10-Day .Net Aspire Challenge: Day 1 — Introduction

Step-by-step guide on how to use the .Net Aspire framework in Visual Studio.

Introduction

.Net Aspire framework is used to develop cloud and production-ready distributed applications. It consists of components to handle cloud-native concerns such as Redis, Postgres etc.

Prerequisites

• Install .Net 8
• Install Visual Studio 2022 version 17 or higher
• .Net Aspire Workload
• Container runtime such as Docker Desktop

Objectives

• Learn how to create a starter project using .Net Aspire templates.

Getting Started

Step 1: Open Visual Studio

Open Visual Studio, and then select “.Net Aspire Starter App” as shown below

Step 2: Provide the project name

Provide the project name and project directory.