Technical requirements
All projects in this book will use Windows 11. If you are using an older version of Windows, you can expect some differences.
All of the projects are built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition version 17.1.1. If you need to install Visual Studio 2022, select Free Download under Community at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/. Run the installer. When prompted, select the option for ASP.NET and web development.
Once the installation process completes, the welcome window of Visual Studio will open. You can click the Continue without code link on the right side of the window to open the Visual Studio IDE without any solution.
Tip
If you already have Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise edition, everything should work the same way. However, the newer version (or preview) of Visual Studio can handle some code actions differently. Rider from JetBrains can be used as well.
Our projects require .NET 6.0. If you have installed...