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Blog post:Cross-platform Single Page Applications using ASP.NET Core, Angular 2 and Typescript

• ASP.NET Core
• Entity Framework Core
• Automapper
• Angular 4
• Typescript
• Bootstrap 3
• Gulp
• Bower

1. Install ASP.NET Core according to your development environment fromhere.
2. InstallNPM by installingNode.js.
3. Install Bower, Gulp, Typescript and Typescript Definition Manager globally by typing the following commands on the console/terminal:
   • npm install -g bower
   • npm install -g gulp
   • npm install -g typescript
   • npm install -g tsd

Installation instructions - Part 2 (Run application in Visual Studio 2017, only for Windows users)

1. Download and install Visual Studio 2017 fromhere.
2. Open Visual Studio 2017 and install any update related to ASP.NET Core (check the notifications).
3. Download the source code and open the solution.
4. By the time you open the solution, VS 2017 will try to restore Nuget, NPM and Bower packages.
5. In case it fails to restore NPM and Bower packages, open a console and navigate at the src/PhotoGallery path where thepackage.json andbower.json files exist. Run the following commands:
   • npm install
   • bower install
   • gulp build-spa
6. Openappsettings.json file and alter the database connection string to reflect your SQL Server environment.
7. Open a console and navigate to src/PhotoGallery where the project.json exists. Run the following commands to enable migrations and create the database:
   1. dotnet ef migrations add initial
   2. dotnet ef database update
8. Build your application and run it. You can useusername:chsakell andpassword:photogallery to sign in or register a new user.

Installation instructions - Part 2 (Run application in Visual Studio Code, recommended for Linux/MAC users)

1. Download and install Visual Studio Code fromhere.
2. Install the csharp extension fromhere
3. Download the source code and open the src/PhotoGallery folder in Visual Studio Code.
4. Open a console/terminal and navigate at the src/PhotoGallery path where thepackage.json andbower.json files exist. Run the following commands:
   • npm install
   • bower install
   • gulp build-spa
5. Run the following command to restore Nuget Packages (dependencies)
   • dotnet restore
6. Application uses SQL Server so in case you want to run the app in Linux or MAC simply set"InMemoryProvider": true inappsettings.json and skip to the last 3 steps to run the app.
7. Openappsettings.json file and alter the database connection string to reflect your SQL Server environment.
8. Open a console/terminal and navigate to src/PhotoGallery where the project.json exists. Run the following commands to enable migrations and create the database:
   1. dotnet ef migrations add initial
   2. dotnet ef database update
9. Host your application usingKestrel by typing the following command while at src/PhotoGallery:
   • dotnet run
10. Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000/
11. You can useusername:chsakell andpassword:photogallery to sign in or register a new user.

Microsoft Azure Deployment

Learn how to deploy the PhotoGallery app on Microsoft Azurehere.

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