Creating a new solution

ABP Framework provides a pre-built application startup template. There are two ways to create a new solution (project) using this template, which we will explore now.

Downloading the startup solution

You can directly create and download a solution from https://abp.io/get-started. On this page, as shown in the following screenshot, you can easily select the user interface (UI) framework, database provider, and other available options:

Figure 2.1 – Downloading a new solution

It is worth mentioning the options on this page because they directly affect your solution's architecture, structure, and tooling.

In the Project name field is the name of your Visual Studio solution (the .sln file) and the root namespace of your code base.

For Project type, there are two options, as follows:

• The Module template is used to create reusable application modules.
• The Application template is used to build web applications...