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Developers seeking a tool to create and manage cloud-native applications with advanced tools for orchestration, containerization, and seamless integration
About .NET Aspire
.NET Aspire is a comprehensive platform designed to create and configure cloud-native applications. It includes various tools to streamline the development process, such as starter project templates, integrations, and a dashboard for monitoring and inspecting applications. The platform is built to support Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and .NET CLI workflows, providing flexibility for different development environments. To use .NET Aspire, developers need .NET 8.0 or 9.0, an OCI-compliant container runtime (e.g., Docker or Podman), and an IDE such as Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio Code. The platform facilitates containerized applications, offering solutions for app hosting, orchestration, and the ability to add integrations directly through Visual Studio. The .NET Aspire dashboard improves local development by providing an overview of the application state, logs, and traces.
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