Getting ready

Let's make sure we have downloaded and installed one of the flavors of Visual Studio 2017. If you are running on Windows, you have the option of choosing Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition, Professional Edition, or Enterprise Edition. If you are running on a mac, you have the choice of Visual Studio 2017 for macOS. Also, Visual Studio Code is available for all Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Visit http://www.visualstudio.com and follow the instructions to download the Visual Studio of your choosing. 

In the next step, we will be required to download and install .NET Core 2.0. Again, simply visit http://www.dot.net/core and download the latest version, in this case, version 2.0 of .NET Core. The site has a very simple and informative set of instructions on how to install .NET Core 2.0 on your system.