Visual Studio Extensions

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Syncfusion provides the Visual Studio Project Templates for the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core platform to create the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Web Application using Essential JS 2 components.

NOTE

The Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 2) project templates are available from v16.2.0.41.

The following steps are used to create the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 2) Web Application through the Visual Studio Project Template.

NOTE

Before using the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Project Template, check whether the ASP.NET Core Extensions - Syncfusion is installed or not in Visual Studio Extension Manager by clicking on the Extensions -> Manage Extensions -> Installed for Visual Studio 2019 or later and for Visual Studio 2017 by clicking on the Tools -> Extensions and Updates -> Installed. If this extension is not installed, install the extension by following the steps from the download and installation help topic.

1. To create the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 2) project, follow either one of the options below:

   Option 1

   Click Extensions->Syncfusion Menu and choose Essential Studio for ASP.NET Core (EJ2) > Create New Syncfusion Project… in Visual Studio.

   

   NOTE

   In Visual Studio 2017, Click Syncfusion Menu and choose Essential Studio for ASP.NET Core (EJ2) > Create New Syncfusion Project… in Visual Studio.

   

   Option 2

   Choose File -> New -> Project. Opens a new dialog to create a new project. By filtering the project type with Syncfusion or using the Syncfusion keyword in the search option, you can get the templates offered by Syncfusion for ASP.NET Core.

   

   Choose File > New > Project and navigate to Syncfusion > .NET Core > Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Web Application in Visual Studio.

2. Name the Project, choose the destination location, and then click OK. The Project Configuration Wizard appears.

3. Choose the options to configure the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 2) Application in the following Project Configuration dialog.

   

   .NET Version	Available From Version	Supported from Visual Studio
   .NET 6.0	v19.4.0.38	Visual Studio 2022
   .NET 7.0	v20.4.0.38	Visual Studio 2022
   .NET 8.0	v23.2.4	Visual Studio 2022
   .NET 9.0	v27.2.2	Visual Studio 2022

   Project configurations

   Project Type	.NET Core Version	Themes	Assets From
   ASP.NET Core Web App	.NET Core 6.0, .NET 7.0, .NET 8.0 and .NET 9.0	Material, Fabric, Fluent, Bootstrap, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, High Contrast, Tailwind CSS	CDN, NPM, Installed Location
   ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller)	.NET 5.0, .NET 6.0, .NET 7.0, .NET 8.0 and .NET 9.0	Material, Fabric, Fluent, Bootstrap, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, High Contrast, Tailwind CSS	CDN, NPM, Installed Location
   Angular	.NET 5.0, .NET 6.0, and .NET 7.0	Material, Fabric, Fluent, Bootstrap, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, High Contrast, Tailwind CSS	CDN, NPM
   React	.NET 5.0, .NET6.0, and .NET 7.0	Material, Fabric, Fluent, Bootstrap, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, High Contrast, Tailwind CSS	CDN, NPM

   NOTE

   The Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 2) Project Template provides ASP.NET Core, Angular, and React project templates support from v17.1.0.47.

   .NET Core Version: Select the version of ASP.NET Core Project.

   

   Assets From: Load the Syncfusion Essential JS 2 assets to ASP.NET Core Project, either NPM, CDN, or Installed Location.

   NOTE

   Installed location option will be available only when the Syncfusion Essential JavaScript 2 setup has been installed.

   Theme Selection: Themes will be listed out based on the selected project type and choose the required theme from the available list.

   

   Authentication Type: Authentication will be listed out based on the selected project type and choose the required authentication from the available list.

   NOTE

   For Angular and React Project None and Individual Authentication only supported.

   

4. Click Create, the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core (Essential JS 2) Application has been created.

   

5. The created Syncfusion ASP.NET Core application configures with most recent Syncfusion ASP.NET Core NuGet packages, selected style, scripts, and NPM packages for use Syncfusion components.

6. Then, Syncfusion licensing registration required message box will be shown, if you installed the trial setup or NuGet packages since Syncfusion introduced the licensing system from 2018 Volume 2 (v16.2.0.41) Essential Studio release. 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.

   

Authentication Configuration

We need to register the created application in Azure Active Directory for Microsoft Identity Platform. From Azure Active Directory registration, we can get the tenant id and application client id for Microsoft Identity Platform. We need to configure these id values in created applications then only application will be run correctly with authentication support.

Microsoft Identity Platform Authentication

Step:1 Go to Azure Active Directory App Registration page ->
Click Azure Active Directory Link

Step:2 Click New Registration in App Registration page.

Step:3 Give name of the application and selected supported type as single tenant.

Step:4 Dropdown the page, select platform as web and give your application Redirect URI like {Redirect URI}/signin-oidc and click Register.

Step:5 App will be registered, go to the Authentication page and tick Id token check box.

Step:6 Get client tenant id and application id form overview page.

Step:7 Configure those client tenant id, application id, and domain in your application appsettings.json file.

Register and Login Application

Individual Authentication

Step:1 For register the application, submit your email address and create a password.

Step:2 Confirming registration by clicking Click here to confirm your account.

Step:3 Submit your registered email address and password to login the application.

Microsoft Identity Platform

1. Login to your application using your Microsoft account.
2. Accept permission request of your application.