Looking back at this chapter, we had a look at setting up an ASP.NET Core application on Windows. We looked at adding views and controllers and, if you are familiar with ASP.NET MVC, then you will have felt right at home. If not, ASP.NET MVC is really very easy.
Lastly, we had a look at what makes .NET Core so powerful by running the same application on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
The power of .NET Core should be evident to you by now. It allows developers to write truly cross-platform applications using .NET. This technology is a game changer and something every developer must get to grips with.
Next, you might wonder what we need to do when we want to hook up a database to a .NET Core application. In the next chapter, we will look at using MongoDB on an ASP.NET Core MVC application.
Why do we want to use MongoDB, you might wonder? Well, MongoDB is free, open source, and...