You need to have a computer system equipped with the following hardware and software:

• For an optimal experience, we recommend the following hardware configuration:
  • Processor: 3.2 GHz or faster processor (Dual core with multi-threading)
  • Memory: 4 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
  • Storage: Installations require 20-50 GB of free Hard disk space (depending on features installed the requirement can go up to 130 GB of available space)

• You must also install in advance the following software:
  • Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (and above) or Windows 7 SP1 (and above)
  • Visual Studio Community 2017 IDE (https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/)
  • Packages and frameworks, such as NuGet, Bootstrap, and project.json
  • Fiddler (https://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler)

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2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/TrainingByPackt/Beginning-ASP_DOT_NET. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

public class ValuesController : Controller
{
  // GET api/<controller>
  public IEnumerable<string> Get()
  {
    return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
  }
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

[default]
exten => s,1,Dial(Zap/1|30)
exten => s,2,Voicemail(u100)
exten => s,102,Voicemail(b100)
exten => i,1,Voicemail(s0)

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Open up Visual Studio 2017. Navigate to File | New Project | Web."