Getting ready

You will need access to a Mac in order to run the application you created. I'm using a Mac mini (late 2012) with a 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU running macOS Sierra with 4GB of memory. In order to use your .NET Core apps on a Mac, there are a few things you need to do:

  1. We need to install Homebrew, which is used to get the latest version of OpenSSL. Open the Terminal on your Mac by typing Terminal into your Spotlight search:
The following steps can also be completed by going to https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos  and performing these on your Mac.
  1. Paste the following at the Terminal prompt and press Enter:
 /usr/bin/ruby ...

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