDK I've already downloaded this and it's available in this Downloads folder now let's install the SDK right click on the executable and select run as administrator
04:30 - 05:00 installation successfully completed so let's close the Installer now let's quickly verify if we have successfully installed the latest dotted core SDK as you already know the easiest way to do that is by creating a new Darnell Co project so click on file new project select asp.net core web application and click OK notice now in addition to
05:00 - 05:30 asp.net code 2.1 we also have to point to the latest dotnet core sdk in our next video well discuss creating a new a speed or net core web application using visual studio