Most programming books and tutorials help you get started with a Hello World application. This refers to a simple application that has all the basic elements of an application to get it up-and-running in your environment. If the words Hello World can be displayed on a screen by the application, you have succeeded in setting it up correctly.
Create a new ASP.NET web application project and select the Empty template as described earlier this chapter. This should provide a basic template for your Hello World application.
By default, the empty template includes a Startup.cs
class with a Configure()
method in it. This method should have a line of code that writes Hello World to the HTTP response output stream, to be displayed in your browser. The following code is for the Configure()
method:
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory) { loggerFactory.AddConsole(...