AspNetCore.Docs/aspnetcore/tutorials/index.md

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ASP.NET Core tutorials	rick-anderson	A list of step-by-step guides for learning how to develop ASP.NET Core applications.	wpickett	riande	10/14/2017	asp.net-core	aspnet	get-started-article	tutorials/index

ASP.NET Core tutorials

The following step-by-step guides for developing ASP.NET Core applications are available:

Build web apps

Razor Pages is the recommended approach to create a new Web UI app with ASP.NET Core 2.0.

• Introduction to Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core

• Create a Razor Pages web app with ASP.NET Core

  • Razor Pages on Windows
  • Razor Pages on macOS
  • Razor Pages with VS Code

• Create an ASP.NET Core MVC web app

  • Web app with Visual Studio for Windows
  • Web app with Visual Studio for Mac
  • Web app with Visual Studio Code on macOS or Linux

• Get started with ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core using Visual Studio

• Create Tag Helpers

• Create a simple view component

• Develop ASP.NET Core apps using dotnet watch

Build Web APIs

• Create a Web API with ASP.NET Core

  • Web API with Visual Studio for Windows
  • Web API with Visual Studio for Mac
  • Web API with Visual Studio Code

• ASP.NET Core Web API help pages using Swagger

  • Get started with NSwag
  • Get started with Swashbuckle

• Create backend web services for native mobile apps

Data access and storage

• Get started with Razor Pages and EF Core using Visual Studio
• Get started with ASP.NET Core MVC and EF Core using Visual Studio
• ASP.NET Core MVC with EF Core - new database
• ASP.NET Core MVC with EF Core - existing database

Authentication and authorization

• Enable authentication using Facebook, Google, and other external providers
• Account confirmation and password recovery
• Two-factor authentication with SMS

Client-side development

• Use Gulp
• Use Grunt
• Manage client-side packages with Bower
• Build responsive sites with Bootstrap

Test

• Unit testing in .NET Core using dotnet test

Host and deploy

• Deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to Azure using Visual Studio
• Deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to Azure using the command line
• Publish to an Azure Web App with continuous deployment
• Deploy an ASP.NET container to a remote Docker host
• ASP.NET Core and Azure Service Fabric

How to download a sample

1. Download the ASP.NET repository zip file.
2. Unzip the Docs-master.zip file.
3. Use the URL in the sample link to help you navigate to the sample directory.