ASP.NET Documentation

• ASP.NET Core
  • Overview

    • ASP.NET Core is a new open-source and cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

      [Learn the benefits of both ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/choose-aspnet-framework) and choose the one that's right for you.

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      Get started with ASP.NET Core

      Create your first ASP.NET Core app on any platform in 5 minutes.

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      Introduction to ASP.NET Core

      Discover the new concepts in ASP.NET Core and how they help you develop modern web apps.

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      API Reference

      Explore the ASP.NET Core class library.

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      Overview of ASP.NET Core MVC

      Learn how to build web apps and APIs using the MVC design pattern.

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      Fundamentals

      Learn the fundamentals of ASP.NET Core.

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      Free Courses

      Learn to build apps with ASP.NET Core from various training providers for free.

    • Contribute to ASP.NET Core docs and samples

      Find Visual Studio 2015/project.json version of the documentation

  • Tutorials

    • Featured tutorials | [View all ASP.NET Core tutorials](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/tutorials/)

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      Build a website on a Mac

      Build your first ASP.NET core app on a Mac using Visual Studio for Mac.

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      Build a website with Visual Studio on Windows

      Build your first ASP.NET Core MVC app with Visual Studio.

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      Build a web API

      Build your first web API with ASP.NET Core MVC and Visual Studio.

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      Get started with Entity Framework Core and ASP.NET Core

      Create ASP.NET Core MVC web applications that use Entity Framework Core for data access.

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      ASP.NET Web API Help Pages using Swagger

      Generate documentation and help pages for ASP.NET Web API using Swagger and Swashbuckle.

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      Deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to Azure using Visual Studio

      Create a web app in Azure App Service and deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to it.

    • Contribute to ASP.NET Core docs and samples

      Find Visual Studio 2015/project.json version of the documentation

• ASP.NET
  • Overview

    • ASP.NET is a mature web platform that provides all the services that you require to build enterprise-class server-based web applications using .NET on Windows.

      [Learn the benefits of both ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/choose-aspnet-framework) and choose the one that's right for you.

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      Download Visual Studio

      Visual Studio is a free IDE for ASP.NET on Windows.

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      Introduction to ASP.NET

      Compare the ASP.NET technologies for building web applications and web APIs, and for adding real-time functionality.

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      ASP.NET API reference

      Explore the ASP.NET class library.

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      Websites

      Learn how to build a website using ASP.NET MVC 5 and Visual Studio.

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      Web APIs

      Learn how to build a Web API using ASP.NET Web API 2 and Visual Studio.

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      Real-time

      Lean how to build a chat application using ASP.NET SignalR 2 and Visual Studio.

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      Free Courses

      Learn to build applications with ASP.NET from various training providers for free.

    • Contribute to ASP.NET docs and samples

  • Frameworks

    • Learn about the different options for building websites with ASP.NET and choose the one that???s right for you.

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      Web Forms

      Build dynamic websites using a familiar drag-and-drop, event-driven model.

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      MVC

      A powerful, patterns-based way to build dynamic websites that enables a clean separation of concerns.

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      Web Pages

      A fast, approachable, and lightweight way to combine server code with HTML to create dynamic web content.

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      Web API

      Easily build HTTP services that reach a broad range of clients, including browsers and mobile devices.

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      WebHooks

      Wire together Web APIs and SaaS services using a lightweight HTTP pattern providing a simple pub/sub model.

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      SignalR

      Add real-time web functionality to your applications.

    • Contribute to ASP.NET docs and samples

  • Tutorials

    • Featured tutorials | [View all ASP.NET tutorials](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/tutorials/)

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      Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 5

      This tutorial series will teach you the basics of building an ASP.NET MVC 5 web app using Visual Studio.

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      Getting Started with ASP.NET Web API 2

      This tutorial will teach you the basics of building a web API using ASP.NET Web API 2 and Visual Studio.

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      Getting Started with SignalR 2

      This tutorial shows how to use SignalR to create a real-time chat application.

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      Getting Started with Entity Framework 6 Code First using MVC 5

      The basics of using Entity Framework 6 to display and edit data in an ASP.NET MVC 5 application.

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      Migrating ASP.NET MVC Applications to Windows Containers

      Learn how to take an existing ASP.NET MVC application and run it in a Windows Docker Container .

    • Contribute to ASP.NET docs and samples