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Create Your First Asp.Net Core Project

Why Asp.Net Core?

Create Your First Asp.Net Core Application

1. Open visual studio 2019
2. Click on "File" → "New" → "Project…"
3. A popup window will appear. Click on the option "ASP.NET Core Web Application" and then click on the "Next" button

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4. A window will appear to enter the "Project name" and "Location". Once the "Project name" is entered, click on the "Create" button

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5. In the next window, select the type of .net core application. For this example, we will create a "Web Application"

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6. Click on the "Create" button to create a new application

Project Structure

1. wwwroot folder → This folder contains the static file i.e., script, style, image and static HTML files
2. Page Folder → This folder contains the view, page model and layout files
   1. Shared Folder → This folder contains 2 files: -
      1. _Layout.cshtml - This is the layout (or master) page
      2. ii _ValidationScriptsPartial.cshtml - This script file is required for validations in asp.net core project
   2. _ViewImports.cshtml → This file contains the code to include tag helpers in the project
   3. _ViewStart.cshtml → This file tells the project about which layout (or master page) is included in every project
   4. Views file → The files "Index.cshtml" and "Privacy.cshtml" are the view files. These files are used for creating UI
   5. Page Model files → The files "Index.cshtml.cs" and "Privacy.cshtml.cs" are the page model files for writing the business logic