Chris Gomez is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio Tools and Technologies and co-host of the Static Void Podcast. To develop .NET Core applications, the prerequisites include installing .NET Core from dot.net, additional tools like Node.js, Bower, Git, and Yeoman, and optionally a virtual machine to run Linux. Projects can be created with Visual Studio 2015, dotnet new command line, or using the Yeoman generator. Resources for learning more include documentation on .NET Standard, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, and Omnisharp for editor support.

1. Who needs Visual Studio?
A look at .NET Core everywhere else
Chris Gomez
@SpaceShot
www.chrisgomez.com
Slide deck: http://bit.ly/phlcc16_nc

2. Chris Gomez
• Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio Tools and Technologies
• Co-host of the Static Void Podcast www.staticvoidpodcast.com
• Philly Game Works - www.phillygameworks.org - @phillygameworks

3. Prerequisites
• Linux, Windows, or Mac OS
• http://dot.net to install
• Other tools
• Chocolatey (optional, I use it to get NodeJS)
• Node/NPM (to get other tools)
• Bower (to restore client side libraries, cause it’s package managers all the way
down)
• Git (because Bower)
• Yeoman (Yo) to generate projects from generator-aspnet

4. Prerequisites
• Three ways to make projects today
• Visual Studio 2015
• dotnet new
• yo aspnet (requires Yeoman)
• Optional
• VirtualBox or Hyper-V to r++un on Linux
• Or use your Mac
• Or use Linux on the metal
• You can do all this on Windows, too.

5. Resources
• .NET Standard
• A side-channel explanation for why we have .NET Core
• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/09/26/introducing-net-
standard/
• .NET Core Documentation
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/
• ASP.NET Core Documentation
• http://docs.asp.net/

6. Resources
• Omnisharp (enabling cross-platform support in the editor of your
choice)
• http://www.omnisharp.net/