Creating an empty ASP.NET MVC site and adding Bootstrap manually

The default ASP.NET 5 project template in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 currently adds Bootstrap 3 to the project. In order to use Bootstrap 4 in your ASP.NET project, you'll need to create an empty ASP.NET project and add the Bootstrap 4 files manually.

To create a project that uses Bootstrap 4, complete the following process:

  1. In Visual Studio 2015, select New | Project from the File menu or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + N.
  2. From the New Project dialog window, select ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core), which you'll find under Templates | Visual C# | Web.
    Creating an empty ASP.NET MVC site and adding Bootstrap manually
  3. Select the Empty ...

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