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Tutorial: Get started with ASP.NET Core

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This tutorial shows how to create and run an ASP.NET Core web app using the .NET Core CLI.

You'll learn how to:

  • Create a web app project.
  • Trust the development certificate.
  • Run the app.
  • Edit a Razor page.

At the end, you'll have a working web app running on your local machine.

Web app home page

Prerequisites

Create a web app project

Open a command shell, and enter the following command:

dotnet new webapp -o aspnetcoreapp

The preceding command:

  • Creates a new web app.
  • The -o aspnetcoreapp parameter creates a directory named aspnetcoreapp with the source files for the app.

Trust the development certificate

Trust the HTTPS development certificate:

dotnet dev-certs https --trust

The preceding command displays the following dialog:

Security warning dialog

Select Yes if you agree to trust the development certificate.

For more information, see Trust the ASP.NET Core HTTPS development certificate

Run the app

Run the following commands:

cd aspnetcoreapp
dotnet watch run

After the command shell indicates that the app has started, browse to https://localhost:{port}, where {port}is the random port used.

Edit a Razor page

Open Pages/Index.cshtml and modify and save the page with the following highlighted markup:

@page
@model IndexModel
@{
    ViewData["Title"] = "Home page";
}

<div class="text-center">
    <h1 class="display-4">Welcome</h1>
    <p>Hello, world! The time on the server is @DateTime.Now</p>
</div>

Browse to https://localhost:{port}, refresh the page, and verify the changes are displayed.

Next steps

In this tutorial, you learned how to:

  • Create a web app project.
  • Trust the development certificate.
  • Run the project.
  • Make a change.

To learn more about ASP.NET Core, see the following:

Overview of ASP.NET Core