Pro ASP.NET Core 7, Tenth Edition

3 Your first ASP.NET Core application

This chapter covers

• Using ASP.NET Core to create an application that accepts RSVP responses
• Creating a simple data model
• Creating a controller and view that presents and processes a form
• Validating user data and displaying validation errors
• Applying CSS styles to the HTML generated by the application

Now that you are set up for ASP.NET Core development, it is time to create a simple application. In this chapter, you’ll create a data-entry application using ASP.NET Core. My goal is to demonstrate ASP.NET Core in action, so I will pick up the pace a little and skip over some of the explanations as to how things work behind the scenes. But don’t worry; I’ll revisit these topics in-depth in later chapters. ...