Syncfusion Project Templates

3 Feb 20213 minutes to read

Syncfusion provides the Visual Studio Project Templates for the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core platform to create Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Web Application.

IMPORTANT

The Syncfusion ASP.NET Core project templates are available from v15.2.0.40.

Create Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Application

The following steps help you to create the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Application through the Visual Studio Project Template.

Before use the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 1) Project Template, check whether the Syncfusion Essential JS1 AspNet Core VSExtensions installed or not in Visual Studio Extension Manager by clicking on the Tools -> Extensions and Updates -> Installed for Visual Studio 2017 or lower and for Visual Studio 2019 by clicking on the Extensions -> Manage Extensions -> Installed.

  1. To create a Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 1) project, follow either one of the options below:

    Option 1:
    Click Syncfusion Menu and choose Essential Studio for ASP.NET Core (EJ1) > Create New Syncfusion Project… in Visual Studio.

    Choose Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Application from Visual Studio New Project dialog via Syncfusion menu

    NOTE

    In Visual Studio 2019, Syncfusion menu available under Extension in Visual Studio menu.

    Option 2:
    Choose File > New > Project and navigate to Syncfusion > .NET Core > Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 1) Web Application in Visual Studio.

    Choose Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Application from Visual Studio New Project dialog

  2. Name the Project, choose the destination location when required and set the Framework of the project, then click OK. The Project Configuration Wizard appears.

    NOTE

    Minimum target Framework is 4.5.2 for Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Project Templates.

  3. Choose the options to configure the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Application by using the following Project Configuration dialog.

    Project configurations:

    Project Type: Select the type of ASP.NET Core Project, either .NET Core or .NET Framework.

    .NET Core Version: Select the version of ASP.NET Core Project, either ASP.NET Core 1.0 or ASP.NET Core 1.1.

    Assets From: Load the Syncfusion assets to ASP.NET Core Project, either Bower, CDN or Installed Location.

    Theme Selection: Choose the required Theme.

    Components: Choose the Required Syncfusion components to configure.

    Syncfusion Essential JS 1 ASP.NET Core Project Configuration wizard

  4. Once you click Create button, the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Application is created.

  5. Required Syncfusion NuGet/Bower packages, Scripts and CSS are added to the Project.

    Required Syncfusion NuGet/Bower packages added to the Syncfusion Essential JS 1 ASP.NET Core project

    Required Syncfusion Scripts and Themes added to the Syncfusion Essential JS 1 ASP.NET Core project

  6. Then, Syncfusion licensing registration required message box will be shown as follow, if you are installed the trial setup or NuGet packages since Syncfusion introduced the licensing system from 2018 Volume 2 (v16.2.0.41) Essential Studio release. Please navigate to the help topic which is shown in the licensing message box to generate and register the Syncfusion license key to your project. Refer to this blog post for understanding the licensing changes introduced in Essential Studio.

    Syncfusion license registration information for Syncfusion Essential JS 1 ASP.NET Core project