Understanding the backend

In this section, we are going to start by creating an ASP.NET Core and React app using the standard template in Visual Studio. This template is perfect for us to review and understand basic backend components in an ASP.NET Core SPA.

Creating an ASP.NET Core and React templated app

Let's open Visual Studio and carry out the following steps to create our templated app:

1. In the start-up dialog, choose Create a new project:

2. Next, choose ASP.NET Core Web Application in the wizard that opens and click the Next button:

3. Give the project a name of your choice and choose an appropriate location to save the project to. Click the Create button to create the project:

4. Another dialog will appear that...