Running the site using Visual Studio (package with source code)

This step describes how to launch a site in Visual Studio:

STEP-BY-STEP
  • 1
    To run the site in Visual Studio, pull the full source code repository to your local folder.
  • 2
    Launch Visual Studio and open WebEd.sln.
  • 3
    Restore the NuGet Packages first to make sure that all packages are loaded (Right-click the Solution then click "Restore NuGet Packages")
  • 4
    Build (CTRL + SHIFT + B) the project first then make sure that there are no errors.
  • 5
    Create a new Blank Database in your SQL Server instance.
  • 6
    Set the WebEd.Web Project as the startup project and click Run or hit F5.
  • 7
    Make sure that you have had Git installation and configured the environment variables for it.