ASP.NET Core 5 Development
Required Software
- .NET 5 SDK
- Visual Studio 2019 (any edition) update 16.8 (or later)
- LocalDB or SQL Server (any version)
- Postman application for testing and debugging Web APIs
- An internet connection is required to download and install NuGet packages from https://api.nuget.org.
Instructions
.NET 5 SDK
- Download from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download.
- You can check the version of the SDK you have installed by executing [ dotnet --version ] from the command link.
Visual Studio 2019 (any edition) update 16.8 (or later)
- You can check the update version number of Visual Studio 2019 by selecting [ Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio ] from within Visual Studio.
- Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition is available as a free download from https://www.visualstudio.com/.
LocalDB or SQL Server (any version)
- Installed by default as part of the Visual Studio installation process.
- To confirm the installation of LocalDB, you can execute [ sqllocaldb i ] from a command prompt. This should list the LocalDB instances that are available. If the command is not recognized then LocalDB is not installed.
- If not installed, you can install LocalDB by using the Visual Studio installer via [ Tools > Get Tools and Features... ] from the Visual Studio menu. LocalDB is listed under "Individual Components" as "SQL Server Express 2016 LocalDB".
- If using a version of SQL Server other than LocalDB, you must be able to connect to the database with sufficient permissions to create a new database.
Postman application for testing and debugging Web APIs
- Available as a free download from https://www.getpostman.com/download.
- A different web debugging proxy application (such as Fiddler) can be used if necessary.
Courses and Class Files
This setup page is used for the following course:
Courses
- ASP.NET Core 5 Development.
- All students should download the following class files: