Setting up the project

Using Visual Studio 2019, create an ASP.NET Core Web Application:

1. Create a new ASP.NET Core Web Application:

2. Let's call the application WebResearch. This is shown in the following screenshot:

3. On the next screen, choose Web Application (Model-View-Controller) as a project template. To keep things simple, keep the authentication as No Authentication. Refer to the following screenshot:

4. The created project will look as follows:

Now that we've set up the project, let's install the required packages!