Prerequisites

• Install the .NET Core SDK. The .NET Core SDK includes the latest release of the .NET Core framework and runtime.
• Install Visual Studio Code for Mac.
• Install the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI)

Getting Started

In this tutorial, you’ll set up your Mac to do development using .NET Core and Azure. The tutorial also shows you the new and powerful .NET Core Command Line Interface (CLI) Tools.

After you have installed the .NET Core SDK and Visual Studio for Mac, open a terminal window and type the following:

$ cd /users/

$ cd users/yourusername/projects

$ mkdir samplereactapp 

$ cd samplereactapp

The above commands will do the following: browse to the Mac user’s Projects directory and create a new directory to place the react app that we are about to create.

.NET Core CLI

.NET Core’s Command Line Interface (CLI) is very powerful, it allows you to do a lot without leaving the command line which allows for the fast and straightforward creation of these projects. Double-check your current directory is the new directory you’ve created, in our example this is samplecreateapp. 

To make sure the .NET Core was correctly installed, type dotnet –info in the terminal, you should see output that looks like this:

Once you have confirmed that you have all the needed prerequisites, let’s continue to build the React web app. Continue reading →