Introduction

In this article, I am going to explain Asp.Net Core 7.0 MVC, Asp.net Core’s features and benefits, and why to use Asp.net Core. The Latest version of Asp.Net Core is Asp .Net Core 7.0. It was released on November 8, 2022. We see how to create a simple ASP.NET Core 7.0 Web application and run it.

ASP .NET Core 7.0 version was released on November 08, 2022. Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4.0 is required to develop ASP.Net Core 7.0 web application. It focuses on being unified, modern, simple, and first. Asp.NET Core 7.0 will be supported for only 18 months as standard-term support (STS).

Some Features of Asp.Net Core 7.0

What is Asp.Net Core?

ASP.NET Core is a new version of ASP.NET, developed by Microsoft. It is an open-source framework for developing web application and it can be run on windows, Mac, or Linux. ASP.NET Core application can run on both .NET CORE and traditional .NET Framework (.NET framework 4.x). It is completely rewritten from scratch and it was initially launched as Asp.Net 5 but then was renamed to ASP.NET CORE 1.0. Latest version of Asp.Net Core is Asp.Net Core 7.0.

Asp.Net Core is a Cross platform, High-performance, Open-source framework for building modern, Cloud-based, internet-connected applications.

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Why Use Asp.Net Core?

Prerequisites

  1. Install Visual Studio 2022 updated version 17.4.0
  2. Install .NET SDK 7.0

Connect To Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition and Create Your First Project

Step 1

First, install Visual Studio 2022 in your system.

Step 2

Go to all programs in your systems, we can see Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Installer.

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Step 3

Double-click on Visual Studio 2022 and it will open. It looks like the below screenshot. Opening it the first time will take few minutes.

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Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Creating Your First Project

Click on; create a new Project to create a new project.

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You can see various project types there. Choose “Asp.Net Core Web Application” project type for now.

Select Asp.Net Core Web Application, and then click Next.

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Give a valid name to your project and select a path for it. Then click Next button.

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Now, Select framework .NET 7.0(Standard Term Support). You can select the Authentication Type as None, Individual Account, Microsoft Identity platform, or windows. For the demo purpose, I am selecting none. Based on your project need and Authentication requirement you can select this option. You can select Configure for HTTPS based on your need.

If you need Docker in your project then Select Enable Docker.

Uncheck Do not use top-level statements.

Then click the create button.

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Asp.Net Core 7.0 Web application created and project structure is shown below,

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Program.cs file looks like the below.

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

The Project.cspoj file looks like below. Where you can see the target Framework net7.0, by default Nullanle and ImplicitUsings are enabled.

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Now, build and Press Ctrl+F5 to run without the debugger. I have made some minor changes to the view pages.

Visual Studio displays the following dialog:

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Select Yes if you trust the IIS Express SSL certificate.

Again, The following dialog is displayed:

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Select Yes if you agree to trust the development certificate.

Output

Getting Started With ASP.NET Core 7.0

Conclusion

In this article, we explained the basics of ASP.NET core 7.0 and what’s new in Asp.NET Core 7.0. We also created a simple “AspDotNetCore7Demo” Asp.Net Core 7.0 web application and run.