Create a new project and select the ASP.NET Core Web Application template. You can run this on .NET Core or on .NET Framework (but then it won't run on other platforms). If you wish to create a new Git repository for distributed version control, then check the Add to Source Control box:
On the next screen, you can select a Web Application template. This includes web apps, APIs, and SPA services for Angular and React. The templates are the same as used by command-line tooling and you can create them using either interface. Later in this chapter, we'll see how to use the command-line, as it is almost identical on every ...