Step 1:

Download and install .net core sdk from

https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core

if you already have Visual studio installed you can install “Visual Studio 2017 Tools” else install “Windows (x64) Installer” if you want to work from command line only

Step 2:

When setup finishes it will install all required tools and also setup the path variable so that all CLI tools are available via command line

Step 3:

Open Command prompt and type below command to create your first .Net core application

dotnet new console -o HelloWorld

 Step 4:

Navigate to C:\HelloWorld and open Program.cs

As you can see we have created our first .Net core application

Step 5:

Let’s run the code by running below command

cd HelloWorld 

dotnet run

You can see output HelloWorld written in console after your press enter