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Overview of Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core

This article demonstrates how to use Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC in ASP.NET Core applications.

The Basics

Supported Environments

Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core targets the stable release of the ASP.NET Core framework. At the time of this writing this is 1.0 RTM.

The target runtime is CoreCLR. The full desktop CLR is also supported.

Resources

To get started, refer to the ASP.NET Core Documentation.

The repositories below contain source code, instructions, and issue trackers for the ASP.NET project. These are immensely useful when you need to track down particular issues or behaviors.

• ASP.NET Home on GitHub.
• ASP.NET MVC main repository.
• ASP.NET MVC Announcements for important changes.
• Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Demos and Sample Applications.

The Sample Application

On Windows

To be able to run the sample application on Windows, make sure you provide for the requirements listed below.

• Download Visual Studio 2015.
• Download Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
• Download NET Core 1.0.0 - VS 2015 Tooling Preview 2.
• Optional Download .NET SDK Core for Windows.
• Install SQLite3.
• Download the matching release of the Sample Application.
• Open the Kendo.Mvc.Examples.sln solution in Visual Studio.
• Run the application.

On Linux

To be able to run the sample application on Linux, make sure you provide for the requirements listed below.

• For information on installing ASP.NET Core on Linux, refer to this article.
• Install SQLite3.
• Download the matching release of the Sample Application.
• Navigate to the Kendo.Mvc.Examples folder using the Terminal.
• Restore the packages using the dnu restore command.
• Run the application using the dnx web command.
• In your browser, navigate to localhost:5000.

On Docker Engine

To be able to run the sample application on Docker Engine (multi-platform), make sure you provide for the requirements listed below.

• See Install Docker Engine on one of the supported platforms.
• Pull the latest Kendo offline demos image.
• Run the image inside the desired container using sudo docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name web telerik/kendo_offline_demos:latest.
• In your browser navigate to localhost:5000.

See Also

• [Get Started with Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC in ASP.NET Core Projects]({% slug gettingstarted_aspnetmvc6_aspnetmvc %})
• [Get Started with Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC in ASP.NET Core Projects on Linux]({% slug gettingstartedlinux_aspnetmvc6_aspnetmvc %})
• [Known Issues with Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core]({% slug knownissues_aspnetmvc6_aspnetmvc %})
• [Tag Helpers for ASP.NET Core]({% slug taghelpers_aspnetmvc6_aspnetmvc %})