This tutorial will teach you the basics of building an ASP.NET Core MVC web app using [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) (VS Code). The tutorial assumes familarity with VS Code. See [Getting started with VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs) and [Visual Studio Code help](#visual-studio-code-help) for more information. [!INCLUDE[consider RP](../../includes/razor.md)]
This tutorial requires the [.NET Core 2.0.0 SDK](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core) or later. See [the pdf](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/blob/master/aspnetcore/tutorials/first-mvc-app-mac/start-mvc/8-23-17.pdf) for the ASP.NET Core 1.1 version.
Open the *MvcMovie* folder in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and select the *Startup.cs* file.
- Select **Yes** to the **Warn** message "Required assets to build and debug are missing from 'MvcMovie'. Add them?"
- Select **Restore** to the **Info** message "There are unresolved dependencies".
VS Code starts the [Kestrel](xref:fundamentals/servers/kestrel) web server and runs your app. Notice that the address bar shows `localhost:5000` and not something like `example.com`. That's because `localhost` is the standard hostname for your local computer.
The default template gives you working **Home, About** and **Contact** links. The browser image above doesn't show these links. Depending on the size of your browser, you might need to click the navigation icon to show them.
In the next part of this tutorial, we'll learn about MVC and start writing some code.
