ASP.NET Core developer starter kit
Ready to build amazing 'xperiences? This starter kit covers everything you need to know about developing websites in Kentico Xperience with ASP.NET Core. Grab a coffee and find out how you can develop applications using the latest, fast, cross-platform framework.
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.NET Core replaces Portal Engine
Are you new to ASP.NET Core?
Get started with Microsoft's guide to MVC design pattern and separation of concerns and ASP.NET Core Fundamentals.
Take the ASP.NET Core Fundamentals course on Pluralsight and learn the absolute basics of .NET Core.
Create a simple MVC web app with an ASP.NET Core application using the MVC approach in a Microsoft tutorial.
Is Dependency Injection pattern (DI) in .NET Core new to you? Check out this course on Tutorials Teacher, or look into Microsoft’s overview of the DI pattern and their take on DI in controllers and views.
Are you new to the options pattern? Start with a short overview in Options Pattern in .NET Core or deep dive into a must-read tutorial Options pattern in ASP.NET Core from Microsoft.
Are you migrating a Portal Engine website to .NET Core?
Are you investigating how to migrate your Portal Engine website to ASP.NET Core? The approach is similar to migrating the Portal Engine website to ASP.NET MVC 5, which many Kentico Xperience developers undertook earlier. The resources below will address your concerns and help you build awesome Xperience .NET Core websites.
- Use the MVC Transition guide
- Get the basics from the MVC frequently asked questions.
- Read Matt Nield’s blog post about migrating from Portal Engine.
- Hear how a partner planned their transition to MVC
- Check out how an agency boosted performance with a new website built in MVC.
- Get inspired by other MVC related blog posts.
- Migrate basic objects, such as custom tables, media libraries, or custom classes, with the Import/Export feature.
- The Import Toolkit will save you time when importing data from external SQL databases, CSV, and XML files.
Get familiar with Xperience .NET Core MVC.
Start by installing Xperience on your local machine. The Dancing Goat Core sample site will give you an idea of setting up an Xperience project. You can use it for reference while investigating the features mentioned on this page.
A Kentico Xperience website runs the live site(s) and the administration applications separately and connects them through a database. Read the documentation for a detailed explanation of the MVC development model.
Leverage the Xperience's content tree-based routing, which automatically generates and matches pages' URLs based on their position in the website’s content tree.
Take a look at how Xperience content managers edit rich text content using the built-in WYSIWYG Rich text widget and Rich text field editor.
Investigate the Xperience’s navigation feature that allows your website editors to create navigation menus dynamically from the administration interface.
See how the Xperience security model allows you to configure user permissions and how you can use ASP.NET Core Identity to allow users to manage their data on the live site.
Read about our different Kentico Xperience sample sites you can use for inspiration for learning or your development project.
Learn more about the Xperience digital marketing features in the Resource hub for marketers.
Learn about supported .NET frameworks.
- Kentico 12 and previous versions only support the full .NET Framework.
- Xperience supports application development on .NET Framework 4.8 using ASP.NET MVC and on ASP.NET Core 3.1 or later. For new projects, .NET Core is the recommended platform for front-end application development.
- Learn what are the differences between the .NET MVC and .NET Core development models in the documentation.
- 20 things developers should know about Xperience 13.
- Be aware of the features no longer supported in Kentico Xperience.
Are you migrating from ASP.NET MVC 5 to ASP.NET Core?
- Learn about the fundamental changes between the Xperience ASP.NET MVC 5 and ASP.NET Core development models.
- See how is the Xperience integrated into the application startup.
- Take a look at how Xperience uses Core's built-in IoC container.
- Investigate the differences in developing page and form builder components.
Developing websites in Xperience .NET Core
- The Xperience ASP.NET Core Developer tutorial will help you grasp the absolute basics of Xperience with ASP.NET Core. You will learn how Xperience stores website content and how you can display it on a live site.
- The LearningKit-Core is a small, functional website which shows how you can implement different features on an Xperience website built with ASP.NET Core.
- The Kentico Xperience for developers will teach you how to develop Xperience sites using enterprise-scale development patterns.
- Xperience customization for developers will teach you how to customize the administration application’s built-in features and create your functionality. Though the course is currently available only for version Kentico Xperience 12, however, it will teach you the necessary skills to customize the Xperience 13 administration application.
- Finally, go through Kentico Advantage. The project guide covers key concepts and best practices you need to know to navigate the process of building a project on Kentico Xperience. Kentico Advantage presents real-world scenarios to help you plan, develop, deploy, and maintain Kentico Xperience application.
Short on training time?
Building a page with widgets
Check out how easy it is to create a landing page using Widgets in Xperience.
Page Builder features.
Page Builder’s widgets and sections allow website administrators to edit page content and layouts in a WYSIWYG style. Find out what building pages with the Page Builder looks like in this short video.
Other resources
- Xperience Documentation
- API Examples
- Xperience DevNet - articles, questions and answers, documentation, and other useful developer resources
- Xperience Marketplace - downloadable third-party components and modules