We'll use the following tools in this chapter:
- Visual Studio 2019: We'll use this to edit our ASP.NET Core code. This can be downloaded and installed from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/.
- .NET Core 3.0: This can be downloaded and installed from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core.
- SQL Server Management Studio: We'll use this to execute a stored procedure in our database. This can be downloaded and installed from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017.
- Postman. We'll use this to try out changes we make to our REST API endpoints. This can be downloaded from https://www.getpostman.com/downloads/.
- WebSurge: This is a load testing tool that we can download from https://websurge.west-wind.com/.
- PerfView: We are going to use this to monitor garbage collection...