Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core

Creating an ASP.NET Core application

Every ASP.NET Core application starts with creating a new project. This new project can start empty or with a predefined template.

We will start by creating an empty project. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open Visual Studio and go to File | New | Project..., as shown in the following screenshot:

2. In the New Project dialog, navigate through the list on the left to Visual C# | Web, then choose ASP.NET Core Web Application, fill in the application name as GiveNTake, choose your desired location, and click OK:

3. The New ASP.NET Core Web Application- GiveNTake dialog opens. Choose Empty from the list and ...