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Asp.net core 2.0 MVC from scratch (empty web project) in VS Code

Visual studio code and asp.net core MVC

Today, I am going to talk about implementing asp.net core in visual studio code. 
VS code is a lightweight tool compared to visual studio. It runs fast, is easy to use and with the extensions you can improve your development setup. 

Setup

What do we need? 

Install the vs code on your computer and follow the .net core setup instructions. 

Once dotnet core is installed open command prompt and type :

dotnet -h

you should get an output of dotnet. 

Next open visual studio and go to extensions and search for "**the C# extension" **and download it.
If you prefer you can install the visual studio keymap, if you like the shortcuts of visual studio.

create a new project folder for example C:\myApp
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Create an asp.net core mvc app 

  • Open in visual code your project folder (myApp).
  • Go to view "integrated terminal" and type dotnet new web.
  • dotnet will install an empty web project the folders will be displayed in vs code.

Next, add two folders Controllers and **Views. **
In the "Views"folder create a sub-folder called Home.
And an Index.cshtml with the text hello world in  Views/Home.
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<h1>hello world</h1>

In the "Controllers" folder add a homecontroller.cs
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using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace myapp.Controllers{
 
    public class  HomeController:Controller{
        public IActionResult Index(){
            return View();
        }
    }
}

Next, we have to configure the project so it can use mvc.
Open the **startup.cs file **and add the following code 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
namespace myapp
{
    public class  Startup
    {
        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
        // For more information on how to configure your application, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=398940
        public void  ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddMvc();
        }
 
        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void  Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            app.UseStaticFiles();
             
            app.UseMvc(routes =>
            {
                routes.MapRoute(
                    name: "default",
                    template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
            });
        }
    }
}

We configured the mvc routing so that it will look for the HomeController with the action method Index when the app runs.
The index method corresponds with the Views/Home/Index.cshtml view in
We're ready, hit** **the **start debugging button **in the "debugging tab" or type 

dotnet run

the app will run and you will see the "hello world" text.

References

The whole article is on my blog with more details

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